Choosing The Best Home Defense Weapon (Besides Guns)

What about weapons in the car? https://youtu.be/O4oTLeHnPfk

I'm Canadian so my home defense is hockey stick based. Unfortunately, the home invader would also have a hockey stick.

If you don't have a gun use what people used before guns. Imagine kicking in a door and seeing a guy holding a long sword.... I bet you back up and close the door

When I was a teenager and working security jobs we weren't allowed any "weapons" but every company gave us foot long maglite metal flashlights that held 4 C batteries and could easily knock someone out. Best thing is at night you could also blind them.

I once found myself in a friend's appartment as 3 guys started breaking down the door. There were 4 of us in the couch at the time, we had all done some martial arts and in the room with us were a sword, an executioner's axe from the 1600's with actual souls in it, a baseball bat and a hammer. We were loaded! And what happened when the door started braking down is exactly what mike said would happen. Everybodys eyes got really big really fast and everyone was just staring for a considerable amount of time before we sprang into action and grabbed the weapons. However, when we realized that these guys had brought guns it took only about a microsecond for me to teleport to the balcony and jump. Everyone else landed injured but man i landed running, and i kept running for a considerable amount of time!

Storing a weapon by the front door is basically giving the intruder an ammo drop for a raid mission.

Horse head mask, Viagra, no pants, machete, start crying and screaming its dinner time! They die from shock

Late on this but I love your point about the kitchen knife. Knives are scary, messy, personal, etc. There’s no scenario where my mom has an intruder in her home and goes “okay I’ll go to kitchen, grab a giant knife, and now I’m gonna stab a violent crazy guy up close an personal” and that ends up well for her.

"How sharp are your kitchen knives?" Me- 😃

When your wife/girlfriend asks you what your thinking about.

This video is the entire conversation I have with myself as I'm going to sleep

Was a foil fencer for several years on and off so one of my favorite home defense weapons is my colichemarde. It is definitely not my first pick for a good practical weapon but it is my favorite, especially since its the only weapon I'm well trained to use.

Sir, I've watched many of your wonderful and well thought out videos, and I am absolutely a fan of your work. My background is Taekwondo many-many years ago and later in my life (what I've come to believe is the more effective systems of Kali and Silat). From years of learning about anatomy and physiology and combining this knowledge with Kali and Silat, and understanding that the blade does not have to be large at all (however a very pointy and very sharp blade is always a good thing), and placement is also an extremely important thing. Combining knowledge, commitment to the defense, and training can absolutely be a devastating combination. There are many places on the human body where the puncture [with a jagged cut] does not have to be very-very deep at all to cause sufficient permanent damage to cause the attacker to stop what he is doing and wonder where his next breath is coming from, or wait....wait...I'm loosing consciousness due to blood loss...um...what...and then the lights go dark type of thing. I absolutely understand that no one is just going to let you do these things, but all I am saying is, if they are in your house and are going to kill you anyway, you absolutely have to do the things that you have been training to do for years and years, and you cannot hesitate, or your loved ones will absolutely be next. This mindset (from a front-line type of theater...I believe) is extremely necessary because these types of intruders in ones home ABSOLUTELY mean you harm (permanent harm), and I truly believe that hesitation can be the end of you and your loved ones. Commitment to an explosive defense (even if I am killed in the defense of my family) is super-super important. After all, what is the alternative, the annihilation of my family??? With these types of things in mind, my training over the many-many years has been very-very realistic and NOT point based.....at all...because in the real world, I'm well aware of the fact that you get ONE chance, and one chance only to save your loved ones (and this is NOT a [macho man] garbage thing ....at all). Peace, love, and happiness to you and your family, my brother. I love your videos, and may you always be well, sir.

The best melee weapon for home-defence in my opinion is a spear. In my country guns are very hard to get and it is illegal to get a license for self-defence so alot of people rely on melee weapons. People make their own spears with a broom handle, kitchen knife and duct tape then place it beside them when they sleep. The spear is a perfect and unusual home defence weapon in my opinion because it is easy to thrust a spear in a hallway but it is difficult to swing a machete or a bat. It creates great distance which would he hard to close and it has been proven as one of the most effective weapons through history.

swinging an axe screaming " I have got Aids and covid" should stun any intruder.

I am someone who cannot legally own a firearm . My 4foot oak closet rod, i keep by my door is my weapon of choice, and it has served me well. I spent 3 years of my life studying traditional Wah Lum Kungfu, including specifically staff and spear drills, so this little piece of closet rod is the weapon I am most proficient in. I have already used it during a home invasion, to great effect. I am very very aware things could have gone poorly for me ,but as far as my options go, this is my best one.

A nice ash or hickory axe handle. Available in different lengths. I keep one that's midway between a hatchet handle and a full size axe handle. Can be used with one hand. Light but very hard.

Your number one home defense object, even before a gun; a barky dog that gives you early warning. Those few seconds allowing you to react make all the difference.

One tip to add: Leaving a weapon sitting by the door is the same thing as offering it to an intruder. He's now an armed intruder.

Always nice to see others who think of a tomahawk, when a gun might not be a viable option. Most people don't consider the issue of missed shots, and the walls they will penetrate. If you have loved ones on the other side, that can be extremely problematic. Not everyone is a sure shot, just like not everyone has necessarily trained with their weapon of choice.