Knife Defense Korea Trip Demo - Hwa Rang Do®

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In 2004, Hwa Rang Do® representatives from around the world took a special trip to the homeland, Korea, to immerse themselves in the Hwarang culture. During that time, they were able to reconnect with the Korean culture and also their Korean Hwarang brothers and sisters.

This clip is taken from a demonstration conducted on that trip. It features some defense against knife attacks.

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*Posted with permission from the World Hwa Rang Do® Association.*

*NOTE: HWA RANG DO and TAE SOO DO are registered trademarks held by the Founder Dr. Joo Bang Lee and are licensed and controlled by the one and only governing organization, the World Hwa Rang Do® Association.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Hwa
• rang
• do
• Martial
• art
• knife
• self
• defense
• edged
• weapon
• sports
• stab
• sword
• knives
• attack

[Adalore]

Hah, it's nice to see some people with some sense making comments, the resolve and every thing, even people who know how to defend versus some one who knows knife fighting wants to avoid it, it's sharp dang it!

If some one pulls a knife on me, I want throwing knives man. (And SPA gloves, also a baton, a steel telescoping baton, yetch.) - Brown belt - Karate

[WCHwaRangDo]

You're absolutely right. As we have mentioned knife defense is for last option and one should avoid at all costs, but if one must then we are demonstrating the potential options.

[ffnovice7]

Some of this is some cool lookin' shit; however, as in everything related to self-defense, techniques are unpredictable and unreliable unless they are inculcated into the individual as reflexes and as instinctive reaction.

[carlessants]

The video is nice, and well executed, but attackers with knife are unpredictable, random and furious, and very dangerous and difficult to skip.

It depends a lot of the skills of the attacker and the defender. But It's not so easy as in a demo.

[Malremore]

Training nurtures a skill, but there has to be raw talent for true prowess to develop,

"It takes a certain kind of person to do a certain kind of thing".

It all comes down to the killer instinct, are you willing to plunge a blade into a humans neck? to feel the blade rip through sinew and grate against bone? to hear their last helpless gargle as they cling to life for one second more? Dont forget, for some of us its more about leaning how to hinder such visceral tendencies

[Themartialartist90]

In order to be prepared for a knife fight you must study if not practice many styles involving the knife, So that when you are attacked you're better prepared for defense or offense based on the style, Because not everyone is going to stand around and be your practice dummy.

[Vysetron]

It's good to see interest in knife defense, with crime as it is. However, as others have said before, practice only helps to a point. Many people who attack with knives have minimal to no practice, making it all the more dangerous as they can strike with little regard to their own safety. And that doesn't even touch on the psychological impact of one's life being at risk, which no amount of controlled practice can simulate.

[kameto]

Non Martial Art Practitioner: Nods*

[DoubleOhQuang]

I agree. In my Eskrima class we practice free fighting with dull aluminum blades. This may be just my opinion, but those things hurt me enough to give me the same incentive in avoiding hits as if it were a real knife fight. I would say it's fairly close, but like you said, it's not entirely there.

[CrimsonCrux]

The comments on this video are 100% gospel. A knife fight isn't something you can practice in the safety and security of a controlled environment and become profficient in. I've used chalk dummy knives in practices but the psychology behind that is nowhere near how I would feel if someone pulled a real blade on me. The threat of being fatally wounded by a possibly more desperate and aggressive opponent can dampen ones resolve in these situations.