A chair affair

Hawaii -- In Honolulu, Honoluluadvertiser.com reported about a man using a chair to defend himself when another man assaulted him with a skateboard and attempted to rob him at knife point.

The 54-year-old intended victim was reportedly able to fend off the younger attacker by using his chair until witnesses intervened and police arrived.

A chair can be used in primarily three ways as a defence tool. First it is possible to use the chair as a whole to hit an aggressor.

Then, you may (sometimes) be able to break of parts of the chair -- one of the legs usually works best -- to use as a club.

Finally, you can use it to push, or "catch" the aggressor -- think of the legs as four "fangs". If you hold the chair with the four legs pointing away from you, it is possible to avoid being kicked, punched or stabbed. Also, the attacker can be pushed and held against a wall.

This last scenario has occurred at psychiatric hospital and other places as well.