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Originally Posted by bigboywasim
I take back what I said about the sword. I take back what I said about fedor. He is my favorite fighter.
People still use the knife don't they?
You say no one carries the stick. What if they have a metal pole? What if they used a bat. The stick can be substituted with many other weapons. Does the average MMA guy know what to do if someone has such a weapon?
My Arnis training teaches me that only at the end of a wild swing or at close range in clinch do I have a chance to get the baseball bat out of someones hand. If I block I block not the bat but the attackers wrist area to stop an attack if I am close. I would simply try to avoid a fight or attack and get away if I can but this is if I cannot.
If someone is trying to attack me with a knife I try to get away. If I cannot then the only way I will get the knife out of someone's hand at the end of a thrust. I cannot get it out when someone is slashing diagonally. Does the MMA guy know these things? These things are important in self-defense.
Arnis is a good art to learn to fight off multiple attackers.
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I'm pretty sure it's obvious that you don't try to stand there and absorb blow from a bat and that you don't stand there and try to block knife slashes. An MMA fighter is conditioned to take punishment and be aggressive, all the while seeking to maintain control. As a grappler who dabbles in MMA, I'd say if I was confronted with a bat I'd constantly seek to keep distance and keep away from him then close the gap quickly and aggressively if/when he charges. A knife? I'm obviously not going to stand there and try to box the guy if he has something like that. Either keep the distance and run for it, find a long makeshift weapon, or in desperate situations, seek to control the hand with the knife.
Basically, simply put, an MMA fighter with common sense will find his way of dealing with it. It's not like a person who's never seen a bat before is going to stand there and let you wail on him with a blunt instrument while he flings his arms to and fro trying to hit you.