What is a kuboton?

Sgt Q is a former S/F Marine. He joined 1st Anglico in 1998 and was a master parachutist, communication specialist and close combat instructor. He deployed to Iraq in 2003 in support of OIF 1. Since leaving the Marines Sgt Q has been traveling the world as a missionary building schools, orphanages, churches and homes for the homeless. Even as a missionary Sgt Q's tactical mindset is ever present. He founded and leads QMissions and Operation Restore Hope. (QMissions.org) He now leads other veterans struggling with the effects of war onto the mission field to find healing. He always travels with a few "weapons of opportunity" close at hand. Here he goes over the most effective and simple ways to use the kuboton. So what is a kuboton? Kubotan (sometimes erroneously spelled as Kubaton or Kobutan) is a genericized trademark for a self-defense keychain weapon developed by Sōke Takayuki Kubota in the late 1960s. It is typically no more than 5.5 inches (14 centimetres) long and about half an inch (1.25 centimetres) in diameter, slightly thicker or the same size as a marker pen. The material is usually of a hard high-impact plastic (e.g. Lexan). The body of the Kubotan is lined with six round grooves with a screw eye and/or swivel and split ring attachment at one end for keys.