Knife Fighting: Expectations vs Reality

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[@roymuerlunos2426]

Rule #1 of knife fighting is: Don't

[@FirstLast-wk3kc]

The funniest joke is the trulliest one

[@Jaegerrants]

2nd rule is be faster. 3rd rule is AMBUSH! (fighting fair is for the ones with all advantages)

[@josefptacek113]

@@Jaegerrants fighting fair for those that merely pretend to fight, but in war and love there is no rule besides survival of the fittest

[@Jaegerrants]

@@josefptacek113 If one wishes to oversimplify war, yes. But I was talking with just knives, a simple resolution to... an argument or insults to ones honour shall we say.

[@pixelblaze8284]

Yea, real knife fighting isn't fighting, just like with guns. It's not a fight in the same way as bare hand or most weapons

[@benitomussolini6524]

“Don’t get into knife fights, one person dies on the street and the other dies on the hospital”

[@marcocassone5996]

I've heard it as "the ambulance ride to the hospital" 😂

[@justpranker3165]

In prison'

[@SeanWinters]

ON a hospital?

[@pawenazwisko5025]

Nah

[@simonrief1013]

True words of wisdom

[@Gustav-fring]

Pov: london

[@vinz4066]

In London they would actualy have stabed each other and latter wrote a Drill tune about it.

[@TheShrewdMonarch]

Always lovely to see *1 comment* checking out the pout, then seeing there’s no comments 😂

[@pelvismen5510]

Option 2 is definetly london

[@JasonAizatoZemeckis]

*London moment*

[@gigachad6885]

Fake, in the video the attacker isn't arab

[@lordderppington4694]

I thought they would both poke each other and immediately bleed out. Looks like he got the better of the 2 options though.

[@iqiyi1928]

What in the fcking Elden Ring happened here

[@pelvismen5510]

@@iqiyi1928 more like far cry 3

[@coulg0101]

This is a really good comment for that it spices up your expectations without spoiling the end.

[@lordderppington4694]

@@coulg0101 you read comments before watching the video?

[@oscaranderson5719]

_Wolfenstein intensifies_ I was expecting them to both commit to the double sewing-machine at the end, but running away’s probably the more realistic pick 😂

[@zero8xkira]

Have a person hold a marker. The other one tries to take it away. You'll be covered in marks or "cuts" to show how dangerous a knife fight really is.

[@genghiskhan6809]

Zamn. This is actually a really good way to demonstrate. Don’t mind me as I pirate this from you.

[@zero8xkira]

@@genghiskhan6809 go for it. Marker fights are fun

[@alastairatcheson1407]

Great idea, just instead us a 4inch wide paint brush covered in oil based paint.

[@CountKibblesNBits]

@@alastairatcheson1407 like one of those foam brushes, then you can cut it into resembling a knife blade

[@Mr440c]

Yes and no really. A marker leaves a mark easily. A knife however requires some power and a proper motion to do a significant cut.

[@indigova]

He ran away cause he did reverse grip

[@ThornForTheWynn]

Icepick grip is actually quite viable and common in knife/dagger fighting. Every source that I have heard of for rondel dagger has used an icepick grip.

[@indigova]

@@ThornForTheWynn that's not part of the joke

[@ThornForTheWynn]

@@indigova No, but I feel that it's worth noting the fact that an icepick grip was used on a HEMA channel. If every single time reverse grip is mentioned, even in contexts where it is objectively better than a saber grip, it is said to be worse, then people start to believe that it is always bad. Obviously the consequences of this aren't dire, but historicity is important in HEMA; I mean, it's in the name. It is the responsibility, I feel, of those with knowledge to avoid spreading misinformation. It is, first and foremost, a fun little entertainment channel, but I think accurate information is very important coming from professionals and practitioners of the art, as to prevent people drawing incorrect conclusions. I know this was long. Sorry 'bout that.

[@indigova]

@@ThornForTheWynn but its funny cause the joke

[@ThornForTheWynn]

@@indigova Sure, but historicity is also important on channels that are about historical things.

[@katokianimation]

That is the smartest knife fighing i have ever seen. Knife is a dangerous weapon but you can not really insta kill someone with it. And ut has no defensive ability whatsoever. So what you get is a race of who getting cut more and who pass out first.

[@SpottedPredator]

Nah, there are cases where it's basically an insta kill. I remmember a video on reddit a month ago of a guy who got jabbed in the neck one single time. Was up for basically 3 seconds and then immediately crash

[@AlkisGD]

@@SpottedPredator - Reddit allows such videos? Can you link it? A friend of mine does combatives and their instructor often shows them such videos to drill into their heads that life isn't an action movie, how lethal knife attacks are, and that survival should always be their number one priority.

[@SpottedPredator]

@@AlkisGD comment didn't go through, look at my comment on your video

[@waltergiesner1789]

Depends what you aim for and if you can take a dip without getting hit i mean most people would give up when you stab them in the eyes and if you hit the head,throat or heart with a rambo the other guy isnt able to do anything. And i mean its pretty sure if you stab most people in the stomach they stop fighting Back although they could go a little bit more so if you are good at what you do or only fight unarmed people it can work pretty well

[@kykise1395]

Can’t insta kill someone with a knife? No defensive ability..? Someone isn’t very street smart here. Once you get stabbed by that blade, which is very likely when someone is intent on stabbing you, it’s game over.

[@5TailFox]

As my Father always said: "Nobody wins in a knife fight."

[@RannonSi]

I dunno, the guy who ran won his life! ;)

[@mikemierspadios7036]

The point of a knife figth is to be more stealth. Act in a calm submissive manner and when the enemy is not looking go for the neck.

[@scientistmilorad9735]

Except when someone does and leaves the other one to bleed out on the floor. You guys talk about knifes as if they are some super weapons of mass destruction and one touch of the knife is going to take your soul away.

[@5TailFox]

@scientistmilorad9735 Spoken like someone who's never even been in so much as a playground scrap, let alone a knife fight. Look, Dude, nobody's treating knives like some unbeatable super weapon, we've just been around the block enough to know the realistic damage a knife can cause in a fight, and why it should be respected. 2 people can get into a fistfight, and if one is faster, stronger, or simply more skilled, they can pretty much come out of that unscathed. If 2 people get into a sword fight, one of them can, again, come out unscathed. 2 people can pull guns on each other, have a shootout, and hit everybody BUT the person they were actually aiming at. But no one, and I mean NO ONE, comes out unscathed in a knife fight. Especially if both combatants know what they're doing. There's loads of documented cases where someone quote/unquote "wins" a knife fight, only to bleed out and die from the injuries they got in said fight, on their way to get medical attention. So no, you don't "win" a knife fight...You *survive* a knife fight.

[@scientistmilorad9735]

@@5TailFox I don't wan't to argue with you. And no, I never been in a knife fight neither did I ever said I have been. If a person who trained Kali for 30 years is in a knife fight, he would absolutely demolish his oponent if the oponent is less experienced and trained than him. If one person knows what he is doing and maybe has some protection on his body he can easily win. And knife fight (just like any fight) doesn't have to be limited to knives. If you can you should pick a rock from the ground and throw it at oponent. And in a knife fight, one person can still come out unscathed if (I repeat) he know what he's doing and is skilled. And let me ask you, why you can *win* a gunfight but can't *win* the knife fight? Like what's the difference if guns are in some ways more dangerous that knives? There are also examples of person kïlling other person in a gunfight only to bleed out later. Same thing with swords and fists and everything.

[@no.notfromRDR]

Expectation reminded me of Far cry 3 Reality reminded me of Jojo

[@romantheblack-cat]

Vaas

[@kfogo7459]

It is a secret family technique after all.

[@joogleplus6244]

NIGERUNDAYO

[@pelvismen5510]

@@romantheblack-cat vaas's boss whose name I don't remember had the similar knife fight

[@Nick-lg7su]

Is that a jojo reference??

[@UnwillingFriend]

Quickest way to end a knife fight is to show the other guy you have one also.

[@kendakgifbancuher2047]

Looks like David remembered the basics of CQC.

[@abdullahsuliman9722]

What’s cqc

[@aidenpearce7775]

**Solid Snake moment**

[@Ulquiorra_Cifer]

@@abdullahsuliman9722 he means XQC

[@AGMertzy]

@@abdullahsuliman9722 Close Quarters Combat

[@leverite6127]

@@Ulquiorra_Cifer xtra quarter combat

[@grandshadowseal]

Don't run with a knife! 🤣

[@origamiman7891]

He has it in reverse grip, he’s fine

[@jeremyevans710]

Luhmow

[@majinjason]

You're thinking of scissors

[@dootdoot7705]

That's why one should always carry a polearm when visiting London

[@dominicnowell6947]

You can even get a folding polearm! (Tod Cutler made a folding spear on his most recent video)

[@Mutough]

Notice how neither combatant wants to be stabbed by a knife

[@kevinprice3501]

"Your knife should be felt, not seen."

[@alexijohnston1057]

Yep that's the difference.

[@tumultoustortellini]

- guys who like it with the lights off

[@TheZero715zero]

Somebody had to say it

[@AlkisGD]

The fact this was a knife _fight_ didn't click, so I expected a knife _attack_ in the reality part, with the camera man getting stabbed half a dozen times before he's even realized what's happening.

[@diligentsun1154]

precisely

[@trojan9838]

Do people actually get the time to stab multiple times. I would think unless you are trained you would stab once and then the shock of doing that would stop you from continuing. And maybe you even leave the knife in the wound.

[@GTRRSS]

@@trojan9838 but on adrenaline ?

[@rindel9699]

@@trojan9838 Former Emergency Department worker here. Adrenaline is a hell of a thing, and when you combine it with fear for your life, it turns into a horror show. If someone has the nerve to put a knife into someone, odds are good that they had the nerve to do it a couple times. The worst thing is the instinct to rip the blade out of your body though: for goodness's sake, just leave the knife in if you get stabbed. It'll slow the bleeding a little, and buy us precious seconds to save you.

[@trojan9838]

@@rindel9699 are the usual stabbings you used to get just random acts of violence or something that was predetermined? Like maybe a drug addict stabbing someone because he's not in the right state of mind or someone who actually legitimately wanted to murder someone. In the latter case are they more likely to stab once lethally and then stop?

[@pixelblaze8284]

Best way to survive a fight, is to not be there😂👌👏👏

[@BillyBob_McSanchez]

"The best defense, is no be there" - Daniel Larruso

[@ganshigun5376]

the expectations was probably what every edgy teenager thinks they can do when they get a knife

[@Godnando00]

true that

[@LaughingOwlKiller]

I've had the pleasure of watching two experienced (as in used in combat) knife fighters give a demo. While it looked like the "reality" part of you knew what to look for you could see the foot work, guards and baiting.

[@atrumpetwillsound]

doesnt really matter how good your footwork or baiting is, one guy is gonna sewing machine whether it hurts him or not, and thus you should just never even attempt to knife fight lol

[@Mini20maro]

@@atrumpetwillsound he literally can't throw a random stab and kill you people should avoid this sh t

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

@@atrumpetwillsound untrue, you can keep those away with kicks or your free hand. It does work! First practice it slowly, and then try it on actual sparring (tell your partner to come without caring about himself)

[@Nikora.Biddle]

@@atrumpetwillsound yes your foot work matters, you can still control range. Like the other guy said, using kicks would be the best way to attack without closing the distance.

[@Seacae]

@@jestfullgremblim8002 lol just shut up. Get into a real knife fight and then talk, if you manage to survive with your "footwork" skill.

[@bigbitehood1353]

As someone who's never been in a knife fight I can say with 100% certainty that you never want to be in a knife fight. You will get cut. Wanna fun safe way to try it out? Fight someone with a sharphie or a highlighter.

[@s.aquino4013]

"Snake, try to remember some of the basics of CQC."

[@thezomby5015]

I started Tankendo recently (fighting with a bayonette in one hand, aka a tiny shinai mostly used for stabbing, while wearing a bogu). The goal is not to not get hit, but to land a better hit than your opponent do so you die with more honour, and a little bit later :)

[@permanent8387]

"Brits when they wake up in the morning"

[@xyx2188]

Rather face a Brit than an American waking up in the morning

[@yorkerold]

True, we do this every morning

[@rin0847]

It's a knife fight until you realize that your opponent are throwing knife expert

[@Anonymous-hx3pu]

Congratulations, you've managed to give me an inconvenient injury and disarmed yourself. You better hope that I'm not a faster runner because if I am you're about to get shanked.

[@BillyBob_McSanchez]

Or if they dual wield two knives or had another knife hidden in their clothes. Make you assume they only had one knife

[@bigenemy000]

I like how if both sides have a knife you could just talk it out from afar like: "dude do we really wanna risk this for a few bucks in my wallet?"

[@theannoyingweeb3138]

what i learn from my instructor in a knife fight: 1. don't get into a knife fight 2. if involved, run 3. come back with bigger knife and finish off the fight.

[@JasonAizatoZemeckis]

Or a chainsaw

[@Anonymous-hx3pu]

If you can leave and come back why not just stay gone? Or bring something a bit bigger than a knife, like a gun.

[@mastrukko]

you should do some CoD finishing moves for content

[@pelvismen5510]

You mean far cry 3

[@memedowner8057]

@@pelvismen5510 based

[@tonyluvbalony6837]

When there’s two guys with a knife, the more crazy dude always wins

[@memedowner8057]

The Florida always when except for when they fight a Australian

[@jarl_ulfson5017]

They always run away and it makes me sad...

[@PK-qi9jr]

I feel you... At least the stupid ones stay so it's not all that bad...

[@josefptacek113]

You thought I ran away. In fact I tacticali retreated and your position is about to get shelled. Before you will be able to get your bearings I will return to your last known position with reinforcements and finish what altilerry started or to bring at least bucket for your remnants and confirm the kill.

[@11jerans]

I forget who it was, but there was a famous martial artist who was asked what the best way to fight someone who had a knife while you were unarmed was and he said, “Scream as loud as you can, and run away. It’s what I would do.”

[@alecbader7433]

"The last weapon you learn to use is a knife."

[@grandshadowseal]

I was expecting Raiden Vs Vamp knife fight 😂

[@swaim6995]

not gonna lie i love how you use sound effects in your shorts/videos

[@cursedsasuke2642]

For me it kinda just goes *stab* “Well that’s that.”

[@Anonymous-hx3pu]

Well shit, guess I'll die.

[@PapaBarnacle]

You always have to keep a trusty Scottish Claymore in your pocket!

[@sussyb1471]

Holy moly he killed the camera man!!!! Impossible

[@thegr8309]

He who runs today lives to fight another day. *Ambush not fight.

[@megumin4047]

Can we take a moment to appreciate the choreography of the expectations fight. Chefs kiss.

[@McBuff]

Should’ve gone for him when he switched to reverse grip. Sign of weakness.

[@scientistmilorad9735]

Nah reverse grip is really good in knife fights

[@RoleplayUnderMaintenance]

Pretty accurate

[@neo-luddismrules]

Red Dead Redemption 2 shows it very well in one of the endings of Arthur vs Micah, it's just wild slashing

[@jasonbayani2139]

Very accurate. Lol. And you running away was the best option

[@reaperinplays2173]

Number one rule in knife fight: Nobody talk about knife fight Everybody just run

[@joehorstmann8027]

Looks like a fine English afternoon

[@hfpewe7872]

I actually thought they were just gonna throw the knife at each other

[@owentandy5742]

POV: Afternoon stroll in London

[@mainoatmeal]

reality is often disappointing

[@kykise1395]

Never fight somebody with a knife. Even if they’re inexperienced with knives and intent on cutting you, you are not going to leave that altercation unscathed and quite possibly dead.

[@SoupMistro]

Freaking love you guys. Keep up the great work

[@hypnoticskull6342]

This is like how people think that Gladiators always fought to the death, but most of the time, it was until someone gave up

[@Collierlifts]

Remember, you will all the knife fights you avoid

[@witherreborn6373]

“I tire of your mind games”

[@SellswordArts]

Knife fight! Time to fight with a knife! Yo, if anyone can contact him, I super want to make a music video for that!

[@witherreborn6373]

@@SellswordArts That would be absolutely incredible

[@mr.coolio4321]

Don't forget about the quick time events or else you'll lose to Krauser

[@Lunatico9SpeedCuber]

Ok the second fight was funny, but can we talk about how unbelievably good that first person view fight choreography was?

[@moroteseoinage]

That's what I never bring a knife to a pepper spray fight.

[@MrHinterschinken]

simply love it

[@Cyb3r_2112]

POV: you're in England

[@the88thdarcstar]

Bring a knife to a fist fight, a gun to a knife fight, and a nuke to a gun fight. -somebody somewhere...probably

[@MizantropMan]

That's the thing about any sort of fight. If both parties have no idea what to do/never done this before, it's gonna be like this. Overpowering the instinct to run away for the few brief moments (if at all) before giving in and just bolting it.

[@epicmusic7918]

I actually had a guy pointing a knife at me one time. I just took a rock and throw it before he came too close. It hit his gut and he immediately laid down and started screaming from pain.

[@Zombiewithabowtie]

"The moment you draw your sword in a fight, you don't have many options left and they're all the wrong ones." - Sam Vimes, Night Watch

[@excalibrated]

I haven't been commenting on basically any of your videos, but, I've been a part of this channel since you only had about 7.5k subs. And all I can say is, my, oh have you grown quickly, couldn't be more happy for ya.

[@Soundwave142]

Man you guys have fun doing these kinds of things.

[@kingcozmo3648]

This is accurate

[@ShiroDawn]

1.) average day in London

[@number3766]

There's a rule where i'm from. Run at the gun, run away from the knife. Getting stabbed is a hell of a lot harder to treat and survive than a gunshot

[@dukekessler6292]

Idk if trauma surgeons would agree with that sentiment. Knife wounds are visible and the damage is generally contained to where they entered and below the entry point. Bullets on the other hand can do an easy through and through or strike bone and start tumbling around in the body creating all sorts of wound channels.

[@johnpark7972]

Movies have created unrealistic expectations of actions and fights, and seriously underestimated how deadly and scary a knife is

[@stevelucky7579]

Rule #0 of knife fighting is: bring gun

[@haileyh243]

Both epic and hilarious at the same time A balance that is hard to master *bows down*

[@AFewGoodKnives]

😂 awesome work as always guys !!

[@crewcutter2030]

That 1st one is actually more truer in the Philippines, people here goes nuts when a knife fight breaks out, and fear becomes secondary, the urge to stab the other becomes the primary goal, often disregarding ones own safety.

[@richardhouk4852]

Please do more of these they are so dam funny

[@esch9329]

He ran away fast as all heck

[@Daniel_15293]

London is like medieval times.. You need to run around with a sword and shield in case anyone challenges you. 👍🏻

[@kamikaze4172]

You missed the most fundamental part of knife fighting expectations: where you drop your knife, catch it with the other hand, and run them through

[@aaronvanfossen2973]

No matter how experienced the fighters are, a good knife fight still usually looks like a fight between to people with really tiny sabres who don't know what they're doing.

[@settingittowumbo1953]

This is 10000% accurate

[@HeliosSolis]

his forehead when he gets near the cam looks exactly like danny's devito but 2x smaller

[@jscudderz]

One of the reasons hema is good for self defense is that it teaches you that even if you know sword fighting you will still most likely get stabbed if you actually try to sword fight

[@darpheushomes4760]

Once you see a knife, run for your life as fast as you can... Knife fights are always deadly

[@pajamajohnson6051]

They say there’s two people in a knife fight: the loser who dies at the scene, and the winner who dies in the ambulance.

[@greatgallade]

Remember if you are SO skilled you can beet a knife user. Run. Better to not be stabbed then risk the stab

[@jamesc8968]

Ahahaha. This video was great! Well done!

[@braydencraven3857]

The first person to land a strike in an overdramatized fight scene usually loses 😂

[@randomreadings1183]

Everybody's gangster until the knives come out.

[@purplegion]

What sort of fight do both people lose? A knife fight.

[@hersirhakarl2109]

Everybody wanna be a knife fighter, until it comes time for the knife fight.

[@honorableundead2273]

I was expecting the Marine Corp clip where the DI was stabbing recruits with a fake knife rapidly and screaming at them

[@shiri7105]

The run was essential.

[@Sw0rm]

Springs back so many memories when I brought those training knives to that Kung Fu class

[@ImmortalLemon]

My father always told me. “Charge a gun. Run from a knife”

[@justinadviento1404]

The "Expectation" is pretty much every Escrima McDojo showing off in "sparring"

[@matthewflores7667]

The way he ran away😂

[@pablomaquiling9252]

This is just f#*k8ng TRUE!

[@daniuchiha3180]

The first one I can see as an anime fight

[@xavierzaxavier5873]

The second one was really the reality...🤣🤣🤣

[@jacoberickson8422]

I'm really enjoying the first person camera

[@doctor_t8020]

Two lads having a sharp conversation in London streets... Just another casual day.

[@yorkerold]

As a Brit, I can confirm this is accurate