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You are walking down the street when a dozen Arabs on Choppers begin to ride around you. They were trained in special Spetznatz ninja techniques by the CIA, what you gonna do? Fortunately, you are prepared, you are wearing pants, and they are held up by that most deadly of all martial arts dreaded belt!

Now, you think I am kidding, but I am not. You are about to get a lesson in, uh, belt fu. Or Belt-kido, or whatever.

First, always make sure the belt you are wearing is medium thickness and smooth. You need to be able to jerk it out of the loops in one easy motion. Then grasp rip that belt firmly, and get ready to kick a king size serving of ass!

The buckle portion is excellent for use as a brass knuckles. Grip it firmly, make sure you don't hit in such a fashion that your own knuckles will break. Then, belt held tight, smack away with impudence.

If you have sharp edges on the buckle it can be used to slice and dice. Heck, swinging the belt as a flail or a whip, you can make mincemeat out of a home intruder. Just make sure it doesn't bounce back and shave your own pretty face!

Now, here's something for those of you with a bit of discipline and rocks, the kind of rocks you pick up off the ground. You can use the belt as a sling! Can anybody spell Goliath out there?

Now, believe it or not, there are actually six techniques covered in the last paragraphs, though you might have to sort them out. So what is the seventh technique? Use your belt to tie, wrap or choke somebody.

Okey dokey and ain't this more fun than a barrel of Tai Chi Masters, that's a lot of stuff you can do with a simple piece of don't get me started on using some dirty, old socks. One thing to be careful of, however, please make sure your pants won't fall fall when you pull the belt out...pulling your pants off in the middle of an alley brawl isn't good strategy, unless your attacker is going to die of laughter. And, all points being made, That is how you make Seven Deadly Martial Arts Weapons out of a strap of leather with a chunk of iron on the tip.