Knife techniques used on the street are brutal, fast and often very lethal. The goal of the “sewing machine” move is simple: To stab you repeatedly, as fast as possible, in vital areas, so you die quickly. This move is thought to have originated in Prisons, where inmates, needing to eliminate somebody before a guard or camera can see what has happened, created this violent, staccato technique to ensure the victim gets DEAD, quickly.
You will notice in the vid the victim did not start moving or reacting until she had been stabbed like six times. This is often the case with “street” attacks, as the attack is so sudden and out of the blue with very little “precursor” movements by the assailant, the victim does not realize a knife blade has entered her body several times before it is too late.
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The most obvious counter’s to attacks like these are simple AWARENESS. Being aware of who is around you at all times, most especially those persons within a few feet is mandatory.
Stay Aware, Stay Armed and Stay Dangerous!
That is the primary technique I train with. Reverse/pick grip, either hand, and pick away like a jack-hammer. So fast that anyone on the receiving end can’t catch up to the reality. Almost cartoon-ish in its application.
– Mark
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Yeah, the sewing machine is the “go to” technique in combative knife, no doubt. Besides reverse grip, I also integrate the standard grip with more of an upward thrust. If you were to imitate the way this move is used in prisons, the shiv is palmed and hid behind the wrist, as you casually approach the mark, you grab him with your off hand and begin stabbing rapidly, as he tries to move away, you push him right back into the blade.