You don't need lethal force in civil defense. All you need is to deter and nothing is better for the purpose than pain control. Inflict as much pain as you need and you are good. To simplify things use a tool of your preference, train with it, have it ready. I always have a few knives on me in case I need to cut or poke but never a living thing.

remember, slaves ask what is legal or illegal, free men ask what is right and what is wrong.

I hate it when people come right in my face.

Hate is a weapon. Use it.

I had occasion to research knife law around the country for a client. Turns out that in almost every jurisdiction, state, local, and federal, any blade that locks or is fixed is seen by the courts as Per Se a dangerous weapon, and without regard to length. That all by itself does not make possession a crime. The things that convert it into a crime to possess are (1) what you do with it and (2) whether the arresting officer testifies that, in his experience and training, you possessed it for an unlawful purpose. Courts almost always defer to the police when they use that talismanic phrase, "in my experience and training." Now about self-defense: The courts truly do not favor the idea of it. They will tell you that the Police are there to protect you and the idea of self-defense is the disfavored "self help." The same courts will tell you (under other circumstances) that the police have no duty to protect you as an individual they are here to protect society and owe you the person no individualized duty. So, if they fail to come to your aid, you don't have a right of action to sue them for failing to do so. At law (in most states), you may not defend yourself with deadly weapons, and the police can just drive on by as you are being murdered. Now, as to what you tell the court when the prosecutor tries to trap you with the obvious question of why you had that particular edged item on your person. NEVER SAY IT IS FOR SELF-DEFENSE. That's the state's case that you were carrying with the intent that it be used for harm. Say for fishing, hunting, your hobby, tie it to your vocation. If the court believes you, that's your get-out-of-jail card.

Hmm, this goes in the direction of a lot of these BJJ V Boxing videos and cops out saying 'learn both'. A more interesting (hypothetical) question is 'if' for some reason, you could only choose one? Which would you choose for self-defense, boxing, or BJJ?

I said see what happens if you try n hit me, Napoleon

The idiot in the green just wanted to get in the elevator at all cast.😂

The first video was a great job because he did it going back. It's hard to generate power going backward. But all the videos the guys did great.

How you feel about the VERSYS VS.BOB?

Good video. Subscribed!

good video; simple and with common sense

Excellent video. Thank you

It's a very good video. But I also want to attend you to the fact that even if you are skilled, disarming someone with a knife is propably the most dangerous and terrifying thing to have to do. Most people grab the wrist, but then the hand is still free to rotate, meaning that the one holding the knife can still insert the knife into the defending arm and impact mobility. My point is that even when someone grabs your knife arm or vise versa, it is still an enormous threat.

As he said, you don't want to lose your knife in a life threatening situation; He punches you once good and you drop it there's a good chance he will use it on you. If you have to deploy your knife with no other option get busy. In many cases a knife can be more lethal than a gun because you're stabbing/slashing and and if done right you'll be cutting into organs and tendons on the arm depending on where you strike. A big thing to avoid trouble is to be aware of your surroundings, don't hang out in dangerous places if possible and the more people around the better. Remember, an assailant does not have your best interest at heart. If you would have to use a knife in a life or death situation don't play games, take em out. It's better to be judged by 12 then carried by 6. The greatest form of self-defense is calling on Christ Jesus. The person wanting to hurt you without being provoked has demons and Jesus Name is more powerful than every demon in hell. Thank you for this video. God bless you. 🙏

I've been carrying large pockets knives for decades. Only had to pull one out wonce in self defense. Dude seen it and backed off.

Get a Colonel Blades Lo Viz. You can thank me later.

Use necessary force. Sometimes deploying a blade is sufficient to avoid a fight. Not brandishing but when there's a direct unavoidable threat.

Boxing

Good instructional video. When I was younger, I got in many street fights and punch with my fist 👊 I broke my hands like three different times, and now I still have knuckles that are grown together, unfortunately I didn't know better to strike appropriately.

I found hammerfist is really good at setting up elbow in muay thai It's a great distraction strike

Don't get surrounded

Elevator guy acted very smartly

There's a lot of misunderstandings that martial arts have of rotation and throwing mechanics in baseball. The final part of the kenetic chain is fundamentally wrong with fighters. Too much to get into, but look up scapular loading in baseball. Will add real power into punches.

I've only just now have discovered this channel. I subscribe to a lot of self defense channels but this one video tops what I have already viewed. Straight to the point do's and don'ts. Simplicity is key.

Just thinking.. If shtf and you have to draw the gun quickly, under stress, would you really remember is it loaded or not.

One thing people ignore a lot about the whole “you should never go to the ground” argument is that it’s not always your choice. You can trip, you can get taken down, you can get punched and lose your balance. If you end up in this position, it’s a lot better to do so with grappling skills. It will help you survive a ground fight as well as teach you how to stand up as fast as possible

Bruce Lee's punching technique along with the shoulder roll

Ground fight is the worse thing in the street.

Whichever you practice consistently.

My brother is an ex golden gloves Ohio champion. He never starts fights but one time it went down and he knocked out like 3 dudes in less than a few seconds. It was bad ass. When I asked him later on he said his training just kicked in and he acted on instinct. This is what I like it boxing.

does anybody know if you could legally carry a machete in california, and if yes what kind of machete?

So…. Use a sword

Baseball players have a a lot of arm speed. Plenty of KO potential if anyone throws hard enough. The thing with baseball players though, they can’t throw with the off hand. At all.

The boxing gym I go to has this group of knife people and another group of gun people. The knife people are psycho constantly thinking of ways to slice on people. Some of the gun people are more reasonable

Boxing has its issues it works really well even against multiple attackers as long as they are not armed and do not have a lot of wrestling experience. It is much easier to learn than the other martial arts but will fail catastrophically if one of them is armed or has grappling experience. Most common thugs are not trained fighters

I am going to get made fun of by the knife people because I like boxing but I say a knife is the worst self defense tool. It is a deadly weapon but more likely to be used because it will not be seen as being as much of an escalation as a gun. If you use a knife and lethal force was not needed you just opened up a whole can of worms. If you were involved in imperfect self defense and boxed them a jury is not going to look at it quite the same as imperfect self defense using a deadly weapon. I was involved in a self defense incident I had to take a knife away from a drunk who was trying to rob a gas station and took the fight out of him with a couple of hooks to his head. If I grabbed a knife and stabbed him even if I was legally in the right it still would have opened up a big can of worms. The deputies talked to the other customers, me, and the cashier and told me I could get a copy of the report at the sheriffs office on Cypresswood. I never heard anything else about it.

Whatever martial art you do you should learn boxing! Boxing will condition you to take hits to the face and body.

Nice

Where were thos his help. With thoes cars

If I had to learn only one For sport= bjj and it's not even a contest For self defence= boxing and it's not even a contest

Very helpful video. Thanks for sharing

Yeah it really is helpful in Public real fights🥊🥊

Keep your mouth shut, so that it's less likely to get your teeth knocked out or your jaw broken.

Excellent video! Is reverse grip practical for self defense?

Great stuff. There is a reason why groin kicks are illegal in MMA. Good technique for a smaller / older guy like me against someone bigger, younger, and stronger.

everything should be considered. money available to train. locations. adaptability. also consider other grappling arts that may start standing up such as judo or wrestling. even though bjj does have good ground grappling.

Real stupid ,walk away first

Boxing and learn good take down defence.

Dumb and useless. When my wife was grabbed like this, she immediately took the heel of her foot and jammed it into the top of the guys foot so he leaned forward, she then kicked him in the balls to release enough of his grip to where she could get away, and then decked him in the face. Thats a far better technique than some dumb finger trick.