When the SHTF, you need to be as fully prepared as possible.

In addition to a clean source or supply of water, a durable stockpile of food, alternative energy generation sources, and the ability to stay warm and dry, you will need to be fully prepared to defend yourself and your family.

In addition to firearms, the following are great preper self defense tools for SHTF:

The walking stick is the perfect preper self defense tool for SHTF, because it gives you reach and strength advantage over most bladed weapons, and is disguised as an everyday carry utility item.

The home made self defense walking stick is a fantastic and inexpensive self defense option for the practical preper in terms of self defense tools for SHTF.

Fight like Morgan from The Walking Dead using the self defense walking stick.

The best non gun self defense tool is one that gives you reach advantage, is easily accessible, easily carried, and increases the power and force of your self defense techniques.

Here are some good non gun self defense tools to consider.

The long martial arts staff, long hiking stick, or Japanese Bo.

Bo staff self defense.

Should you use Bo spins or Bo strikes for self defense?

How about both?

Bo spins are great as a warm up and to build speed, power, balance, coordination, confidence, grip strength, timing and distance, and spatial awareness.

Bo strikes are better for self defense application though, because they will be effective in stopping an attack.

So practice staff spinning in training but not for actual self defense technique.

And practice staff strikes in training with speed, power, full extension, rotation of shoulders and hips, and moving the body while striking.

Training self defense at home is as simple as learning a few simple techniques and a few basic principles.

The Kali martial arts sticks are a great simple self defense tool, because you can train with double sticks and then apply your training to real world self defense against a larger attacker, knife assault, and even self defense against multiple attackers.

Arnis, Kali, Escrimna, are all names for Filipino Martial Arts that use the baston, or stick for fighting and for self defense.

What is the best self defense weapon for seniors?

Now, before you say a gun, I want to say that some are comfortable with guns, and some are not, so I want to limit this discussion to non-gun options for senior self defense.

So, what is the best non gun self defense weapon for seniors?

One that is easily and readily carried.

Is simple and effective.

Does not require years of practice to employ.

And is disguised as an everyday item that does not make the person carrying it look threatening or provoking.

The self defense walking cane is one of the best self defense weapons for seniors, because it can be carried everywhere, and can be used to immediately put into defensive action with self defense cane thrusts, strikes, shoves, and, using the crook of the self defense walking cane, raking motions.

In addition to the walking cane, the self defense walking stick or hiking staff are two of the best self defense weapons for seniors.

The walking cane is a perfect self defense tool for seniors, disabled persons, and anyone wanting a low profile option for self defense.

Because you can take a walking cane anywhere and everywhere you go, thanks to the Americans With Disabilities act, the self defense walking cane is immediately accessible when you need a self defense tool.

Why is a self defense walking cane a good self defense option? Because the self defense walking cane gives you reach advantage, leverages your natural strength, and does not bleed or break easily!

The self defense walking cane is also like an extra auto insurance policy when you carry it in your car.

Having a self defense walking cane with you in the car when you have to stop for gas, you can feel a little more confident and safe when you have to stop in a tough neighborhood. In that way, the self defense walking cane is like that extra car protection insurance policy or health insurance policy.