Flailchain
I don’t like to keep my car key on my normal keychain. I don’t drive very often and the car key is quite bulky, so I just have the car key separate and only take it out when I am driving somewhere. Unfortunately, I have recently dropped the car key a few times from my pocket, which leads me to believe I need to have a keychain on the car key so that it is less likely to slip out. I was browsing Amazon on a whim to see what kind of keychains they had and I found some truly interesting ones…
The above review is a good one, but please ignore the advice about sharpening keys and using the kubotan as a flail. This is unlikely to provide any real stopping power to a determined attacker. The kubotan excels as a loadfist weapon, so use it to enhance your hammerfist and punch strikes. You can also use the point to ’stab’ your attacker’s body points and bony targets like the back of the hand can be excruciatingly painful when struck. In other words use the kubotan like it was intended to do so. Nowhere in any traditional yawara training is it used like a mini-flail like the above poster suggested.
What the heck?!?! So of course I had to look up kubotan, and I was not impressed by what I saw. Basically you are still using empty-hands techniques, but your techniques may work a little bit better. Of course in the hands of an expert this can be devastating, but you’re probably better off just putting some mace on your keychain (you see what I did there?) for self-defense. And if I really want to feel safe, I’ll stick with the Mr. T in Your Pocket Talking Keychain.
Tags: martial arts
By Felina, 7/23/2008 @ 12:57 pm
I’m hardpressed to decide which would be more frightening to would-be attackers…Mr. T in Your Pocket or Mr. Rogers in Your Pocket?
By Kabitzin, 7/23/2008 @ 1:02 pm
Better to get them both and put one in each pocket.
By Velius, 7/23/2008 @ 1:17 pm
But then you have an automatic 17% to miss with both. I would weld the two together so you get 2x the strength bonus for a 2-hander.
By Catnip, 7/23/2008 @ 5:25 pm
So basically they are marketing a tiny steel stick as a self defense weapon? oh boy why didn’t I think of this first!
By Hung, 7/23/2008 @ 7:50 pm
My brother got me that Mr. T keychain for my birthday!
Doesn’t Kubo-tan sound a bit too cute to be a weapon?
By Chris, 7/24/2008 @ 7:08 pm
Catnip, you can still rip them off with sharp pencils.
By Jesus159159159, 7/24/2008 @ 7:30 pm
That just sounds so wrong! XD… I’d definitely buy that though… if I had cash
or perhaps a Michael Jackson in Your Pocket! MMMM!!! JAMON!!! 