@@Somespideronline If u have the proper training and it's a practice match or if it's a serious fight & there is no avoiding it = *Respect* ! If u don't have formal training but ur opponent does or if they have numerical advantage or if u are unprepared & the fight can be avoided: _Fear_ .
I have been assaulted 3 times in my life, all of them with knifes, and this are the 3 things that saved me so far: 1: running fast 2: being deadass poor 3: dumb luck
I hope you are joking and being sarcastic. These people who stab you don't care if it's illegal. They will cut you up and beat you up and then record it on the Dark Web under the red room sections. That's why psychos are so dangerous. They aren't afraid of doing anything and don't think of consequences.
I know youre joking and all, but if you got me in a blind rage and thirst to send you to a different dimension, and you say that its illegal, it'll always work on me I hope this also works on other people to maybe lessen abit of murders, but we can only dream
Having survived a knife fight myself - with parts of me missing and parts that don't work anymore - I can tell you, DON'T EVER GET INTO ONE IF YOU CAN AT ALL AVOID IT!
Can you tell me your story? I’m also a fellow knife fight survivor(except I was unarmed at the time) and I’m a felon so I can’t carry a gun so I always carried a knife from them on out. Better to have it and not need it then to need it and not have it
What to do in a knife fight: 1. Run. 2. If not run, use gun. 3. If run or gun not possible, prepare to get a whole lot of stitches trying to break the dude's arm... and probably die in the process.
Smart smart man. Not there dumbass wannabe badass instructors who are like “ yeah disarm him and make him regret pulling a knife on you” no, run. The best option is to always run. If your being mugged, hand over what you have, nothing is worth your life. And if your cornered and can’t run, put your hands up, protect you wrists, and try and take control of the arm that had the weapon. In it(and disarm him if you can) this is all easier said then done especially in the heat of the moment. Even if you can stall long enough to make an opening go run, do it. And if you do keep your hands up and protect your wrists and try and go for the arm with the knife, your best bet is to push the guy with the knife and just book it, but if you can take the knife(only try if your 100% positive you can) then take it then run. If this is all they had then it effectively took the weapon away and also gave them less of a drive to chase after you now that you have a weapon. And the best choice of them all is carry a gun. If I wasn’t a felon then I would but I did my crime and have to pay the price, so now I carry a sharp ass knife. Look up knife laws in your area. Even a pocket knife is better than nothing. But if your state is not strict like my state (Indiana) you can carry certain types of knives. If by the very small chance someone from Indiana sees this comment, our knife laws are very loose. You can carry a blade of any size, and you can also carry butterfly knives or switchblades.
I can confirm that his techniques are worth noting when it comes to knife defense. In my krav class I took a knife defense class that basically taught what he is doing. Secure the knife arm so that the opponent can't use it to attack while simultaneously hitting him with strikes such as elbow and knees to weaken or deal damage to him. That being said running away is definitely the best defense lol.
My college roommate got cut up pretty bad by a dude with a box cutter. It was nasty as hell. If he’d had a deer knife the guy would have been dead before he got home. We were broke as fuck at the time and he had just gotten paid after a shift bartending. Giving up his money wasn’t really an option but he paid dearly for keeping it.
The only training I do now is cardio.. used to be into football type stuff but unless you need to slam (you don’t) someone power cleans are useless in the real world.
Yeah, you’re the kind of asshole who leaves friends and family behind to save your sorry ass. You “runners” always have the same answer, which might be why you never train for when the real fight comes, or pressure test your training. You are a coward and moron, you just don’t know it.
Reminder: this is a guy that specifically trains in knife defense, in a situation where he knows the guy in front of him is about to attack him with a knife, and is given time to prepare.
Absolutely! What we see is the absolute best case scenario for the unarmed person , not even bringing up the fact that the attacker is obviously hesitating in some of his attacks to give the other guy a chance to demonstrate his techniques.
@@ThirdLawPair because he is emulating what a typical knife attacker would do. A skilled person with a knife is very rare in attack situations and isn't viable for a experiment like this.
@@lightingthief4482 Depends on where you go. In the Philippines, you might very well run into someone who really knows how to kill you with a knife. Even if the guy with the knife basically knows how to handle himself a little, it's reasonable that he might grab you with his other hand to create openings. I do get what you are saying about simulating a typical knife attack, but it still says something about knife defense technique that it's hard to pull off even against a moderately smart knife attack.
and the knife guys uses classic boxing stance, giving the defender leverage(catching the non dominant hand, slamming into his body, making sure the knife has less speed, swinging in large arcs). The guy who has no training and the guy who has weapons training will face you dominant hand forward holding the knife, good luck catching that hand with a knife in it.
I’m recovering from 5 tendons in my left hand being severed from defending a knife attack earlier this year. I panicked and grabbed the blade to take it off him. I sometimes feel like it was a dumb move, considering I train martial arts I thought I could be more aware and keep a distance, but I’ve come to accept the reality that with knives, you’re almost likely going to lose something and although I can’t make a fist now, I’m grateful to be alive. It’s been life changing moment and taught me to be really aware of what situations you put yourself in because all it truly takes is that one fuck up. Edit: wow, I didn't expect this comment to get the attention it did but thanks for all the support, makes me feel less shitty about it. After months of relentless physiotherapy I was able to almost completely restore hand function now but it was in those months of introspection I made a complete 180 and changed who I hang out with, my general attitude and started further education for my dream career. So yes guys your health and wellbeing is the number 1 priority in your life, not your ego, your public image or any other bullshit, focus on ya self
Yeah no matter how trained you are, an aggressor with a knife whos trying to seriously harm or kill you would most likely would. Best thing to do is run for your life. A gun pointed at you at close range there is a possible way to defend your self.
@matejme he had a dispute with my friend and when my *friend* was knocked onto the floor, he pulled out the knife and I reacted to protect my friend. Wrong place and time, and I learned to have better judgement of who I choose to hang out with
I've had to escape being threatened with a knife only twice. 1. As a kid (8 I think) me and my friend were threatened by two other kids, one holding a knife. We were prevented from walking past them My friend wanted to go home, so I used a branch with leaves to hold them at a distance as we slowly turned them around. As my friend fled, I also fled; going in two directions. Both of us outran them. 2. When I was a teen (15) I was threatened with a knife under my throat when I tried drinking water at the school gymnasium. I had no choice but to surrender and do what he said. Got away with no scars. The best way is ALWAYS to avoid the fight. ALWAYS. But the reason why you learn to fight is to be prepared for when fighting is unavoidable... something I should clearly do with my bad luck.
@@jankowalczyk5288 Oh yeah sorry, it's school gymnasium (edited it). Still, not like it wasn't any less public before we were alone. No idea why nobody said anything..
@@bloommaster4686 not as uncommon as you'd think, i had big guy twice my size at the time in high school come at me with a scalpel while disecting frogs during class and i was able to spin him into a rear naked choke and use his own hand to hold the knife to his throat without getting cut myself. Mind you i had zero training in anything, i just liked to fight, but have been humbled plenty of times by trained boxers and grapplers 😂
Before the starting of the video, an ad popped up having training sessions. The ad show cased knife-hand combat. At first, I thought the ad was the video and watched it till the end. Now, I'm watching the real video.
Did a seminar on self-defense as a finish up on a years' worth of classes (Kapap). One of the last exercises we did was training with rubber knives, with their edges painted with lipstick, while wearing nothing but pants and shoes. The point was not to "kill", but to see how many injuries we could avoid or dish out. At best our arms and forearms were cut clean. It is nearly impossible to get away unscathed from that.
There are countless videos of mixed martial artist, ufc fighters and operators trying similar situations and they die almost every single try. The guy with the knife is usually unskilled and still beats the unarmed specialist almost every time. Your best defense is distance and if you argue that, well.... there's probably only one way you would be convinced..... natural selection
To be fair, Jiu-jitsu isn't designed for knife attacks haha. Sometimes I bring rubber knives to train. It's a great game to play and also gives you a good reality check. Doesn't even need to be a rubber knife, it can be just an old white board marker without the ink. I'm sure you'll be surprised by the results after 3 days of practicing. My results: It's easy to take someone's knife away but it's not easy to do that before being stabbed
@@Mhurilo10 This whole question and experiment is also presuming that you know the person has a knife which if you think you're just in a bar fight you're probably f'd before you know it well enough to defend against it
What to do in knife fight: 1. As he's stabbing you get close to his ear 2. Whisper in his ear *si papi si* 3. His experience of murder is now ruined. Congratulations, you have saved the lives of other possible victims
I'll share my story since I see a lot of comments asking for other survivors to tell their's. I was a teenager, walking through the halls at high school (picture stereotypical bad inner-city school) and I thought someone punched me in the back really hard, I pivoted around and saw the guy had a pocket knife in his hand and I realized with a lot of fear "I've been stabbed", I was still thinking that when he stuck me again in the chest, and I could only think "I've been stabbed again", I don't know if it was training taking over from the subconscious level or fight-or-flight kicking in but when he pulled the knife back to himself my hands followed his, grabbed him by the sleeve and spun him to the ground where I stomped on him way past him becoming unresponsive and people had to tackle me off him, I didn't realize it while it was happening but he stabbed me twice more in the calve while he was on the ground. None of the wounds needed more than a few stitches but I lost a LOT of blood. I mentioned training, I'd been boxing since I was little and had two years of krav maga at that time. The scariest and I think most important part of the story is, I know for a fact that I came very very close to freezing when I realized I'd been stabbed, I did freeze for a moment and I'll never know if I could have defended from it but I was frozen when I was stabbed in the chest, and it's a miracle I started reacting when I did. It's way too ****ing easy to become mentally fixed on "I just got stabbed", and that fixation can keep you from reacting while you get stabbed again and again..
like I said in my comment, most of the times they will just sucker stab you, anyone who brings a knife its mostly like a pussy who is afraid of a real fight
been doing martial arts training for around 20 years and also worked with a rapid response team ( border patrol ) . you do NOT take on a knife attacker if you are unarmed, any slash or puncture wound has the potential to be fatal ( it just takes one artery being clipped ). i have been cut a few times when i had to take on people armed with knifes, only by pure luck and thanks to my baton i did not get my throat slashed once ( i still have the scar ) and i was in full gear. if i was to choose i would just shoot someone attacking me with a knife
Even if armed adrenoline is a powerful weapon. You can easily get slashed and bleed without major artery’s being cut cus of how clean they are. Also knife combat for armed vests outside the ceramic ones and stuff is also extremely dangerous, more dangerous then a pistol round according to tests. This is because the fibers in them are made to disperse impact, a stabbing weapon is EASILY a powerful and deadly tool to use against someone who’s armed and or armored
I always wondered why it was so hard to disarm a knife wielding attacker in GTA 4 without losing half of your health. After learning about knife fighting, it makes perfect sense.
@@333vila Absolutely. It's one of the greatest open-world games, along with Mafia II (original, not remaster), Sleeping Dogs and Red Dead Redemption (1 & 2), just to name a few.
they get kneed in the groin , which is why im assuming they stop long enought to be tackled to the ground. but in a real fight like that i doubt that would be enough with all the adrenaline.
As a lifetime martial artist having earning my Masters Certificate, and I practiced and taught Filipino Martial Arts for 15 years, my hobby was knife disarms. Note to self: Knife disarms only work in the classroom.
I've done dagger training in HEMA for a few years. They're much larger daggers (rondels) with an emphasis on stabbing but I can guarantee you that a knife fight is the absolute last thing you ever want to get in. It's basically just a match to see who dies first because I guarantee you you're both getting injured in the process. Whats even more difficult about knives is that virtually anyone can use them to a degree of success. They're such a simple, effective tool (any tool that literally remains in use for the entire scope of human history would have to be) that takes little more know how than picking one up and thrusting. Don't get in knife fights kids. Even with training you're GOING to get hurt.
U guys are a bunch of pussies. I can destroy a knife attacker any way i please...when someone pulls a knife on me i just laugh in his face and the fucker runs off in fear.
@@astolfo-official He was holding back a lot. He's going in with wide telegraphed arcs instead of the straight fast stabs you see on crime footage, or even the overhead. This gives the defender more time to see the attack coming and isolate the arm. Once isolated the attacker doesn't try to free the arm or slash. In many stabbing crime videos the attacker doesn't just suddenly stop. They keep slashing at arms and hands, then when the victim is bleeding they go in for the kill and keep stabbing. No technique, but very dangerous all the same.
The unfortunate reality of getting stabbed or cut by an attacker with a blade is that usually you won't see the knife until it's too late. If he makes an obvious attack and you see the knife you better start running. *KNEES TO CHEST!!!*
as a 9 year second degree blackbelt in American karate the things we are taught first is depth perception and extreme acknowledgement of our surrounding area, then we are taught that the fist is less deadly than the knife so we go for the knife and straiten the arm to render it useless like in the video then its a game of leverage over the body
Also a big big thing forgot by this video is grabbing. I can assure you grabbing your opponents could have a massive impact in the fight on the both side, like if the attacker can grab an arm, he can then pull the defender and stab him. Or as the defender, you can go rushing for the armed arm and secure it. I am not a fight expert it is just what I think could have been shown
As someone who got stabbed in the chest in an attempted robbery, I second this. I didn't even see the knife, some bystanders informed me I had a knife wound on the chest.
we did some training demonstrating how much damage a knife attack can do, two groups facing each other, one had chalks and the other were defending, it's remarkable how much you get marked by the chalk. imagine if that was a knife, shit is deadly lmao always run away
My martial arts instructor is a 6th degree black belt in karate. That’s not 30 years of experience, but it’s enough that his words are worth passing on here. “If a person pulls a knife on you, run. There is no reason for you to ever believe you can walk out of a knife fight without getting cut in some kind of way.” He said he once went to a knife defense seminar and they used a black sharpie in place of a knife and asked him to defend himself as best as he could for 10 seconds. Here’s what he had to say about the end of those ten seconds: “I was ‘cut up’ everywhere. If that was a real knife I wouldn’t have been able to protect myself against anything past the first two cuts, but even still I had sharpie marks on my arms, my stomach, my chest, and even some on my neck. This is real life. Not a movie. Don’t be a hero. Don’t try to fight somebody with a knife. Run away.”
@@daesungkim1478 As Petrov said, officers have tools for the job to deal with the situation. Taser isn't amazing option, but the shock might be able to incapacitate them for an arrest. Pepper spray can blind, and force submission with pain, but bad choice. Better than none. Firearm, best choice you can get. Good shot placement, can end the fight. Simply having it drawn might make them disengage and run, which accomplishes what you set out to do. Protect first. Problem with guns, you have to draw them, similar to knives, and they are distance based tools. Closer you get, harder to use. Right up close, a gun is difficult to use. Especially in knife range, drawing it and putting shots where you need to may be borderline impossible if they have a hand on your gun or on your arm, or somewhere that may throw your shot off. If there is someone you have to protect, you need to consider your options carefully, and also choose what makes sense to carry for protection. Some places in some countries don't allow firearms despite them being the best tools for defense there is, so in those places you need to pick carefully what you feel is the best option for your defense if running is not an option. Pepper spray and tasers are the most common options, neither are perfect. Both have glaring issues. It's a bad scenario, but one you might have no choice in the matter of.
A marker leaves marks wherever it touches, but a knife, even though grandma could stick a knife right through your leg like jelly, requires some force to leave a cut or stab. that means if you block a knife strike with your arm its possible that the tip of the knife will touch you but wont hurt you, also its a lot harder to hurt someone with a dull knife, but you should always assume the knife the attacker has is razor sharp.
@@vihaandas4346 just don't stand right next to the attacker like in the movies. Yes you can pull the trigger faster than they can stab you but why would you stand a foot away from them when you have a gun?
Something to point out, the person with extensive skill is prepared and aware that the attack is incoming. A person with disproportionate advantage in the situation compared to the average person still sustained injuries in most of these scenarios and didn't manage to fend off the attack in some. Never fight a person with a knife if there is literally any chance to not fight them. Just run or give them the your stuff. No possession is worth dying over.
Some important information from experience: I've had a gun pulled on me once and a knife pulled on me twice. The occasion with the gun was a robbery in East New York, Brooklyn (yeah I was asking for it), and I could not run, so I just coughed up the dough and they walked away. I gave them 400 dollars and they even gave me my license back! So the lesson from that experience; I gave them what they wanted and I kept my life. But each time I was attacked with a knife I ran as soon as I saw it without looking back. One of time times I was lucky to be near my motorcycle in Bangkok, Thailand with a dude running at me from behind, and I was able to hop on and speed the hell out of there before getting jabbed. The second time I was in Highland Park, Los Angeles and was not chased when I ran, but I also think the time I was chased was not simply a failed attempt but the dude hesitated (he had second thoughts!) The bottom line; if you run, you likely won't get chased because you give that person a chance to have second thoughts about slaughtering you, and they realize that slicing you up into salami is probably going to ruin their lives. So my advice, in sum, is 1. Stay out of bad neighborhoods or places you're unfamiliar with. 2. Don't fuck another dude's girl. 3. Stay away from hookers (seems random but trust me). 4. If you see a knife, just run. 5. If you can't run, offer to give them something. 6. If you're already getting stabbed then do what this video shows but that's a last resort! Bonus advice; don't piss people off, be loyal, cultivate yourself/integrity, and just be a good person! People generally don't want to stab good people!
Thank you man. And rule no 3 is very useful. Trust me, its not worth someone else's girl when there is more bueatiful girls out there. And my advise is as last resort try to kick in the balls. I know its a scum move but in a life or death situation its worth it.
Glad to see so many folks in the comments section actually giving good advice and understanding how nearly impossible it is to defend against a knife attack if its already happening. Sometimes street knowledge is accurate. Best defense is being mindful and doing everything you can to avoid these situations, and if the person is relatively close, run from a knife attack vs. try to smother, wrap, disarm if its a gun. I will say, however, that the depiction above is accurate in one way that you often don't see portrayed. When defending a knife attack (if it's come to that) then your target is not the knife or the hand/wrist. Your target is the upper foream, elbow, upper arm.
Fact, more people in any given day survive knife attacks than die to knife attacks. And in all cases of comparison between hospitalizations from knife attacks and gunshot wounds, people who were attacked with a knife were more likely to survive. I say this because I see a lot of retards fearmonger people about gun control saying people would just use knives like it's comparable. Well, it is, but not in the way they think.
Yeah, true. But also if they carry a longer blade you want to get close if you have no choice, since it will be harder to generate force. Additionally, stabs and slices will be more difficult short range with a longer weapon aswell. Other than that, you want to use objects and the environment to your advantage. Running aswell.
I don’t know if it’s helpful but i always wear a bagpack and this habit was useful cuz i was attacked years ago by a guy and without this bag idk what could have happened . This happen to me on a close street nearby the downtown. It was The kind of guy who was already mad idk why when i ran into him in a street . I was myself in a bad mood. He walked next to me and and i didn’t like his looks but ok. Then he did some shadow kick in front of me for no reason wtf. Triggered I stopped and said quietly: « is there a problem bro? » and he say: « no none better for u ». I smiled « u funny u know ». And then he push me right away. I did judo for 7 years i grab him(i was close) fast and make an o Goshi(judo grip) put him down. Then i got up him to very mad and pulled out kind of a standard kitchen knife. With adrenaline i got all ready and move back immediately and then run . But he got faster so i zigzag a little bit and i took my bag and startin to do up and down moves with the bag then he charge a so i charge( i know wasn’t a clever move but i was full adrenaline and kinda scared). And i put the bag in his face but like a punch in an agressive way it makes him drop the knife . He almost fall. I gave a huge kick on the knife. He was still touching his nose and eyes. Then i let him and run away straight to the downtown. I know this afternoon i was very lucky. It could have been a lot worst. So yeah u better run away immediately when u face a guy with an edged weapon. This kind of things happens so fast u can’t manage a guy with a knife with bare hands. Odds are at 99% u playin with ur near death if u face it. 1% of chance and some adrenaline reaction stuffs.
Yeah dude. The attacker here didn't seem how to use a knife and his attacks were sloppy and unskilled.. and he stilled managed to harm the guy. I don't wanna imagine and attacker that knows how to properly use a knife. You'd be dead for sure.
Something else to keep in mind with this is that the defender is blocking, grabbing and holding as part of his defense. Prior to this, he is sustaining numerous slashes and stabs to his hands and forearms in almost every attack. This would limit his ability to grab and hold, as his muscles and tendons would be suffering serious injuries, in addition to veins and arteries being slashed and serious blood loss ensuing, So, his defense would in reality be much less effective than is being depicted. The fact that the attacker is being subdued in a lot of the scenarios is discounting the debilitating and cumulative effects the initial blows would have.
Yeah, slash test 2, that one contact looks like it's in the general area to potentially be a brachial artery hit (a pretty good spot to check your own pulse). That's not good. Like that's only below carotid and maybe femoral for spots you don't want to get slashed (and obviously aorta itself, but that's more likely to be from a puncture than a slash).
never block the knife avoid the attack till the attack is made. grapple on the extension and twist.. the aarm comes off or the knife drops ... every time.
My grandfather was famous on his town as a knife fighter, I once asked him to what he attributed his fame? He just answered "be the first to draw the knife and if not.. run.. theres no way to step out a knife fight without bleeding.."
As Someone Wiser Then Me Said " Trying To Disarm A Guy With A Knife Is Like Trying To Take Away An Open Marker From A Child And Hoping You Dont Get It On You"
@@353-d8o I did think it would be pretty easy to overpower them, but most people wouldn't* kick a child like they're trying to break down a door lol ... _ᴵ ᵗʰᶦⁿᵏ_ Edit: either my phone auto-corrected "wouldn't" to "would", or I messed up when typing it... I do not condone the act of practicing the forward thrust kick on the little hellions.
20 years in prison I survived two incidents involving knives. One was a riot in which everyone involved had something sharp and pointy. Managed to avoid most strikes but still took 3 puncture wounds. Second time I was even less lucky but survived. If you’ve resigned yourself to the fact you will be cut you have a chance to survive. I would never give my back to someone wielding a knife in an attempt to run
@Justice for Nalu u definitely have a better chance of running away than beating the knife guy idk wat ur talkin about. he was in jail, not really anywhere to run, its different outside.
That's talking in a riot. In like yhe streets or something it is entirely possible to run far away, possibly towards someone who can assist you (like say police or something)
I train this stuff and I get cut up every time, not cause it’s ineffective, but because you can’t defend from an attacker with a knife without getting cut up.
I train in a HEMA club and we have all the protective gear and getting nailed with the training weapon hurts enough to make you nervous and it’s really bad odds against an aggressive opponent.
I have trained with some guys who have been in a dozen or more knife fights (one trains South African Police). Their instruction is always rather clear. "Guys you ARE going to get cut". Getting cut on the arms or most of the leg is acceptable. Getting stabbed is what you must avoid.
Trained boxing from 8-13 trained muay thai boxing from 13-17 now back to boxing for a year. So if someone pulls a knife on me... I'm fckin fast and I have great endurance. I'll run and probably never see them again.
I carry around a .357 magnum just in case any fool wants to tussle. I got my CCW years ago and am proud to say that I have averted numerous occasions of danger.
My martial arts teacher once showed us some of these as drills and would always make sure that his newer students feel as included as possible, I was so happy when it was my turn to hold the knife.
The best advice on a knife fight I ever heard was from an Army combatives instructor. He told us, “You are going to get cut in a knife fight. Make your peace with it now, and maybe you can fight past it when it happens.”
Jesus! Thank you! Finally a common sense comment. I was scrolling to see when this happens. I’ve doing martial arts since I was 8. Any time I’ve dealt with no bullshit teachers, instructors, or sensei’s they’ve all said the same thing. If you HAVE to get into a knife fight, just know you’re going to get cut. But if you train enough, your training will hopefully override your fear. Believe it or not people, training, determination, and will power will get you through some crazy injuries.
This was the same advice a krav maga instructor told me. Try to disarm anyway, distract, or hold onto the arm. This is my own--Identify which hand you can bear to sacrifice 😂
This. Although bare in mind it's much harder to kill someone with a knife than hollywood would have you believe, pretty much none of the injuries in this video would've been life threatening or fight ending. Look up any incident of someone being killed with a knife and they were stabbed and/or cut 20+ times minimum and likely took a while to bleed out.
This video has taught me a lot. Honestly, 30+ years of martial arts, he knows dudes going to attack with a knife, and he knows how to defend himself even then it's still not enough to fight off an attacker with a knife. It's scary to think that all those years of training, exercise, and preparation STILL doesnt even give you a 50/50 chance of not sustaining injury or death. Morale of the story is just run. Don't even risk your life just run and make it hard for them to catch you. Good thing I know parkour.
Sir? U want me to turn my back around an armed maniac? What if he has more endurance than me and is potentially able to tackle me after running a few meters? Pretty sure having a stabber on top of you is...it's just over. Running is gambling. First u stall to see if u could take him on or not. If he is not scared of u then... take running as last option
@@soulstice33 Yeah if he wants your wallet, your phone, your clock.... just give your valuables to him, they're not worth your life. The only reason to stay and fight would be if it was to protect someone you care about.
Yeah man, he's absolutely right, I got into a street fight back when I was 15 and dude had a pocket knife I was able to disarm after kicking his leg to knock him off balance and grabbing hold of his arm rendering him immobile , I only suffered a slash wound on my thumb from struggling to snatch the knife from his hand, still thinking back to that day I felt like I got lucky
Defending yourself in the moment of a knife fight with martial arts moves is only part of the harsh reality of self defense, because from what Force on Force training has often taught, there is also identifying the threat with situational awareness, either choosing flight or deesculation after identifying the threat, then physically neutralizing the threat as an absolutely last resort if you can't run away.
If someone puts a knife on you, it’s most likely adrenoline and fear is a lot more kicked inside your adversary. Most people don’t realize that in a street fight, adrenoline is a deadly weapon. Both for the person with it and the person against it.
I was in a military excercise and one of the moments was where I was being hold prisoner and had to get out. When I got out of my room I heard a voice behind me and as I turned around I saw a guy with a knife slowley walking towards me. Even though it was an excercise (this was a 7 day survival excercise so I was tired and only got to eat half a ration per day with minimal sleep) my survival instinct just kicked in and I wanted to survive the coming fight. So he attacked me with a lunge attack towards the stomach. Even with my combat training he managed to stab me two times before I could disarm him and throw him to the ground. It all happened so fast. So if that knife was real I dont think I have acted differently, but the results would be different.
I wasn’t in some military training but I was involved in a fight at at party which lead to me getting stabbed twice all I remember was me fighting back and just trying to stay alive but after another person came to jump me but somehow I got back up and ran also mind I was kicked repeatedly
@@hennessy6612 I'ts just that human instinct kicking in. Fight or flight. In our worst moments with highspiked adrenalin, I think we humans act very fast on what to do, and usually we choose the right thing to do.
A friend was in the knife attack, did not see it coming, got stabbed. First he did not realize what happened, then got extremely angry thinking if he is to die, he would take the m*f* with him. Apparently in life-death situations people get monstrous power boost, also called hysterical strength, and can take down much stronger attackers. Who knew? When he finally fainted from rapid blood loss, the attacker was critical. Friend is no martial artist, no athlete, middle age, slightly overweight, but doctor told him fat protected his organs, and he was quickly released from hospital to home care, no charges pressed. Attacker spend long time in ICU, several restorative procedures, some permanent damages, and still got no sympathy from the judge, deadly assault, lengthy prison sentence.
@@atte9702 "Directly" stab him huh. I wonder what you mean by direct, because all this stab attempts seem pretty direct to me. It's close quarters combat, you can't get more direct than that.
@@JavierGomezX Mate, you don't understand. Even if you have swift hands if not really hard to still get stabbed. A kick in the nuts, and a stab in the gut would do the job, our just ur body part as bait, then stab him. Not really hard, unless youre a Spartan with the abilities of a ninja.
@@atte9702 Yes. Most of knife fighters I know use 2 knifes, one concealed. Please tell me. How the hell he was supposed to block left-hand stab on first "successful" defense? Cuddling right arm and jumping around stops attack?
Ive been attacked with abox cutter walking home drunk the guy got my chest and my forehead but i got the knife from him and beat him up despite being drunk
Very informative and educational video, I was planning on going against this dude who takes martial arts classes and was worried if he would be able to stop me or not. Now I know which moves to pull out Thanks 👍
Budget version of this: get two people, make sure that no one wears a shirt; and wear shorts. Then, use a dry erase marker as a knife. This way, you won’t hurt your friend, and the stains on the skin shows that you have injured the person. Once done, shower, and stains are gone.
@@fmg182 To be honest, I think my budget version is better than the video. Since in the video, the guy has a knife, he would probably be careful since he does not want to hurt his friend. So with the markers, you can fight at your best without hurting your friend.
@@kingjimmycraftofcalderonia2017 I totally agree with you.. there was a shot in the video in which the guy w the knife was about to put it through the other guy's neck. Even with a marker I would be careful since it would hurt.
@@kingjimmycraftofcalderonia2017 try getting stabbed in the neck by the point of a marker.. by anything, actually.. I mean it hurts, as in it's a bad sensation, to feel anything striking your neck where sinew or tendons are.. jeez
i sadly was in a knife attack situation, when u see someone with a knife, the most logical thing to do in that situation is run, if u can't outrun him, well, u gotta fight him off somehow, that's the hardest part. I trained krav maga for 6 years and im confident enough to say that u can't win a knife fight. It depends tho, when i was attacked with a knife i tried to outrun it but i couldn't, the next situation was a knife coming right at my left arm, i managed to side step the stab and ended up in an awkward position, somehow managed to grab the dudes hand and hit him with my knee in the head, then grabbed the knife, threw it somewhere and ran away. I got really lucky. Don't fight someone with a weapon, they have an advantage over you,doesn't matter how skilled you are.
@@beysuo4761 I mean if you want to punch him you would also have to get close. And I thought if you had the choice to get close to your opponent to punch him or to throw him, that throwing him is the better option. Not to forget that your opponent can be wide open if he does a attack and that you also could swipe his legs away from a rather safe distance.
0 Stein of course, only difference is the attacker has room for small errors. The defender doesn’t. One mistake in defense and you’re wounded, probably also dead. As we can see, trained defenders can still fuck up and die to a guy with no skill.
Taylor Hair nothing in the video stated the attacker was trained in any way, and his attacks showed no level of skill. Basic slashing and prison-style shanking? No highly trained knife fighter strikes like that. The strike would be quicker and more precise. Less wild and leaving less room for disarmament
It seems that stabs are the main weakness of a knife strike. While they do usually cause much more severe harm than a slash they seem to leave your entire arm exposed for a block, and if your opponent grabs the knife arm your advantage is lost. Meanwhile slashes might not leave the deep penetrating wounds that stabs to, but each cut wears down your opponent in a metaphorical war of attrition and with slashes they seem to be much harder to stop. Cut muscle fibers don't move arms...
Yup, it's even worse if you're always doing downward stabs in pickaxe grip since you lose some range with the knife and they're the "easiest" to defend against (I say this as someone from a country where this is the common way to use a knife by thugs and junkies) Slashes are the most underrated way to use a knife. A moment that marked me as a kid was when I played GTA 4 and used the knife, the game actually used motion capture by Bas Rutten for the melee combat to give the player that vibe of being a military veteran with a lot of combat experience, point is? Niko would constantly switch between 1 or 2 quick stabs and some nasty neck slashing, quite similar to what's seen in the video here. A good knife fighter will use slashing, feints and some fencing basics, or at least that's the way I've taught myself also taking into consideration that some of the people who kinda know how to use a knife in my country do use fencing basics because they were brought to us from the spanish after getting colonized, it's even more prevalent among argentinians but I ain't from that country. If you're already 50/50 on survival chance against an untrained attacker, I don't even wanna imagine myself unarmed against some guy who knows how to move a knife. EDIT: knife defense isn't bs at all, it does work specially against an unarmed attacker, is it recommended to apply it? of course not, this is only for a hypothetical life or death situation, even more if sadly you're a slow runner like me. However the guy here does also miss a big important part which is creating distance and rotating around the attacker, distance not only helps keep you safe but also makes the attacker need to resort into stabs for the most part, which as you already mentioned are the knife's biggest weakness, rotating and parrying can also create an opening for escape while forcing the attacker to change angles and disorienting him. Barely moving like the guy in the video will only make the attacker's job easier since he can stab and cut with smaller movements, which are also harder to see specially with adrenaline pumping.
Not to challenge a pro here but what i was taught in military was to hold your hands the other way so that the knuckles are facing him and all the arteries of your wrist are facing you and to keep your hands at 120 degrees so that the strike wont push through or get deflected into your leg or side. He exposed his arteries 1. Try to run 2. Cant run, kick to the balls and run 3. Cant run, kick to the balls, cant run, knuckes facing him 120 degrees at wide to provide visibility. Try to block his hand with your closest hand as close to the knife as possible, secure the knife against a bodypart or disarm utilizing the side of the knife and the middle part of your palm, inflict damage and pain That was what i was told
So thats very close to what we learn in Fiore di Libiri style of dagger fighting. If nothing else works you can attempt a disarm in which he swings close to sideways you can wrench your arm very close to his blade arteries away from his blade and wrench you arm around his arm catching the blade between both your arm and his. This will basically create a very strong lever and disarm him. Knife usually falls to the ground because of where the arms are. So make sure you pick it up before he does.
That's true. Common rules of knife defence is to hide your most vital spots. However like with any techniques the more experienced you are the more relaxed you can get in a situation. People with vast experience don't neceserally work by the basics 100%.
Sir? U want me to turn my back around an armed maniac? What if he has more endurance than me and is potentially able to tackle me after running a few meters? Pretty sure having a stabber on top of you is...it's just over. Running is gambling. First u stall to see if u could take him on or not. If he is not scared of u then... take running as last option
This is a great video that accurately displays the concepts in knife defense. Running away and surrendering your belongings are great options, but they may not be available to you. IF you CHOOSE to disarm in a knife situation, chances are you are going to get cut. You try to minimize that risk, but have to plan to fight on even if you are injured. That is where the winning mindset comes in.
From what I understand in my 3 years of combat sports, the best defense for surviving a knife fight is CARDIO. You're going to need to run and you're going to need to run for a long time if the attacker is persistent enough. Go on jogs and get fit. Your body will reward you by potentially letting you live longer lol.
I remember having to defend a plastic knife in karate, and I hated that so much. One time the teacher went off on me and I got cuts for several days from a freaking plastic knife.
From my decades of experience defending myself against robbers and dangerous people in bad neighbourhoods, id like to share some tips to best get out this situation. When a knife is pulled on you, make sure to maintain eye contact as you strip down naked and start tap dancing. The attacker will be so confused and will either not attack you, or give you a chance to flee. I am 90 years old now and still alive only thanks to this technique.
Been training MMA for 11 years, and also doing track and field for 14 years. Been approached by street thugs countless times but believe it or not, I've never been in a fight outside the ring. Not even once. I didn't care whether they were armed or not, I've always been good at making them eat my dust. The best way to stay alive is avoid the danger in every possible way.
then once you get enough distance, run as fast as you can in the direction of the attacker and fly kick him, sending him across the map and going through 5 walls of concrete it's true I've seen it on a movie
This is great and all, and it looks like the bare hands guy did pretty well, but I'm thoroughly convinced that the knife guy went easy for the sake of removing risk of injury during a spar. On top of that, this is with a guy that has 30+ years in practical hand to hand, which is something almost no one can say they have. The reality check is pretty simple. Only fight a knife if you have to for survival.
best comment so far lmao, all these internet idiots and ufc watchers who never did specific knife fighting sparing have no idea how ill equip they are, and even after that the best thing is CARDIO lmao.
@@raresclub2718 Yeah, the knife guy doesn't even attempt to grapple or use the blade against the other guy's arms to injure or disable them to make his stabs easier to pull off. On top of that he refuses to fake swings and every single starting attack is already known by the victim so they can amply prepare for it. I don't think this video replicates real life very well at all. It's to the point that I, who has no formal knife training, was made to believe I could do infinitely better than the knife wielder did in the video.
@@retrowave762 while I definitely agree I also think that most people who will attack you with a knife are untrained plus they could have a mental altered state due to being under the influence or double thinking their actions. So yes you won’t have experience but most likely the other guy won’t be super good either. That being said the person with the knife if a fight does occur and someone doesn’t run will almost always get a few hits in even if the defender has experience so if they don’t it really as you said is far different from the video
@@hamoiq908 being untrained doesn't matter when a knife can kill you if you are careless. In a real world scenario, you will make mistakes. And mistakes can either hurt you a lot, cause serious injuries or end with your death. It's not a good idea to bet that your attacker is untrained
One thing I learned about knife fighting from my Dad and other martial artists is this: “rule number one of a knife fight is that you WILL be cut” it’s a reality you have to accept at the onset. Avoiding fighting altogether is the best thing to do
@fgfsdhsdh you are a downy if you don't think his statement is true. Please go and train and you will realise how unequip you are to deal with such a situation.
You only have to protect your forehead eyes neck sides of shoulders and stomach. That’s the basics of it anything else can be injured and won’t kill you immediately so use it to take them down.
My Martial Arts teacher always gives these speeches if enough newbies join a few times a year. One of the things he always repeats goes something like that, "This is actually counter productive to getting and keeping new students (his paycheck), but always try to run if u are on the street, u only fight if u know u can't escape."
When i was 15 i was walking with my friends in the night and we bumped into another group of older guys (probably 17/18). They were drunk and they soon started an argument. We outnumbered them 6 to 4 and they were starting to get physical so we attacked them. 3 of my friends quickly took down 2 of theirs, however i got thrown to the ground by the third and the guy started punching the life out of me. A few seconds later my other friends took him of off me and started fighting him. At that moment laying on the ground the blood dripping from my mouth and a with a broken nose i saw the 4th guy making weird hand movements to one of my friends, i didn't realize until my friend stepped back and fell to the ground that he had been stabbed. At that point in time everything stood still and i was completely frozen along with the rest of us including the stabber. I can't really explain what i felt, you'd think i'd be angry my friend was stabbed or afraid for my own life but i didn't feel anything. After what seemed like forever i suddenly started running towards the stabber with no clear thought or plan, simply fueled by the adrenaline rushing through me but at the same time the feeling of hesitation was starting to get stronger and before i could make the split second decision whether to carry on or stop i was barged to the ground by his other friends and i lost consciousness. When i came to my friends told me the other guys had run away, along with one of my friends at the behest of my other friends (he was the son of the opposition leader and it would be really bad if he was caught with us) and there was already an ambulance and 2 police cars. My friend survived, however he had incurred internal bleeding. He was stabbed 3 times, twice in the stomach and one through his left biceps into his chest just narrowly missing his heart by 2 cm. The case was eventually burried through the help of the opposition leader. There is no moral to this story, only that to avoid a fight at all costs. We could have run away the moment they started getting physical but honestly we were looking for a fight, just not a knife fight.
I never got the guys who always were looking for fights I know those guys in my town. Really must be some psychological reason outside the rush and high. I kinda get it that it maybe stems from the really old days when different tribes or groups of humans thought many times so we keep to the group. But you have to be very narrow-minded to not see past that.
This sounds real not bull is your friend doing well? For internal bleeding can start again he has to move carefully . Teen years it normal to get in fights but hard to get out off one. Stay clear from the night life ..( now it's easy with the pandamic and all) . Just stay save ok.
Reminds me of an old joke I heard from my martial arts teachers. How do you know who wins a knife fight? The loser dies at the spot, the winner dies on the way to the hospital
Each successful inflicted wound would have a exponential effect on the defender. So realistically it would be pretty impossible to defense if you already sustain several wounds at the start.
Every knife defence video should be a young man lying in a puddle of his own blood and piss, hyperventilating breaths slowing as he slips into shock, dying alone on the asphalt in front of a shuttered Dollar Store.
Not really knife defense can save your life, sure you will probably get cut but you won't die. Just look at the recent Hatun Tash attack in London you can defend your self from getting killed.
@@diegogatjens3023 Well saying is a 100% way to stop a knife attack is moronic and it's questionable can you actually train knife defense, but you can protect your self from getting killed.
pretty much. I remember seeing one video some guy got slashed around the neck and the blood just gushed like a fountain. He looked at his hand constantly in the last few seconds of his life shocked at what is happening before him just as he started to lose his balance and feinted , crashing amongst the numerous plastic chairs before him onto the concrete floor. I doubt that guy survived lol.
Options to use in a street fight: 1. trying to defend against a knife using artistic moves that don't actually work:X 2. Take the fight to the ground and get kicked in the head by the aggressor's friend:X 3. take a stick or any other long object and hit the knife holder on the head:✔ 4. Keep distance using your leg or kick the aggressor's balls:✔ 5. use a firearm to defend yourself from the aggressor:✔ my favorite: 6. run to preserve your life for a few more years instead of dying for nothing:✔
You missed one. If it's just a simple mugging, give him your damn money. It's money, you can get more. Spare your life, don't throw it away to preserve wealth.
UM ALIEN SINCERO if you're going to kick keep it simple and go for the knees knock off balance but keep distance and use feints to draw attack and move in close to disarm if you can try to be on the outside arm of weapon hand when you do
The sad truth about most RL knife attacks is that when you see the knife, it already has your blood on it. Barely any one going to stab takes a stance and shows their knife first.
@@bingchilling4717 Yeah, a lot of people threatens with knife, but those are not so likely to use it, so, you have decent chance of avoiding the confrontation and do nto need to defend against it.
@@NetAndyCz You seem to know a lot about it, I guess it depends a lot on if the persons wants you hurt or not for starters, he won't indeed show it if he wants to hurt you but that often means he developped a grief against you previously.
@@bingchilling4717 Saw a video: A guy vlogging on his bike stops for a dude on the street. The dude pulls out a knife and steadily asks him to get off the bike. He complies, allowing the thief to turn around and get on the bike, after which he promptly shoots the thief in the back. And before you go "that's not legal self-defense!" Remember, police can't get serial numbers from bullet impacts.
After training BJJ for 10 years (MMA included) I did some knife defense class for the fun and I discovered something while fighting someone with zero combat experience, if they had the knife I had a 50% chance of not getting cut in sparring. (I was a purple belt at the time. 5 years ago) but if I had the knife they were 100% dead. It felt like the knife gave them a whole belt color. So no combat felt like a blue belt and the purple belts felt like brown belts and so on.
We’re does 50 to 100% come from? A street fight is a different form of fighting. Not to be rude but ANYONE who has a knife trained or not is deadly, especially if they know any major points like your leg artery- something almost completely indefensible. Plus bleeding out, and simply adrenoline can be dangerous for both people
Lol the martial artist does almost nothing related to martial arts besides some armlocks lol. He always focused the arm with the knife, tryed to pick is arm and then beat him either with his knee or headbutt its just self defense Not martial arts. In the end u should probably learn self defense and maybe jiujitsu, just Run away as fast as possible.
I have been practicing martial arts for a year now with a personal trainer, specifically kravmaga, we did a training unit on combat against an opponent with a knife, my trainer told me that it is practically impossible to come out of a knife fight without injuries even if you dominate the fight, unfortunately this is the harsh truth in man vs knife combat.
I live in Italy, where it's illegal to bring a knife with u, but if it isn't a proper weapon (if it has only one side blade or an unlocked blade) u can use an excuse, because Italian laws are trash, and if u have a combat knife u can say u need it to cut some bushes (in the center of the city)
You can see that the knife guy in this video actually hesitates to land a fatal slash or stab on the other guy. He doesn't actually want to hurt him with the knife. While in reality, it's something different.
That's why the defender sustained injuries since the other dude didn't wanna hurt him, meanwhile in real life your opponent wants to hurt you and if they aren't experienced with the knife than there is a chance you might survive and you can predict his attacks as amateurs will do basic attacks which follow a certain pattern
@ds8390 that prop knife is just a dull knife, hence the safety gear. Imagine getting stabbed with a steel pipe - it's not going to penetrate your skin but it might still break a rib
True, its depend on situation If its robbing than you can see the knife If its personal matter than you can get a few stab before you knew what stab you
@@f4natos22 If it´s robbing I am gonna give him my stuff. Then, if that stuff was very important, follow in a safe distance while calling the cops. If he got my phone even better, as it is GPS tracked, so I dont even need to follow.
Best defense to when someone pulls out a knife: 1. get into position 2. prepare yourself mentally 3. turn around running and screaming as fast as you can
I had to defend from a madman with a machete about a year ago. I didn't realize I was cut until after it was all over. 2 months of physical therapy later I could make a fist, 3 months later I was back defending friends on the street. I still have ghost pain in my right arm where the bone got chipped. 22 stitches. Not fun. And I DID "win". 3 years of taekwondo nothing. Real life experience matters.
Its not nothing 3 years of taekwondo; it just means that you have become good at taekwondo, but it does not prepare you against a weapon attack unless it is something one has trained to do specifically, but even if trained to fight against a knife with a knife, there is a saying 'The winner drips blood - the loser gushes.' It is just so dangerous, I would rather be in a sword fight than a knife fight, a gun fight rather than a sword fight, but even then, real sword fights actually lasted less than a minute if there is no armour, what chance dueling with knives?! Duelling is fucking stupid, it doesn't happen that way in real life, as Malone in The Untouchables I quote, 'Someone pulls out a knife, you pull out a bat, he pulls out a bat you pull out a gun, sends one of your guys to hospital, you send one of theirs to the morgue.' They pull out a gun, you pull out a fucking rocket launcher, and you have to do it to them before they do it to you
@@Jmbr-eh6xrI learned mui thai , MMA and a kyokushin karate. I was also attacked by a mad man and he was holding a knife. I did nothing but a power kick, i used all my strength into that power kick and aimed in his chest. He went to sleep after that
@@coolbaby1871 Yeah, knife attacks can be won empty handed, but you must be sharp and fast I don't like how people say always run from a knife thug; because that is an assumption they have absolute advantage, therefore fear If you do run, you can only do so if there is enough distance, this is unrealistic since knife attacks occur at conversation distance or you don't even see it, Turning and running isn't the best thing to do
@@coolbaby1871 Buddy, Good to know your training served you well; you need that kind of stuff in this kind of weather I did Boxing and had to use it once, it was not pleasant, went to court but not guilt due to evidence of use in self defence
Quick step if somebody has a thick jacket dont got for a slash thats stupid if you do that and he knows martial arts its over and youre instantly knocked out a slash wont work on the thicker rain jackets go for a stab even though using weapons is pussy move.
based on what I've seen, a stab could end the fight immediately. Had a housemate claim he could fight off someone who had a knife on them, so I immediately pulled the knife out of my pocket and had it at his jugular before he could say another word. (I did not have the blade out, but did prove after the fact I could have if I needed to.) Needless to say, he isn't so confident about that anymore.
@@shadowthewarlord705 He was your friend and probably didnt have any experience he wasnt in a state to fight at all and he wouldntve expected you to ''attack'' him.
Thats actually pretty effective to carry around, its not illegal to carry sand in your pocket and its free and in abundance, can make a knife wielder hesitate enough for the victim to gain control or run away, and is easily just as deployable as a knife! It mightve been a joke but thats actually pretty smart
As someone else with 30 years experience, a few observations: Attacks don't come out of nowhere. There is almost always a sign if one knows what to look for. Distance control is our friend. So are angles. Try to avoid staying directly in front of dodgy people in optimal attack range. Fights rarely happen in nice open spaces. Learn to use surroundings. If one retreats, retreat to really keep range open and preferably, keep angling off. Pick your moment. The person with the knife is the target. The knife is secondary. People getting injured are less focused on attacking unless seriously committed. Don't obsess on the knife or chase it to the extent of missing opportunities to potentially end the situation. Those types of helmets affect technique choices and psychology. Chairs, bottles and such work pretty well. So do doors and keeping tables between you and the other person. A good video, overall. Edit: And one doesn't have to let the person holding a knife start things.
@@seams4186 More seriously, when I was 14, I was in a study hall session in High School. Older kid sat down behind me. When the teacher left the room, the Older kid pulled out a pen knife. He started rubbing the blade on the back of my neck. I told him to stop it. So he stabbed me in the shoulder blade. I instinctively grabbed for the knife and got my hand cut up. After that, I decided to not wait for someone pulling a knife to get going before I moved. Which is my issue with most knife defense classes I have attended.
I’m 90% certain that many of these comments are from people who missed the point and think this video is some sort of instructional how to defend yourself type of thing, but it literally says both in the description and title, reality check. This isn’t a movie were you’ll dance around and flip the knife between hands and take minor cuts if at all for 2 mins before someone dies. Its at most a 10 second skirmish were all it takes to lose is a split second. It’s not telling you the best way to defend yourself from a knife, it’s showing just how hard it is to walk away without so much as a scratch even with years of experience
I think that just makes more of a point, these guys are ready and they gettin cut, me and my friend actually sneak attack each other with fake knives and it saved my life, my fighting was shit but i reacted fast enough it was over shadowed by the fact that i reacted at all and the person lost the will too fight and fucked off, good thing too because i was secretly completely without a plan or strategy. (I blocked a stab with a fucking circle kick of all the useless taekwondo moves) they didn't try anything else so i got crazy lucky or else i would have had a few chef knife sized holes in me pretty fast.
There's nothing realistic about the video. Claiming to be a "reality check" and then suggesting that any of these were "successful" is incredibly irresponsible. Every single scenario was pre-planned and the knife wielder became compliant once grabbed. These were very fake situations, and the scariest part is that the guys in the video have probably convinced themselves that this is actually realistic. Like kempo guys doing punch defenses and calling it "sparring." It's nonsense
Yeah, for me this is one hell of a wake-up at just how difficult it is to defend without injury as an EXPERIENCED martial artist. I wouldn't stand a goddamn chance and would at best be grievously wounded. Running away is for sure the best defence in my mind after seeing this, fuck trying to be the hero
@@joelsjimenez3256 100% All those fancy tacti-cool gears can't hide the fact grey guy conveniently stops attacking/resisting at certain point, also grey guy never uses off-hand, knee, head, or shoot for a double/single leg etc. How is that a reality check, it's just a well made knife fight choreography that's it.
I've been 3 times in real situations. In my experience no one does "slashing". The natural movement is up to down pointing to head, face and chest. The first time I handled it. The second time I ended up with my palm cutted. The third time I had a big cut in my forearm and my shirt was in pieces. I almost died (I was drunk). Someone said: It doesn't matter who you are, if anyone has a knife against you, He is superior.
One or more of the following are true. 1. You like to make stories up. 2. You are involved in a lot of mischief to land yourself in 3 different knife attacks. 3. The fact that you weren't concealing a firearm and didn't kill at least one of those people means you didn't learn a lesson.
@@TheWhiteCometOfZion 1. False. If that was true, I would make a better one. 2. It´s called Latin America. 3. I don't know where you live but here you can't have a firearm just like that, and if I kill one of those scumbags I'd be in prison.
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I heard from someone who took MA training, always respect a weapon. They've been used for thousands of years for a very simple reason, they work.
Very true!
😠+🔪/🔫=💀.
Respect or Fear? That is the question
@@Somespideronline respect the force, fear its use
@@Somespideronline If u have the proper training and it's a practice match or if it's a serious fight & there is no avoiding it = *Respect* !
If u don't have formal training but ur opponent does or if they have numerical advantage or if u are unprepared & the fight can be avoided: _Fear_ .
@@dannokk4743 very true 👀
I have been assaulted 3 times in my life, all of them with knifes, and this are the 3 things that saved me so far:
1: running fast
2: being deadass poor
3: dumb luck
Good advice.
Say you're from nyc without saying you're from nyc
@@lt1940 or london
Brasileiro é foda né vei
The closest guy to the door gets hit fuck hard is the only thing you missed
Thank you! I'm planning a trip to the UK next week and this is really helpful.
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🤣🤣 it is not so bad over here innit
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checking to see if you survived
Another way to avoid getting stabbed is to tell them that it's illegal, that way they know they can't do it and then you are safe
I hope you are joking and being sarcastic. These people who stab you don't care if it's illegal. They will cut you up and beat you up and then record it on the Dark Web under the red room sections. That's why psychos are so dangerous. They aren't afraid of doing anything and don't think of consequences.
@@AceCorr I am lmao, dont worry. Just making a shitty joke about people that want to ban things thinking it'll make things automatically safer
I know youre joking and all, but if you got me in a blind rage and thirst to send you to a different dimension, and you say that its illegal, it'll always work on me
I hope this also works on other people to maybe lessen abit of murders, but we can only dream
Not if anyone finds out
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Having survived a knife fight myself - with parts of me missing and parts that don't work anymore - I can tell you, DON'T EVER GET INTO ONE IF YOU CAN AT ALL AVOID IT!
What happend to you dude :/?
You're lucky to be alive. If you can/would, please share your story.
Can you tell me your story? I’m also a fellow knife fight survivor(except I was unarmed at the time) and I’m a felon so I can’t carry a gun so I always carried a knife from them on out. Better to have it and not need it then to need it and not have it
There’s a lot of value to be gained from experience. Please share.
@@steeldriver1776 yes. Please share your experience.
What to do in a knife fight:
1. Run.
2. If not run, use gun.
3. If run or gun not possible, prepare to get a whole lot of stitches trying to break the dude's arm... and probably die in the process.
Right
4. Use your own knife and be sure the other guy dies too
Or carry a sheild and your own knife and kill the guy with good chance of not getting injured or killed
Or don't be a pssy assess the situation decide whether or not you're faster then them anticipate them coming towards you.
@@izukumidoriya-qg8lu the best answer
My martial art teacher tell me this: when u fight someone with weapon, just run. This is not a movie.
They ain't lying to you
Smart smart man. Not there dumbass wannabe badass instructors who are like “ yeah disarm him and make him regret pulling a knife on you” no, run. The best option is to always run. If your being mugged, hand over what you have, nothing is worth your life. And if your cornered and can’t run, put your hands up, protect you wrists, and try and take control of the arm that had the weapon. In it(and disarm him if you can) this is all easier said then done especially in the heat of the moment. Even if you can stall long enough to make an opening go run, do it. And if you do keep your hands up and protect your wrists and try and go for the arm with the knife, your best bet is to push the guy with the knife and just book it, but if you can take the knife(only try if your 100% positive you can) then take it then run. If this is all they had then it effectively took the weapon away and also gave them less of a drive to chase after you now that you have a weapon. And the best choice of them all is carry a gun. If I wasn’t a felon then I would but I did my crime and have to pay the price, so now I carry a sharp ass knife. Look up knife laws in your area. Even a pocket knife is better than nothing. But if your state is not strict like my state (Indiana) you can carry certain types of knives. If by the very small chance someone from Indiana sees this comment, our knife laws are very loose. You can carry a blade of any size, and you can also carry butterfly knives or switchblades.
What if he’s faster tho lol, than you have to fight.
You can't just run. There are some things to be considered.
@@stevenseagull7589 Right! People act like you can't defend yourself against someone with a weapon.
I can confirm that his techniques are worth noting when it comes to knife defense. In my krav class I took a knife defense class that basically taught what he is doing. Secure the knife arm so that the opponent can't use it to attack while simultaneously hitting him with strikes such as elbow and knees to weaken or deal damage to him. That being said running away is definitely the best defense lol.
My college roommate got cut up pretty bad by a dude with a box cutter. It was nasty as hell. If he’d had a deer knife the guy would have been dead before he got home. We were broke as fuck at the time and he had just gotten paid after a shift bartending. Giving up his money wasn’t really an option but he paid dearly for keeping it.
The only training I do now is cardio.. used to be into football type stuff but unless you need to slam (you don’t) someone power cleans are useless in the real world.
The only time I got held up with a knife I pulled out a revolver instead of my wallet and the guy ran away.
This demo is shit. The defender clearly knows what attacks are coming. And in a cpl, the attacker is not maintaining aggression throughout.
Krav is worthless against a knife attack...just run...ur life is worth more than Krav ego....
Last time someone pulled a knife on me I won the fight by 200 meters and two fences
poor guy probably just wanted to cut veggies at the safety of his home and got domed by a 308
Yeah, you’re the kind of asshole who leaves friends and family behind to save your sorry ass. You “runners” always have the same answer, which might be why you never train for when the real fight comes, or pressure test your training. You are a coward and moron, you just don’t know it.
@@TheEnneagram edgy
@@TheEnneagram wtf someone whoosh this kid
@@TheEnneagram We get it. You're fat and slow and must fight to survive. Don't blame us "runners" for your short coming.
Reminder: this is a guy that specifically trains in knife defense, in a situation where he knows the guy in front of him is about to attack him with a knife, and is given time to prepare.
Absolutely! What we see is the absolute best case scenario for the unarmed person , not even bringing up the fact that the attacker is obviously hesitating in some of his attacks to give the other guy a chance to demonstrate his techniques.
Also, the guy with the knife never used any smart attacks.
@@ThirdLawPair because he is emulating what a typical knife attacker would do. A skilled person with a knife is very rare in attack situations and isn't viable for a experiment like this.
@@lightingthief4482 Depends on where you go. In the Philippines, you might very well run into someone who really knows how to kill you with a knife. Even if the guy with the knife basically knows how to handle himself a little, it's reasonable that he might grab you with his other hand to create openings.
I do get what you are saying about simulating a typical knife attack, but it still says something about knife defense technique that it's hard to pull off even against a moderately smart knife attack.
and the knife guys uses classic boxing stance, giving the defender leverage(catching the non dominant hand, slamming into his body, making sure the knife has less speed, swinging in large arcs). The guy who has no training and the guy who has weapons training will face you dominant hand forward holding the knife, good luck catching that hand with a knife in it.
I’m recovering from 5 tendons in my left hand being severed from defending a knife attack earlier this year. I panicked and grabbed the blade to take it off him. I sometimes feel like it was a dumb move, considering I train martial arts I thought I could be more aware and keep a distance, but I’ve come to accept the reality that with knives, you’re almost likely going to lose something and although I can’t make a fist now, I’m grateful to be alive.
It’s been life changing moment and taught me to be really aware of what situations you put yourself in because all it truly takes is that one fuck up.
Edit: wow, I didn't expect this comment to get the attention it did but thanks for all the support, makes me feel less shitty about it. After months of relentless physiotherapy I was able to almost completely restore hand function now but it was in those months of introspection I made a complete 180 and changed who I hang out with, my general attitude and started further education for my dream career. So yes guys your health and wellbeing is the number 1 priority in your life, not your ego, your public image or any other bullshit, focus on ya self
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Damn that sucks man screw that guy
what even happened,if u don't mind to share that is, it's probably traumatic,but i think It'll help us,i guess
Yeah no matter how trained you are, an aggressor with a knife whos trying to seriously harm or kill you would most likely would. Best thing to do is run for your life. A gun pointed at you at close range there is a possible way to defend your self.
@matejme he had a dispute with my friend and when my *friend* was knocked onto the floor, he pulled out the knife and I reacted to protect my friend. Wrong place and time, and I learned to have better judgement of who I choose to hang out with
I've had to escape being threatened with a knife only twice.
1. As a kid (8 I think) me and my friend were threatened by two other kids, one holding a knife. We were prevented from walking past them My friend wanted to go home, so I used a branch with leaves to hold them at a distance as we slowly turned them around. As my friend fled, I also fled; going in two directions. Both of us outran them.
2. When I was a teen (15) I was threatened with a knife under my throat when I tried drinking water at the school gymnasium. I had no choice but to surrender and do what he said. Got away with no scars.
The best way is ALWAYS to avoid the fight. ALWAYS. But the reason why you learn to fight is to be prepared for when fighting is unavoidable... something I should clearly do with my bad luck.
knife at gym? XD wth
@@jankowalczyk5288 Oh yeah sorry, it's school gymnasium (edited it). Still, not like it wasn't any less public before we were alone. No idea why nobody said anything..
wtf??????????????????? at school? why?
@@bloommaster4686 I barely even knew his name before he did this, so I have no idea. Guessing he thought he was being cool..
@@bloommaster4686 not as uncommon as you'd think, i had big guy twice my size at the time in high school come at me with a scalpel while disecting frogs during class and i was able to spin him into a rear naked choke and use his own hand to hold the knife to his throat without getting cut myself. Mind you i had zero training in anything, i just liked to fight, but have been humbled plenty of times by trained boxers and grapplers 😂
My trainer said, you cant defend from a knife attack, but you can minimize the damage youll take.
@Jason Huffer try avoid getting cut from the inside area of your arm as the main veins pass through there
I am a 3rd Dan and was always told your going to get cut, do the best you can.....the guy that is being attached isn't really fighting back..
Minimize it by running away lol
Fuck u come on attack me whit knife u see what diffrent hard pro attack to uuuuuu🤜🤜🤜🤜
It's like any real fight your gonna take hits anyone thinks otherwise never actually been in a fight.
Before the starting of the video, an ad popped up having training sessions. The ad show cased knife-hand combat. At first, I thought the ad was the video and watched it till the end. Now, I'm watching the real video.
Same here
lol same happened for me
haha got me as well
Me too, can someone tell me if the ad is bullshit or not?
Lol same
putting this in my "how to survive london" playlist
I was gonna make this joke, but stopped myself. Glad someone else did
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Sad but true
Creasing 😂
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Did a seminar on self-defense as a finish up on a years' worth of classes (Kapap). One of the last exercises we did was training with rubber knives, with their edges painted with lipstick, while wearing nothing but pants and shoes.
The point was not to "kill", but to see how many injuries we could avoid or dish out. At best our arms and forearms were cut clean. It is nearly impossible to get away unscathed from that.
Thanks for your insight!
I don't believe you.
there have been several occasions when iIhave tried this and I could not "cut" the other person at all.
@@mrx2586 Don't believe me, I'm not expecting validation.
@@mrx2586 that's because you're not cut out for fighting lil bro do better
There are countless videos of mixed martial artist, ufc fighters and operators trying similar situations and they die almost every single try. The guy with the knife is usually unskilled and still beats the unarmed specialist almost every time. Your best defense is distance and if you argue that, well.... there's probably only one way you would be convinced..... natural selection
I've trained Jiu Jitsu for 9 years, I'm confident I cannot defend against a knife...
To be fair, Jiu-jitsu isn't designed for knife attacks haha. Sometimes I bring rubber knives to train. It's a great game to play and also gives you a good reality check.
Doesn't even need to be a rubber knife, it can be just an old white board marker without the ink.
I'm sure you'll be surprised by the results after 3 days of practicing.
My results: It's easy to take someone's knife away but it's not easy to do that before being stabbed
@@Mhurilo10 This whole question and experiment is also presuming that you know the person has a knife which if you think you're just in a bar fight you're probably f'd before you know it well enough to defend against it
@@Alacard0malley of course but it's still fun
Of course you can. Just buy a gun.
Carry and have a well trained attack dog. I do:)
What to do in knife fight:
1. As he's stabbing you get close to his ear
2. Whisper in his ear *si papi si*
3. His experience of murder is now ruined. Congratulations, you have saved the lives of other possible victims
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
" His experience of murder is now ruined " 😂😂😂
Whisper *harder daddy I wanna see the red water too* and they will be like tf? And it ruins the thrill. 😉
Yoooooo 😂😂😂😂😂
A gay man with no girl
I'll share my story since I see a lot of comments asking for other survivors to tell their's. I was a teenager, walking through the halls at high school (picture stereotypical bad inner-city school) and I thought someone punched me in the back really hard, I pivoted around and saw the guy had a pocket knife in his hand and I realized with a lot of fear "I've been stabbed", I was still thinking that when he stuck me again in the chest, and I could only think "I've been stabbed again", I don't know if it was training taking over from the subconscious level or fight-or-flight kicking in but when he pulled the knife back to himself my hands followed his, grabbed him by the sleeve and spun him to the ground where I stomped on him way past him becoming unresponsive and people had to tackle me off him, I didn't realize it while it was happening but he stabbed me twice more in the calve while he was on the ground. None of the wounds needed more than a few stitches but I lost a LOT of blood. I mentioned training, I'd been boxing since I was little and had two years of krav maga at that time. The scariest and I think most important part of the story is, I know for a fact that I came very very close to freezing when I realized I'd been stabbed, I did freeze for a moment and I'll never know if I could have defended from it but I was frozen when I was stabbed in the chest, and it's a miracle I started reacting when I did. It's way too ****ing easy to become mentally fixed on "I just got stabbed", and that fixation can keep you from reacting while you get stabbed again and again..
Yeah, why
dude nice job
I froze for a moment too when I got stabbed and then I used my belt as a club
like I said in my comment, most of the times they will just sucker stab you, anyone who brings a knife its mostly like a pussy who is afraid of a real fight
What happened to the stabber? Just curious.
been doing martial arts training for around 20 years and also worked with a rapid response team ( border patrol ) . you do NOT take on a knife attacker if you are unarmed, any slash or puncture wound has the potential to be fatal ( it just takes one artery being clipped ). i have been cut a few times when i had to take on people armed with knifes, only by pure luck and thanks to my baton i did not get my throat slashed once ( i still have the scar ) and i was in full gear. if i was to choose i would just shoot someone attacking me with a knife
Even if armed adrenoline is a powerful weapon. You can easily get slashed and bleed without major artery’s being cut cus of how clean they are. Also knife combat for armed vests outside the ceramic ones and stuff is also extremely dangerous, more dangerous then a pistol round according to tests. This is because the fibers in them are made to disperse impact, a stabbing weapon is EASILY a powerful and deadly tool to use against someone who’s armed and or armored
3 steps to defend yourself on a knife attack
1 distract target
2 block his blind jab
3 discombabulate
Maybe Sherlock from Game of Shadows?
@@ItoJunji945 That's the joke
4 get stabbed
5 discombobulate
6 die from the wounds
7 discombobulate
@@thiagoporto7879
In summary: ears ringing, died of massive blood loss
Lol
As a robber. This is very informative. Thanks
Are you joking?
@@Ethereal.X1234 sussy
Ew
lol
Yeah, everyone always grabs the kitchen knife when you get in their house
I always wondered why it was so hard to disarm a knife wielding attacker in GTA 4 without losing half of your health. After learning about knife fighting, it makes perfect sense.
i've never played GTA4, should i ?
@@333vila
YES YOU SHOULD!
@@Badrecon33 LETS GO BOWLING
@@333vila Absolutely. It's one of the greatest open-world games, along with Mafia II (original, not remaster), Sleeping Dogs and Red Dead Redemption (1 & 2), just to name a few.
@@333vila it's trash gta v is better
I love how the guy with the knife completely stops his attack as soon as he is grabbed
Wouldn’t happen in a real life
Its not like he can do much when grabbed
they get kneed in the groin , which is why im assuming they stop long enought to be tackled to the ground. but in a real fight like that i doubt that would be enough with all the adrenaline.
I mean usually once you get the arm you bend it to force a release, since its just a demo though hes hardly going to break it or injure him.
@@idirbouchdoug1567 in real life is 3 dudes at once
Best defense against knife:
1. Run
2. AK-47
I feel like pistols are more readily available in countries where firearms as self-defence tools are allowed(and in countries where they aren't)
Shotgun
@@Bibyte BOOMSTICK
AR-15 is better than both
@@h20cozmic84 Sure, and full-auto assault rifles are also not widely available to civilians(nor is it justified)
The more you train the more aware you become of your lack of skills
Dunning kruger effect
@@matepasztor282 it’s different than dunning Kruger effect
The more you study, then more you realize your lack of knowledge.
@@jaiceymeier9026 its litterally the dunning kruger effect
So true
I imagine someone on that 3rd floor digging into the sandwich they brought for work, looking out the window, and thinking, what the...
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two grown men hugging each other.
they'd probably think a movie is being filmed.
@@Exosfear13 While wearing combat protection gear?? Must be some aggressive hugging
As a lifetime martial artist having earning my Masters Certificate, and I practiced and taught Filipino Martial Arts for 15 years, my hobby was knife disarms. Note to self: Knife disarms only work in the classroom.
I've done dagger training in HEMA for a few years. They're much larger daggers (rondels) with an emphasis on stabbing but I can guarantee you that a knife fight is the absolute last thing you ever want to get in. It's basically just a match to see who dies first because I guarantee you you're both getting injured in the process. Whats even more difficult about knives is that virtually anyone can use them to a degree of success. They're such a simple, effective tool (any tool that literally remains in use for the entire scope of human history would have to be) that takes little more know how than picking one up and thrusting. Don't get in knife fights kids. Even with training you're GOING to get hurt.
There's an old saying with regards to knife fights.
The loser dies where the fight happened.
The winner dies on the way to the hospital.
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Last Fight
@@tycho6503 the saying is the loser dies in the street, the winner dies in the ambulance.
@@Kiro710 I feel the saying has multiple versions, especially ones that can be old. A stabbing one is probably very old.
U guys are a bunch of pussies. I can destroy a knife attacker any way i please...when someone pulls a knife on me i just laugh in his face and the fucker runs off in fear.
The slow motion really highlights how much the attacker was holding back and allowing the defender to win
oh he most definitely wasnt.
@@astolfo-official he was holding back a lot.
@@astolfo-official He was holding back a lot. He's going in with wide telegraphed arcs instead of the straight fast stabs you see on crime footage, or even the overhead. This gives the defender more time to see the attack coming and isolate the arm. Once isolated the attacker doesn't try to free the arm or slash.
In many stabbing crime videos the attacker doesn't just suddenly stop. They keep slashing at arms and hands, then when the victim is bleeding they go in for the kill and keep stabbing. No technique, but very dangerous all the same.
@@aegisghost yeah i see your point there
@@astolfo-official If he wasn't holding back there would be another corpse
The unfortunate reality of getting stabbed or cut by an attacker with a blade is that usually you won't see the knife until it's too late. If he makes an obvious attack and you see the knife you better start running. *KNEES TO CHEST!!!*
as a 9 year second degree blackbelt in American karate the things we are taught first is depth perception and extreme acknowledgement of our surrounding area, then we are taught that the fist is less deadly than the knife so we go for the knife and straiten the arm to render it useless like in the video then its a game of leverage over the body
Also a big big thing forgot by this video is grabbing. I can assure you grabbing your opponents could have a massive impact in the fight on the both side, like if the attacker can grab an arm, he can then pull the defender and stab him. Or as the defender, you can go rushing for the armed arm and secure it. I am not a fight expert it is just what I think could have been shown
@@RUclipsOfficialReviewerAccount He tried to grab the knife but the attacker was moving his arm very fast. Hard to get a good grip.
As someone who got stabbed in the chest in an attempted robbery, I second this. I didn't even see the knife, some bystanders informed me I had a knife wound on the chest.
What do you think about Gary Martin Kung Fu in Australia? His website mentions knife defense.
we did some training demonstrating how much damage a knife attack can do, two groups facing each other, one had chalks and the other were defending, it's remarkable how much you get marked by the chalk. imagine if that was a knife, shit is deadly lmao always run away
chalk is really good idea, I'm going to use that! thanks for sharing!
@@TheAelfgar or paint
what you did does not in any was demonstrate how "deadly" a knife attack is.
got it. so basically, circle, circle. square, R1
Lmao
Try to remember the basics of cqc
Lmao that was good
@Reki The gamer maybe metal gear
Omfg lmao
My martial arts instructor is a 6th degree black belt in karate. That’s not 30 years of experience, but it’s enough that his words are worth passing on here.
“If a person pulls a knife on you, run. There is no reason for you to ever believe you can walk out of a knife fight without getting cut in some kind of way.”
He said he once went to a knife defense seminar and they used a black sharpie in place of a knife and asked him to defend himself as best as he could for 10 seconds. Here’s what he had to say about the end of those ten seconds:
“I was ‘cut up’ everywhere. If that was a real knife I wouldn’t have been able to protect myself against anything past the first two cuts, but even still I had sharpie marks on my arms, my stomach, my chest, and even some on my neck. This is real life. Not a movie. Don’t be a hero. Don’t try to fight somebody with a knife. Run away.”
what if you are the police officer or with someone you have to protect..
@@daesungkim1478 Police officers can just use guns and there is something called a Stab Vest that you could wear.
@@daesungkim1478 As Petrov said, officers have tools for the job to deal with the situation. Taser isn't amazing option, but the shock might be able to incapacitate them for an arrest. Pepper spray can blind, and force submission with pain, but bad choice. Better than none. Firearm, best choice you can get. Good shot placement, can end the fight. Simply having it drawn might make them disengage and run, which accomplishes what you set out to do. Protect first. Problem with guns, you have to draw them, similar to knives, and they are distance based tools. Closer you get, harder to use. Right up close, a gun is difficult to use. Especially in knife range, drawing it and putting shots where you need to may be borderline impossible if they have a hand on your gun or on your arm, or somewhere that may throw your shot off.
If there is someone you have to protect, you need to consider your options carefully, and also choose what makes sense to carry for protection. Some places in some countries don't allow firearms despite them being the best tools for defense there is, so in those places you need to pick carefully what you feel is the best option for your defense if running is not an option. Pepper spray and tasers are the most common options, neither are perfect. Both have glaring issues. It's a bad scenario, but one you might have no choice in the matter of.
A marker leaves marks wherever it touches, but a knife, even though grandma could stick a knife right through your leg like jelly, requires some force to leave a cut or stab. that means if you block a knife strike with your arm its possible that the tip of the knife will touch you but wont hurt you, also its a lot harder to hurt someone with a dull knife, but you should always assume the knife the attacker has is razor sharp.
sure, run and leave your girlfriend to fight them off - oh wait - girls don't date pussies, do they? "bring a gun to a knife fight" is not a joke
The more you train to defend yourself from a knife the more you realize you can't
the best way to fight against knife attacks are with a firearm or taser, because then you have a lot more range than the guy with a knife.
@@vihaandas4346 just don't stand right next to the attacker like in the movies. Yes you can pull the trigger faster than they can stab you but why would you stand a foot away from them when you have a gun?
@@xero5727 precisely. The whole reason projectile weapons are better is because you can put distance between yourself and your attacker
Which is how you can spot a fraud I suppose.
That has always been my observation too.
Something to point out, the person with extensive skill is prepared and aware that the attack is incoming. A person with disproportionate advantage in the situation compared to the average person still sustained injuries in most of these scenarios and didn't manage to fend off the attack in some.
Never fight a person with a knife if there is literally any chance to not fight them. Just run or give them the your stuff. No possession is worth dying over.
Some important information from experience: I've had a gun pulled on me once and a knife pulled on me twice. The occasion with the gun was a robbery in East New York, Brooklyn (yeah I was asking for it), and I could not run, so I just coughed up the dough and they walked away. I gave them 400 dollars and they even gave me my license back! So the lesson from that experience; I gave them what they wanted and I kept my life. But each time I was attacked with a knife I ran as soon as I saw it without looking back. One of time times I was lucky to be near my motorcycle in Bangkok, Thailand with a dude running at me from behind, and I was able to hop on and speed the hell out of there before getting jabbed. The second time I was in Highland Park, Los Angeles and was not chased when I ran, but I also think the time I was chased was not simply a failed attempt but the dude hesitated (he had second thoughts!) The bottom line; if you run, you likely won't get chased because you give that person a chance to have second thoughts about slaughtering you, and they realize that slicing you up into salami is probably going to ruin their lives. So my advice, in sum, is 1. Stay out of bad neighborhoods or places you're unfamiliar with. 2. Don't fuck another dude's girl. 3. Stay away from hookers (seems random but trust me). 4. If you see a knife, just run. 5. If you can't run, offer to give them something. 6. If you're already getting stabbed then do what this video shows but that's a last resort! Bonus advice; don't piss people off, be loyal, cultivate yourself/integrity, and just be a good person! People generally don't want to stab good people!
Was it because of a hooker in Bangcock and was it a ladyboy?
Name of the background music pls.
Anjayyyy
Thank you man. And rule no 3 is very useful. Trust me, its not worth someone else's girl when there is more bueatiful girls out there. And my advise is as last resort try to kick in the balls. I know its a scum move but in a life or death situation its worth it.
@@ilovecookies8902 Oh dude 100%, a kick to the balls is one of the most effective moves possible if it hits
Glad to see so many folks in the comments section actually giving good advice and understanding how nearly impossible it is to defend against a knife attack if its already happening. Sometimes street knowledge is accurate. Best defense is being mindful and doing everything you can to avoid these situations, and if the person is relatively close, run from a knife attack vs. try to smother, wrap, disarm if its a gun. I will say, however, that the depiction above is accurate in one way that you often don't see portrayed. When defending a knife attack (if it's come to that) then your target is not the knife or the hand/wrist. Your target is the upper foream, elbow, upper arm.
Fact, more people in any given day survive knife attacks than die to knife attacks. And in all cases of comparison between hospitalizations from knife attacks and gunshot wounds, people who were attacked with a knife were more likely to survive. I say this because I see a lot of retards fearmonger people about gun control saying people would just use knives like it's comparable. Well, it is, but not in the way they think.
Yeah, true. But also if they carry a longer blade you want to get close if you have no choice, since it will be harder to generate force. Additionally, stabs and slices will be more difficult short range with a longer weapon aswell. Other than that, you want to use objects and the environment to your advantage. Running aswell.
if you can get one in your specific region
a gun has also proven itself useful
I don’t know if it’s helpful but i always wear a bagpack and this habit was useful cuz i was attacked years ago by a guy and without this bag idk what could have happened . This happen to me on a close street nearby the downtown. It was The kind of guy who was already mad idk why when i ran into him in a street . I was myself in a bad mood. He walked next to me and and i didn’t like his looks but ok. Then he did some shadow kick in front of me for no reason wtf. Triggered I stopped and said quietly: « is there a problem bro? » and he say: « no none better for u ». I smiled « u funny u know ». And then he push me right away. I did judo for 7 years i grab him(i was close) fast and make an o Goshi(judo grip) put him down. Then i got up him to very mad and pulled out kind of a standard kitchen knife. With adrenaline i got all ready and move back immediately and then run . But he got faster so i zigzag a little bit and i took my bag and startin to do up and down moves with the bag then he charge a so i charge( i know wasn’t a clever move but i was full adrenaline and kinda scared). And i put the bag in his face but like a punch in an agressive way it makes him drop the knife . He almost fall. I gave a huge kick on the knife. He was still touching his nose and eyes. Then i let him and run away straight to the downtown. I know this afternoon i was very lucky. It could have been a lot worst. So yeah u better run away immediately when u face a guy with an edged weapon. This kind of things happens so fast u can’t manage a guy with a knife with bare hands. Odds are at 99% u playin with ur near death if u face it. 1% of chance and some adrenaline reaction stuffs.
Zhen4
*Everybody gangsta till the guy with the knife also knows martial arts* 💀
Majima
Especially kali or any knife fighting martial arts.
Yeah dude. The attacker here didn't seem how to use a knife and his attacks were sloppy and unskilled.. and he stilled managed to harm the guy. I don't wanna imagine and attacker that knows how to properly use a knife. You'd be dead for sure.
Let's just hope that doesn't happens
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Something else to keep in mind with this is that the defender is blocking, grabbing and holding as part of his defense. Prior to this, he is sustaining numerous slashes and stabs to his hands and forearms in almost every attack. This would limit his ability to grab and hold, as his muscles and tendons would be suffering serious injuries, in addition to veins and arteries being slashed and serious blood loss ensuing, So, his defense would in reality be much less effective than is being depicted. The fact that the attacker is being subdued in a lot of the scenarios is discounting the debilitating and cumulative effects the initial blows would have.
so true ugh
Yeah, slash test 2, that one contact looks like it's in the general area to potentially be a brachial artery hit (a pretty good spot to check your own pulse). That's not good. Like that's only below carotid and maybe femoral for spots you don't want to get slashed (and obviously aorta itself, but that's more likely to be from a puncture than a slash).
never block the knife avoid the attack till the attack is made. grapple on the extension and twist.. the aarm comes off or the knife drops ... every time.
My grandfather was famous on his town as a knife fighter, I once asked him to what he attributed his fame? He just answered "be the first to draw the knife and if not.. run.. theres no way to step out a knife fight without bleeding.."
"first rule of knife fighting: you're gonna get cut"
Don’t turn your back to someone with a knife
@@n3rc849 run backwards?
ok but where and how he leant, even became famous as a knife fighter?
@@lukys2407 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
This is exactly why I always wear chain mail armor underneath my clothes.
I thought it was only me…
@@Hydrolysis_Moment wait, are you guys serious???
@@Abe00009 I've known and heard of people doing it,never know when it might save your life and its lightweight so it doesn't bother you much.
@@SneakyPanda445 it is so light I once showered with a full set on because I forgot I was wearing it
Scott Steiner, is that you?
As Someone Wiser Then Me Said " Trying To Disarm A Guy With A Knife Is Like Trying To Take Away An Open Marker From A Child And Hoping You Dont Get It On You"
That... is excellent training.
"ALRIGHT CHILD. _DRAW ON ME"_
Nah I tried that and it's simple you just have to kick him in the stomach and the infant is no threat using kids is a bad comparison
@@353-d8o I did think it would be pretty easy to overpower them, but most people wouldn't* kick a child like they're trying to break down a door lol
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_ᴵ ᵗʰᶦⁿᵏ_
Edit: either my phone auto-corrected "wouldn't" to "would", or I messed up when typing it...
I do not condone the act of practicing the forward thrust kick on the little hellions.
@@Kurokubi yep and you're right, most people would.
@@353-d8o Well Then Your Just A Guy Who Kicks Infants Then
20 years in prison I survived two incidents involving knives. One was a riot in which everyone involved had something sharp and pointy. Managed to avoid most strikes but still took 3 puncture wounds. Second time I was even less lucky but survived. If you’ve resigned yourself to the fact you will be cut you have a chance to survive. I would never give my back to someone wielding a knife in an attempt to run
what do you do if you have to protect someone like your family
@Justice for Nalu u definitely have a better chance of running away than beating the knife guy idk wat ur talkin about. he was in jail, not really anywhere to run, its different outside.
That's talking in a riot. In like yhe streets or something it is entirely possible to run far away, possibly towards someone who can assist you (like say police or something)
Thanks for telling me that you survived. I had no idea and thought you posted this from beyond the grave.
100% i usually take the knife the body still has parts you can twist and bend to incapacitate the attacker.
6:39 is me defending knife attack
I love you mate hahahaha
@@izzi9522 haha
same lmao
if you get into a knife attack just stand still to assert your dominance , the attacker will not be able to get past your sigma male shield
@@anduro7448 lol
I train this stuff and I get cut up every time, not cause it’s ineffective, but because you can’t defend from an attacker with a knife without getting cut up.
I train in a HEMA club and we have all the protective gear and getting nailed with the training weapon hurts enough to make you nervous and it’s really bad odds against an aggressive opponent.
@@anonymousbosch9265 hema.nl here?
I have trained with some guys who have been in a dozen or more knife fights (one trains South African Police). Their instruction is always rather clear. "Guys you ARE going to get cut". Getting cut on the arms or most of the leg is acceptable. Getting stabbed is what you must avoid.
Use book and his neck goes crunch
@@bread4228
Well, it depends.
Trained in martial arts for 6 years, you know what else I trained in? Parkour, for 4 years. So yeah I'm running if a guy pulls a knife on me.
Trained boxing from 8-13 trained muay thai boxing from 13-17 now back to boxing for a year. So if someone pulls a knife on me... I'm fckin fast and I have great endurance. I'll run and probably never see them again.
I'm ip man
I would run too
I carry around a .357 magnum just in case any fool wants to tussle. I got my CCW years ago and am proud to say that I have averted numerous occasions of danger.
I've done parkour for 6 years and only like a couple years of martial arts. So again, if a guy pulls out a knife I am gone with the wind
Yep. I need parkour.
My martial arts teacher once showed us some of these as drills and would always make sure that his newer students feel as included as possible, I was so happy when it was my turn to hold the knife.
The best advice on a knife fight I ever heard was from an Army combatives instructor. He told us, “You are going to get cut in a knife fight. Make your peace with it now, and maybe you can fight past it when it happens.”
Make peace with what? Getting stabbed?
@@rayyanshaikh5591 yes. In a knife fight, you are going to bleed.
Jesus! Thank you! Finally a common sense comment. I was scrolling to see when this happens. I’ve doing martial arts since I was 8. Any time I’ve dealt with no bullshit teachers, instructors, or sensei’s they’ve all said the same thing. If you HAVE to get into a knife fight, just know you’re going to get cut. But if you train enough, your training will hopefully override your fear. Believe it or not people, training, determination, and will power will get you through some crazy injuries.
This was the same advice a krav maga instructor told me. Try to disarm anyway, distract, or hold onto the arm. This is my own--Identify which hand you can bear to sacrifice 😂
This. Although bare in mind it's much harder to kill someone with a knife than hollywood would have you believe, pretty much none of the injuries in this video would've been life threatening or fight ending. Look up any incident of someone being killed with a knife and they were stabbed and/or cut 20+ times minimum and likely took a while to bleed out.
This video has taught me a lot. Honestly, 30+ years of martial arts, he knows dudes going to attack with a knife, and he knows how to defend himself even then it's still not enough to fight off an attacker with a knife. It's scary to think that all those years of training, exercise, and preparation STILL doesnt even give you a 50/50 chance of not sustaining injury or death. Morale of the story is just run. Don't even risk your life just run and make it hard for them to catch you. Good thing I know parkour.
Sir? U want me to turn my back around an armed maniac? What if he has more endurance than me and is potentially able to tackle me after running a few meters? Pretty sure having a stabber on top of you is...it's just over. Running is gambling. First u stall to see if u could take him on or not. If he is not scared of u then... take running as last option
And he knows the style of attack beforehand, he has his hands braced. And he’s a bit bigger then the attacker’s
@@soulstice33 Yeah if he wants your wallet, your phone, your clock.... just give your valuables to him, they're not worth your life.
The only reason to stay and fight would be if it was to protect someone you care about.
@@soulstice33 He has a knife not a gun, you have more of chance of surviving by running to a crowded area or somewhere with people some how some way.
@@Gamemote i take it you have never played assassins creed
Grandpa was a Korean War combat vet. His advice: If someone draws a knife during a street fight, run.
Yeah man, he's absolutely right, I got into a street fight back when I was 15 and dude had a pocket knife I was able to disarm after kicking his leg to knock him off balance and grabbing hold of his arm rendering him immobile , I only suffered a slash wound on my thumb from struggling to snatch the knife from his hand, still thinking back to that day I felt like I got lucky
Pocket knifes are literally tiny, they hurt but do no damage.
or take out a glock
@@jasonator69er right buddy you definitely have experience getting stabbed by a pocket knife
@@jaythundah8901 (real)
Defending yourself in the moment of a knife fight with martial arts moves is only part of the harsh reality of self defense, because from what Force on Force training has often taught, there is also identifying the threat with situational awareness, either choosing flight or deesculation after identifying the threat, then physically neutralizing the threat as an absolutely last resort if you can't run away.
If someone puts a knife on you, it’s most likely adrenoline and fear is a lot more kicked inside your adversary. Most people don’t realize that in a street fight, adrenoline is a deadly weapon. Both for the person with it and the person against it.
I was in a military excercise and one of the moments was where I was being hold prisoner and had to get out. When I got out of my room I heard a voice behind me and as I turned around I saw a guy with a knife slowley walking towards me. Even though it was an excercise (this was a 7 day survival excercise so I was tired and only got to eat half a ration per day with minimal sleep) my survival instinct just kicked in and I wanted to survive the coming fight. So he attacked me with a lunge attack towards the stomach. Even with my combat training he managed to stab me two times before I could disarm him and throw him to the ground. It all happened so fast. So if that knife was real I dont think I have acted differently, but the results would be different.
Damn..
I wasn’t in some military training but I was involved in a fight at at party which lead to me getting stabbed twice all I remember was me fighting back and just trying to stay alive but after another person came to jump me but somehow I got back up and ran also mind I was kicked repeatedly
@@hennessy6612 I'ts just that human instinct kicking in. Fight or flight. In our worst moments with highspiked adrenalin, I think we humans act very fast on what to do, and usually we choose the right thing to do.
I'm in judo for like 10 years. I'm pretty sure I have a better chance against a pro wrestler than a hooligan with a knife
It's "good enough" for you to die for this corporation that'll shit you out after it's done chewing you up.
A friend was in the knife attack, did not see it coming, got stabbed. First he did not realize what happened, then got extremely angry thinking if he is to die, he would take the m*f* with him. Apparently in life-death situations people get monstrous power boost, also called hysterical strength, and can take down much stronger attackers. Who knew? When he finally fainted from rapid blood loss, the attacker was critical. Friend is no martial artist, no athlete, middle age, slightly overweight, but doctor told him fat protected his organs, and he was quickly released from hospital to home care, no charges pressed. Attacker spend long time in ICU, several restorative procedures, some permanent damages, and still got no sympathy from the judge, deadly assault, lengthy prison sentence.
what a beast
Interesting story, how did he take away the knife tho?
@@richko Can't stab a man if your skull's caved in
Fat power ✊
What a fucking chad.
The problem is that not many people have 30 yrs experience
The problem is that the knife guy could have just direct stabbed him any time
@@atte9702 "Directly" stab him huh. I wonder what you mean by direct, because all this stab attempts seem pretty direct to me. It's close quarters combat, you can't get more direct than that.
@@JavierGomezX Mate, you don't understand. Even if you have swift hands if not really hard to still get stabbed. A kick in the nuts, and a stab in the gut would do the job, our just ur body part as bait, then stab him. Not really hard, unless youre a Spartan with the abilities of a ninja.
@@atte9702 Yes. Most of knife fighters I know use 2 knifes, one concealed. Please tell me. How the hell he was supposed to block left-hand stab on first "successful" defense? Cuddling right arm and jumping around stops attack?
Ive been attacked with abox cutter walking home drunk the guy got my chest and my forehead but i got the knife from him and beat him up despite being drunk
Very informative and educational video, I was planning on going against this dude who takes martial arts classes and was worried if he would be able to stop me or not.
Now I know which moves to pull out Thanks 👍
How'd it go?
@@justink2101 it didn't work out for him
@@BlueScout-tw2iocap
Wtf
Budget version of this: get two people, make sure that no one wears a shirt; and wear shorts. Then, use a dry erase marker as a knife. This way, you won’t hurt your friend, and the stains on the skin shows that you have injured the person. Once done, shower, and stains are gone.
oh no but these guys have to show off they tactical gear.. smh
@@fmg182 To be honest, I think my budget version is better than the video. Since in the video, the guy has a knife, he would probably be careful since he does not want to hurt his friend. So with the markers, you can fight at your best without hurting your friend.
@@kingjimmycraftofcalderonia2017 I totally agree with you.. there was a shot in the video in which the guy w the knife was about to put it through the other guy's neck. Even with a marker I would be careful since it would hurt.
@@fmg182 I never knew that dry erase markers hurt.
@@kingjimmycraftofcalderonia2017 try getting stabbed in the neck by the point of a marker.. by anything, actually.. I mean it hurts, as in it's a bad sensation, to feel anything striking your neck where sinew or tendons are.. jeez
i sadly was in a knife attack situation, when u see someone with a knife, the most logical thing to do in that situation is run, if u can't outrun him, well, u gotta fight him off somehow, that's the hardest part. I trained krav maga for 6 years and im confident enough to say that u can't win a knife fight. It depends tho, when i was attacked with a knife i tried to outrun it but i couldn't, the next situation was a knife coming right at my left arm, i managed to side step the stab and ended up in an awkward position, somehow managed to grab the dudes hand and hit him with my knee in the head, then grabbed the knife, threw it somewhere and ran away. I got really lucky. Don't fight someone with a weapon, they have an advantage over you,doesn't matter how skilled you are.
How effective would you say are throwing techniques? I think throwing a opponent to the ground might be easier than trying to land a ko hit.
@@comebacksarecool2834 depends again in a knife fight, definitely no, in a fist fight it might come in handy
@@beysuo4761 for real? I thought throws are the best option in a knife fight.
@@comebacksarecool2834 well, if he has a knife, u wouldn't wanna come close would u, let alone try to throw him...
@@beysuo4761 I mean if you want to punch him you would also have to get close. And I thought if you had the choice to get close to your opponent to punch him or to throw him, that throwing him is the better option. Not to forget that your opponent can be wide open if he does a attack and that you also could swipe his legs away from a rather safe distance.
Imagine if the attacker was also trained. Result: death. Every time.
even trained attackers can make mistakes,creatvity is your weapon,the people that lack it die first
its true, even a mad man with a sharp military knife is scary. Let alone a person trying to kill you with sharp weapon experience!
0 Stein of course, only difference is the attacker has room for small errors. The defender doesn’t. One mistake in defense and you’re wounded, probably also dead. As we can see, trained defenders can still fuck up and die to a guy with no skill.
he was g, two professionals
Taylor Hair nothing in the video stated the attacker was trained in any way, and his attacks showed no level of skill. Basic slashing and prison-style shanking? No highly trained knife fighter strikes like that. The strike would be quicker and more precise. Less wild and leaving less room for disarmament
It seems that stabs are the main weakness of a knife strike. While they do usually cause much more severe harm than a slash they seem to leave your entire arm exposed for a block, and if your opponent grabs the knife arm your advantage is lost.
Meanwhile slashes might not leave the deep penetrating wounds that stabs to, but each cut wears down your opponent in a metaphorical war of attrition and with slashes they seem to be much harder to stop. Cut muscle fibers don't move arms...
Yup, it's even worse if you're always doing downward stabs in pickaxe grip since you lose some range with the knife and they're the "easiest" to defend against (I say this as someone from a country where this is the common way to use a knife by thugs and junkies)
Slashes are the most underrated way to use a knife. A moment that marked me as a kid was when I played GTA 4 and used the knife, the game actually used motion capture by Bas Rutten for the melee combat to give the player that vibe of being a military veteran with a lot of combat experience, point is? Niko would constantly switch between 1 or 2 quick stabs and some nasty neck slashing, quite similar to what's seen in the video here.
A good knife fighter will use slashing, feints and some fencing basics, or at least that's the way I've taught myself also taking into consideration that some of the people who kinda know how to use a knife in my country do use fencing basics because they were brought to us from the spanish after getting colonized, it's even more prevalent among argentinians but I ain't from that country.
If you're already 50/50 on survival chance against an untrained attacker, I don't even wanna imagine myself unarmed against some guy who knows how to move a knife.
EDIT: knife defense isn't bs at all, it does work specially against an unarmed attacker, is it recommended to apply it? of course not, this is only for a hypothetical life or death situation, even more if sadly you're a slow runner like me. However the guy here does also miss a big important part which is creating distance and rotating around the attacker, distance not only helps keep you safe but also makes the attacker need to resort into stabs for the most part, which as you already mentioned are the knife's biggest weakness, rotating and parrying can also create an opening for escape while forcing the attacker to change angles and disorienting him. Barely moving like the guy in the video will only make the attacker's job easier since he can stab and cut with smaller movements, which are also harder to see specially with adrenaline pumping.
I am no expert but, I think the knife dude has an edge.
He looks really sharp, though
Cutting edge stuff right here
Can't see your point ?
Razor sharp reflexes.
Fuck you and your amazing pun
Not to challenge a pro here but what i was taught in military was to hold your hands the other way so that the knuckles are facing him and all the arteries of your wrist are facing you and to keep your hands at 120 degrees so that the strike wont push through or get deflected into your leg or side. He exposed his arteries
1. Try to run
2. Cant run, kick to the balls and run
3. Cant run, kick to the balls, cant run, knuckes facing him 120 degrees at wide to provide visibility. Try to block his hand with your closest hand as close to the knife as possible, secure the knife against a bodypart or disarm utilizing the side of the knife and the middle part of your palm, inflict damage and pain
That was what i was told
i agree
also spitting in the eyes and then gorging them tends to work
So thats very close to what we learn in Fiore di Libiri style of dagger fighting. If nothing else works you can attempt a disarm in which he swings close to sideways you can wrench your arm very close to his blade arteries away from his blade and wrench you arm around his arm catching the blade between both your arm and his. This will basically create a very strong lever and disarm him. Knife usually falls to the ground because of where the arms are. So make sure you pick it up before he does.
That's true. Common rules of knife defence is to hide your most vital spots. However like with any techniques the more experienced you are the more relaxed you can get in a situation. People with vast experience don't neceserally work by the basics 100%.
thank you for this!!
90 degrees is top side of wrists
towards your attacker yeah??
Best way to escape a knife attack
Look behind the guy and start yelling "Police! Over here!" and when the attacker looks behind,run as much as you can
Thanks you now I am stabbed by a cop and by a murder
@@kermitthefrog9322 you're welcome
instructions unclear....I stabbed the police officer and was asking the murderer for help
Sir? U want me to turn my back around an armed maniac? What if he has more endurance than me and is potentially able to tackle me after running a few meters? Pretty sure having a stabber on top of you is...it's just over. Running is gambling. First u stall to see if u could take him on or not. If he is not scared of u then... take running as last option
@@soulstice33 thats why you must keep your body fit, in this situations stopping = dying
This is a great video that accurately displays the concepts in knife defense. Running away and surrendering your belongings are great options, but they may not be available to you. IF you CHOOSE to disarm in a knife situation, chances are you are going to get cut. You try to minimize that risk, but have to plan to fight on even if you are injured. That is where the winning mindset comes in.
From what I understand in my 3 years of combat sports,
the best defense for surviving a knife fight is CARDIO.
You're going to need to run and you're going to need to run for a long time if the
attacker is persistent enough. Go on jogs and get fit. Your body will reward you by potentially letting
you live longer lol.
What if ur backed into a corner or the knifeman is physically faster at sprinting 200meters then you.
@@alexcollis6939 Pick a God and pray homie Idk what to tell you.
My asthma done disagreed halfway
LOL True
Or learn parcours
I remember having to defend a plastic knife in karate, and I hated that so much. One time the teacher went off on me and I got cuts for several days from a freaking plastic knife.
Teacher was just showing you who has more experience.
My instructor choked me with a belt when i was a kid lol
@@Buckwheat0 bruh I'm gonna need context or that's just abuse wtf
@@ryanchow8881 nah. that seems like a standard modus operandi of oldschool karate teachers.
@@rodeoordeal4027 lol your right, what was I thinking 😆
From my decades of experience defending myself against robbers and dangerous people in bad neighbourhoods, id like to share some tips to best get out this situation. When a knife is pulled on you, make sure to maintain eye contact as you strip down naked and start tap dancing. The attacker will be so confused and will either not attack you, or give you a chance to flee. I am 90 years old now and still alive only thanks to this technique.
I was the attacker and can confirm I was confused and stopped attacking
Wtf😂😂
You my friend are a genius. Teach me your ways :)
Me the attacker: alright I don’t want the money eny more I want something els.😘😂
i feel like being 90 years old gives you an unfair advantage I'm reporting you now
Been training MMA for 11 years, and also doing track and field for 14 years. Been approached by street thugs countless times but believe it or not, I've never been in a fight outside the ring. Not even once. I didn't care whether they were armed or not, I've always been good at making them eat my dust. The best way to stay alive is avoid the danger in every possible way.
lmaoo eat my dust
There's only one way to do this
Quickly take one step back, then another one, then a third and a fourth, and keep on going!
or just have a bigger knife than the attacker, if they have a switch blade, have a machette, if they have a sword, have a great sword.
Have a friend sniping for you. 😎
Or AK47
Be Michael Myers.
then once you get enough distance, run as fast as you can in the direction of the attacker and fly kick him, sending him across the map and going through 5 walls of concrete
it's true I've seen it on a movie
This is great and all, and it looks like the bare hands guy did pretty well, but I'm thoroughly convinced that the knife guy went easy for the sake of removing risk of injury during a spar. On top of that, this is with a guy that has 30+ years in practical hand to hand, which is something almost no one can say they have.
The reality check is pretty simple. Only fight a knife if you have to for survival.
best comment so far lmao, all these internet idiots and ufc watchers who never did specific knife fighting sparing have no idea how ill equip they are, and even after that the best thing is CARDIO lmao.
@@raresclub2718 Yeah, the knife guy doesn't even attempt to grapple or use the blade against the other guy's arms to injure or disable them to make his stabs easier to pull off. On top of that he refuses to fake swings and every single starting attack is already known by the victim so they can amply prepare for it. I don't think this video replicates real life very well at all.
It's to the point that I, who has no formal knife training, was made to believe I could do infinitely better than the knife wielder did in the video.
@@retrowave762 while I definitely agree I also think that most people who will attack you with a knife are untrained plus they could have a mental altered state due to being under the influence or double thinking their actions. So yes you won’t have experience but most likely the other guy won’t be super good either. That being said the person with the knife if a fight does occur and someone doesn’t run will almost always get a few hits in even if the defender has experience so if they don’t it really as you said is far different from the video
Especially if you speed up the clip. Can see he isn't attacking properly
@@hamoiq908 being untrained doesn't matter when a knife can kill you if you are careless. In a real world scenario, you will make mistakes. And mistakes can either hurt you a lot, cause serious injuries or end with your death. It's not a good idea to bet that your attacker is untrained
Obviously everyone in the comments has great cardio and would be able to outrun any attacker no matter what weapon they are using.
Adrenaline is a bitch bro
@@romak4756 fr man, adrenaline alowed me to hop a fence as tall as my chest
@@kyokuslaps2411 im old so i would have to go through it..or under it
Would be hard to outrun a bullet
@@ozjack2717 you could dodge one, ive done it before with a girlfriend i almost married.
As a British, I found this video very helpful.
Statement I heard from a military dude "If you get into a fight and theres a knife, expect to get cut." The point is to survive.
they teach the same in israel to civilians
If there is no other choice than run. Only to fight is one arm should be a decoy, and hope you can lock him! If not then youre dead man
Didn't Steven Seagal say that he defeated whole gang of Yakuza armed with Knifes while he was unarmed? lol
@@nikeimizhongtomasch1880 That was probably Kazuma Kiryu
One thing I learned about knife fighting from my Dad and other martial artists is this: “rule number one of a knife fight is that you WILL be cut” it’s a reality you have to accept at the onset. Avoiding fighting altogether is the best thing to do
@fgfsdhsdh yes
@fgfsdhsdh wdym no how is it better to get cut or stabbed than not fight a guy with a knife
@fgfsdhsdh I'm coming for you then
@fgfsdhsdh you are a downy if you don't think his statement is true. Please go and train and you will realise how unequip you are to deal with such a situation.
@@TheBetter_LeechPilot but i wear a full suit of chainmail every day and night,im a night owl your not assassinating me i assassinate me
*both wrists get sliced open*
"DEFENSE SUCCESSFUL"
bleeding from a knife injury can kill a person so easily in 10 mins
If cut deep enough he would lose function of those arms
You only have to protect your forehead eyes neck sides of shoulders and stomach. That’s the basics of it anything else can be injured and won’t kill you immediately so use it to take them down.
hard to explain but ill keep it simple and say that cant happen in a stab attack like that
being successful means that you survive
My Martial Arts teacher always gives these speeches if enough newbies join a few times a year. One of the things he always repeats goes something like that, "This is actually counter productive to getting and keeping new students (his paycheck), but always try to run if u are on the street, u only fight if u know u can't escape."
If I'm getting attacked by knife would there be a dramatic soundtrack playing in the background?
I Hope so i ain't dieing in silence 🤣🤣🤣
@@theg35project50 I know right?! Every hollywood blockbuster has soundtrack in the background, we want one too.
At least you'd be dying in style
At your funeral.
I can arrange both
When i was 15 i was walking with my friends in the night and we bumped into another group of older guys (probably 17/18). They were drunk and they soon started an argument. We outnumbered them 6 to 4 and they were starting to get physical so we attacked them. 3 of my friends quickly took down 2 of theirs, however i got thrown to the ground by the third and the guy started punching the life out of me. A few seconds later my other friends took him of off me and started fighting him. At that moment laying on the ground the blood dripping from my mouth and a with a broken nose i saw the 4th guy making weird hand movements to one of my friends, i didn't realize until my friend stepped back and fell to the ground that he had been stabbed. At that point in time everything stood still and i was completely frozen along with the rest of us including the stabber. I can't really explain what i felt, you'd think i'd be angry my friend was stabbed or afraid for my own life but i didn't feel anything. After what seemed like forever i suddenly started running towards the stabber with no clear thought or plan, simply fueled by the adrenaline rushing through me but at the same time the feeling of hesitation was starting to get stronger and before i could make the split second decision whether to carry on or stop i was barged to the ground by his other friends and i lost consciousness. When i came to my friends told me the other guys had run away, along with one of my friends at the behest of my other friends (he was the son of the opposition leader and it would be really bad if he was caught with us) and there was already an ambulance and 2 police cars. My friend survived, however he had incurred internal bleeding. He was stabbed 3 times, twice in the stomach and one through his left biceps into his chest just narrowly missing his heart by 2 cm. The case was eventually burried through the help of the opposition leader. There is no moral to this story, only that to avoid a fight at all costs. We could have run away the moment they started getting physical but honestly we were looking for a fight, just not a knife fight.
I never got the guys who always were looking for fights I know those guys in my town. Really must be some psychological reason outside the rush and high. I kinda get it that it maybe stems from the really old days when different tribes or groups of humans thought many times so we keep to the group. But you have to be very narrow-minded to not see past that.
Which country?
@@mikelyoloson2743 it's not in the past man it's instinct.
This sounds real not bull is your friend doing well? For internal bleeding can start again he has to move carefully . Teen years it normal to get in fights but hard to get out off one. Stay clear from the night life ..( now it's easy with the pandamic and all) . Just stay save ok.
@@mikelyoloson2743 what?😂🙄
Reminds me of an old joke I heard from my martial arts teachers.
How do you know who wins a knife fight? The loser dies at the spot, the winner dies on the way to the hospital
Each successful inflicted wound would have a exponential effect on the defender. So realistically it would be pretty impossible to defense if you already sustain several wounds at the start.
Exactly, really once you get stabbed once in the chest the fights already over and its turnt into a homicide
Every knife defence video should be a young man lying in a puddle of his own blood and piss, hyperventilating breaths slowing as he slips into shock, dying alone on the asphalt in front of a shuttered Dollar Store.
Ouch!
Not really knife defense can save your life, sure you will probably get cut but you won't die. Just look at the recent Hatun Tash attack in London you can defend your self from getting killed.
@@diegogatjens3023 Well saying is a 100% way to stop a knife attack is moronic and it's questionable can you actually train knife defense, but you can protect your self from getting killed.
pretty much. I remember seeing one video some guy got slashed around the neck and the blood just gushed like a fountain. He looked at his hand constantly in the last few seconds of his life shocked at what is happening before him just as he started to lose his balance and feinted , crashing amongst the numerous plastic chairs before him onto the concrete floor. I doubt that guy survived lol.
lol
Options to use in a street fight:
1. trying to defend against a knife using artistic moves that don't actually work:X
2. Take the fight to the ground and get kicked in the head by the aggressor's friend:X
3. take a stick or any other long object and hit the knife holder on the head:✔
4. Keep distance using your leg or kick the aggressor's balls:✔
5. use a firearm to defend yourself from the aggressor:✔
my favorite:
6. run to preserve your life for a few more years instead of dying for nothing:✔
running is by far the best option, but those are the best if you HAVE to fight
Don't think you understand. That if you cornered to a Wall. You most likely going to fight back
You missed one. If it's just a simple mugging, give him your damn money. It's money, you can get more. Spare your life, don't throw it away to preserve wealth.
Running probably isn’t going to be an option, criminals are opportunists. They picked you because they’re pretty sure they can take you.
UM ALIEN SINCERO if you're going to kick keep it simple and go for the knees knock off balance but keep distance and use feints to draw attack and move in close to disarm if you can try to be on the outside arm of weapon hand when you do
The sad truth about most RL knife attacks is that when you see the knife, it already has your blood on it. Barely any one going to stab takes a stance and shows their knife first.
A lot of them do if they want to rob you so they show the knife and make u listen to them
@@bingchilling4717 Yeah, a lot of people threatens with knife, but those are not so likely to use it, so, you have decent chance of avoiding the confrontation and do nto need to defend against it.
@@NetAndyCz You seem to know a lot about it, I guess it depends a lot on if the persons wants you hurt or not for starters, he won't indeed show it if he wants to hurt you but that often means he developped a grief against you previously.
@@bingchilling4717
Saw a video: A guy vlogging on his bike stops for a dude on the street. The dude pulls out a knife and steadily asks him to get off the bike. He complies, allowing the thief to turn around and get on the bike, after which he promptly shoots the thief in the back.
And before you go "that's not legal self-defense!" Remember, police can't get serial numbers from bullet impacts.
@@randgrithr7387 Tbh id say depending on where you live that could very well be legal self defence. Especially in concealed carry states
After training BJJ for 10 years (MMA included) I did some knife defense class for the fun and I discovered something while fighting someone with zero combat experience, if they had the knife I had a 50% chance of not getting cut in sparring. (I was a purple belt at the time. 5 years ago) but if I had the knife they were 100% dead. It felt like the knife gave them a whole belt color. So no combat felt like a blue belt and the purple belts felt like brown belts and so on.
We’re does 50 to 100% come from? A street fight is a different form of fighting. Not to be rude but ANYONE who has a knife trained or not is deadly, especially if they know any major points like your leg artery- something almost completely indefensible. Plus bleeding out, and simply adrenoline can be dangerous for both people
On the other hand, this video is a great tutorial on what attacks to use against a martial arts professional when you want to stab him to death
"write that down! Write that down!"
@@jonjenaye1911 “ok. Slashing much more effective than stabs. Got it”
@@kurtlawrence5536 if its the neck then it doesn't matter
Or what to use agensed a staber??
Lol the martial artist does almost nothing related to martial arts besides some armlocks lol.
He always focused the arm with the knife, tryed to pick is arm and then beat him either with his knee or headbutt its just self defense Not martial arts.
In the end u should probably learn self defense and maybe jiujitsu, just Run away as fast as possible.
I have been practicing martial arts for a year now with a personal trainer, specifically kravmaga, we did a training unit on combat against an opponent with a knife, my trainer told me that it is practically impossible to come out of a knife fight without injuries even if you dominate the fight, unfortunately this is the harsh truth in man vs knife combat.
I’ve been hearing the same thing for a few years now. Glad I’m conscious about it.
Unless you have a nuclear bomb
@@Kaika433 Cant argue with that logic
Bite them in the face and pray to God you haven't been hurt where it matters.
"Never bring a knife to a gun fight"
Americans: As mama told me.
I'm very much suicidal so I'm bringing a knife to a gun fight.
@@vhsninjaccoon7705 yo you alive?
@@Zach.1809 Of course. If I wanted to die it would be old age. That's a lot years longer though
@@vhsninjaccoon7705 I was joking
@@vhsninjaccoon7705 bout the first comment you said
I'm going to London after 2 days and RUclips recommended this to me, a very important skill to know
Solution: Carry a knife yourself. The one who get less cuts wins. Let the games begin.
Its elligal in Sweden but I tend to carry knife anyway from times to time. Id much rather prefer a fine than my life
1st rule of a knife fight: Have a gun.
Same as kenjutsu
I live in Italy, where it's illegal to bring a knife with u, but if it isn't a proper weapon (if it has only one side blade or an unlocked blade) u can use an excuse, because Italian laws are trash, and if u have a combat knife u can say u need it to cut some bushes (in the center of the city)
@@MrCrumb34 knife win agains gun most of the time.
Checkout mythbuster "don't bring a knife to a gun fight"
You can see that the knife guy in this video actually hesitates to land a fatal slash or stab on the other guy. He doesn't actually want to hurt him with the knife.
While in reality, it's something different.
That's why the defender sustained injuries since the other dude didn't wanna hurt him, meanwhile in real life your opponent wants to hurt you and if they aren't experienced with the knife than there is a chance you might survive and you can predict his attacks as amateurs will do basic attacks which follow a certain pattern
Damn, I didn’t notice.
That shit def hurt like hell for a training exercise. I’d be taking it easy too
@ds8390 that prop knife is just a dull knife, hence the safety gear. Imagine getting stabbed with a steel pipe - it's not going to penetrate your skin but it might still break a rib
In reality, it's something different? Look who's here. An expert from youtube comment section
knife hidden but he still knew he has a knife. In reality, you don t always expect someone pulling out a knife
True, its depend on situation
If its robbing than you can see the knife
If its personal matter than you can get a few stab before you knew what stab you
Reason why I allways asume that they have a knife. Be prepared for the worst.
Yes, and how fast they can close the distance.
The attack comes every 1/4 second.
Or the prison shiv “hug and poke”.. try getting out of that shit.
@@f4natos22 If it´s robbing I am gonna give him my stuff. Then, if that stuff was very important, follow in a safe distance while calling the cops. If he got my phone even better, as it is GPS tracked, so I dont even need to follow.
Unless you live in South London
Best defense to when someone pulls out a knife:
1. get into position
2. prepare yourself mentally
3. turn around running and screaming as fast as you can
I had to defend from a madman with a machete about a year ago. I didn't realize I was cut until after it was all over. 2 months of physical therapy later I could make a fist, 3 months later I was back defending friends on the street. I still have ghost pain in my right arm where the bone got chipped. 22 stitches. Not fun. And I DID "win". 3 years of taekwondo nothing. Real life experience matters.
Its not nothing 3 years of taekwondo; it just means that you have become good at taekwondo, but it does not prepare you against a weapon attack unless it is something one has trained to do specifically, but even if trained to fight against a knife with a knife, there is a saying 'The winner drips blood - the loser gushes.'
It is just so dangerous, I would rather be in a sword fight than a knife fight, a gun fight rather than a sword fight, but even then, real sword fights actually lasted less than a minute if there is no armour, what chance dueling with knives?!
Duelling is fucking stupid, it doesn't happen that way in real life, as Malone in The Untouchables I quote, 'Someone pulls out a knife, you pull out a bat, he pulls out a bat you pull out a gun, sends one of your guys to hospital, you send one of theirs to the morgue.'
They pull out a gun, you pull out a fucking rocket launcher, and you have to do it to them before they do it to you
You know that Taekwondo is a shit in a real fight no?
@@Jmbr-eh6xrI learned mui thai , MMA and a kyokushin karate. I was also attacked by a mad man and he was holding a knife. I did nothing but a power kick, i used all my strength into that power kick and aimed in his chest. He went to sleep after that
@@coolbaby1871
Yeah, knife attacks can be won empty handed, but you must be sharp and fast
I don't like how people say always run from a knife thug; because that is an assumption they have absolute advantage, therefore fear
If you do run, you can only do so if there is enough distance, this is unrealistic since knife attacks occur at conversation distance or you don't even see it,
Turning and running isn't the best thing to do
@@coolbaby1871
Buddy,
Good to know your training served you well; you need that kind of stuff in this kind of weather
I did Boxing and had to use it once, it was not pleasant, went to court but not guilt due to evidence of use in self defence
This was really enlightening, thank you!
Now I know slashing first is more effective than going for an immediate stab!
Yes... You always goes for light attack first then heavy attack for a combo right?...
Quick step if somebody has a thick jacket dont got for a slash thats stupid if you do that and he knows martial arts its over and youre instantly knocked out a slash wont work on the thicker rain jackets go for a stab even though using weapons is pussy move.
@@eeurr1306 What’s the name of the background music?
based on what I've seen, a stab could end the fight immediately. Had a housemate claim he could fight off someone who had a knife on them, so I immediately pulled the knife out of my pocket and had it at his jugular before he could say another word. (I did not have the blade out, but did prove after the fact I could have if I needed to.) Needless to say, he isn't so confident about that anymore.
@@shadowthewarlord705 He was your friend and probably didnt have any experience he wasnt in a state to fight at all and he wouldntve expected you to ''attack'' him.
best way to defend it's just: "POCKET SAND!" and start running.
I mean hey it's not punishable at all anywhere to carry sand with u unlike a small knife taser pepper spray etc so 👀
Maybe that’ll actually work. Will consider…
Thats actually pretty effective to carry around, its not illegal to carry sand in your pocket and its free and in abundance, can make a knife wielder hesitate enough for the victim to gain control or run away, and is easily just as deployable as a knife! It mightve been a joke but thats actually pretty smart
@@mftripz8445 only problem is how are u carrying that around? One of those salt and pepper shakers
DXKU yee.
you can almost tell they were both having fun doing this
As someone else with 30 years experience, a few observations:
Attacks don't come out of nowhere. There is almost always a sign if one knows what to look for.
Distance control is our friend. So are angles. Try to avoid staying directly in front of dodgy people in optimal attack range.
Fights rarely happen in nice open spaces. Learn to use surroundings.
If one retreats, retreat to really keep range open and preferably, keep angling off. Pick your moment.
The person with the knife is the target. The knife is secondary. People getting injured are less focused on attacking unless seriously committed. Don't obsess on the knife or chase it to the extent of missing opportunities to potentially end the situation.
Those types of helmets affect technique choices and psychology.
Chairs, bottles and such work pretty well. So do doors and keeping tables between you and the other person.
A good video, overall.
Edit: And one doesn't have to let the person holding a knife start things.
30 years of experience on what? Haha
@@seams4186 Not getting stabbed by people with knives.
@@aegisprotection4969 hahaha, good one
@@seams4186 More seriously, when I was 14, I was in a study hall session in High School.
Older kid sat down behind me. When the teacher left the room, the Older kid pulled out a pen knife. He started rubbing the blade on the back of my neck. I told him to stop it. So he stabbed me in the shoulder blade.
I instinctively grabbed for the knife and got my hand cut up.
After that, I decided to not wait for someone pulling a knife to get going before I moved.
Which is my issue with most knife defense classes I have attended.
@@aegisprotection4969 that sounds fucked up. What happened after?
I’m 90% certain that many of these comments are from people who missed the point and think this video is some sort of instructional how to defend yourself type of thing, but it literally says both in the description and title, reality check.
This isn’t a movie were you’ll dance around and flip the knife between hands and take minor cuts if at all for 2 mins before someone dies. Its at most a 10 second skirmish were all it takes to lose is a split second.
It’s not telling you the best way to defend yourself from a knife, it’s showing just how hard it is to walk away without so much as a scratch even with years of experience
It's also misleading to think all (or if any of) the encounters are like in the video, two guys guard to guard like an MMA fight without the build up.
I think that just makes more of a point, these guys are ready and they gettin cut, me and my friend actually sneak attack each other with fake knives and it saved my life, my fighting was shit but i reacted fast enough it was over shadowed by the fact that i reacted at all and the person lost the will too fight and fucked off, good thing too because i was secretly completely without a plan or strategy. (I blocked a stab with a fucking circle kick of all the useless taekwondo moves) they didn't try anything else so i got crazy lucky or else i would have had a few chef knife sized holes in me pretty fast.
There's nothing realistic about the video. Claiming to be a "reality check" and then suggesting that any of these were "successful" is incredibly irresponsible. Every single scenario was pre-planned and the knife wielder became compliant once grabbed. These were very fake situations, and the scariest part is that the guys in the video have probably convinced themselves that this is actually realistic. Like kempo guys doing punch defenses and calling it "sparring." It's nonsense
Yeah, for me this is one hell of a wake-up at just how difficult it is to defend without injury as an EXPERIENCED martial artist. I wouldn't stand a goddamn chance and would at best be grievously wounded. Running away is for sure the best defence in my mind after seeing this, fuck trying to be the hero
@@joelsjimenez3256 100% All those fancy tacti-cool gears can't hide the fact grey guy conveniently stops attacking/resisting at certain point, also grey guy never uses off-hand, knee, head, or shoot for a double/single leg etc. How is that a reality check, it's just a well made knife fight choreography that's it.
I've been 3 times in real situations. In my experience no one does "slashing". The natural movement is up to down pointing to head, face and chest. The first time I handled it. The second time I ended up with my palm cutted. The third time I had a big cut in my forearm and my shirt was in pieces. I almost died (I was drunk). Someone said: It doesn't matter who you are, if anyone has a knife against you, He is superior.
Really?
@@snakeoverlord9925 yes
One or more of the following are true.
1. You like to make stories up.
2. You are involved in a lot of mischief to land yourself in 3 different knife attacks.
3. The fact that you weren't concealing a firearm and didn't kill at least one of those people means you didn't learn a lesson.
@@TheWhiteCometOfZion 1. False. If that was true, I would make a better one.
2. It´s called Latin America.
3. I don't know where you live but here you can't have a firearm just like that, and if I kill one of those scumbags I'd be in prison.
@@JohnJairoErazoGuerrero yeah, Latin America is a shit place to get robbed at knife or gun point. Even worse the place are corrupt as shit