The Best Defense
- Genre: Reality
- Last Air Date: 2023-07-05
- Total Seasons: 12
- Total Episodes: 141
- Status: Returning Series
- Episode Runtime: 30 min.
- Production Country: United States of America
- Network: Outdoor Channel
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.
You can now watch The Best Defense online on the following streaming platforms in the United States.
| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Episode 1 | Pilot | 2008-12-24 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 1 | Neighborhood Watch | 2013-01-05 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 1 | Bank Robbery | 2014-01-01 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 2 | Active Shooter | 2014-01-08 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 3 | Trouble on the Trolley | 2014-01-15 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 4 | Garage | 2014-01-22 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 5 | The Parking Garage | 2014-01-29 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 6 | The Elevator | 2014-02-05 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 7 | The Rest Stop | 2014-02-12 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 8 | The Rest Stop II | 2014-02-19 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 9 | Home Invasion | 2014-02-26 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 10 | Elderly Couple | 2014-03-05 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 11 | Rape | 2014-03-12 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 12 | Bicycle | 2014-03-19 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 13 | Best of Season 6 | 2014-03-26 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 1 | The Knockout Game | 2014-12-31 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 2 | Attacker in Home | 2015-01-07 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 3 | Child Abduction | 2015-01-14 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 4 | Known Stalker | 2015-01-21 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 5 | Pharmacy Robbery | 2015-01-28 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 6 | Active Shooter in Church | 2015-02-04 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 7 | Gas Pump Robbery | 2015-02-11 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 8 | Vehicle Attack | 2015-02-18 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 9 | Rural Home Invasion | 2015-02-25 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 10 | Motorcycle Attack | 2015-03-04 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 11 | Neighbor Altercation | 2015-03-11 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 12 | The Good, the Bad and the Ugly | 2015-03-18 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 13 | Best of 2015 | 2015-03-25 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 14 | Active Theatre Shooter | 2015-05-20 | 30 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 1 | Elevator Attack | 2015-12-02 | 30 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 2 | Hitchhiker | 2015-12-16 | 30 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 3 | Extremist Attack at Work | 2015-12-30 | 30 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 4 | Home Invasion | 2016-01-06 | 30 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 5 | School Shooting | 2016-01-13 | 30 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 6 | Airplane Hijacking | 2016-01-20 | 30 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 7 | Gunshot Medical Treatment | 2016-01-27 | 30 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 8 | Hotel Room Attack | 2016-02-03 | 30 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 9 | Home Safety from Afar | 2016-02-10 | 30 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 10 | Elderly Against Multiple Attackers | 2016-02-17 | 30 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 11 | Intervening in a Violent Attack | 2016-02-24 | 30 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 12 | ATM Robbery | 2016-03-02 | 30 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 13 | Multiple Attackers | 2016-03-09 | 30 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 14 | Disabled Defense | 2016-03-16 | 30 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 15 | Beyond Personal Safety | 2016-03-23 | 30 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 16 | Aftermath - Communication with Police | 2016-12-28 | 30 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 1 | Camping Attack | 2017-01-04 | 30 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 2 | Defensive Shooting with Compromised Vision | 2017-01-18 | 30 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 3 | Protestors Attack Vehicle | 2017-01-25 | 30 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 4 | Family Outing/Carjacking | 2017-02-01 | 30 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 5 | Choked from Behind | 2017-02-08 | 30 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 6 | Knife to Throat Mugging | 2017-02-15 | 30 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 7 | Defensive Skills Training | 2017-02-22 | 30 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 8 | Mass Casualties | 2017-04-12 | 30 min |
| Production | Michael Bane | Executive Producer |