The Indian Express: Post-Guwahati shame, sale of self-defence tools on the rise in Bangalore
Excerpt from Guru Franklin Joseph Experts suggest this might not be the only solution and that people need to stay on guard round-the-clock. "Pepper spray can be a handy tool, but being aware of your surroundings is more important. In the last one week, we've had a large number of single working women and worried parents enrolling their teenage daughters in our Krav Maga self-defence classes," says Franklin Joseph, self-defence instructor, Badass Combat Academy. Further, many are buying telescopic batons and stun guns — though they cost a little more than pepper sprays — which are handy, he added. --- Franklin Joseph Pepper sprays, stun guns, telescopic batons and knives are a few things that Bangaloreans have been getting their hands on in the last one week. The recent G...
