Don't Block Knives

Two examples why NOT to try and block an incoming knife. Make space and find an equalizer.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Knife
• Attack
• and
• Defense

[briancopeland]

@MwKVortex And as you mentioned stats and tactics can vary based on the situation. I train airline pilots to defend their flight deck and there is no way for them to create distance so basically I tell them that they will get cut and they should do this .... I am going to omit what I have them do for security reasons :-)

[briancopeland]

@MwKVortex The 2nd best way to avoid being cut is distance, distance gives you reaction time. When you are within arms reach there really is no way to react in time to not get cut, luck aside. When they lunge at you use your weapon to attack their attacking limb, "defang the snake." The 1st best way is to avoid the situation all together :-)

In the majority of all knife attacks people have lacerations on their hands and forearms. This is because they reach out to try to block the attacking knife

[MwKVortex]

@briancopeland Very true, but there are many statistics that can vary for each encounter. What would be a way to avoid getting sliced, stabbed, ect. with a knife in your opinion then?

[briancopeland]

@MwKVortex There are many ways to block and hit with empty hands against a knife and I'm not opposed to practicing them for those "oh crap" situations but people should realize that odds are they will be cut and if cut on the arm/hand statistics show that they will have seconds till they go into shock from blood loss. So whatever they will do they better do it quick.

[MwKVortex]

@briancopeland isn't the side arm block with a hit commonly used in krav maga though if it's not an option to disarm?

[briancopeland]

@BelloBudo007 Good for you BelloBudo007. Whenever I have people tell me about knife disarms my first question to them is "do you spar?" and the second is "have you tried disarming someone other than your compliant training partner?" We work with dynamic knife disarms every once in a while, for 2 reasons: 1) to prove that it is an absolute last resort and if it happens it is an accident. 2) to show how action is always faster than reaction and when a super fast knife is coming, it is reaction.

[briancopeland]

@1CRAZYMF249 Yes if you are in a corner with no where to run and no weapon of opportunity you have to go with what you have. And the lateral side of the forearm is certainly a lot better than the medial side where all of the blood vessels, nerves and tendons are exposed. I hope your incident didn't end poorly.

[BelloBudo007]

@briancopeland - First of all thanks for posting this. People need to understand that a knife, even in untrained hands (unlike this guy on the vid), is still a very good weapon. There's just so much absolute shite taught for so called 'knife defence'. Where we practice we occasionally bring out the texture pens & old clothes so that everyone sees for themselves the damage a real knife could inflict.

[BelloBudo007]

@briancopeland - First of all thanks for posting this. People need to understand that a knife, even in untrained hands (unlike this guy on the vid), is still a very good weapon. There's just so much absolute shite taught for so called 'knife defence'. Where we practice we occasionally bring out the texture pens & old clothes so that everyone sees for themselves the damage a real knife could inflict.

[1CRAZYMF249]

When you are attacked with a knife you have to protect your vitals and try to incapacitate the attacker a few minor wounds are better than being killed.

If that means you gotta run away or run and find a stick or throw rocks or something then that is what you have to do but running wont help if they are faster than you then you would just get stabbed in the back with no chance of defending yourself. would rather block with my arm bone and counter than try running unless i see a tool to use