Okay Uke...just because I thought it was low to mention Brewer without him being able to defend his opinions... DOES NOT MEAN that I am Brewer or share his beliefs. Also my beliefs are MY OWN and do not necessarily reflect those of anyone I train alongside or have trained with.
You obviously have juxtaposed the two of us for some odd reason, and have missed my main point, which is simply- THERE IS NO SILVER BULLET WHEN KNIVES ARE INVOLVED...in fact...I doubt that any amount of any type of training could prepare somebody for a serious stabbing...and at the very most you are simply raising your odds of survival slightly.
In fact...most HONEST RBSD guys agree with me on that point. If you want I will take the time to find it in print, since that is what you apparently seem to value most. As for experience...I have seen two stabbings with my own eyes, and dealt with the aftermath of three.
What I find interesting is that you seem to think that I think combat sports will be any more effective...which I never even alluded to, EVER! In fact we agree firmly on several points, which for some reason you seem to miss...
The only up that combat sport practitioners have in an encounter involving a weapon over RBSD practitioners...is that most of the combat athletes can put foot to pavement in the other direction alot faster and keep it up longer.
RBSD guys die less often in knife encounters than combat athletes acording to the news? Come on! What is a more memorable and publishable piece ; "ex-champ Ego McGee got stabbed by a drunk fan" or "Joe-schmoe knifed over his wallet in an alley" ? Really??
And as for your bragging rights over who's been in more violent situations... you CAN HAVE IT. I avoid conflict like the plague...if you pride yourself on picking fights or being in them...well...that's a rather severe issue you'll have to live with.
Could you bet your life that you could take a knife away or disable a knifer? Are you that confident...? To me...that sounds like insanity.
I agree you do what you have to do to survive an edged weapons encounter...but ENGAGING somebody is a last ditch attempt at this.
I carry a knife. I know how to deploy it and haved deployed one for "self defense". I know how to use it.
Whatever type of individual you are trying to typify with your analogies to "Billy Blanks wannabees" ... I am a poor example.
I wonder how many of the people you are attempting to ridicule cross train in some sort of edged weapons training or firearms training and walk around armed???
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Originally Posted by Uke  Its down right hubris mixed with an equal helping of ignorance. |
And if I am guilty of hubris or ignorance...it is just another thing WE have in COMMON.