Very Interesting Question

[angacam]

good technical question i guess. I'd rather have 20+ years of experience, personally I DON'T like guns and would take a knife over a gun anyday.

Are you Italian?

[npk9]

I would rather have a gun.

20+ years of training. . . whatever.. . how many people do you know have 20+ years of training and they still amount to nothing.

[kingoftheforest]

If he is a trained fighter and you have no experience sneaking up on people than using the gun may be a little hard depending on how close you have to get. Unless you can get him in his sleep.

I'm gonna go with 20+ years of training in my art.

[angacam]

If he is a trained fighter and you have no experience sneaking up on people than using the gun may be a little hard depending on how close you have to get. Unless you can get him in his sleep.

I'm gonna go with 20+ years of training in my art.

LOL, you ever hear of a scope? At 200 yards with a 30.06 I have no need of sneakin up on anyone.

Sides I already have 23 years of training. LOL

[Garland]

My FIRST choice would be to have good personal communications skills, so I could talk my way out of the situation with the person, and put both of our heads to the getting off the goddamned island thing.

...I'd go with the fucking weapon.
Go ahead, try to disarm me.

****...against 80% of the martial artists out there, and 99.9% of the TMA guys...I'd rather just be in better shape and have a larger frame.

Let them have 20 years of punching air, if I'm bigger, faster, and stronger...I'll just smash them. You don't have to be a martial artist to kill somebody with your hands...and if you're smart enough...there is ALWAYS a weapon at hand. Try picking up a rock and smashing them in the face. (this tends to be a common answer with me...huh?)

Or...if I was going to be on the island a long time...just overpower them and make them my punk. Might as well have a girlfriend, eh? When life gives you lemons...

[angacam]

Or...if I was going to be on the island a long time...just overpower them and make them my punk. Might as well have a girlfriend, eh? When life gives you lemons...

Yea, you can always shoot em later if you need the food.

[Garland]

Yea, you can always shoot em later if you need the food.

Exactly....now you guys have your thinking caps on!

[kingoftheforest]

LOL, you ever hear of a scope? At 200 yards with a 30.06 I have no need of sneakin up on anyone.

Sides I already have 23 years of training. LOL

Yeah but he specified hand gun. No handgun I ever heard of is accurate at 200 yards. Especially one you never fired before.

[Garland]

Yeah but he specified hand gun. No handgun I ever heard of is accurate at 200 yards. Especially one you never fired before.

It could be at 100 yards without bullets....if you're a legendary football quarterback...

Go long, motherfucker!

[kingoftheforest]

It could be at 100 yards without bullets....if you're a legendary football quarterback...

Go long, motherfucker!

Now that's a Frickin hail mary. lol

[angacam]

Hey, my 06 fits nice in my hand! There fore it must be a hand gun!

[darrianation]

SNIPER RIFLE, pick him off before he ever sees me!

[Jace]

So is this hypothetical guy trying to fight us as well? And does he have the same options?

If he has the same options, I'm totally going with the gun thing because there is no way I'd want to fight him if he has a gun and is looking for me and all I've got is my MA training.

[Jace]

Good point. You definitely got me on that one.

[Shoot]

Mr. Miagi (the Karate Kid) said, "someone always know more."

I'll take the gun and/or knife, please. If I had to choose between the two weapons and the guy was not armed I'd rather have the knife.

Rex Applegate and WE Fairbairn said that an unarmed man has no certain defense against a knife in close combat.

As far as knife training goes: just check the murder rates with knives by completely untrained people. Generally, stabbing, cutting, and slashing works pretty effectively. It's intuitive and simple like all effective combat methods.