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unusual facts about Self Defense


Self Defense

Self-defense, a countermeasure that involves defending oneself


Mousegun

A mousegun is most often considered a category of small revolver, or semi-automatic handgun intended for concealed carry (CCW)self defense.


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And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks

Carr stabbed Kammerer to death in a drunken fight, in self-defense by some accounts, then dumped Kammerer's body into the Hudson River.

Cadillac Gage Commando

In these roles, the vehicles are generally equipped with the RBS 70 Surface-to-air missiles or a single Oerlikon 20 mm cannon plus FN MAG 7.62 mm General-purpose machine guns for self-defense.

Castaño

Carlos Castaño Gil, (1965-2004) the founder of the Peasant Self-Defense Forces of Córdoba and Urabá (ACCU), an extreme right paramilitary organization in Colombia.

Chicago Women's Liberation Union

Joan Little was a black woman who killed a jail guard, in self-defense, when he tried to rape her.

Combat judo

Judo, if practiced in a manner which emphasizes self-defense.

Cypher in the Snow

Cypher in the Snow released several recordings including a single with Outpunk, the first independent record label devoted to queer punk; an album on Candy Ass Records; and a split single with Sleater-Kinney, the Free to Fight single, dedicated to self-defense for women.

Debra Nelson

In 2013, she was put in the national spotlight again, as she was the presiding judge in the controversial self-defense case, the State of Florida v. George Zimmerman.

Graciela Casillas

In 1996 Casillas designed a knife known as the Ladyhawk, manufactured by Masters of Defense (MOD) as a collaboration with Microtech Knives and marketed as a self-defense knife designed for women.

Gun politics in Brazil

The belief of a fundamental natural human right to self-defense, low efficacy of police, high levels of use of illegal weapons in crimes in contrast to a very rare usage of legal weapons, and advocacy by Non Governmental Organizations (N.G.O.) such as the NRA are some of the factors that may have influenced 65% of Brazilian people to decide against the ban.

Hiroshi Isoyama

He joined the Air Self-Defense Forces in 1958 and was sent to Chitose.

Joseph Pilates

Pilates was originally a gymnast, diver, and bodybuilder, but when he moved to England in 1912, he earned a living as a professional boxer, circus-performer, and self-defense trainer at police schools and Scotland Yard.

Lee Reyes

He has been trained by the some of the most prominent martial arts trainers in the world including: Master Boxing Instructor Jeff Langton, Muay Thai Instructor Saekson Janjira, Tae Kwon Do Instructor Billy Blanks, last resort tactic self defense instructor Tom Petire.

Legality of the Vietnam War

Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter prohibits war that is not to maintain or restore international peace (Article 42) or undertaken in self-defense (Article 51).

Massad Ayoob

Since 1995, he has written self-defense and firearms related articles for Backwoods Home Magazine.

Mount Chōkai

Three ships have been named after Mount Chōkai: Chōkai, an early steam gunboat, and the cruiser Chōkai (sunk in 1944), which were both in the Japanese Imperial Navy, and the JDS Chōkai, a Kongō class guided missile destroyer currently in service in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

Nonviolent self defense

Nonviolent Self Defense is now used by mental health, social service, law enforcement, and education professionals throughout the United States for nonviolent crisis intervention.

Peasant Self-Defense Forces of Córdoba and Urabá

Autodefensas Campesinas de Córdoba y Urabá (ACCU), Spanish for Peasant Self-Defense Forces of Córdoba and Urabá, was a paramilitary group formed in northwestern Colombia, operating mainly in the Antioquia Department and Córdoba Department.

Rebecca Latimer Felton

In 1899, a massive crowd of white Georgians tortured, mutilated, and burned a black man, Sam Hose, who purportedly had killed a white man in self-defense but had not committed the rape of the white woman whites accused him of.

Rener Gracie

He is currently engaged to former WWE diva, Eve Torres, who is herself a blue belt in Gracie Jiu-Jitsu and currently works as a spokeswoman and head instructor for the Gracie Women Empowered Self-defense program.

Replenishment oiler

Because the replenishment oiler is not a combat unit, but rather a support vessel, such ships are often lightly armed, usually with self-defense systems (such as the Phalanx CIWS close-in weapons systems), small arms, machine guns and/or light automatic cannons.

Roberta Gregory

As well, she is one of the contributors to Free to Fight, the interactive self-defense project for women.

Sani Yakubu Rodi

He was hanged in a prison in Katsina State on January 3, 2002, for the 2001 fatal stabbing of a woman and her two children; however, he did not have legal representation at his trial (opting for self-defense), and had pleaded not guilty at his initial hearing, but had changed to a guilty plea at a later hearing, after which he was sentenced to death by hanging.

Sarkis Jebejian

Then as a lieutenant of Andranik's Special Striking Division he participated in Zangezur's self-defense.

Sasebo

Sasebo, Nagasaki, a city in Japan and a base of the Imperial Japanese Navy in the city, later of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

Self-Defense Training Camp

There are four selectable game modes on the main menu: "Cardio Workout", "Balance Practices", "Self Defense Rehearsal", and "Reflex Training".

Social Democrat Hunchakian Party

In the early 1990s, the party took part in the self-defense of Zangezur (Paramaz battalion) and Nagorno-Karabakh conflict (Jirair-Mourad battalion led by Gevorg Guzelian).

Stand Your Ground

Stand-your-ground law, a legal doctrine stating that a person who is legally entitled to be where he/she is and has not provoked an attack, has no duty to retreat before using force in self-defense when they have a reasonable belief that the attack or threat of attack is unlawful

State Bar of Michigan

#Pond's Defense - Michigan Supreme Court Justice James Campbell authored an important decision about self-defense and defense of others in 1860 in Pond v. People.

STI Knives

The Tai Sabaki is marketed as their best knife, unlike the combat weapon looking P001, this tactical folding knife is shaped like a sleek utility folding knife, and it features 6 locking positions with 13 grip positions, designed for EDC (Every Day Carry), self-defense on the street.

The Brother Moves On

Track 2, Ya’khalimbazo, is an ode to the self-defense unit that used to police Caleni “Kalambazo” section in Tembisa between 1990 - 1993.

Toshio Tamogami

On 14 July 2004, when questioned further about this supposed 'unconstitutionality' of the Air Self-Defense Force, he said his opinion should not distress its members since (quoting the catch phrase of Yoshio Kojima, a popular comedian) "what does that matter?"

Wadō-ryū

In addition to the three paired kata above, there are also Gyakunage Kata (kata of throwing), Joshi Goshinjutsu (kata of women's self-defense), Kodokan Goshin Jutsu & some others, but they are not commonly taught.

X11vnc

x11vnc is known to have been run on the following types of systems: Electron microscope, MRI and Radiology image analysis system, Power plant and Oil platform management consoles, Materials distribution control, Ship self-defense system testing, NMR systems, Silicon wafer analysis microscope, and Theater and concert lighting control.