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In the peaceful Edo period, weapons' value as battlefield weapons became diminished and their value for martial arts and self-defense rose. The naginata was accepted as a status symbol and self-defense weapon for women of nobility, resulting in the image that "the Naginata is the main weapon used by women". [8]
Interest in women's self-defense paralleled subsequent waves of the women's rights movement especially with the rise of Second-wave feminism in the 1960s and 1970s and Third-wave feminism in the 1990s. [8] Today's Empowerment Self-Defense (ESD) courses focus on teaching verbal and psychological as well as physical self-defense strategies.
An early prototypical anti-rape female tampon was invented in late 2000 by Jaap Haumann, a South African man, for the purpose of preventing rape. [5] Haumann's device was designed to resemble a tampon for ease of insertion, and consisted of a hard cylindrical plastic core containing a tensioned spring blade primed to slice when pressed against ...
A self-defense weapon is only as good as the person welding it, and while it may sound fun to buy a huge pair of brass knuckles or a high-powered taser, purchasing a non-lethal self-defense weapon ...
Onna-musha (女武者) is a term referring to female warriors in pre-modern Japan, [1] [2] who were members of the bushi class. They were trained in the use of weapons to protect their household, family, and honour in times of war; [3] [4] many of them fought in battle alongside samurai men. [5] [6]
Often used for self-defense, cat eyes are typically attached to keychains, so it's likely that people forget that they have the weapon when going through a security checkpoint, a TSA spokesperson ...
Suffrajitsu is a term used to describe the application of martial arts or self-defence techniques by members of the Women's Social and Political Union during 1913/14. The term derives from a portmanteau of suffragette and jiu-jitsu and was first coined by an anonymous English journalist during March 1914.
It was designed as a tool for female Los Angeles Police Department officers, and registered as trademark in 1978. [2] Kubota also developed the Kubotai, another self-defense weapon, which was patented in 1991. [9] The Kubotai is used to employ wrist locks and immobilize the opponent.