How to Become Good at Knife Fighting

Thứ bảy - 27/04/2024 01:11
Knife fighting isn't about fighting, it's about surviving and defending yourself against attack. If you want to learn to defend yourself with a knife, you need intelligence, balance, and precision. You can learn to carry knives safely and...
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Knife fighting isn't about fighting, it's about surviving and defending yourself against attack. If you want to learn to defend yourself with a knife, you need intelligence, balance, and precision. You can learn to carry knives safely and legally, as well as how to defend yourself properly against potential attacks.

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Carrying a Knife

  1. Step 4 Get trained in self defense.
    If you introduce a knife into an altercation and don't know how to defend yourself, it's more likely that you're going to end up the one getting stuck. If you don't know how to defend yourself, you should not carry a knife for defense purposes. Take a general personal self defense class to learn to control your environment and stay calm in physical altercations.
    • Knife and stick fighting courses are widely available in metro areas. Check out what's available and get detailed, one-on-one training to learn how to wield a knife properly and safely.
    • Generally, you should look on a knife as an everyday tool that can be used for self defense, should someone provoke an altercation, and not as a weapon that solely for fighting. You should only draw your knife if your opponent also brandishes a knife. Furthermore, draw your knife only if you intend to use it. To use a weapon for intimidation will likely put the opponent into a fight or flight type response, and the momentum can change quickly in their favor. Draw and take action, or choose another course. Intimidation attempts (while potentially successful) give the opponent the opportunity to react and control the altercation.
    • In most places, brandishing or drawing your knife in a threatening manner is a crime, punishable by fines and possibly jail time.
    EXPERT TIP
    Adrian Tandez

    Adrian Tandez

    Jeet Kune Do Instructor
    Adrian Tandez is the founder and head instructor of the Tandez Academy, a world-renowned self-defense training center in Mountain View, California. Trained under the renowned martial artist Dan Inosanto, Adrian is a certified instructor in Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do, Filipino Martial Arts, and Silat, among other things. Adrian has over 27 years of self defense training experience.
    Adrian Tandez
    Adrian Tandez
    Jeet Kune Do Instructor

    In Kali, which is Filipino martial arts, there is a lot of knife training. One of the things we teach is called defanging the snake, which means if someone tries to attack you with a knife, your number one objective is to disable the hand holding the weapon. So, if you have a knife, you would try to cut their weapon arm or hand with the goal of making them let go of the knife.

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Defending Yourself with a Knife

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Striking With a Knife

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Warnings

  • Don't expect a fair fight. Most knife fights are not head-on, so it's not uncommon for an attacker to run up behind you or attack from the side without warning.
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  • If engaging in a knife fight, be prepared to accept any consequences, and that what you are fighting for is worth it. Stitches, surgery, and perhaps a slow and painful death may await the person who loses.
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  • Using a knife in most countries is not an act of self defense, possibly unless your opponent is also armed with their own knife or a gun, and you will be put in jail for using a knife.
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  • Be aware, if you are defending against someone who does not have a knife, and you pull a knife, s/he may use it as a weapon against you, if the person has the ability to take it away. If you are not in mortal fear for your life, you might want to reconsider such an action.
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  • You should only get into a knife fight if you are defending yourself and your attacker has a knife as well; you shouldn't be the person on offense, and you should try to run away if you can.
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  • In the UK, carrying a knife in public is illegal, except in "reasonable circumstances".
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  • Never carry or possess knives that are illegal in your jurisdiction. Switchblades (a knife which opens with a press of a button) are often illegal, as well as butterfly knives (knives where the handle is made of two parts, and the blade connects at the handle's joint). Remember to always check with your local police department before trying to carry a knife in public.
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  • Never throw your knife if you aren't 100% certain it will hit, or if you are fighting more than one person. if you can hit a target even 99% of the time there is still a 1% chance of losing your knife and, chances are, you will not be able to hit the target 99 times out of 100.
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  • Call Emergency Services when you use a knife to easily protect yourself against assault, aggravated assault, and, potentially, murder charges.
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  • The use of a knife is illegal unless it's used:
    • To stop the person from posing a threat of great bodily harm or deadly force to anyone, including oneself
    • For apprehending people who are clearly doing something illegal (especially a felony), and the suspect poses a threat of great bodily harm or deadly force during the commission of the crime and/or to resist the detention, and
    • As a police officer to arrest people who pose a threat of great bodily harm or deadly force during the commission of the crime and/or to resist the arrest.
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