| Knife defense training
Ok, last night, I decided to try to see how "effective" my own personal knife defense might be. I "armed" three students with training knives which leave a mark on white fabric. I positioned them around the room and told them to "attack" me utilizing any knife attack they wished. I told them not to be passive about it either, so no simple one shot attacks and then waiting for my response. This was to be a full assault. Well, I came out of it fairly unscathed. Yes, I found out what works and what doesn't for the most part. I saw what I already knew as well. I saw that I was GOING to get cut. No matter what it was going to happen. However, all my cuts were on superficial parts of my body. The outside of my forearms mostly, but a couple shots got the tops of my thighs also. I found that it was pretty simple to control the students who are all about my size. Even my own daughter who is a 1st dan in our system was pretty easy to control. I'm sure it looked hilarious form the outside though.
Something to note. I did this with three people who were all armed. It has been my experience that while the secondary atackers may HAVE knifes, most are not deployed at the start of the confrontation. Now, I have no doubt that if it was set up this way, one armed attacker, and two secondarys who had to deploy weapons, I would have done even better. I found a back kick and a side kick to be VERY effective in keeping the other off me while dealing with the main attacker. I also found that the main thing that needed to be done was to isolate the offending arm with the knife. It was quite fun and invigorating. I may incorporate it into our regular training regime.
Does anyone else here do anything similar? |