Budo international Martial Arts Magazine Jul.-Aug. 2014 | Page 43

Great Masters
"FORCE MULTIPLIERS" - Part 2 As we discussed in part 1 of this article, thousands of
ordinary objects can be used as improvised weapons to
defend yourself in an emergency. However, it is obvious
that it would be impossible to train with all of them.
Additionally, it would not make sense to train with objects
that are not readily available to you at all time.
For example, if someone broke into your home
and attacked you, a strong frying pan could be
effectively used as an improvised weapon to fight
back. But,
since you are not likely to walk around the street,
going to work or shopping while carrying a frying pan,
training in " frying pan techniques" would not
be practical. Only those objects that
you can, legally, have in your

possession at all times and in all places, deserve the
investment of time that proper, specialized training
requires. Another criteria that should be used in selecting
which objects with self-defense applications we should
study, is to insure that the object is in line with the
"substitution principle". What that means is that if you do
not have immediate access to that
exact object, a very similar one
can be substituted and
employed in the SAME
manner, using the SAME
techniques. (I will give you
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