When I was a student, I lived in a student dormitory (Gakuryo) that claimed to be self-governing.

The dormitory was such that one of the seniors had a field hockey stick in his room at all times.

Conversations like, "I will need weapons in case someone steps into the room," and the usual warnings about "internal strife," don't seem too strange--

It was a dormitory that persistently retained the residue of the security struggle of the 1970s.

There was a time when someone thought "violence" was not the exclusive domain of violent devices (police, self-defense forces) (with having a distant look).

Well, it's not surprising that rational thinkers (e.g., engineering approach) are excluded in such places.

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The other day, just before midnight, the doorbell rang at my house.

I have no idea who would be visiting my house at this hour.

I went downstairs to my room with my SHOULDER TAPPING ROD at the ready. There, my senior daughter, who was unable to enter my house because of the chain key, had just come in after my wife opened the gate for her.

I was momentarily taken aback by the fact that I was not equipped with a weapon in my room.

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Ebata: "I have to deploy the weapons in my room."

Wife: "I put my father's golf clubs in the umbrella stand at the entrance."

Ebata: "Then we won't be able to subdue the intruders after they raid our home."

So, I'm currently considering purchasing a wooden sword.

Also, if used as a weapon, it could kill the intruder, which is quite annoying.

In fact, in the 70's, these things (crowbars) were cheaper, used by militants in internal fights.

It seems that this device can be used for its intended purpose.