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Originally Posted by Danth
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No, it isn't, not unless you're hitting an 80 year old woman or something. We trained with those collapsible ASPs plenty and I was readily able to shield myself from direct blows and continue attacking. At worst I ended up with some bruises. You're not stopping anyone with those things unless either through intimidation, or if you get him in a soft spot like the knees or the nerve cluster up near the shoulder/neck area. We were trained to aim at those types of areas for just that reason. I had so little faith in those things I kept a PR-24 handy as much as I could. On top of that, in a lot of jurisdictions it's illegal for people to carry those collapsible batons around, falls under the same classification as things like brass knuckles. Be sure to check your local laws.
Danth
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Or soft spot like the head. The force is all on the ball at the end, obviously getting inside that range of force is going to lessen the blow. But if that ball hits a blocking arm (or head) that arm is done UNLESS it was being swung by a 80yr old grandma
Either way, I’d think of something to carry to out-range a knife. Which is a statement on how we think to survive, trying to always one-up the other person’s potential weapon