The 5.11 store on Nimitz is having a class on blade tactics.  Tomorrow Dec 21 6-7pm.  I'm going to check it out.


5.11 ABR Academy - Defensive and Offensive Tactics for Blade

FREE training and FREE gear?! Join us in-store Friday, December 21 for a free Defensive and Offensive Tactics for Blade course. All attendees will be entered into a raffle to win great 5.11 gear!

Learn the basics of self-defense when a bladed weapon is involved. Instructor Sampiano will educate attendees on:
- Explanation and application of defensive and offensive tactics against blade.
- Covering traps and controls.
- Defensive and Offensive tactics for blade.

David Sampiano is a Certified Kali Instructor at X-Ring Security. He has over 15 years of experience in martial arts (Boxing & Muaythai) and received training in the Phillipines as well as at the Hawaii Filipino Martial Arts school and Hawai’i Academy of Escrima.

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That is very true, guess that's why the class is only an hour long.

SNIP

What if he throws the knife (or knives) at you?   

 

I'm glad the Hawaii 511 is doing something.  The Vegas one has classes from CRSI Academy a lot.  The most recent one was home defense about 2 weeks ago.

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I enjoyed the class.  There were about 15 or so people attending and 511 cleared an area in the store for us to practice along with providing a backpack as a random prize.  We learned basic knife movements.  I've never used a knife for defense before so everything was new to me, but the instructor kept everything simple.  I can't remember complex moves so it was perfect for me.

Id rather have a gun, but I feel confident to have a knife on me now.

Next 511 class is Krav Maga next Friday.

Nice I’ve been wanting to attend a class on knife techniques myself.

Paul Vunak said when confronted with a knife, “Run like hell.”  Even if I  have a gun, I would run to create distance if possible.  Although I carry 2 fixed blades, one of the last things I want to get into is a knife fight.

Knife defense is useful when you don't have the option to run or surrender unharmed.

For a while I used to carry a Cold Steel Oyabun fixed blade.  14” overall with a 9” blade.  I had my wife modify some of my pants pockets so I could carry it inside my left front pocket.  Got to be too much after a while.  Wonder what the reaction would be if someone pulled a 4” folder, which is what most people carry, and I made like Crocodile Dundee.

I'm trying to find the vid of a knife attack I thought was in China.  1 guy used a kitchen knife (10 inches or so) and the victim took about 15+ stabbings and was still able to try and fight.  After about 1-2 mins or so, then he fell.  This was a random knife attack also.  Didn't realize there were so many CCTV knife attacks on youtube.  The fake news doesn't want you to know how often they happen, because only guns are bad.

That brings me to a point, I think slashing is better defense than stabbing.  As the vid would have showed.  Because when you slash, you can cut tendons and muscles so arms and hands stop working.  Compared to stabbing even with a big knife, the attacker can still function and cause harm.  But you need a sharp knife or serrated.

For equally skilled people

Close up:  Knife > Gun
At distance: Gun > Knife