Weapons and Combat Techniques: General Rules through Close Combat Summary

The right weapons are important for fighting zombies. TThe author also advocates thorough training with your chosen weapon. Weapons must be cleaned and maintained. The author also suggests training your body as your first weapon, using diet and exercise to build stamina and agility.

Hand-to-hand combat is unwise with zombies, but sometimes necessary. Blunt weapons may be used to crush the brain, but this is difficult. Breaching the skull with one blow is the only hope. A steel crowbar is the best blunt weapon and is useful for other tasks.

Beheading a zombie is an option, though the head may still bite. Cutting off limbs, though not deadly, may incapacitate a zombie. Hatchets are good weapons if cornered in close combat. While fencing swords are not suitable...