nifty gift
Oct. 1st, 2013 10:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cellioSome time ago a friend asked me when my birthday is because he had the "perfect" gift for me. (We don't normally send gifts to each other, but this was an exception.) I'd forgotten all about that until a package arrived recently.
It contained a very nice, hefty flashlight with a good solid grip. That was a little puzzling, but there was more amidst the packing peanuts. The package also contained a copy of the book Defensive Tactics with Flashlights, apparently written for police officers. This looks like a fascinating read (I'm not very far through it yet), and it tickles that "hand-weapon" interest that goes back to my SCA fighting days. As a pedestrian I've sometimes found myself contemplating the defensive properties of umbrellas, too. (And, I learned from Google, "flashlight tactics" is apparently a thing. I had no idea.)
Then I turned the flashlight on and was surprised by a blue beam. A very powerful blue beam (LED). Looking more closely: ultra-blue. That is, it's a "black light". Why is that interesting? Because I see into the UV spectrum, so that light does more for me than for others.
I'm impressed by my friend's ability to combine odd bits of trivia about me in this way. Nifty!
It contained a very nice, hefty flashlight with a good solid grip. That was a little puzzling, but there was more amidst the packing peanuts. The package also contained a copy of the book Defensive Tactics with Flashlights, apparently written for police officers. This looks like a fascinating read (I'm not very far through it yet), and it tickles that "hand-weapon" interest that goes back to my SCA fighting days. As a pedestrian I've sometimes found myself contemplating the defensive properties of umbrellas, too. (And, I learned from Google, "flashlight tactics" is apparently a thing. I had no idea.)
Then I turned the flashlight on and was surprised by a blue beam. A very powerful blue beam (LED). Looking more closely: ultra-blue. That is, it's a "black light". Why is that interesting? Because I see into the UV spectrum, so that light does more for me than for others.
I'm impressed by my friend's ability to combine odd bits of trivia about me in this way. Nifty!
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Date: 2013-10-02 03:26 am (UTC)I haven't done any self-defense work with it, but I am not surprised that flashlight defense is a thing (and I'd love to try it!). Cane defense is, too, and my sensei taught a young man who used crutches to incorporate them into his martial arts practice. Anything can be a weapon, if you know how to use it. We practice offensive belt techniques a lot. Heck, I got a new CO2 cartridge for my Sodastream today, and I was thinking what an awesome thing it for be for self defense.
I wish more of my female friends lived closer -- I think you guys would really enjoy a self-defense class from my sensei.
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Date: 2013-10-02 04:04 am (UTC)