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The 41 pages that link to Self-defense, each with the reason it gives.

• Humanitarian interventionCompared with: Unlike self-defense, humanitarian intervention claims protection of people abroad rather than defense against an attack on the intervening state.

• Rules of engagementRelated: Many rules authorize force to defend personnel or designated others.

• Brazilian jiu-jitsuRelated: Self-defense training applies grappling control outside the sport’s cooperative rules and weight classes.

• Use of forceCompared with: It concerns private defensive action, unlike force exercised under public authority.

• Criminal responsibilityBroader topic: It can justify conduct that would otherwise satisfy an offense’s elements.

• Martial artsRelated: Self-defense prioritizes escaping danger, unlike sport formats built around winning matches.

• Kellogg–Briand PactCompared with: The pact did not clearly prohibit defensive war, leaving this exception consequential.

• Combat sportCompared with: Self-defense responds to uncontrolled threats rather than a mutually agreed contest.

• NonviolenceCompared with: Debates over whether defensive force is compatible with nonviolence mark a key boundary.

• Police brutalityCompared with: A claim of defensive necessity can distinguish justified force from brutality.

• Crime of aggressionCompared with: Lawful self-defense can justify force that would otherwise raise aggression concerns.

• North Atlantic TreatyNarrower topic: The treaty’s collective-defense clause invokes the inherent right of individual and collective self-defense.

• GrapplingNarrower topic: Grappling can control an aggressor, though self-defense changes the priorities and risks.

• Safety planningCompared with: Planning seeks to reduce exposure to danger rather than rely on force during an attack.

• VigilantismCompared with: Self-defense responds to immediate danger, whereas vigilantism targets alleged wrongdoing or disorder.

• AssaultRelated: A reasonable apprehension of imminent contact can support defensive action.

• MurderCompared with: A justified killing in self-defense may be lawful rather than murder.

• NecessityCompared with: Unlike necessity, self-defense responds to a wrongful threat posed by another actor.

• SamboRelated: Combat sambo’s practical training includes responses to striking and grappling attacks.

• JujutsuRelated: Jujutsu techniques are often taught as ways to escape, control, or stop an attacker.

• NonresistanceCompared with: Permitting defensive force conflicts with strict forms of nonresistance.

• SandaRelated: Sanda develops striking and balance-disruption skills, though sport rules differ from real confrontations.

• Korean martial artsRelated: Hapkido and other Korean systems teach techniques intended for defensive situations.

• Right to lifeCompared with: It illustrates circumstances in which taking life may be legally justified rather than arbitrary.

• WheellockRelated: A wheellock could be carried ready for personal protection without an exposed matchcord.

• Jus ad bellumBroader topic: It is the principal unilateral exception to the prohibition on interstate force.

• HapkidoRelated: Hapkido’s locks, strikes, and escapes are commonly taught for self-defense situations.

• Intentional tortCompared with: It can excuse conduct that otherwise satisfies the elements of assault or battery.

• Trayvon MartinNarrower topic: Zimmerman argued that his use of deadly force was justified as self-defense.

• HandgunRelated: Civilian handgun ownership is often discussed in relation to defensive use.

• Law of warCompared with: It is an exception to the prohibition on force, not a rule for conducting hostilities.

• ManslaughterCompared with: A successful defense can make a killing lawful rather than manslaughter.

• Aileen WuornosCompared with: Wuornos claimed some killings followed sexual assaults, while prosecutors rejected self-defense as an explanation.

• Casus belliCompared with: Self-defense is a legal basis for force, not simply an incident offered to justify war.

• Hand-to-hand combatRelated: Personal protection is a common context for learning close-range defensive skills.

• Soghomon TehlirianCompared with: Tehlirian’s defense invoked trauma and the genocide, not a conventional claim of immediate self-defense.

• History of martial artsRelated: Self-protection remains a central purpose even as many arts become sports or performances.

• BaguazhangRelated: Baguazhang techniques are taught in some schools as methods for evasion, striking, and close-range defense.

• Brass knucklesRelated: Claims of personal protection often figure in debates about carrying the weapon.

• Silat MelayuRelated: Practical protection is one purpose of Silat Melayu’s techniques.

• VovinamRelated: Vovinam's unarmed techniques are taught in part for practical personal protection.