The Best Defense (2025)

The Best Defense

The Best Defense teaches self defense through knowledge, preparation and awareness for men and women alike. The show features defense methods that involve both firearms and unarmed defensive situations. The series travels the United States, visiting law enforcement academies and military training facilities where guest hosts and experts, including veteran law enforcement trainers and published personal defense authors, demonstrate life-saving techniques for self-defense in the home, at the office, on a plane or even when lost in the woods.

The Best Defense

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Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

Season 2

Season 2

Season 3

Season 3

Season 4

Season 4

Season 5

Season 5

Season 6

Season 6

Season 7

Season 7

Season 8

Season 8

Season 9

Season 9

Season 10

Season 10

Season 11

Season 11

Season 12

Season 12

Episodes season 1

  • 1x1

    Safe at home part 1

  • 1x2

    Safe at home part 2

  • 1x3

    Safe on the street

  • 1x4

    Awareness

  • 1x5

    De-escalation and boundaries

  • 1x6

    Car jacking part 1

  • 1x7

    Car jacking part 2

  • 1x8

    Prepare for the unexpected

  • 1x9

    Immediate aftermath

  • 1x10

    Safe in the backcountry

  • 1x11

    Acquaintance dangers

  • 1x12

    Dropped gun - active shooter

  • 1x13

    Best of the best defense

Episodes season 2

  • 2x1

    Who's at the door?

  • 2x2

    Home defense: family plan

  • 2x3

    He's not alone

  • 2x4

    Out on the town

  • 2x5

    Out on the town part 2

  • 2x7

    Alone in the dark

  • 2x8

    On the road again

  • 2x9

    Violence in the workplace: armed

  • 2x10

    Violence in the workplace: active

  • 2x11

    Fighting in confined spaces

  • 2x12

    Danger in the backcountry

  • 2x13

    With friends like this

Episodes season 3

  • 3x1

    Breaking & entering

  • 3x2

    Aftermath articulation

  • 3x3

    Road rage

  • 3x4

    Concealed carry

  • 3x5

    Limited mobility

  • 3x6

    Stranded motorist

  • 3x7

    Open carry

  • 3x8

    Apartment security

  • 3x9

    Parking lot confrontation

  • 3x10

    Attack in the elevator

  • 3x11

    Active shooter

  • 3x12

    Parking garage

  • 3x13

    The best of

Episodes season 4

  • 4x1

    Flash mobs

  • 4x2

    Concealed carry gone wrong

  • 4x3

    Woman & child followed home

  • 4x4

    The tueller drill

  • 4x5

    Husband & wife attacked

  • 4x6

    Bump & rob

  • 4x7

    Split x defense

  • 4x8

    Home defense

  • 4x9

    Rape defense

  • 4x10

    Surreptitious draw

  • 4x11

    Multiple attackers

  • 4x12

    Active shooter

  • 4x13

    Best of season four

Episodes season 5

  • 5x1

    Neighborhood watch

  • 5x2

    Intruder in the house

  • 5x3

    Restaurant attack

  • 5x4

    Woman & child

  • 5x5

    Kidnap express

  • 5x6

    Hotel safety

  • 5x7

    Real estate agent

  • 5x8

    Anti-social media

  • 5x9

    Dark house

  • 5x10

    Elderly home invasion

  • 5x11

    Active shooter

  • 5x12

    Low light

  • 5x13

    Best of season 5

Episodes season 6

  • 6x1

    Bank robbery

  • 6x2

    Active shooter

  • 6x3

    Trolley

  • 6x4

    Garage

  • 6x5

    Parking garage

  • 6x6

    Elevator

  • 6x7

    Hitchhikers

  • 6x8

    Rest stop

  • 6x9

    Home invasion

  • 6x10

    Elderly couple

  • 6x11

    Rape

  • 6x12

    Bicycle

  • 6x13

    Best of 2014

Episodes season 7

  • 7x1

    Knockout game

  • 7x2

    Attacker in home

  • 7x3

    Child abduction

  • 7x4

    Known stalker

  • 7x5

    Convenience store robbery

  • 7x6

    Active shooter in church

  • 7x7

    Gas pump robbery

  • 7x8

    Vehicle attack

  • 7x9

    Rural home invasion

  • 7x10

    Motorcycle attack

  • 7x11

    Neighbor altercation

  • 7x12

    The good, bad & ugly

  • 7x13

    Best of

Episodes season 8

  • 8x1

    Extremist attack at work

  • 8x2

    Home invasion

  • 8x3

    School shooting

  • 8x4

    Airplane hijacking

  • 8x5

    Gunshot medical treatment

  • 8x6

    Hotel room attack

  • 8x7

    Home safety from afar

  • 8x8

    Elderly against multiple attackers

  • 8x9

    Intervening in a violent attack

  • 8x10

    Atm robbery

  • 8x11

    Multiple attackers with pre incident indicators

  • 8x12

    Disabled defense

  • 8x13

    Beyond personal safety

Episodes season 9

  • 9x1

    Aftermath - communication with police

  • 9x2

    Camping attack

  • 9x3

    Defensive shooting with compromised vision

  • 9x4

    Protestors attack vehicle

  • 9x5

    Family outing / carjacking

  • 9x6

    Choked from behind

  • 9x7

    Knife to throat mugging

  • 9x8

    Defensive skills training

  • 9x9

    Mass casualties

  • 9x10

    Mass casualties - extended cut

Episodes season 10

  • 10x1

    Home invasion - mistaken identity

  • 10x2

    Youth violence - initiation

  • 10x3

    Parking garage - low light

  • 10x4

    Home invasion - response to alarm

  • 10x5

    Cyber stalking

  • 10x6

    Bus stop - attacked while seated

  • 10x7

    Wheelchair self-defense

  • 10x8

    Airport attack

Episodes season 11

  • 11x1

    Café shooting

  • 11x2

    Carjacking

  • 11x3

    Snub-nose revolver defense

  • 11x4

    Self-defense training

  • 11x5

    Home invasion - police response

  • 11x6

    Kidnapping, "the facts"

  • 11x7

    Kidnapping, "you've been grabbed!"

  • 11x8

    Pre-incident indicators

  • 11x9

    School shooting, "teacher response"

  • 11x10

    School shooting, "student response"

Episodes season 12

  • 12x1

    What equipment do you need?

  • 12x2

    Training regiment

  • 12x3

    Home invasion - tbd - 2023

  • 12x4

    Pros & cons of each weapon choice

  • 12x5

    Mindset - avoidance & de-escalation

  • 12x6

    Environmental weapons

  • 12x7

    Carjacking

  • 12x8

    Movement

  • 12x9

    Kidnapping

  • 12x10

    Active shooter - tbd - 2023

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