Saturday, May 30, 2009

Expedient Weapons: Salt Shakers

Most salt and pepper shakers found on restaurant tables have removable screw-on heads. They have four distinct weapon modes. Naturally, any or all of the weapon modes could be used in a self-defense situation.

At short range with the head removed throw the contents of the salt or pepper shaker into your opponent’s face. Use an underhand softball-like pitch and stop it abruptly allowing the contents to continue forward while the empty shaker remains in your hand.
Holding the shaker in your hand with a portion exposed below your hand’s knife-edge (the little finger side) use the shaker as a club multiplying the effectiveness of your hammer fist strike.
With a portion of the shaker exposed above your hand’s ridge-edge (the thumb side) use the shaker to multiply the effectiveness of your ridge hand strike.
Lastly, the shaker can be thrown as a missile weapon – once.

If the specific shaker available is long enough that both ends are exposed when you grasp it in the middle then it can be used to deliver hammer fist and ridge hand strikes in combination.

I recommend that you physically practice all four salt shaker weapon modes at least once a month. It will take less than five minutes and it will prepare your mind to actually use this expedient weapon if the need arises.

Link to other topics in the Special Report: Expedient Weapons

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