How Women Can Improvise Their Sterling Silver Bracelets To Use For Self-Defense

One self-defense technique can be that critical difference which helps avoid abuse or sexual assault for a woman. That one technique could be a pepper spray, a karate move, a kick in the groin; any of these could serve you to repel an attacker. And these are not the only ones - using your jewelry can be part of your defense moves too, apart from the others which you may use.

Precautions

The first rule of street safety is to not be conspicuous when you should not be. Note the stress on "when". There is a difference between being the life of the party and the center of attention in a a party thrown by your friends, and doing the same in a side-street at 9 pm on some Wednesday night while returning home. Part of that involves not flaunting any jewelry that you may wear. For example, it’s a good idea to wear your Sterling Silver necklace to a party, but not removing it while you are returning home is risky enough to be called a fools’ errand. Also note that even if you are with a friend, by itself that does not ensure safety. And your security is compromised all the more if you are alone. Do not flash your costly touch phone around, is another piece of advice to follow. Think of these things as crime magnets - they will draw not just attention, but the attack itself.

Basics

Having made it clear that you should not wear jewelry that compromises your safety, lets now understand how it can be used as a weapon in your self-defense. We are here talking about a bracelet, which is usually inconspicuous, especially if you are wearing long-sleeved top or shirt.

An important principle of self-defense is that anything can be used as a weapon. This principle has been taught to professionals like MI6 spies (think James Bond), commandos and other such fighters. In fiction, the protagonist of 'The spy who came in from the cold', when threatened and attacked, uses a matchbox as a weapon. A matchbox that he crushes and gets the jagged ends outwards, to strike the attacker with. Your Sterling Silver bracelet can come to the same use - and much more effectively than a match of boxes.

Using Your Bracelet

The following factors make a bracelet a good weapon in personal combat: almost all bracelets have edges, if not in the body then in the beads that it may have. It is worn on your hand, which you will anyway use to attack, by way of defense. Also if you do not have any option, it may be the strongest choice of weapon you may have.

To improvise on it further, if your bracelet is loose, you could use the other hand to pull it over your hand, and let it attach itself on the lower part of your hand. In which case it will no longer dangle, and the attacker will see this new weapon more clearly too - something which will deter him.

Another improvisation you can do is take the bracelet off your arm, and hold it in your fist. Then use this as an impact device to punch and parry the attacker with. Attacks on the face are more effective with this new "weapon" of yours too.

Conclusion

A Sterling Silver bracelet is not just a show piece - at the fundamental level it is metal - more importantly an alloy which has been designed to be strong. Metals are strong, and using them, you can be stronger too. It’s one more weapon in your arsenal, and the bigger the arsenal of self-defense skills, the more secure and confidant you will be. Keep yourself safe and secure.