Lately I have been working on some drills with my small “hideout” waist-carried fixed blades: Benchmade CBK and SOG Snarl. Training Notes: Since both of these shivs have an unconventional grip (CBK is a syringe type, the Snarl a single-finger loop, raptor-claw design), striking is a bit more unorthodox than if I were…
Tag: knife fighting
Know Your Weapons: Folding Knife Lock Types
The Essential Guide to Knife Lock Types Great overview of various type of locking mechanisms on folding knives. My 2 Cents: if you are going to carry a knife for self-defense, carry a small fixed blade. It’s just as concealable (if you wear it correctly) and there is 0% chance of failure as there…
Creating a Boot Knife
Creating a Boot Knife
One Mind, Any Weapon: South African Dad Fends Off Carjackers With a Knife
South Africa: Badass dad fends off pack of carjackers with just a knife… When the Chips are Down and the Dindu’s are at the Door (literally) You’re gonna have to FIGHT with whatever you got handy. Never forget the most important word in ANY FIGHT whether it be GUN, KNIFE or FIST is still…
Knife “Dueling?”
KNIFE DUELING? I have never been a fan of the term “Knife Fight” or “Knife Duel” simply because in all my years I have never seen one, except in Hollyweird. Anything involving a knife in the real world has always been Fast, Bloody and most of the time DEADLY, which is why I have been…
Ground fighting against a knife attack
Ground fighting against a knife attack Solid web site and information. Stay Alert, Armed and Dangerous!
The Key to Cutting Deep
The Key to Cutting Deep A very eye opening and practical article from Mike Janich. Stay Alert, Armed and Dangerous!
Solitary Knife Fighting
Solitary Knife Fighting One of the more practical articles on how to train to defend yourself (not “fight”) with a knife I have read in a while. Make no mistake about it, using a knife as a defense tool is gritty, ballsy stuff, so you need to be REALISTIC about your training and your expectations….
Blade Training: The Illusion of Proficiency
The Illusion of Proficiency I will sometimes open seminars by having students emulate real-life knife tactics used by criminals, working through a handful of techniques that I have picked up from various sources over the years. The point of the exercise isn’t to train these techniques for self-defense purposes, but rather to illustrate the glaring…
First Rule: Always Assume they are Armed!
[youtube=http://youtu.be/wQIAFeC10cY] Today’s lesson boys and girls involves ALWAYS ASSUMING YOUR ENEMY IS ARMED! As we see in the above vid, these two “loss prevention clerks” did not, and it almost cost them both DEARLY. The only saving grace in this incident was that the alleged shoplifter with the knife was UNTRAINED and UNMOTIVATED. As CO’s…