Reality of knife fighting

[Paco]

Dude, Thank You!

[Nutz]

Screw "equalizers!" I don't want "equal" I want an advantage!

I should have mentioned this before: The "equalizer" my instructor used to refer to was akin to Bruce's thinking that if they beat you with a fist, grab a pipe or baseball bat. If they have the bat or knife, grab a gun. That's the sort of philosophy we're talking about, not fighting a knife-wielding attacker with your own knife.

[MMA Apostate]

That was a good video to watch and article to read. Thank you for posting it. I agree fully with your knife defense concepts. Also if I might add, a good knife defense system could be Parkour. Or what I like to call, "The Art of Running Away."

[Nutz]

No problem. I'm just tired of people actually training like they'll never get cut or shot. The real way to train to defend yourself against a knife or gun assault is to not be in one. Awareness training, common sense, and a strong presentation of confidence can keep you out of trouble. Don't get me wrong, shit happens, so yes you should train knife/gun defense. However, you need to do so with the expectation of the worst happening.

As the saying goes, "Run, fly, or find an equalizer".

[Nips]

Wooow...

I always thought knife defense was extremely unrealistic... but wow - really makes the message shine.

Cheers for that Nutz

[Nutz]

I found this today. Its a pretty good clip as to why getting into an encounter with an edged weapon is so bad. I'm putting in here because there is a clip from Vunak's knife tape.

WARNING: There are some graphic images in the clip.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8884586003342147853&q=vunak%2C+knife&hl=en

http://members.shaw.ca/tmanifold/edged_weapon.htm

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...20028377167942 <--The intro really drives home the point I'm trying to make.

Some [GRAPHIC] images as well: http://dlsports.com/knife_dangers.html


Same clip from Vunak's video, but better quality: http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...2C+knife&hl=en


**Edit**
I found a lethality chart from Get Tough that corresponds to knife strikes.



**Edit 2**
Added link to some pics.