Anything can become a weapon when your mind is the real weapon.
Your mind will always be your greatest weapon, not least of all because with your intelligence and ingenuity you can locate the most effective duel use objects to use as weapons during an assault.
While the will to use improvised weapons is often instinctive for the experienced fighter, the effectiveness of such improvised weapons can depend on how good an eye you have in not only quickly locating and choosing your improvised “Weapon” but also on your ability to use that object in a way that will disable your attacker effectively.
What are the first natural reactions a person has when being attacked? First the person will put up his arms to block any attack, then they will instinctively grab for any object that can multiply the expediency of their own “God” given weapons.
If not a chair it will be another object that can be used as either a weapon or shield.
Using the chair or other object as a striking weapon will disrupt your attacker’s ability from gaining direction, lead and control of the attack.
At the end of the day though, almost any object can be used as either a weapon or atleast a shield, some objects that I’m sure you would never have thought of as weapons or even shields.
The following is a list of a few possible objects you very well might have in your environment that could be employed as improvised weapons or shields: The flashlight: A favourite among many a self defense practitioner for years now.
Can be used to momentarily blind an attacker or as an impact weapon.
You can still use a glass bottle as a weapon though, just don’t break it on the table first, smash it directly in your attacker’s face! Preferably use a glass bottle full of liquids, as an empty one will be far less effective.
Duct tape: Not a weapon as such but makes good handcuffs to hold your attacker until the police arrive.
If you are attacked by night, the light switch can be the best “Weapon” for defense, without really being a weapon as such.
Clothing: Are you wearing a coat or scarf? A coat or jacket can be used to shield yourself against an attacker’s knife or other weapon.
The larger ones make a good impact weapon and improvised stick fighting weapon.
Can cause a lot of damage from use as a striking weapon, and again most irons have an electrical cord that makes a good flexible weapon as well.
One note on employing flexible weapons: As you can see a number of the potential weapons I mentioned in this small list are flexible, for example the electrical cord and clothing.
It’s you’re job to train yourself to identify these potential weapons out of any objects around you.
Look at objects in your surroundings through sort of a “Weapons” filter.
Specifically ask yourself, which ones can make an effective weapon? How would you use it? Will that object really cause hurt to your attacker and disable him, or is it really just a waste of time? Sometimes an object would make such a poor weapon that it’s better to fight unarmed.
No one can really instruct you or show you every object that has the potential to be used as a weapon.
