4 Simple Self-Defense Techniques Everyone Should Know (100% Effective) 

“You drive the same friend that my car drives” 😂

5. Uncage your inner animal. We all have it. Fight like your life depends on it, because it might.

There are 3 concepts I learned which I found useful: 1) Hard-on-Soft: Punches are hard, so hit soft targets (such as the throat). Palm strikes are soft, so hit hard targets (such as the skull or the jaw) and you won't injure your hand. 2) Life Support system: Strike the weakest areas on the opponent: Eyes, throat, carotid arteries (side of neck), ears (clap on them) and groin. 3) Diminished Fighter theory: Your opponent is at 100% health, and you must wear him down, so strike multiple times.

Probably the one “self-defensive” tip I could add is to just avoid places that put you in danger altogether: don’t go to biker bars, don’t get gas at night in a shady neighborhood, don’t walk through dark alleys, don’t park your car in dark spots with no lighting.

"You drive the same friend that my car drives..." I lost it. 🤣🤣🤣

I never look at my cellphone in public. I watch everything and everybody if possible Makes a big difference

Slowing down at a gas station and you spot someone approaching you right away, just fine a new gas station.

Thank you Jason, for all the information you generously provide. Here are some suggestions those who are no longer able to escape by running or are less capable of defending themselves than they once were, may find useful. Three principles. If a person cannot stand, they cannot fight. If a person cannot breathe, they cannot fight. If a person cannot see, they cannot fight. If you are attacked by more than one person, attempt to 'herd' them together so it is difficult for more than one to attack you at the same time. (they get in each other's way). Joint manipulation does much to compensate for a lack of strength. Try to grab a finger and as forcefully and quickly as you are able, bend it the way it isn't designed to bend. Even if you are a 98lb weakling and he is a 300 lb weightlifter, this will break the finger, but you need to put everything you have into it. The same is true of all defensive moves. Give it all you got! You can also put one hand on top of your opponent's wrist, the other underneath their elbow and as quickly and forcefully as you are able pull down on the wrist while lifting the elbow up and out. This will either break their elbow or dislocate their shoulder. A 'knife' hand to the middle of the throat is more effective than a fist to the throat. The further your opponent's arm is extended, the weaker it becomes. The less you extend your arms, the stronger they are. It would be good to find a 'workout friend' so you both can practice these techniques. I also suggest carrying a heavy cane with a u-shaped handle. This can be used to maintain distance by FORCEFULLY thrusting it into the chest or abdomen, the 'hook' can be used to manipulate their movements and balance or jerk a foot out from under them and of course the shaft can be used to strike--preferably hard surfaces such as the head, shin, etc. The farther down on the shaft you grip the cane, the harder the blow will be. A cane is the only weapon one can legally carry anywhere. Of course it is best to try and avoid 'dangerous' areas and, as much as possible, travel in groups and remember, when it comes to defending your life or the lives or others, there is no such thing as a 'dirty' move.

Thanks a lot Jason. I'm a daughter of a police officer myself, yet I feel like I don't know enough when I watch news and the horrible crimes committed everyday. Living in a populous country makes it even worse. These videos of yours are not just knowledgeable but also gives us girls the confidence we very much need. Kudos to you. From India.

The most simple, direct, logical self defence lesson on RU-vid.

The second story - WHY would you get out of your car??? Stay in the car make sure doors are locked and drive away to a safe place! Or if you're that low on gas - honk your horn repeatedly while calling 911.

I love the blooper "you drive the same friend as my car drives!" I pay attention to my surroundings, however, I have this ability in which I can feel bad energy. Walking home one afternoon I felt really bad energy coming from behind me, so I started walking in a silly manner, skipping then turning around to access my situation. There was a guy about 20 feet behind me. So, I kept up the goofy walk as I increased my speed and as soon as I could turned towards my destination which was blocked from his view by some bushes then ran like hell to my gated apartment complex.

The recommendation to target the face and neck areas on a larger opponent is exceptionally good advice. Body hits on a large person will have much less affect on your assailant than strikes to the head, neck or other critical areas that are not protected by muscle and/or fat.

When someone does accost you while you're pumping gas, give them gas. Lots of gas.

Where was the rule of law on 1/6/21?

Thank you again! I watch all your self defense videos. I am an older woman, I have no one to practice with, but I replay the moves in my mind, hoping that will help.

00:31- Where is that chart from? There was this punk in traffic, who turned in front of me from the wrong lane. I beeped, he gave me the finger, then we started playing bumper tag. Mistakes on both sides here. When traffic stopped, I got out and he got out, (more mistakes, I could have gotten shot)(or him), and we stood face to face. He had a steering wheel lock on hand, I had nothing. He's yelling: "Bring it on, bitch!" So I kicked him in the head! (He wasn't that tall) This wasn't actually the best thing to do, but it just came to me in the moment. He falls into a moving lane of traffic, and trying to get up, he keeps stepping into his baggy pants, falling down repeatedly. Me and the other drivers were just kinda staring at this spectacle. That was about it, and he quit being physically aggressive, and just resorted to running his mouth about how badazs he was. I said: "I already knocked you down, what else you want?" He was just a rediculous piece of isht. As I've gotten older, I've calmed down a lot, and try to be as peaceful as possible. My temper has always gotten me into trouble. So much so, that I was my own worst enemy. Insecure people make their own problems, attract trouble. "Be cool, fool!"

Please sir, could you give some tips to the older and probably disabled people. You know this world is getting crazier by the day as well as anyone. So please help them too. Thank you for all of your videos and advise. Stay safe and God bless.

Spray him with petrol and pull out your lighter. Then say, "Feel lucky?"

While watching this, I couldn't help but think of the OODA loop. I've analyzed a couple of close calls that I've had with the OODA loop and it was enlightening. I'd like to see you do a video on that Jason.

Thank you. In my younger years travelling in Africa and walking the streets at night my head was 360 degrees. I dont know if i was lucky or developed a sense of awareness.

My last sketchy situation was a stairwell at a parking garage. Oddly enough I used the stairs because I didn't want to be isolated and situationally detached in an elevator. One guy was below and there was a guy quietly keeping pace with me from behind and up the stairs. I saw the guy down below look at the guy behind me. I guess the look was to call it off because nothing happened. I was aware of the guy behind me and the guy in front of me... I looked right at him. I think they were looking for easier prey. My point, be confident and show no fear and you will be surprised at how well it works. To gain self-confidence Jason has real-world simple advice that works.

As always, Jason keeps it simple, yet effective

Hey Jason, great content! Even for me as an ex solider and ma teacher with 20 years of self defence experience , there is always new input. Wish I were living in the US to be able to attend one of your seminars... Blessings from Germany! P.s. excuse my crappy english 😅

Subbed. Lying on my lounge here in Australia at 10pm at night, both front and rear doors open and flyscreens unlocked I'm getting kind of nervous. Luckily it's a great neighbourhood.

Excellent Video. I would also recommend people not wear sandals or flip flops too. Wear shoes with laces or at least sturdy slip on shoes. It's easier to run in and you won't fall either. I personally think 90 percent of self defense is awareness and prevention. The other 10 percent is physical actions. I personally practice simple attacks. Also train with weapons. Simple strikes with hands, elbows, knees,, and feet are fine.

2:34 LOL you drive the same friend that my car drives. I thought i was the only one who mixed words up.

Thanks for the advice!

Thank you very much, great stuff.

Great advice! Thanks and stay safe!

5:42 You can punch the groin as well. Groin strike is not limited to knee and kick strikes only. You can use punching and grabbing and squish those balls.

2:33 "You drive the same friend that my car drives" lol. Gotta love Jason.

Another great video. Thanks Jason.

Thank you for another genuinely useful and informative video.

Jason, Very informative and educational. Thank you very much

Thank you for all the great information. I appreciate it very much!!

Every one of these videos is useful. Thank you Jason for all the time you take to educate us on multiple topics! 👍

Thank you.

Thank you Sir

Many thanks for your advice have noted it down.

Thank you Jason.

GREAT ADVICE THANKS.

Always very helpful, life saver, thanks

Thank you Jason. You're a blessing to everyone.

Be aware of your surroundings and it’s less likely someone will get the drop on you 😊

Thank you! Stay Safe 💪

Thank you Jason! 👍

It's interesting that I intuitively developed the same self defense methods you show on here.............In my early 20s I worked with a WWII vet who was a hand to hand instructor who taught me how to really throw and punch, where to hit etc. So my vocabulary is small but very affective......I've sparred with a few guys with Black Belts or 20 years younger and much more buff than me and they've tappedo ut immediately and never got a punch in, much to my shock. That was when I learned a few solid basic moves, assessing the threat and preparing mentally and physically, resolution, focus, action, precision, ferocity and heart will win most fights. I equate it to performing surgery...

Tip 1 carry whatever is legal to carry in your area and practice with it

You're my hero, Jason

Jason! Man! Love your videos but THIS ONE is SO SPOT ON full of great examples and advice! About your gas station incident > GOOD idea your getting out of the car! When I go to an ATM even if it's a drive up > I get out of my car to make my transaction > because I DON'T want the change on a car blocking me from backing out AND another pulling up blocking me in front. I'd be so limited if stuck in my car at their mercy... I'd be better able > not restricted outside the car. Thanks and God bless.

Very practical guidance

Good advice

Thanks I carry a little bag of play sand ⏳ it's non traceable that in your eyes and you're going to have some pretty blindness temporary

I really like the multiple opponents point because in my opinion martial arts, self-defense training, police and security guard combatives, and military hand-to-hand combat training all lack multiple participant training. In police and security guard work, going one-on-one is a bad idea. The principle of overwhelming force means that when empty hands are used to subdue, teamwork between several officers produces that overwhelming force. Going one-on-one is sportsmanship--and sportsmanship has no place in law enforcement. You gave a vivid visual example of three-on-one defender though I'm going to call it out because experienced street thugs position themselves so that they can coordinate their attacks and attack from several directions at the same time. That takes a finite amount of time to set up--the dynamic edition is for a single attack to initiate the swarm attack and the rest pile on. Defensively, the defender, too, can use numbers. Someone has to watch the six! Flank or rear attacks on the aggressor work. Military hand-to-hand combat is mostly (when not exclusively) one-on-one with the exception of riot control formations. This will sound insane to the untrained, but when KILLING sentries, one-on-one works (preferably with overwatch) but when the goal is a living prisoner, two or three taking down the sentry and hauling off the prisoner. It's far easier to carry a prisoner with helping hands than to lug 150 wriggling or limp pounds of prisoner on your own. Note that kidnappers will either be significantly larger than their victims or use a team AND weapons to carry out their dirty deed. Knocking down a victim and rolling the victim up in a carpet takes teamwork and surprise--and a carpet. Teamwork is needed even when firearms. In 1969 Rich Davis was confronted by three armed robbers in Detroit--Davis had been practicing on multiple close-range targets. "Shooting to Live" (Sykes and Fairbairn, 1942) trained Shanghai Municiple Police constables to fire magazine-length bursts into a single target--if modern American crime stats are accurate, about 60% of civilian gunfights are one-on-one and the remainder have two or more attackers. Neutralizing one attacker and running out of ammunition might work--distributing firepower takes practice and some planning. Davis had a six-shot .22 revolver and he trained to put two bullets into every target and then shift to the next target without pausing to admire his handiwork. Infantry tactics are combining fields of fire so that more than one weapon covers every enemy on the battlefield--the fields of fire overlap so that each enemy is neutralized, so that when one of your guys goes off-line (reloading, weapon broken, your guy is a casualty) that part of the defensive perimeter isn't a hole. The problem is that even in this the American military doesn't drill having concentrated fire and distributed fire by fire teams and squads (and other small units). I got lucky in the National Guard on machine gun ranges I ran--the "talking guns" technique pairs up two machine guns with overlapping fields of fire that take turns polluting that bit of real estate with flying lead. Short bursts from each gun in turn confuse the enemy as to the machine guns' locations. When one team announces "OUT" or reloading or something, the other gun picks up rate of fire to compensate while the other gun gets back in the fight. I'm annoyed that police don't practice this on the range--I understand resource limitations, but it's part of fire discipline. A criminal with a gun has to be taken out of action before that criminal shoots someone--two police shooting him are far more likely than one to put the criminal down, and in return the criminal has two police that must be addressed--or the criminal can surrender. Weapons are used--often to intimidate the victim into compliance, but sometimes the crime goal is inflicting "grave bodily injury" and worse. A strong-arm (unarmed) mugger is far more likely to demonstrate that he means business by sucker punching the victim than a robber with a gun is to fire a shot--why attract attention unless the goal is to kill the victim? Getting compliance means demonstrating overwhelming superiority, and with some weapons that means inflicting immediate injury in order to show "I mean business!" Surprise is a weapon. Numbers are a weapon. Being bigger, or pitting male against female, that's a weapon. A club or other impact weapon might be used, but knives are cheap, easy to acquire, and effective even without a lot of experience or training. Training is "synthetic experience." Using a noose around the neck is not common. For a while, "num chucks" were popular because those whirling sticks were intimidating--truth is that without a lot of skill, that weapon is more dangerous to its user. If 40% of criminal attacks are "two-plus" against a single victim, that would make numbers a common enough weapon that practice against multiple attackers should be equally common in training. These four self-defense techniques should be part of everybody's skill set. I chose multiple attackers (and defender teamwork) out of the four to amplify because multiple attackers are very common. Ask Andy Ngo about his encounters with AntiFa.

Do NOT get out of the car

Thank you, sir, for what you do.

5:55 very good advice imo. Unless you’re trained in Martial Arts don’t ever try to do kicks and fancy jumps, roundhouse kicks etc as you will only injure yourself.

My karate instructor told me in front of the class that no one will attack you. The way you walk across the parking lot says you are aware of everything around you.

Happy that I found this channel.

Great advice and good strategy!! Good work👍

It’s a good video a little rushed , as a person who has taught self defense for 4 decades this is good basic advice . Especially the last three things . 1 yes always starts with situational awareness, even though you just can’t keep the space . We call it urgent combat I have 3 1 plus hour videos on urgent combat training.

Remember: there’s always a weapon whether you see one or not. There’s always more than one person. Speed, power and deception. Good luck out there men.

Thank you 🙏 ❤

that's a very handful thank you Mr Hanson

Thanks for the video!

Good advice.

Priceless information very usefull !

WELL SAID!!

always carry a gun , practice , learn to use it , but remember you MUST CARRY IT AT ALL TIMES , imo , good information please keep up the good work ;-)

Hi and thanks. Could you do some defense for seniors? I was very well trained in my youth but, even with that, I know I , and other seniors , need a different type of defense. And seniors are one of the top targets. Thanks.

If violence is inevitable, I'm giving a palm strike either to the sternum or groin. Most amateurs are going for head strikes so I'm positioning myself for a lower strike.

Great stuff! 🙏

Thank you

Many thanks for the simple self defence techniques, Just to reiterate l.Paying attentin to our surrounding , 2.watch shortening the distance , 3.a weapon can be in hiding , 4.multiple attackers. Other Prerequisites: Time, balance and inventiveness in using thinsg at thand. My humble opinion: no hitting, nor kickking. Insteadt Just catching, turning to use him against the other attackers or offenders. and tossing out of balance. Paul,68, retired instructor of Karate

Thank you and God bless you and your family too

Thank you for making these videos. I know there are a lot of dangers out there in general but I have a stalker so these videos are very helpful to me

I was at a gun point getting robbed 3 times in the past. Hollywood way actually worked as I did successfully disarm with that Jackie Chan move where he taught Chris Rock in Rush Hour movie (one hand on top, one hand bottom, twist; and gun is now in your hand). 3rd one didn’t workout but I did eventually come out ahead getting the weapon after some struggle. Fighting back probably had element of surprise, and probably had much luck I wasn’t shot; but Hollywood way worked out for me lol.

I subbed because you have the courage and smarts to tell the truth about what's happening in society in the first 45 seconds of this video. Thank you.

You never go wrong w/ the basics...

Great !👍

Awesome 😎

Hi Jason, I’m SDA and we believe the closer we come to our Savior’s return we will want to get out of the cities. Lawlessness will abound and we are already seeing this around the country. I like your videos, I believe in protecting my family. Your videos have helped me to prepare. Thanks, God bless you and your family and stay close to Jesus. (Old guy from Arkansas)🇺🇸

I’ve been in three real fights. One was in Galveston during a Mardi Gras party. This guy jumped me, I slammed him to the ground and hit him a few times until about 7-10 of his buddies pounced me-they had a bat, but my brother pulled me out before the bat hit me and we practiced our sprinting. One was in my house hanging out with the wrong people drinking tequila. Three of them jumped me. I knocked one out after we grappled all over my apartment. The other two I went nuts on throwing pieces of house hold items and a love seat at them. They all ran out. Two out of three of those fights I was jumped by multiple attackers and one group had a bat, Easton specifically.

Hi Jason. Always nice learning something new from you. Strange how the nice good guys gets the trouble. Thank you very much for your postings of your videos. Be safe, be alert an God bless. Kind regards Jeffrey from Capetown down in South Africa...

Great video!!!

Bet it was satisfying to be a part of justice being served in the CIA. 😳 Wow, I'm in awe.

There is a difference between mutually agreed upon combat and being attacked. When you are being attacked, you are being forced into a violent situation you did not want. So, when you are being attacked, the only rule is survival. You have to be ready to be as ruthless, sadistic, vicious and relentless as your attacker is making you feel is necessary to render them either unwilling or unable to continue the attack. There is no such thing as "a fair fight" when you are being assaulted. There is no such thing as "cheating" when you are in a self defense situation. Do whatever you have to do to make it home to your family.

3:22 Your advice seems solid but I’m an old man - I cannot flee from criminals. What do you suggest?

Duck under the punch...straight jab to the solarplexes...job done...

You hop out of your car? Guy approached me in the PL (true story!) and I jumped INTO my car and locked the door. He kept trying to talk to me (wanted to sell me a cell phone cheap) but I just shook my head at him, as I found my pepper gel in my weak-side pocket. (I have other weapons in my strong-side pocket to use with the pepper gel, which I would never use by itself.) He made several woofs about how I must be nuts to act that way and he then left. I waited until he was about 50 yards away before I exited the vehicle.

"Dont go down alleys" hahahahahaha . Always great advice. MERRY XMAS

I always stay in condition yellow. SA is key.

Nice

my dear friend n brotha jason, very very great vid n knowledge again there , carrying stopping power be it knives/guns is the key here , anything to the nuts/adams apple or head will do it 1000% guranteed effective , you keep these coming , i am always learning , thanks n talk soon bro > tom !

Hi, Jason, this is Sean I have been trying to adapt the quick kill throat and temple techniques for my walking sticks. I walk with 2 of them. Should I just go underneath the chin? And then the straight thrust to the throat? Were what do you recommend? Because I am legally blind. And can the quick kill throat be done with the hard plastic or Wooden Or Mitchell Keene or walking stick.

Im 18 working security in a big city doing overnight patrols by myself my chances of being attacked are pretty decent so ima binge a lot of these… I have some experience wrestling and fighting but not as much to be comfortable

“You drive the same friend my car drives.” Lol adorable

Anyone got something good for a multiple attacker situation and one goes in for a leg takedown. While you are sprawling, one of the others can be on your back or punching your head. In a multiple attacker situation, is there anything to do against a double or single leg takedown besides a sprawl?

You're the best 👌