Silat - Knife Defence (Part 1)

First volume in the knife defence series. This video looks at a series of progressive knife drills to gradually take someone from no understanding of knife defence to at least a rudimentary basis for effectively defending themselves against a knife.
These drills must be practiced regularly, obsessively and with high intensity to be worth anything

Some fundemental knife defence techniques including basic entries and disarms. It is essential to note a few things when tackling a knife:
1) knives are SHARP - they do not rely on a high level of force to be able to damage. For this reason, a knife attacker will not massively telagraph a slash or a stab. It will be quick, brutal and deadly.
2) Knives move quickly. An attacker set on killing you does not just do "a move" then wait for your response. They will be aiming to put as many holes in you in a 5 second period as possible.
3) You WILL get cut - just make sure you get cut on your terms, not on your attacker's terms.
4) You will be scared...REALLY scared. Use it!
5) NEVER, EVER train unrealistically - Taking things down a notch can be really useful, but always bear in mind what works and what doesn't. Your agressor is a living, breathing person and has just as much ability to think and move as you do.
6) You WILL have to hurt the attacker. There are arts that teach passive tactics. It is my opinion (and it is just an opinion) that this is a bad idea!

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[danbau08]

Very good. None of the unrealistic or the equally annoying and fatalistic "you cant defend against a knife" attitude. Looks very much like the Silat and Arnis my instructor teaches, much the same attitude too. Which style Silat is this?

[FractalFightingArts]

@danbau08 Thank you. To be honest, this stuff is just "generic South East Asian stuff" as I refer to it. Because most of these videos are just giving a baseline introduction to Silat, I've tried hard to keep out any real system specifics. However, there's a few different systems that I play - mainly Pamonyet, Kari, Cikalong, Syabandar, Cimande, Serah and Pamacan. They all have their "quirks" that make them interesting in their own ways :-)

[danbau08]

@FractalFightingArts Thanks for the info

[machetewarrior]

The best part starts at 7.05. Excellent!

[drsbbj]

i practice krav maga and also kali but thank you for this great video, silat is a very exotic and interesting art!

greetings from Guatemala