Most of time the answer is ''you re not ready to face a violent attack'' a lot of people talks about the flee or fight,but they often forgot the freeze, someone trained to face violence will react on automatically. In France we had a knife attack in Annecy, so unless you re well trained and prepared, most of the population will either freeze or flee.
True, but there is also being aware of your surroundings and not presenting yourself as a threat. Short of some crazed killer, even a potential attacker is constantly reassessing what to make of you. Stupid things like being exceedingly polite has gotten me out of several hairy situations (it was beneath them to attack me).
You're right. It can all happen faster than anyone realizes. Twice I've been a bystander caught in the middle of shootouts that happened between moving cars. By the time the innocent bystanders realized it was gun shots and not a car backfire, the gun fight was already over.
Agree with everyone else that running is the first option. But if you can't run, the second option would be to grab anything you can to use as an improvised weapon or shield. In a house or restaurant, use a chair, on the street, use a garbage can, any object. If you can't grab an object, use stationary objects such as cars, light poles, traffic signs, etc. to dodge behind, and look for opportunities to run or attack and get in close. You can also use a jacket, purse, belt or other object to swing and try to entangle the sword. Almost anything is better than bare hands. Not as good as the sword, but better than nothng.
I would like to add a tactic that is useful for catching the gap between attacks. When you force your opponent to chase after you, you have a chance to exploit their physical forward momentum and mindset by abruptly changing directions and closing in on them. But it is tricky because it is an additional timing on top of their attack timing and being too far or too close as you change direction will easily lead to disaster.
Which is why it isn't a used viable tactic. There are so many others that you can utilize instead of something risky for a party trick. This is coming from my experience from subduing prisoners who used make-shift weapons on guards.
Even in the United States where I can legally carry a firearm, my first tactic (and most suggested one) is always to break contact and run away. Only if he chases me down or I have nowhere I can run to do I draw my gun.
I conceal carry every day, I agree 100%, retreat! Attacking innocents or my family is the only I could justify myself using lethal force. ( I guess I’m a sissy)
@@rodjjt7742 WI. The law here is more forgiving if you are using a firearm to defend others than if you are using it to defend yourself. However, if you are fleeing and the threat follows, then lethal force is legal. This is why Kyle Rittenhouse was found not guilty.
@@FlyingGuillotine100 oh ok thanks. I didn't know the particulars of why he was found not guilty. I'm going to have to be aware of the laws as I travel.
Very tough situation. It's probably better to pick up anything you can find on the ground, even if it's a cardboard box, cuz the big blade might get stuck in it eventually before you're done.
Its also possible to grip the blade between palm and knuckes without touching the sharp edge but its extremely difficult and dangerous but also something you can potentially do
@@trianjezraellumontad7661 then get a sword yourself and practice with it until you feel comfortable enough to protect yourself. that's good for home defense
@@trianjezraellumontad7661 learn taekwondo or any other martial art. if you can throw something in your room to your attacker, then do that. if fighting is your only option in a home invasion, then do it to kill and protect yourself. a weapon or katana is my preference in these home defense situations
Sadly, when ur barehanded, if someone really meant to kill u with a sword and they know what they’re doin, running would be the only way, If u can’t run, 99% chance u would probably die..😢
I’m thinking of Jet Li, in Fist of Legend…. That belt vs Katana scene was awesome…. And to be honest… the English dub version was way better, because the soundtrack was changed and was fantastic.
Running away only works if you have a very good sprint speed and fast recovery. It’s dangerous to turn your back to an assailant! Even worse if they catch you and you are too out of breath to fight back effectively.
Only if you already have enough distance between yourself and the aggressor. Be aware, when running away you turn your back to the aggressor. A dangerous situation.
To answer that question, in my opinion For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city. Acts 18:10 Also that advance wars days of ruin saying, its not the bullets but the people "soldier" that win the conflict.
What happened in Korea? A sick man massacre with katana? I feed bad about this, because a sick man just Bought a kitchen knife from Furniture shop and murder two yound lady in Hong Kong some week ago. It not about weapon, it about the psychological problems from a random guy around you =(
At my age and health, running away is not an option. If I recognize the threat soon enough, I can walk away effectively enough. If I see someone standing in an aisle at the store holding a sword and seeming to be insane or with bad intent, I'm not going down that aisle unless I have a firearm. Even then, I probably only go down that aisle if I feel that doing so is necessary to protect someone else. My first instinct will be to summon store management and law enforcement. If I can't avoid a physical confrontation by leaving the area before the person notices me, I will use my cane to try to delay the attacker while I draw a firearm. A firearm is no guarantee that I survive the encounter. Someone who is determined and has a katana may receive fatal shots but still keep going long enough to kill me. My only consolation is knowing that if I put the attacker down, the attacker won't be able to harm anyone else. If a firearm isn't available and I can't escape notice, then I would hope to find an improvised weapon. If I'm in a grocery store, I would try to find something on a shelf that I could throw at the attacker. If I'm in an aisle with lightweight items packaged in paper or plastic, I probably can't survive. If I'm in an aisle with heavier items in glass jars or metal cans, I might have a better chance. If I'm in an aisle with cleaning fluids in some kind of spray container, maybe I can spray the attacker in the eyes.
Respect for the victim 🙏 rest in peace 🕊️😢. My first defense lesson was "if you are not there ? They can't hurt you". Learn to avoid dangerous places and people ! There is self defense system from Israel 👍👍👍 "Kalah" , is very scary, fight to survive, rescue family, save home 🏡. You stand humble like praying 🙏 "please sir I only want peace". Your arms are held high ( to protect your body and neck ) and ready to react "IF !!!**" There is opportunity. Train to expect to be cut badly but survived 👍🕊️. Grabbing the blade is correct 💯 but this will make serious wounds ( less harmful than a thrust or full swing). You must be like iron mind 💪🧠. Any mistake or scare / hesitation could be fetal last mistake. I had bandit 👀 chase me 😱 he say "I shoot you 🔫 and begin to put hand inside his coat 🧥. Me 😱🧠💪💪💪 must react instantly !! I take cans of pop and throw at his head 🗣️ then charge fast 😱 . I use my jacket 🧥 just to slap his face and cover his eyes 👀. I manage to knock him down (Rugby player) then turn him over to face the floor and pressure on his arm with my legs and 💥 can into his face 💥💥💥. I was very lucky I am very well trained and he was not fast. My thoughts were - he probably bad aim ? I probably survive one shot 💥 BUT if I wait ? He will aim carefully and not stop ! 🤔 Surprised you did not say or use your jacket 🧥 / any material may swing into the face or tangle the blade ( any advantage MUST be used ). Throw dirt into their eyes 👀, spit at them and run at them 👍. Blind them with your fingers . Kick the groin , kick so hard they go into space 🚀. Become wise, horrible , terrifying animal or you will not survive. Look for anything to use as shield 🛡️ or obstacle. If there is a tree then run around it . Look for door to open. Train to survive not to look pretty ☯️🙏. I personally believe better for good people to carry weapons 🔫🗡️ ? Bad guys are normally lazy and not trained well. If unskilled bad guy meets trained Swordsman. The good guy is like police, can protect himself and others. Second time, three bandits 😱😱😱 want to take my bag and beat up two young boys and take thier bikes 😱 young boys very scared 😭😭🙏 . Thankfully I prepared 🧠💪 "these are my throwing knives 😠😡 !!". You are not taking anything or beating anyone up. Last - carry SOMETHING !! ANYTHING !! Learn to use a stick , bottle, can , jacket 🧥, bag , dog mess as a weapon and use WISDOM. You can't save anyone else or yourself if you act like fool. Much more needs to said and learned. Even as a young boy I was exposed to great dangers. We used books as body armour. Towel and chicken wire against bats , knives 😢. Think I'm probably only alive because of "all my teachers ☯️🙏 and training almost every day of my life. Wash, train, sleep, repeat
I'm not sure about these survival chances. When it comes to a knife, the chances of a pro mma fighter are still only 30%. Is a Katana in the hands of an amateur really that much worse than a knife?
@@dramalexi yes, it's really not that easy to get in range of a sword when you just have a knife. Granted swords need more training to use effectively (while with knives it's more straightforward), but they're still more dangerous in general because of their reach advantage alone. That's also why Spears and Polearms were used alot in medieval warfare, because of their reach advantage
Not sure I would have worded the ending, "Even a woman with a katana" as though you are talking about someone that is extremely weak or incapable. But, great video with the valid info that I honestly expected. Running is really the only option. I wish people in the U.S. carried katanas instead of guns. Swords are horrific weapons, but so much less deadly in the end.
They're in Korea, which means it's common to assume that a woman isn't able to fight effectively even if they have a weapon. Things are different over there, unfortunately. But yes, if people in the US carried swords, mass murders would be much more difficult to carry out.
im chilean and my uchigatana cost me like 30 dollars (30.000-35.000 clp/pesos)I was my first buy and that cheap gas station katana is undestroyable, like literaly
A cheap ass wallhanger is like 30$, and it can still be sharpened. Yea it will break if it hit something solid but it can still seriously damaged your limbs or organs
Pray,run and pray,throw rock and pray,spit and pray,if no way take off your cloth(if you can) and use it to like a flag and wave it infront of the cutting path, Should be enough for once or twice of a cut(ofc pray)
@@rudro5784 Dude, we recently had one of the biggest prayer experiments in 2020 when millions of people tried to pray away the COVID-19 pandemic. It didn't work.
Grab the blade? Seriously?? The best advice is to run away, and if you cannot, make them strike with a feint and on their down cut kick them in the knees to break their kneecaps so that their ability to pursue you is compromised.
you will be dead in a second. she was able to bring her sword back up again and cut down several times. you might hit the knee, but will be cut almost 100%. but good to know, that this will almost certainly never happen.
@@juilescieg I don’t think grabbing the blade is better, as they suggested. But to your point, you have to counter at the right time and on the right type of miss. Test their swings first using feints. If they overextend you can time your kick to the knee area and get them on the ground, so you can make your escape. And if you’re in a locked room, kick them while they’re down. Very hard to swing a sword when downed.
How strong is your kick? Are you wearing steel-toed boots at the time? Reason I ask is that I suspect you are rather overestimating the power and efficacy of your kicks. Against someone standing straight as a stick, it might hurt thanks to the leverage against the joint, but if your attacker even larps anything resembling a fighting stance, I suspect it's not going to do much of anything. Assuming your leg has the range to do so in the first place, since even an edo era katana has a blade length comparable to most of a leg, before account for how it's held outwards. By contrast, grabbing the blade shows up repeatedly in historical manuscripts, since swords need to be in motion to cut effectively. Of course, that's usually in the context of a bind with another sword; any armed vs unarmed confrontation is basically trying to go from guaranteed death to 99% chance of guaranteed death. Kicking is reasonable advice against much shorter weapons such as knives though. Grabbing a knife is nearly impossible, and legs clearly violently outrange it.
@@DarkwarriorJ Fair point. I’m a martial artist and I know how to deliver that type of kick - and I don’t even need shoes to break a kneecap, especially if my opponent isn’t expecting that strike and doesn’t know how to check it. I guess the moral of the story here is, get some proper self defense training, and sword training as well as a bonus, so you know what sword entails (I practice kenjutsu and did fencing in the past). But plan A is to keep distance and diffuse the situation, and leave (run if you have to). Plan B is what I described initially.
@@DarkwarriorJ If you grab shinken your fingers will get sliced, and what does that get you. It’s bad advice unless you happen to be wearing thick leather gloves.
Hold up. What was with that bit toward the end about "even if a woman wields a katana..."?! That's some sexist shit right there. Why the specification...?
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Most of time the answer is ''you re not ready to face a violent attack'' a lot of people talks about the flee or fight,but they often forgot the freeze, someone trained to face violence will react on automatically. In France we had a knife attack in Annecy, so unless you re well trained and prepared, most of the population will either freeze or flee.
True, but there is also being aware of your surroundings and not presenting yourself as a threat.
Short of some crazed killer, even a potential attacker is constantly reassessing what to make of you. Stupid things like being exceedingly polite has gotten me out of several hairy situations (it was beneath them to attack me).
@@quintessenceSLThat's why attackers should also adopt the "shoot first think later" tactic like US cops 😂
You're right. It can all happen faster than anyone realizes. Twice I've been a bystander caught in the middle of shootouts that happened between moving cars. By the time the innocent bystanders realized it was gun shots and not a car backfire, the gun fight was already over.
Agree with everyone else that running is the first option. But if you can't run, the second option would be to grab anything you can to use as an improvised weapon or shield. In a house or restaurant, use a chair, on the street, use a garbage can, any object. If you can't grab an object, use stationary objects such as cars, light poles, traffic signs, etc. to dodge behind, and look for opportunities to run or attack and get in close. You can also use a jacket, purse, belt or other object to swing and try to entangle the sword. Almost anything is better than bare hands. Not as good as the sword, but better than nothng.
I would like to add a tactic that is useful for catching the gap between attacks.
When you force your opponent to chase after you, you have a chance to exploit their physical forward momentum and mindset by abruptly changing directions and closing in on them.
But it is tricky because it is an additional timing on top of their attack timing and being too far or too close as you change direction will easily lead to disaster.
Which is why it isn't a used viable tactic. There are so many others that you can utilize instead of something risky for a party trick. This is coming from my experience from subduing prisoners who used make-shift weapons on guards.
Even in the United States where I can legally carry a firearm, my first tactic (and most suggested one) is always to break contact and run away. Only if he chases me down or I have nowhere I can run to do I draw my gun.
same here. I live in a duty to retreat state. if i were to not try and run away first it would be illegal to defend myself
I conceal carry every day, I agree 100%, retreat! Attacking innocents or my family is the only I could justify myself using lethal force. ( I guess I’m a sissy)
@FlyingGuillotine100 what state is this?
@@rodjjt7742 WI. The law here is more forgiving if you are using a firearm to defend others than if you are using it to defend yourself. However, if you are fleeing and the threat follows, then lethal force is legal. This is why Kyle Rittenhouse was found not guilty.
@@FlyingGuillotine100 oh ok thanks. I didn't know the particulars of why he was found not guilty. I'm going to have to be aware of the laws as I travel.
Many good tips!
Sad how some people just run around ending other people's lives. 🤬
Very tough situation. It's probably better to pick up anything you can find on the ground, even if it's a cardboard box, cuz the big blade might get stuck in it eventually before you're done.
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Its also possible to grip the blade between palm and knuckes without touching the sharp edge but its extremely difficult and dangerous but also something you can potentially do
Life isn’t an anime brother. Mythbuster proved it’s impossible even at a slower speed.
Judo i believe has some structured disarmament techniques.
Not against a Katana in a real life or death situation.
@@avigator
It's one of the reasons it exists.
Sou um shinobi, e o kenjutsu é uma das disciplinas que treinamos no Ninjutsu. gosto muito do seu conteúdo, saudações do Brasil 👊💙
Running away is actually a very sound advice. It's a really dumb decision to fight a person holding a sword while unarmed.
What if you had to stand there, would you give him your ass? Death a thousand times and I do not give him a single penny
Ok what if there is no option to run away such as stuck in a room with a guy with a Sword? Not everything is running away
@@trianjezraellumontad7661 then get a sword yourself and practice with it until you feel comfortable enough to protect yourself. that's good for home defense
@@kimpavfx then what if I don't have a Sword with me but bare handed?
@@trianjezraellumontad7661 learn taekwondo or any other martial art. if you can throw something in your room to your attacker, then do that. if fighting is your only option in a home invasion, then do it to kill and protect yourself. a weapon or katana is my preference in these home defense situations
Swords are scary. Running is the best option. I hope to never encounter a maniac with a sword.
Sadly, when ur barehanded, if someone really meant to kill u with a sword and they know what they’re doin, running would be the only way, If u can’t run, 99% chance u would probably die..😢
"Run, hide or fly."
I can think of no good bare-arms technique against anyone as good in swords as myself, in the least
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Nice! They're leveling up
I’m thinking of Jet Li, in Fist of Legend…. That belt vs Katana scene was awesome…. And to be honest… the English dub version was way better, because the soundtrack was changed and was fantastic.
Running away only works if you have a very good sprint speed and fast recovery. It’s dangerous to turn your back to an assailant! Even worse if they catch you and you are too out of breath to fight back effectively.
Thank you for making this important video.
Close to the opponent, disarm him, and finish him and move! No remorse for anyone coming with weapon
We want to see single Nunchaku vs katana
Run , obviusly!!! Is the best option
Only if you don’t wear high heels. 👠
Only if you are physically more fit than the aggressor. 🏃♀️🏃♂️
Only if you already have enough distance between yourself and the aggressor. Be aware, when running away you turn your back to the aggressor. A dangerous situation.
Run faster than opponent with katana, safest bet.
Thank you all for the video 👍🏻
To answer that question, in my opinion
For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.
Acts 18:10
Also that advance wars days of ruin saying, its not the bullets but the people "soldier" that win the conflict.
Parkour skills the best option.
RUN
What happened in Korea? A sick man massacre with katana?
I feed bad about this, because a sick man just Bought a kitchen knife from Furniture shop and murder two yound lady in Hong Kong some week ago.
It not about weapon, it about the psychological problems from a random guy around you =(
At my age and health, running away is not an option. If I recognize the threat soon enough, I can walk away effectively enough. If I see someone standing in an aisle at the store holding a sword and seeming to be insane or with bad intent, I'm not going down that aisle unless I have a firearm. Even then, I probably only go down that aisle if I feel that doing so is necessary to protect someone else. My first instinct will be to summon store management and law enforcement.
If I can't avoid a physical confrontation by leaving the area before the person notices me, I will use my cane to try to delay the attacker while I draw a firearm. A firearm is no guarantee that I survive the encounter. Someone who is determined and has a katana may receive fatal shots but still keep going long enough to kill me. My only consolation is knowing that if I put the attacker down, the attacker won't be able to harm anyone else.
If a firearm isn't available and I can't escape notice, then I would hope to find an improvised weapon. If I'm in a grocery store, I would try to find something on a shelf that I could throw at the attacker. If I'm in an aisle with lightweight items packaged in paper or plastic, I probably can't survive. If I'm in an aisle with heavier items in glass jars or metal cans, I might have a better chance. If I'm in an aisle with cleaning fluids in some kind of spray container, maybe I can spray the attacker in the eyes.
That's why you should carry grenades. All you need to do is pull the pin and walk away.
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thanks
Absolutely ❤ just ruuuuunnnnn!
Fortunately in my region nobody walks with katana in the street ))
Que buen video
Bro just forget he can slide 😅😏🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Muto Dori Gata
Use a gun. 아메리카에 오신걸 환영합니다.
I hope there will be a translation. In Arabic or English so that we can benefit from your guidance
With a Naginata
Respect for the victim 🙏 rest in peace 🕊️😢.
My first defense lesson was "if you are not there ? They can't hurt you". Learn to avoid dangerous places and people !
There is self defense system from Israel 👍👍👍 "Kalah" , is very scary, fight to survive, rescue family, save home 🏡.
You stand humble like praying 🙏 "please sir I only want peace".
Your arms are held high ( to protect your body and neck ) and ready to react "IF !!!**" There is opportunity.
Train to expect to be cut badly but survived 👍🕊️.
Grabbing the blade is correct 💯 but this will make serious wounds ( less harmful than a thrust or full swing).
You must be like iron mind 💪🧠. Any mistake or scare / hesitation could be fetal last mistake.
I had bandit 👀 chase me 😱 he say "I shoot you 🔫 and begin to put hand inside his coat 🧥. Me 😱🧠💪💪💪 must react instantly !!
I take cans of pop and throw at his head 🗣️ then charge fast 😱 . I use my jacket 🧥 just to slap his face and cover his eyes 👀.
I manage to knock him down (Rugby player) then turn him over to face the floor and pressure on his arm with my legs and 💥 can into his face 💥💥💥. I was very lucky I am very well trained and he was not fast.
My thoughts were - he probably bad aim ?
I probably survive one shot 💥 BUT if I wait ? He will aim carefully and not stop !
🤔 Surprised you did not say or use your jacket 🧥 / any material may swing into the face or tangle the blade ( any advantage MUST be used ). Throw dirt into their eyes 👀, spit at them and run at them 👍. Blind them with your fingers . Kick the groin , kick so hard they go into space 🚀.
Become wise, horrible , terrifying animal or you will not survive.
Look for anything to use as shield 🛡️ or obstacle. If there is a tree then run around it . Look for door to open. Train to survive not to look pretty ☯️🙏.
I personally believe better for good people to carry weapons 🔫🗡️ ?
Bad guys are normally lazy and not trained well.
If unskilled bad guy meets trained Swordsman. The good guy is like police, can protect himself and others.
Second time, three bandits 😱😱😱 want to take my bag and beat up two young boys and take thier bikes 😱 young boys very scared 😭😭🙏 .
Thankfully I prepared 🧠💪 "these are my throwing knives 😠😡 !!".
You are not taking anything or beating anyone up.
Last - carry SOMETHING !! ANYTHING !!
Learn to use a stick , bottle, can , jacket 🧥, bag , dog mess as a weapon and use WISDOM.
You can't save anyone else or yourself if you act like fool.
Much more needs to said and learned.
Even as a young boy I was exposed to great dangers. We used books as body armour. Towel and chicken wire against bats , knives 😢.
Think I'm probably only alive because of "all my teachers ☯️🙏 and training almost every day of my life.
Wash, train, sleep, repeat
What if you come against someone with two swords while you’re unarmed?
Just Run
@@rat4507 But what if your enemy has guns on the tips of his blades?????????
@@rat4507 sry
Run before he starbrust you in real life.
Idk, the attacker now has more versatile choices of attacking so it's even harder to disarm and dodge them
I'm not sure about these survival chances. When it comes to a knife, the chances of a pro mma fighter are still only 30%.
Is a Katana in the hands of an amateur really that much worse than a knife?
Yes, it is
Yes cuz of bigger reach advantage
Knives are so much easier to use that I honestly would probably prefer to face an untrained assailant wielding a sword than a knife...
@@polodok9988 So it's worse because it has a reach advantage? 😄
@@dramalexi yes, it's really not that easy to get in range of a sword when you just have a knife. Granted swords need more training to use effectively (while with knives it's more straightforward), but they're still more dangerous in general because of their reach advantage alone. That's also why Spears and Polearms were used alot in medieval warfare, because of their reach advantage
I think good against Katana would be using Katana.
Sheld ans axe😅 you can trye
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Indiana Jones style - ruclips.net/video/kQKrmDLvijo/видео.html 😅
#GhostOfTsushima
Not sure I would have worded the ending, "Even a woman with a katana" as though you are talking about someone that is extremely weak or incapable.
But, great video with the valid info that I honestly expected. Running is really the only option. I wish people in the U.S. carried katanas instead of guns. Swords are horrific weapons, but so much less deadly in the end.
They're in Korea, which means it's common to assume that a woman isn't able to fight effectively even if they have a weapon. Things are different over there, unfortunately.
But yes, if people in the US carried swords, mass murders would be much more difficult to carry out.
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You can't 🤷♀
Or you can have a desert eagle with you.
A real katana cost 2,000-10,000 usd
im chilean and my uchigatana cost me like 30 dollars (30.000-35.000 clp/pesos)I was my first buy and that cheap gas station katana is undestroyable, like literaly
Cold Steel's ''battle ready'' katana was about $ 150 - 200. Shadiversity made a comparison between a $2grands versus a $300.
ahh but if is tamahagane, yes like upper to 2k
A cheap ass wallhanger is like 30$, and it can still be sharpened. Yea it will break if it hit something solid but it can still seriously damaged your limbs or organs
@@jaketheasianguy3307 yes i know, anyway i put the name of one of my cats to it
Pray,run and pray,throw rock and pray,spit and pray,if no way take off your cloth(if you can) and use it to like a flag and wave it infront of the cutting path, Should be enough for once or twice of a cut(ofc pray)
Prayer doesn't actually do anything; the act is comparable to mental-masturbation.
@@JanetStarChild looks like you are atheist lol,i am fine with my prayer brother
@@rudro5784
Dude, we recently had one of the biggest prayer experiments in 2020 when millions of people tried to pray away the COVID-19 pandemic. It didn't work.
Grab the blade? Seriously?? The best advice is to run away, and if you cannot, make them strike with a feint and on their down cut kick them in the knees to break their kneecaps so that their ability to pursue you is compromised.
you will be dead in a second. she was able to bring her sword back up again and cut down several times.
you might hit the knee, but will be cut almost 100%.
but good to know, that this will almost certainly never happen.
@@juilescieg I don’t think grabbing the blade is better, as they suggested. But to your point, you have to counter at the right time and on the right type of miss. Test their swings first using feints. If they overextend you can time your kick to the knee area and get them on the ground, so you can make your escape. And if you’re in a locked room, kick them while they’re down. Very hard to swing a sword when downed.
How strong is your kick? Are you wearing steel-toed boots at the time? Reason I ask is that I suspect you are rather overestimating the power and efficacy of your kicks. Against someone standing straight as a stick, it might hurt thanks to the leverage against the joint, but if your attacker even larps anything resembling a fighting stance, I suspect it's not going to do much of anything. Assuming your leg has the range to do so in the first place, since even an edo era katana has a blade length comparable to most of a leg, before account for how it's held outwards.
By contrast, grabbing the blade shows up repeatedly in historical manuscripts, since swords need to be in motion to cut effectively. Of course, that's usually in the context of a bind with another sword; any armed vs unarmed confrontation is basically trying to go from guaranteed death to 99% chance of guaranteed death.
Kicking is reasonable advice against much shorter weapons such as knives though. Grabbing a knife is nearly impossible, and legs clearly violently outrange it.
@@DarkwarriorJ Fair point. I’m a martial artist and I know how to deliver that type of kick - and I don’t even need shoes to break a kneecap, especially if my opponent isn’t expecting that strike and doesn’t know how to check it.
I guess the moral of the story here is, get some proper self defense training, and sword training as well as a bonus, so you know what sword entails (I practice kenjutsu and did fencing in the past). But plan A is to keep distance and diffuse the situation, and leave (run if you have to). Plan B is what I described initially.
@@DarkwarriorJ If you grab shinken your fingers will get sliced, and what does that get you. It’s bad advice unless you happen to be wearing thick leather gloves.
Hold up. What was with that bit toward the end about "even if a woman wields a katana..."?! That's some sexist shit right there. Why the specification...?
Shorter arms = less reach = slightly less dangerous
It's a mistake in translation.
To be exact, he said, "It's hard to avoid even if you're attacked by a small Kim Ho-gu with a katana."
Lol, running's the best option against knife attacks, but now they're talking about swords! :D Well, you should just shoot the wielder then))