I cast Flare!
I've been training Karate since I was 5, so nearly 12 years now, also trained with Katana, Bo Staff, Kama, Tonfa and Si.
Plus, my Sensei burned this mantra into my brain; "if they attack you, make sure they won't be able to attack you again"
So I'll be going for broken arm's and legs as I'd rather not kill anyone.
Although I found cockiness seems to work, I was out with a friend from karate (a fellow black belt) and a guy tried to mug us, he was a little bigger than us and unarmed, we both burst out laughing and walked off, the poor guy was to confused to follow it up.