Weapons training is part and parcel of self-defense training and combatives as well as traditional martial arts. Unfortunately, too much of what passes for weapons training in mainstream martial arts and some self-defense training classes will get you killed or in serious trouble with the law no matter how vicious or criminal your assailant.
Kelly McCann in the February 2012 issue of Black Belt offers some helpful insights in Weapons of Opportunity. Instead of fixating on what weapon to carry and thus potentially inviting a host of legal problems, McCann suggests that you should focus on what he calls weapons of opportunity. In other words, weapons that will stop an attacker and which are also quite legitimate to carry. Two of McCann’s favorites? A multi-tool on a lanyard key chain and an ordinary flashlight. As always, McCann’s writing on self-defense training and combatives is among the best around. His article merits careful attention. Get a copy at your local newsstand today.
And here, courtesy of Black Belt Magazine, is a clip demonstrating how James Williams of the Bugei Trading Company uses a flashlight for self-defense:
Keanu Reeves’ Man of Tai Chi production seems to be picking up steam, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Funding for Reeves’ directorial debut includes Universal Pictures, China Film Group, Wanda Media, and Village Roadshow Asia. (Film buffs will remember that Village Roadshow Asia helped to produce and finance The Matrix.) “Set in contemporary Beijing, Man of Tai Chi headlines Tiger Chen, who was part of the kung fu team in The Matrix. In Man of Tai Chi, Chen stars as a young martial artist whose fighting skills brings him to a realm of vast opportunities, and painful choices,” writes HR reporter Pamela McClintock.
And, remember, Reeves’ 47 Ronin, a Samurai tale of revenge, is due out next November.
And while we’re on the subject of tai chi, here is tai chi master Cheng Man Ching performing a Tai Chi Sword form:
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