Self-Defense Resource Center

Welcome to On Her Own’s Self-Defense Resource Center! Below, I have collected a wide variety of video and written educational content to help you and your loved ones be safer. If you have limited time, start at the top for basic information about one of my favorite self-defense tools, pepper spray. Keep scrolling down if you’d like more strategies to protect yourself from bad guys. This Resource Center will be updated regularly, so come back to review and learn more.

• Pepper Spray 101
• Pepper Spray 201
• General Self-Defense Topics 101
• General Self-Defense Topics 201
• Other Self-Defense Tools 101

• How To Article: Practicing with Pepper Spray

• Basic written instructions (6″x4″ double-sided printable PDF; English, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese)

Pepper Spray 201

• Pepper Spray – General Information Article
• Technical Information About Selecting Pepper Spray
• Worried About Pepper Spray Blowing Back at You? Read This.
• Why Wasp Spray Is Not an Acceptable Substitute

• Introductory MUC
• More in-depth article about Managing Unknown Contacts
• Understanding the MUC “Fence Position” for Your Hands

Additional Reading

• How to be rude

Additional Reading

• Defending Against the Throat Grab (video link)
• How To Avoid and Defend Yourself Against Hate Crimes and Random Attacks
• Strategies to Avoid and Deal with Being Attacked from Behind
• How To Tell If a Self-Defense Advice Is Worth Listening To

• How To Tell If a Self-Defense Product Can Help You Be Safer
• Personal Alarms: Effective or Not?
• Carry a Knife for Self-Defense? Read This First
• What About Folding Knives?
• Ring Knives? (video link)
• Kitty Kat Keychains? (video link)
• Stun Guns? (video link)
• Can’t I just use my keys? (video link)
• How about kubatons!? (video link)
• Should You Buy or Carry a Gun?
• Is It Better to Carry Something Than Nothing at All?