Self-Defense Tip #119 — Misconceptions and Delusions and the Unbreakable® Umbrella

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QUESTION:
I’m buying 3 umbrellas, one for my 60 year old mother, one for my 25 year old and fit sister, and one for myself, 39 year old man who have been in my fair share of brawls, and have some martial arts training – hoping to be able to utilize the crook handle if need be, especially if trained with. I’m guessing that with training my sister would be capable to utilize it as well. BUT the crook is much easier for an aggressor to grab a hold of, and that could be an issue for my slender build sister, or even for me, for that matter.

[My] big question is, straight handle or crook handle? In a self-defense situation, I can easily see the benefit of the crook, IF you have some fighting experience and/or train with it.

ANSWER:
There are no greater benefits of the crook handle over the straight handle in self-defense situations. Anybody who thinks otherwise is delusional and naive enough to believe silly movies showing hooking “attackers’” arms, legs, or necks and thus restraining them or flinging them to the ground.

The crook handle is for convenience. A crook handle is more convenient to hold than a straight handle when using the umbrella as a walking stick. An umbrella with a crook handle can be conveniently hanged on one’s forearm or even on a shoulder whenever one needs to have both hands free.

QUESTION:
Seems to me that the straight handle would deliver a better beating. Correct? On the other hand the impact area of the crook is smaller, and thus more damaging than the straight handle – on the cost of having to hold the umbrella a certain way of course.

ANSWER:
In a real self-defense fight you count on striking with the horn of the crook accurately and with a disabling power? Really? For real effective strikes with the crook handle see the video The Unbreakable® Walking-Stick Umbrella Standard Model Crook Handle below.

The Unbreakable® Walking-Stick Umbrella Standard Model Crook Handle

QUESTION:
How much harder is the blow when hitting with the handle compared to the umbrella itself anyway?

ANSWER:
The most damaging blows are done with the umbrella’s steel tip. See videos in Self-Defense Tip #105 at the link below.

Self-Defense Tip #105 — Training for Self-Defense with an Umbrella, a Stick, or a Cane

THE BOTTOM LINE:
Against a determined attacker, the defender’s first strike must be either disabling or at least be a sure set-up for a disabling follow up. I mean a set-up strike that is practically impossible to counter. Those who don’t get what I mean shouldn’t buy our Unbreakable® Umbrellas–such types are not capable of putting them to a good use. Worse, whatever they carry will be turned against them.

See how not to strike and how to strike with the Unbreakable® Walking-Stick Umbrella at the following links to Self-Defense Tip #114 and Tip #112.

Self-Defense Tip #114 — About weapons

Self-Defense Tip #112 — Defense With and Against Canes and Sticks

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Self-defense tip from Thomas Kurz, co-author of Basic Instincts of Self-Defense and author of Science of Sports Training, Stretching Scientifically, and Flexibility Express.

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