Shield Work in Knife Fighting for Martial Artists

[@dabunnyrabbit2620]

I am not a troll or a spammer, I am genuinely concerned for others safety.

[@dabunnyrabbit2620]

why was my previous comment removed ??? I wish I could attend one of these classes.

[@dabunnyrabbit2620]

a forearm with nothing but skin, is not a shield.

[@markwilliams4489]

There's actually a LOT in this video, so might help you if you watch all of it very carefully. He's not using his forearm as a shield against the knife, that would be just silly. He's using it as a deflector against the attacker's LOWER ARM. Yes this video moves quite fast, and doesn't really show everything that's going on all that well. Also note he's not using the front of his arm to deflect, because that exposes the arteries and tendons to possible knife cuts - he uses the BACK of his lower arm. A cut there is going to hurt, but not be fatal or debilitating. I would not suggest watching this video 100 times and then think you can defend against a knife attack. Especially seeing as he's using a knife as part of his defense. In my country (Australia) if you did that and caused an injury, you'll be the one going to jail. But that deflection can then be used as part of a disarm of the knife from the attacker. Watch some more good videos, but better still, find somewhere that teaches genuine self defense, like this guy is clearly capable of teaching, and not a teacher that teaches overpowering violence. In my humble opinion, the best forms of defense are: 1. Not to be there in the first place 2. De-escalation 3. Self defense

[@dabunnyrabbit2620]

​​@@markwilliams4489Dude I used to be a bouncer/door man Deflecting or what ever this is complete baloney. In a real knife encounter he would be cut to ribbons. This is real world training kzbin.info/www/bejne/nouciJWhZ6Z6bMk

[@dabunnyrabbit2620]

​@@markwilliams4489 See how many times you can pull this off on a all out no holds barred sparring session.

[@markwilliams4489]

@@dabunnyrabbit2620 i learn Krav Maga, and most of the time we do knife training, i would be killed, or at the very least badly cut. We usually use real knives that have been blunted, but still "accidents happen" and there's been bruising and cuts. I probably need to learn for several more years to have some chance of surviving a knife attack. And you're right, it's still staged, and we know what's going to happen. It's not like that attack in the video you posted but then deleted it (I watched it first ;) ) which is seriously scary. But still, I'd rather have some chance of surviving by learning defence, than no chance of surviving.