Dan_The_Man

Hello again Uke,

As I said I didn't mean that it was too extreme to be a realistic situation, I just meant that surely there are some situations that you cannot escape no matter your training.

May be in situations where you our outnumbered and facing weapons your salvation may lie in the other things that a RBSD class may teach you like awareness and prevention etc. May be an RBSD practitioner might have more of a chance to spot the danger and run or diffuse the situation. And if it comes to a fight then as you said you will fall back on your training.

I watched a very interesting programme on TV. It had a taste of commercial bullshit but had some good points too. It was called Human Weapon. It was basically about a MMA fighter and a wrestler who went round the world trying out martial arts. The most relevant one to this discussion was an episode on Krav Maga. In this episode they had a man attack the MMA guy with a rubber knife attempting to 'stab' him. As Uke said, and I agree, people who train MMA, Muay Thai etc will use their training to get out of a physical and hostile situation. This clip confirmed that idea and the MMA guy tried to kickbox his way out of the situation and failed, getting 'stabbed' 11 times.

YouTube - Human Weapon Krav Maga

Have a look for yourself. What it looks like to me is that he tries to keep at a distance with a front kick then when the attacker gets close he clinches! Not the best idea when your facing a guy with a knife but something that surely reflects how his 10 years of MMA training influenced his method of defending against a knife.

I think it confirms a very good point that Uke seems to continuously express on this forum. That MMA fighters will use their MMA to fight, be it in the ring or faced with a knife wielding attacker. MMA is not designed to equip you with the sufficient knowledge or ability to face those kinds of 'street' situations.

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