This article offers some beneficial tips for improving one's self defense protection and avoiding those situations that could place you in grave danger. It is important to take note that sometimes there is no need to fight and that fighting might even put you in a more dangerous position. Nevertheless in those instances where you have no options except to fight back, acquiring knowledge on what to do to defend yourself against an attack is crucial.

For example, you may get an educational video/DVD on how to defend yourself when someone is attempting to attack you with a weapon. Whether your mugger uses a knife or a gun, you will know what to do to neutralize that weapon. These kinds of self defense DVDs can provide you with various fighting tips, such as how to immediately incapacitate your attacker, how to avoid being shot or stabbed, and easy body motions that provide you with incredible power. Of course, other instructional videos for self defense protection will focus on martial arts, such as Karate, Kung Fu, Taekwondo, Aikido, Jiu Jitsu, and many others. In the meantime, those who wish to augment their street fighting readiness and who want a less complicated way to free themselves from life threatening circumstances, stun guns and pepper sprays may be used.

You can purchase pepper spray in canisters that can easily be attached to your belt or you can buy the ones that are cleverly disguised as a common everyday item. They could be disguised as a tube of lipstick, fountain pen, key chain, woman's fashion ring or an ordinary pocket pager.

For their personal safety, women may find lipstick pepper spray to be an effective way to ward off date rape. If a date is making unwanted advances that make them feel uncomfortable, these non-fatal products are a convenient way to take control of the situation. When a woman finds herself in such a situation, she can nonchalantly pull out her "lipstick" from her purse and immediately spray it in the face of her date. The principal ingredient contained in pepper spray is an inflammatory agent that works quickly and can do its work even on drunk dates who tend to have a stronger tolerance to pain.

Another popular non-lethal weapon for personal safety is the self defense stun gun. Stun guns can temporarily disable your attacker by using a million volt or more electrical charge. They also come disguised to fool an aggressor and catch him off guard. He even won't know what hit him until it's too late. For instance, they may look like cell phones, flashlights or pagers. The usefulness of a stun gun is disable your attacker long enough to you time to escape and seek out help.