self-defence

a hand / a handle, grip / a paw, foreleg / a way of acting, means / (board games) a move, play

to learn, to receive instruction in

to use / to employ / to make use of, to apply / to spend

(rare, weaponry) a Japanese martial arts truncheon:

(weaponry) a Japanese martial arts truncheon:

defend

defense, self-defense / protection

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

technique, art, skill