Knife Fighting - The Pocket Knife (libre fighting, martial arts)

[@m.b.593]

Thank as always Scott. I really value your free clips as I can’t afford to train with anyone and am getting older and live in a crappy area. Peace brother.

[@25Letifer]

I was stabbed in the left upper thoratic a few years back while choking somone out, nothing gets your attention more than somone ramming a blade into you, I heard it said that in a life and death situation you have the rest of your life to come up with a plan, I immediately knew I had to keep sqeezing his neck as he was closer to oblivion than conciousness, God blessed me that day and I am writing this only by the mercy of Jesus Christ🙏 All that said 😊 I am really happy to have found Libre Fighting, Scott's skills are lighting fast and deadly, respect from one of your cyber students 🍀🇮🇪👊

[@heymr-matthewmaier]

I’ve noticed in a lot of videos I only see reverse grip knife handling, everything seems very effective..I’m just wondering why only reverse grip?

[@1lipsey]

Great video, thanks for the information.

[@WhiteApeMA]

Very nice! That the Kershaw trainer? It any good?

[@LibreFighting]

They’re relatively inexpensive, so you can’t expect much out of them. But the quality control on them isn’t great in my experience. Some hold up great, others fail very quickly. I will say they all lasted longer than my $200+ Spyderco P’kal trainer, which fell apart in a two weeks.

[@lylesmith6304]

Good stuff ! Is the wave feature getting you blade out so fast ?

[@Sinista666]

Do you have a link for the BOB shirt with the organs on it? Only found cheap chinese knock offs

[@TheEnneagram]

Two problems with the pocket knife as a weapon: 1) It can be heard, which gives away the fact that one is armed, and 2) a pocket knife is first and foremost an EDC tool and not a weapon, so it gets dull with use. For these reasons, the fixed blade is superior. Also, your weapon should serve no other purpose. My pocket knife is not a weapon; my weapon is not an EDC tool. That’s not a comment about your technique or your curriculum, only about the limitations of the pocket knife as a weapon.

[@LibreFighting]

Valid points. And a fixed blade is by far the superior weapon. But in some places carrying a fixed blade is not legal, and even in some places where it is, carrying one is going to invite scrutiny from security and law enforcement and may not be worth the hassle in some people’s minds. A folding knife, being primarily a tool, draws less attention and is something many people have on them anyway, and can still do lethal damage very quickly, so I feel it’s worth exploring for some people. BTW I appreciate your points being made in a very respectful manner. It’s refreshing on the internet when disagreements can be expressed in a civil manner.

[@mrd7067]

@@LibreFighting Here pocket knives that can be opened with one hand are usually not legal to carry but two handed folders and some fixed blades are (they wanted to change it but i haven`t read the new law yet). Also somehow lawmakers seem not to figure out that one can even carry folding knives when open. Very interesting in france and their history in regards to knives (the book papillion is a survival manual). What`s your take on substitutes to knives that are not counted as weapons (e.g. screwdriver, long roofing nail, interestingly icepick, Gimlet [tool], triangular scraper,...) and their use since they can be used primary for stabbing?

[@LibreFighting]

@@mrd7067 one of the reasons I favor a stabbing based metrology is because it translates well to improvised/unorthodox weapons. We’ve tested a lot of different stabbing implements on organic mediums. Flat head screwdrivers take more force but work well. Ice picks pierce nice and easy. Phillips screwdrivers aren’t ideal.

[@mrd7067]

@@LibreFighting I have only tested on water melons and wood so far (and fielddressing rabbit but that doesn`t count). I still wonder what problems bones bear, especially with thin tips.

[@LibreFighting]

@@mrd7067 we used pig carcasses because they are the closest to human. Thin tips can break on bone, but usually the damage is very minor and it is still capable of stabbing. Hitting ribs, usually the blade glances off and continues into the lung. Blades can get stuck in the shoulder socket, but freed pretty easily by levering up. Penetrating with the knife is shockingly easy. Ripping and slashing as well. I put a knife thru soft body armor on a pig and buried it to the hilt, but it required some force to get thru the armor. I wouldn’t try it with a cheap folding knife or any knife without an excellent locking mechanism. For flesh though, it requires little as far as force to do damage. That being said, I do advocate throwing knife shots with force to collapse the opponents defense, off balance them, or do impact damage along with the puncture.