6 Martial Arts Experts Locked with a Knife Attacker!
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What's with all the rapid camera angle changes? I can't focus on the action. That sucks big time!!
This is a fanastic Real Life lesson for all martial artists = Well done to everyone ;-)
Only another knife over more can beat someone determined with a knife
@@spookyninja4098 That's not true. For example they can use object in the room as shield 🛡️. Grab the wrist holding the knife 🗡️. And twist. How much would work? That depends entirely on your grip strength. Train that. Helmet of the attacker also have disadvantages. Real scenarios i would use any available object as shield 🛡️. And bash head of the attacker as hard as possible while do best to neutralise the wrist of holding the knife 🔪.
@@LORDVADER357 As I said = only another knife " or more " can beat a knife. Yes something more like as you say furniture - other objects - other weapons etc Hell even a rock off the ground Anything to give distance or to inflict injury to the knife attack for sure. Unarmed against a knife is the hardest fight to have as these brave guys showed us.
@@spookyninja4098 Its doable unarmed as well. You can kick away the attacker. You can grab wrist which holds the knife 🔪. Good enough liver punch/kick. Its doable.
Shows you how important it is to not confront a 6'5 knife attacker in Robocop armor, if you are both locked in Frodo's hut.
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Frodo's hut💀💀💀
lmfao
@@the________678 Pump your brakes, chief. Frodo lived in a hole in the ground, not a hut, and it was a mansion of a hole.
6'5? What? 6.5 seconds? The test was for 20 seconds, so th you're talking about like? :v
This shows how hard it really is to defend yourself against an attacker with a knife
The guyy is also powerfully built which makes it a lot harder
Not enough attacking the legs in this. Better luck next time
@Superbooooo Your opponent only needs 1 hit/slash to stun/disable you. Ngannou would still think twice to fight somebody with a knife.
In empty hands yes. But if you have a weapon its not almost impossible
Yes it’s hard when you try to body grapple the attacker… completely wrong
“It went exactly the way I thought it would”
The common sense is strong with this one
No he was feeling bad. Pay attention
Btw the attacker g
Had an armor bruh, if it qas on the street they u can just kick the head or something for an immediate knockout
@@Aaliyah7777 Do it then
@@Lhamb Chances are you'll die but your odds of surviving are probably much higher than if you go for a clinch. Why the hell would you do that against someone with a knife, if he does get in close you try to break away again you don't just stand there hugging him.
@@BigUriel as demonstrated earlier in the video, your best bet in a scenario against a knife is to just go “yep yep” and comply. If you’re in a fight against a knife, you are several miles too deep down the wrong lane. Unless you’re just some silat adrenaline junkie, but meh. It’s not as easy as “just kick the head for an immediate knockout”, though
Wasn’t it Bruce Lee who said that the best form of self defense is “ not being there” ?
"You win every fight you don't have."
I think that was Miyagi
How about Jason Bourne @@Solid-Matrix
Mr Miyagi
It's the Miyagi-Do way
I remember my muay thai coach reminding us not to be cocky just because we know muay thai. He said "If someone threatens you with a knife, don't rush forward to fight them just because you know muay thai. Just run away. You can use muay thai to create an opening, but run away the first chance you get." It's stuck with me since and I make sure to remind my friends who practice other martial arts of it too.
When I’m with a girl I can’t so I had to not back down so bro did
The best sport for self defence is track and field
You could have saved someones life. Respect
@@alexisXcore93parkour too for urban environments
Every Dojo I've been to teaches to be defensive, not agressive and coky. Thats also what martial arts teaches you. Restraint.
Sobering, humbling and realistic. I’ve been doing BJJ for 13 years but sometimes overestimate my skills. This puts it all into perspective.
Good video.
To be fair, I think this would go differently in reality. There is a big difference between padded gloves vs. bare hands, and a bigger difference between a knife and a marker. Just because a marker marks you doesn't mean a knife would go deep, and it's probably harder to take ir disarm a marker from your opponent than to take or disarm a knife.
BJJ, MMA, is not defense against edged weapons! There are specific techniques to learn and practice regularly. None of these guys have a clue what these techniques are. But, this is also a good reason to carry 2a. Create separation, draw and fire.
Yeah, if you just lay down on the floor, you'll probably get stabbed
@@RENEG4DE4NGEL there might be a chance but you will still get stab anyway
@@RENEG4DE4NGEL yeah i feel like a lot of these hits were really weak and wouldnt go through much more than surface and some flesh
I like how Matt always resorts to verbally abusing there opponents so even if he dies the bad guy goes to prison emotionally damaged
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😂😂😂😂
EMOTIONAL DAMAGE
it's a classic Australian technique in Oz-jitsu
Theoretically
I've done knife defense training before and its always infuriating, because no matter what you're ending the class finding out youve been stabbed at least twice.
i remember being told about knife fighting, "the loser dies on scene, the winner dies in the hospital." this has encouraged me towards the Fuk Dis Run style.
Of course. There is no such thing as "knife defense", unless you carry and you're a very good shot.
@Alantosai this should be harvard referenced as a qoute for all time
out of all knife attacks ive seen, not one of them had padded gear nor did they swap knife hands while actively grappling, because thats how you lose the knife. the use of a marker defeated the purpose of both men fighting to live, which makes the "bad guy" swap knife hands without caring if he drops it, he was clearly just trying to "win" the scenario and not fighting like losing his knife would cost his life. Even tho that front kick didn't drop the trained guy with a facemask, im willing to bet a boot to the face like that to a normal, unarmored attacker would drop his ass.
@@bigben9492 You clearly have no idea what being attacked with a knife means: you die.
Finally. A real portrayal of so-called knife defense. Way too many martial arts pretend to teach a dream, not reality.
Not really IMHO.
In this video, one guy has the knife and the armor. That is why striking did not work. The challengers were trained martials artists. I'm sure their strikes would be effective.
Also, a real knife attack would not start at a distance. They would hide the knife until they were very close to you, if they are smart.
This video shows 2 things:
1. Medieval knights were on the spot..
2. Dont grapple with a knife attacker.
Not really wont work it just if u punching and kick was so powerful and fast anger rage like mike tyson it well still working because those strike it pretty heavy it sure KO the attacker already also fighting a knife do not try to grab them, in real encouter with a knife u well also automatically pick up some tool around u to fight back especially a chair it the best weapon it can defense and attack, so nobody really fight with bare hand in real
@@neartlawt3320 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punctuation
@@emremokoko The knife also did not work lol. If you are getting stabbed 30 times in gut or chest area you are not fighting back....
@@emremokoko When it comes to an actual knife fight, the loser dies in the street, and the winner dies in the ambulance. When it comes to a knife attack from someone determined to kill an unarmed person, even a skilled one, a smart martial artist will just run, just like they would from 4 attackers at once (and just like any real martial artist should from any fight that can be avoided, even easily winnable ones, and I'd say even especially the easily winnable ones), because IpMan doesn't exist in reality and trying some Steven Segal nonsense in that kind of situation is only going to get you killed. You're very right, though, that you'd almost never be attacked as "fairly" as in this situation, you're almost certainly not going to see it coming and be stabbed 15 times before you're even aware they have a knife, if, like you said, the attacker isn't a blithering moron, so these skilled fighters had even more of a leg up than they would in any real situation.
"In this video, one guy has the knife and the armor" First of all, they're wearing the same armor, and second of all the entire purpose of this is to simulate what happens when one person has a knife and the other doesn't, so I don't get what your point was.
Also, the number one way a knight was killed in battle, outside of maybe a crossbow/longbow, was to be dragged to the ground and stabbed to death through all of the obvious weak points in their armor, almost exactly like happened to these guys, except the knight would be wearing 45 pounds of armor and fighting in the mud with 5 peasants all shanking him at once. The purpose of plate armor was to defend against slashing attacks from other people in plate armor (and random small hits from thrown rocks and that kind of thing when in open battle), it absolutely will not save your life from a knife attack like this, the only thing that would do that is your sword and killing the attacker(s) first. That's part of the reason that knights would so often be fighting other knights with codes and rules or from horseback, and they would often end up taking their opponents hostage, because training and equipping a knight is incredibly expensive and takes decades, while getting together 5 peasants with knives is very easy and nearly as effective when it comes to fighting on foot like this.
Been waiting all week 4 this ❤️
Season 1 ain’t even finished yet & I want a season 2 😂👍👍
Agreed
The problem is its expensive
Lessons in knife defense learned from watching this video:
Step 1 - Control the Knife!
Step 2 - Control the Bleeding…
Controlling the knife is much more difficult then one might think. Look up the bus scene from the movie Nobody for a nice example, you can find it on youtube.
Step 0 - look for inspiration into the medieval/renaissance fashion, and buy a f-ing chain mail/coat of plates/whatever fits your daily "outdoor dress code".
Step 0 run if you can
ARC Attack, Redirect, Control. None of these clowns did what any real amrtial arts teaches.
Maybe carrying tonfas or nunchucks in your backpack.
Man. Just utterly humbling. I'll never try to confront a knife. What a reality check.
The amount of times i heard ordinary people (taking martial arts classes) say they could defend themselves against a knifed attacker is way too many. Thank you for opening the eye of those, who needed a reality check. This video is saving lives.
Yup rather say iv been trained to fight knife attackers wheather I can stop them is up to me and the situation I find myself in as getting stabbed happens to fast you don't even feel it and the wound goes numb it's only after adrenaline subsides and the wound DRYS out a bit is it painfull or at least in my case it was just because you learned how to take a knife from someone does not mean your getting that knife clean your going to get hurt
Rare case you get the knife subdue the attacker and get out of their usually ends up with cut hands and afew stab wounds to the arms the best iv found us not to go for the knife it self bt rather keep distance and hurt the person holding it and I'd you can grab a weapon like stick or some thing to out range them then you might have a better chance at taking that knife otherwise your getting stabbed where you get stabbed depends on how close you are to the attacker for me the only way was to hurt him so bad he ran away but not before he got me and he got me good
We have to remember, these it's their job to stab people
I'd say the majority of rays that carry knives don't have a job, so whilst I agree and have my eyes opened to how hard it would be
We should still remember that these were all decent sized guys, with some kind of martial arts knowledge because even with the knife they didn't lose position very easily except the takedowns
So if these were smaller people I think they'd have less wounds and more points
But in real life stab wounds aren't fun and games and they arent points so regardless of size avoid fighting people with knives
But the weight and strength of the guys just isn't the same as most knife wielding twats
@@James-xh1bd Agreed
I could defend myself against a knife. I just use a gun.
Very intense, what a stark contrast to last week's more cerebral episode. This series is really covering a wide spectrum of scenarios. I wonder what's next, surviving on a small life boat having to fight over food & water and surrounded by sharks?
No sorry its Just all knives and cowards punch type scenario's unfortunately. Its not like we are even getting good data here either beyond Sun Tzu type wisdom of "surprise attacks are effective, weapons are effective and numbers are effective" regardless of your training if you're caught bare handed.
@@cbroo69 At the end of the day, it's entertainment, not a scientific study. Plus, seeing something that you theoretically already know actually play out can be really eye-opening, as this challenge was for me.
Man, this series should be written in the history of self-defense and martial arts!! It answers a hell lot of questions! Huge props to Rokas and Jeff and team!
O exercício é completamente fora da realidade. Os pontos vitais do atacante estava protegidos. O adversário é grande e forte. Não se poderia nocautear ou furar os olhos e esmagar testículos neste exercício. Ou seja, 99,99% da realidade foi expulsa...
Agreed very practical Real World lessons here = Only another knife over more can beat someone determined with a knife
@@spookyninja4098some teaps in the head would be enough. A real fighter wouldnt graple with a knife handler all im saying.
You are gonna get stebbed but if you can one punch a person its your win. The question is all in how good can the knife handler fight. But its a knife handler, why would ypu grab it if you can fight unless the opponent brings one
@@loukvge8946 I agree. I think striking is the best way to stop the knife wielder. Straight up grappling with the knife proved to be a losing strategy. Once you grab a guy that has the knife he can stab you with his eyes closed if he is that determined. He can feel the the openings on you. I don't want to give him this opening on myself. I have to out move him and strike with the utmost power to stun him or knock him out and this is to be done explosively without hesitation and spontaneous. I love boxing but this is not boxing. I'm going to throw a punch with my whole body and the target is 3 feet behind the persons head. I 'm going to hit with a 150 mph punch right through the head. My intention is nothing more than to kill or disable the attacker. Raw explosive speed and accuracy is all I'm looking to generate. Like a sniper, one glance one shot one kill with no hesitation. There is no fight there's just me killing the opponent. That's where I'm coming from. This ability developed out of years of training and sparring. When I got in the zone the fight was over. Anyone can do this if they train to this end.
bro its so deoressing hearing the knife steps. you always root for the fighter.
You: thats good.
*stabbing sounds*
You: Frick!
This sent cold shivers down my spine. I used to fight when I was a kid, but I'm not a fighter. Watching these guys get the shit stabbed out of them is blood curdling. In 2010 I was attacked during a robbery-turned-attempted-rape. I went for the knife hand and got stabbed a few times, but won the fight. In the end, the only damage that needed proper treatment were the holes he bit out of my face. I feel extremely lucky.
goddam bro write a book
Yeesh! That's a tough one alright.
Damn, man! Good on you! Thank God you were there and thank God you survived!
Wait I’m sorry but… u got robbed by a gay dude who then decided he was gonna try to rape you??? Not to laugh at another’s trauma but… LMAO, that’s some bobby lee type trauma.
Bobby lee type trauma 😂😂. God bless you my man
I would love to see 2 people in the same test:
1. Bruce Lee
2. The Detroit Urban Survival training guy (just for lols)
From Bruce’s writings, he seemed pretty realistic about guns and knives in the street. But of course his main defense is knee stomp, eye gouge groin kick etc.
@@aquaticlibrary exactly. I feel this video is kind of bias towards the attacker. As the fighters had to stay controlled and couldn’t use deadly moves which would had ended up killing the actor. In a real situation when facing a knife thug, the best form of defence is attack (weak points is key)… get him before he gets you, unless you chose to run away which is any day a smarter option as the chances of you outrunning a knife attacker are higher than you protecting yourself from him.
@@dr.mikailmerchant5627 True but most of those guys are really only experts in their own mind. lol
Bruce Lee died 51 years ago, let it go mate 🙂
@@Transatlanticism04 bruv. It’s obvious he isn’t returning back. It’s just the speculation of how he would have fought in this situation that keeps one thinking.
I attended a knife defense seminar a couple of months ago, and the instructor essentially said, "All these exercises will give you a good chance...at blocking the first strike. Everything after that is anyone's guess because all attackers act differently." He even demonstrated it with another high level instructor, saying exactly what he was going to do before he did it and even then he managed to land quite a few hits. Seeing this exercise really drives home the point that no matter what, you're going to get stabbed if you fight a guy with a knife.
Not me i got attacked by three guys with machetes and knives, i picked up a barbell and went all jackie chan and hospitalised every one of em.
@@JesseJames-mb4yo weak ass attackers I guess
Yes, way back in the 70's my first Martial Arts instructor did the same with the class and it was very eye opening to say the least.
Yes and no. You do have a chance if you can find a weapon either larger than the knife such as a bat, metal bar, hanger (yes make a metal wire whip unfolding it ) or anything that can be larger than a knife. You can take off your shirt and use as a weapon to trap his arm when attacker starts jamming the knife into you. However, never engage in a fist brawl with a knife fighter or you will def lose.
But those guys are experts at trying to get short fast stabs in, most people, while still brutal, won't be nearly as effective, more than likely effective enough though.
Honorable mention to the guy over there: Last year I did 70 hours of knife training with the best knife defense instructors in the entire United States.
First stab: straight to the lung
😂😂😂
At least he got less stabs than the other people
Because there is no such thing like "knife defense", that's complete bullshit, unless you carry and you're a very good shot.
But it wasn't dangerous knife stabs, because of the ribs
@@shinyroot yeah he defended a knife attack with his ribs. Nice strategy.
A humbling reminder to avoid violence at all costs.
Yea. I dunno why I watched this cos of all the things you could learn or do knife defense is something you would rarely need unless you're special forces and in that case you have the better knife . My closest city was once nicknamed " Stab City" and once named most dangerous in Europe but you would never get in trouble unless you went looking for it.
Word on, brudder.
Gee I wonder who is responsible for most knife related hate crimes...
Trapped in a room, no avoidance there.
Carry and still pray
Really goes to show how incredibly deadly and effective a knife is. There's an old saying that goes: "The fully trained and armored knight doesn't fear your biggest sword or spear. He fears your dagger."
Along with the mighty crossbow even the Catholic Church had to tell people not to use it.
a knight fears a gun
And poor Mike; "trained 70 hours with the best knife defense instructors in America"🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@OPL001 Kind of, but not particularly. Bulletproof armor was very popular back then, especially in the later periods. That's where the term bulletproof actually comes from- breastplates and such would be tested by shooting them, and the proof lied in the dent. Hence the term. Knives and daggers are used to easily bypass armor by slipping into their gaps and weakpoints, which is extremely hard to defend against in a grapple. Hence the old saying.
@OPL001 not really though. Knives are so much more scary and lethal than a gun. (To a knight)
Very well done! This is such an informative and exhilarating video, it shows how truly terrifying knives can be, even to professional martial artists (some of which have training against/with knives too!)
well...some of them
And they attended a seminar for a month or so.
Not to say that they were bad at competing there, but as for MMA or boxing you have to train specific not only for a month but longer time.
No one what attend an MMA match after month of training.
well..almost no one
This guys wear gloves and head protectors on street if U get a lucky hit on chin U still could KO
Dan Inosanto has always said that if someone pulls a knife on you, then you run, and if you can't run, then you find the nearest object you can use as a shield against the knife. This could be a bag, a chair, or even if you have to take your jacket off to use as a shield, that could also save your life.
Quite scary how defenseless someone can be when he is unarmed against a knife attacker, even if he knows martial arts...This series is really eye opening
ye lol, whenever people are like " i can easily knock someone out before they stab" they should have a look at these pro-fighters in this vid
@@gordonbman2911 well, not every attacker have good physique and a martial artists who trained to use a knife
@@gordonbman2911 and the knocking someone out should be left out of this because in the video they are not really allowed to knock the attacker or do a move that can injure/hurt the attacker(their attacks are pulled back) . Plus they wearing protective gears.
Once quick point that changes this equation a little, slightly for the better, is these guys are not out to kill each other, and are protected against such attacks to the throat etc. Recognizing its is your life or theirs, take theirs immediately. Use whatever can cripple or kill the quickest. Throat strike from a distance if possible. In close, gouge the eyes and see if they have the will to hold the knife. If they do, your F***ed. If they don't, your chances of surviving went up significantly provided you haven't already taken lethal damage.
Not saying that significantly puts the odd in the defenders favor, just saying it helps.
turns out blades are very effective... that's why blades are a 2.5 MILLION year old weapon concept. they work. really, really well.
How lucky are we to be watching this for free? Damn good show 👏 I hope there are more seasons, there's so many scenarios to run through.
Never realized how LONG 20 seconds could be until watching you guys in this challenge! This has been a GREAT series! Really gives me something to look forward to on Sundays.
I feel like the problem with their tactic is that they are locking themselves in on the knife hand too much.
If they would do what Matt did and just go in to knock them out basically and actually throw punches (Matt was pulling back on his punches) they could have knocked out the knife wielder and get out
I remember when I had to fight three rounds for two minutes. These fights always felt like 40 minutes straight because it's so much more exhausting than any sparring I had.
@@dramalexi Where you nervous?
I've been in competition and I was nervous and it felt much longer.
But when I got used to it, it did feel longer, but not as much
@@vipr1142 Don't know if nervousness makes a huge difference. I had lots of grappling matches and although I was nervous at the beginning the fights didn't feel that long. But in my three K-1 matches I was almost frightened during the first round. After the second round, I was then so tired that I thought I must puke :D
IMO two minutes of Kickboxing feels like two minutes of sprinting. There is nothing that is more exhausting.
But as you say, I'm sure you get used to it the more you fight.
I train HEMA, and in the German tradition, you train "Messer" (which just means "Knife" in German).
One of the first things that appear on the "main" book for messer combat it says something along the lines of:
"It doesn't matter how skilled you are. This is a Messer, may the lord have mercy on your soul."
The shorter the blade, the more umpredictable it is.
I can't imagine them doing any better against a swordsman.
@@djinn666 well, against a newbie things sometimes works. It's more like a rigged coin toss, because you can't predict the enemy. Although if the newbie has at least a bit practise, it is easier to read his movements, so you can sometimes managed to get past the sword and get into grappling. If he overswings it like a bat or remains in a stabbing position without movement, you may have a short window of oppportunity (also assume you've at least thin leather gloves and experience in touching the blade, it's still risky and can end bad for you)... At least a bit trained? Near zero chance unless your skill gap is enourmous (so basically 10y of training vs. first three months works, but 10y vs. fist time can go horribly wrong and 10y to 1y is probably not enough skill gap except you know what you're doing and enemy is just not trained to deal with grappling).
So, sword is actually maybe easier than a knife, because as soon as you somehow get the hand on the handle, there are quite some leverage you can use - with knife? No chance. too short, too fast, no grip and probably deliberately sacrificing a hand is your best chance to survive, which is too counterintuitive to pull it through and the chances that is works are probably in single or low double digits at best.
We've practised some takedowns against dagger, if you know where the enemy is coming from, there are movements that can do it, but it's like betting on two-three things you learn to do really well and then you just try to evade the enemy dagger for as long as possible until you see the opportunity to actually pull it through. But that's the theory, in practise it's the same as with swordsmen. If the enemy is just violent stabber, you're probably as good as dead except you drill specifically for it and the enemy does not know what he's doing. If the enemy is a newbie and tries actual techniques, but slow and bad, you'll manage. But as skill gap narrows, your chances are dropping really fast.
In both (dagger and sword), your best chances are either to play for time and distance and then somehow ambush him or, ambush him as soon as he draws it, be aggressive and go all-in before he even starts his attack. So basically - be first, be faster or be 3000% more skilled (which translates to being the first two). Both is probably not given.
So, when you're practising techniques, there are quite some things you can do dagger-on-dagger, which works as well, but if you go sparring it usually looks more like what people are doing in knife-on-knife competition: it quickly becomes a fencing (aka stabbing) match instead of grappling-dagger match.
What is also interesting is how technique evolves over time. Like, in medieval sources we find people punching with hammerfist, or open palms, because it's easier to remain healthy, still transition force and damage enemy this way. Doesn't mean people didn't used the whole arsenal of the body, it's just not modern boxing.
Nowadays people are punching knuckles to head, which, who would've thought, can end really bad for the fist if you do it w/o gloves (no wonder victorian boxing was boxing to the torso, not head). Medicine and technology really does wonder to how we fight (especially if it's about points).
On the other hand, as with kali, for example, you also have the seemless transition between using it "with weapon" and "without" weapon, unlike most modern martial arts and their derivatives, where we might emulate the transition by making people just "box" with weapons, but it's not like weapon handling is part of boxing and neither it is taught if you're primarily going to do non-weapon stuff anyway.
Knew a story: guy, master in olympic wrestling (probably best disposition). Opponent was some drunken alcoholic bum, got his knife out w/o guy seing. Guy went for grappling takedown. Noticed the stab wounds in the stomach maybe 20 minutes later after Adrenaline-low kicked and he just collapsed, blooding fucking everywhere. Point: knife probably still means death. It's especially too small to notice in time and you either have a bigger knife, aka sword or smth. Or you're dead. And, like, the german messer in that regard is more like a machete than a little stabby knife, yet yeah - it's not like sources recommend playing the hero.
Mostly the recommendation it's "fucking run" in any less-than-parity-situation. 2 Enemies? Run. You don't have arms? Run. No place to run? Try to find a way to run. Only thing they might recommend if you're not fast enough in running is using corners to get the short 1v1 ambush, but then? You guessed it. Run again.
@@daxasd3270 While it might be true that once within grapple range, a knife is better than a sword, I think it would be nearly impossible to get to that point.
Several contestants managed to get in range with a kick. That's not going to work against a swordsman. The additional distance from a sword would give a half second extra reaction time, enough to put up a guard, which you have no way to overcome.
People have tried the same tactic for swords vs spears, and in theory it's the same: get inside the spearman's guard. But in practice it's very hard to pull off because the spearman doesn't have to stand still and let you get close.
if I’ve learned anything from HEMA, it’s that you should still flee even if you’ve got the better weapon. never know what mistake could be your last.
also geizlyn the leg, that’s a good trick
bro sag doch einfach knife hahaha
The "first ever" self defence champion? We're not even done and I'm hyped at the idea we might be getting a season 2 as well!
Dude, I REALLY hope they make a season 2! I've liked, shared, and commented on EVERY video in hopes that it'll help with the algorithm, cuz this series deserves to get a bazillion views.
YES!
I love this show!!!
Thanks for the support!
I've been attacked by men with knives. Every time, I have been cut or stabbed. I used to be a bouncer in a really rough bar. It is insanely hard to defend against an attacker with a knife.
I apologize for stabbing you I was going through a rough time with my girlfriend
You should quit working at the double duece
@@n.m.e5787been there done that
What is a bouncer?
@@DeeDee-uw7gu a bouncer is literally the doorman... what are you on? They BOUNCE people that are unwanted from the establishment
Wow, that was so brutal to watch!! I had heard trying to defend (yourself unarmed) against an opponent with a knife was almost futile, and running was 100% the best strategy whenever feasible (and covered 2/3 of the way through). This really cements that in my mind. Such a service to post such a video; savinging lives by showing reality.
Thats why its good to learn weapons such as bojutsu. Jo jutsu botojutsu or similar etc
You forgot the best option. Shoot your way out.
Depends on their skill and ferocity with a knife. It's more you cannot afford any mistakes. Kicking and evasive measures is the only way, unless you can grab the knife arm and overpower them. The attacker looked pretty strong was their main problem.
The big part of it is that these are games and they are armored. The knife does symbolic damage, but to stop the attacker you would need to inflict real damage. You can't knock him out with the gloves and helmet, you can't break his spine without prison time. IRL you can actually destroy the knife attacker. You will get cut, but if you know how to fight you can realistically destroy him before he kills you.
For reasons other people have pointed out this is not a reflection of reality and defending against a knife is not futile against most attackers.
Frankly if I was the one with the knife and the other person had any experience of violence and fighting at all I would consider it to be futile for me.
I've heard it said that in a knife fight the looser dies in the street and the winner dies in the ambulance. I think this kinda drives that point home.
Apologies for not attending! 😭 But I was trying to cook a fancy dinner for myself, and ended up cutting my finger while chopping vegetables. 🥕 So I guess you could say I was practicing self-defense against my kitchen knife 😎 Now I’m totally prepared for Season 2! 👍
Can’t wait to see you in season 2 in Australia 🇦🇺
You sure you can handle it considering you just lost a stab point with no opponent?
This challenge really emphasizes how important size and strength are. Mike wasn’t even making bad choices, he is just unfortunately a gnome
That's why I love the line up, you've got the 'big boys with various styles' seth and ramsey, the 'short guy with all the experience' mike, the 'mad dog' matt, the 'best self defence sport and also ripped as fuck' jeff, and the 'great at the most looked down upon style' rokas.
we've got pretty much one of every possible answer to every 'what if' self defense scenario so we can totally see what works and what doesn't.
Ik hope we get a season two with a fencer, a weightlifter, a male ballerina and a wwf wrestler
As someone who's also short, it makes me extremely sad that when it comes to self defence there's basically nothing I can do due to my height lol
@@zeroblade6599 haha yeah. I’ve had great success in security and self defence with a powerlifting, rugby, and Muay Thai background so I’m always interested in seeing the applications of strength/size. Being able to deadlift over 600lbs transfers well to controlling people (though not as well as actual grappling skill)
@@Gabizord This is why weapons is a great equalizer. If you good with gun, then you'll be great, since small guy mean smaller target
@@Gabizord I get what you mean but you shouldn't have such a defeatist attitude about it. Most attackers in self defense situations are cowards and are relying upon fear as their leverage to maintain their position of power. If they see you're willing to fight back, and especially if it looks like you might actually know how to, they're likely to panic.
The pace of this episode was excellent. Ramsey is a stud for soldiering on and not quitting. It was shocking to see how little good Icy-Mike's training did for him in this scenario. All of you come across as good sports. Well done to the editor, if that was you Rokas, well done for all your hard work, and as the only one to think about the rules of the engagement it made sense that Rokas got some points.
All those dudes looked to be at 50lbs heavier and several years younger. Despite what anyone tells you size (and youth matters)
Tbf Mike is much older and half the size of these dudes. They are also all martial artists, an average everyday thug off the street wouldn't do so well
@@nfsking27 an everyday street thug wouldn't do well at all, but knives and guns trump everything and I really think if someone comes at you with a weapon it's better to also have a weapon yourself rather than be empty handed.
After watching this, i completely understand why people want to carry guns lol. Everybody died multiple times over with a knife attacker. All it takes is some crazy dude with a easily attainable common kitchen knife to end everything.
@@shaunpearce6846 A gun is not a magic wand. There are videos on-line of people in similar training scenarios with training guns and they get stabbed to death too. You still have to deal with the knife somehow before you can draw and shoot.
Reminds me of the time I read that trained MMA fighters had been asked how to deal with multiple attackers and they all gave the same advice: Run. Turn around and run as fast as you can.
This does show a lot of reality when it comes to knife defense, but I have to wonder (and be that guy) that if the helmets were off, how it would've played out. Here, the defenders can basically do nothing except control, and some of those shots (like Jeff's teep to the face) might have been more consequential in a real scenario
Fair point. Maybe next time around, the aggressors should be instructed to pause for two or three seconds every time the defender strikes them in a meaningful way, or even just end the round if one of the aggressors is thrown powerfully to the ground.
Exactly. Would you take this scenario seriously if prime Mike Tyson hooked the knife attacker to the head and he just kept stabbing him? "Oh, 0 points Mike, sorry."
@@109thstar Yep, and then the attacker touches Tyson gently with his pen and "wins." It's not a realistic representation. Which is fine, there's no way to make these exercises realistic, but some people hype these up way too much as some kind of final truth of knife defense.
@@miqueloz agreed, I just feel that the instructors take the results a bit too much as reality. I mean of course a knife attack is gonna suck, and as you say its hard to represent it realistically - but then, the results should not be taken as reality either. also, a lot of those short touching knife stabs/slashes would most likely just make a small hole in the skin, and not even penetrate deep beneath regular clothing.
@@miqueloz
During the 2v1 in the circle drill, the organizer had the attackers roll off if there was meaningful damage dealt. I wonder how it would've gone here.
a knife attacker who is big, strong and a martial artist specialist, which is not afraid of being hit cos is fully protected, does not seem like the most realistic scenario. But the whole idea is great, though
I was thinking something similar.
I was also thinking that he had stabbed himself a few times especially when he was passing it between his hands and that was a really short blade....
Thought the same. Most attackers don't know how to fight, and certainly not on that level. Not to take away the lethality of a knife attacker, but it's not as realistic if the guy is on par with the other specialists. Also, the knife passing from one hand to another was too smooth for a sharp blade that would require careful handling for the attacker not to cut himself.
@@Hoplitable Sure, but it's also just a marker and they know it's going to happen, that's more unrealistic imo. They'd be receiving actual wounds, slashes, cut tendons etc. A good hit on the throat and they won't have ten seconds left, and a good stab to the side would stay there for a sec and be twisted/pulled.
I'd bet an amateur would do just as well, especially if they used foam and ink or something to show more than just a poke mark.
If It's a druggie, thats how they will behave
There is no rule that it cannot happen in real life. Most knife attacks are sudden and ferocious that don't need an attacker to be a big strong and a martial artist and fully covered.
Its very shocking how much people overestimate a gun and underestimate a knife.
facts man knife is probably more deadly than gun. obviously in close range
@@DesignNation_ without a doubt my man
Gun at close range is maybe something they should consider for season 2.
@@revbladez5773 good idea
@@imawarrior313 rofl what nonsense. They'll have to start the thing face to face. If the attacker in the video above had a gun it would be over before the contender could take their first step. With a knife, multiple unarmed defenders might be able to take the attacker down with a few wounds. With a gun, the attacker would still probably win even against three unarmed defenders i rate.
There's a real life video of a guy in Colombia who knocked out an attacker with a knife, he wasn't hurt, but still his shirt got a cut. The attacker was tiny and skinny and had no idea of how to fight. The video in youtube is called "'“Yo tenía que ver cómo defenderme”: joven que noqueó a ladrón que intentó robarle"
This is like when you hear on the news, "The victim was st@bbed 97 times before the suspect fled the scene." or something, this is kind of why.
A certain RUclipsr from Italy (Metatron) once suggested the idea of wearing riveted mail armor as a way of defending against knife attacks. Funny thing is, he actually does wear mail armor everyday and people in the street don't seem to notice.
Metatron is a weird guy but mail is very effective at that lol
you sure hes not from the UK?
@@jonathanbrooks9768he is from sicily
@@jonathanbrooks9768 he's italian, from Sicily. His name is Raffaello.
He has a bri'ish accent because he teaches bri'ish english
@@AR-yd2nd idek who y'all are talking about, i was making a joke about the copious amounts of knife crimes across the pond
Oh my... this was BRUTAL. Really drives home all the great lessons you guys and other great martial artists have been insisting time and time again. Knives are deadly, you don't win a knife fight, you survive it. Protect yourself and run if you can. These series is a great thing, extrememly informative and fun! Kudos to all.
Bobagem! Essa é uma simulação completamente irrealista.
Where to run if place is short???😅
You aint meeting knife attackers this good, LMAO
@@GymRat-7192 and tattered in armor xD a professional fighter would just lay the guy out before he can flinch
@@kuru-yami9416adrenaline is pretty crazy. All it takes is a knife attacker to take one shot and get in close and it’s game over
THANK YOU! First video on youtube that show all martial arts are bulshido when the knife enter the fight! I was looking for video lile this for years!!! SUBSCRIBED!
As my dad used to say "what do you call a guy with a weapon?...
Sir.'
can u explain i dont get it
@@ilisis08 be polite and talk your way out of it
@@ilisis08it means, self defence is about staying out of trouble as much as possible, especially if they seem like guys who can severely burt others by using weapons, without hesitation. But of course, if ye try to save somebody when ye know ye would most likely get hurt, if ye do it fer the convenience of Allah, it still increases Allah's grace on ye.
@@Dave.Mustaine.Is.Genius Protagonist syndrome is real, i wish more people would try to be heroes. It actually does pay off sometimes.
2:58
**slams papers down** "28 STAB WOUNDS"
99% STRESS
YOU DIDNT WANNA GIVE HIM A CHANCE HUH
3:57.. talk about overkill. Wow..
He should change his name to Julius Caesar. 😁
dbh was an amazing game
This was an excellent demonstration to be used as a study case.
Now imagine just a regular person, or an elderly, trying to survive something like this, crazy.
I doubt a normal person would even move to be honest, he/she would probably get stabbed without even noticing. If proffessionals have no chance, a regular person that probably has not been in a fight or such violent situation , nor hasnt trained how to handle their emotions on those situations wont even know how to react , in my opinion.
On the other hand how often do attackers come wearing the armor of invincibility?
@@romailto9299why
@@romailto9299 what you suggest? trade punch for stab?
@@batmanyk it all depends, right. If a defender is as experienced as any if these guys he may punch the lights out in the assailant before getting stabbed. But you can't do this with someone in a punch proof suit. Hence the question
The fact that all contestants knew they were going into a fight with an opponent who had a knife makes the idea of a concealed knife even scarrier
the attacker
Had an armor bruh, if it was on the street then u can just kick the head or something for an immediate knockout
@@Aaliyah7777 Its easier for the attacker with a knife to completely desecrate you than one without.
@@Aaliyah7777 Well, a real knife will also do instant damage instead of only leaving a blue dot.
I knowe, then a kick or a punch would knock a normal person out and a knife too, so besdically just dont fight someone with a weapon but the martial art fighers have a big chance of one shoting most of the peoples in the world
The hidden blade from assassins creed
It's generally difficult for most people to effectively protect themselves against a knife attack. Krav Maga, for instance, instructs individuals to utilize objects like chairs as a barrier between themselves and the attacker, but if these options aren't available and escape isn't possible, the situation can become quite dire. This video certainly served as a stark reminder of these realities.
I wanted to know whether the cylinder could've been used more effectively. Seems no one tried to ascertain its weight before the round started. If it's light enough to lift it's basically a chair, and if not, you could still try to hug it and pivot your body around it.
If you have a hard wooden chair the attacker with a Knife is probably fcked.
Knifes are dangerous weapons but hard chairs (especially older ones) have at least 3 times the range and kill with one good blow.
A full swing to the head kills instantly and even if they block halfway with the arms you can be sure they don't stab you no more.
Everyday objective are very underestimated. If you have nothing don't even try but when you got a chair or smth at hand the fight becomes equal if not in your favour very fast.
Attackers and defenders probably forget this all the time.
When you are getting attack by a burgler with a Knife you probably don't need to run to the kitchen to arm yourself.
Your house will likely be full with very powerful weapons.
@@eliasvonbrillein the time it takes you to grab something the attacker can usually close the distance. Its best to know how to really hit things as well as use your enviroment.
@@cbaileychamp Do you really think you don't get a single second from hearing the burglar pick the lock/open the door/cross the hallway or whatever and then cross the distance to you whereever you are to them stabbing you??
That's a very bold claim. I am not talking about arming yourself mid combat. I am talking about arming yourself once you detected the burglar.
Grabbing a chair is usually simply faster and more effective than grabbing a Knife.
Obviously depending where you are and if you don't detect a murder at all until they stand next to you you are dead either way but it's good to keep in mind that chairs can be the better option than Knifes which ppl in my experience usually forget.
This is martial arts expert versus martial arts expert with a knife. They should've made it more realistic and got some youths off the street to be the knife attackers.
What a wonderful real life example of the difference between theory and practice. Note to self: If somebody comes at you with a knife; run. If you can’t run, prepare to die.
mhmmmmmmmm i dont know.
Yes Knife defense is dangerous.
But statistics do not not necessarily support that conclusion sir. People get attacked in knife encounters and they survive. this does happen.
IMO you have to take into account
1) no one in this challenge had really proper knife training except for like one month
2) they were all wering protective gear.. this is not life ultering but.. e G at 14:10 Matt landed a good left hand straight on the jaw. I dont know his punching power, but a good punch has taken people out on the street. This might have been enough to give him time to run.
3) Not every knife is like "touchy lasersword sharp" where one scratch at the surface wounds you deeply into the organs. espescially with leather clothes on
People are not always paid assasins, with assasin weapons who attack you but more likely drug crackheads grabbing sharp bottles, kitchen knives, sharp edges and so on
against that most of the paticipants would have done much better
4) also wrestling on pavement
At least seth could have had on or two knock outs on there
also : this was a "safe space" training enviroment.
yes, for the fightes but also for the attackers.
I would at least put up the question if one , if this was a real life fight, the attackers are not also under adrenaline.
they were switching knives to left and right and right to left like they were juggling circus balls...
Im not completly sure that one has the nerves to act this "playfull" when under adrenaline .
Now I'm no knife defense expert and most likely, we're going to get stabbed in a real knife fight. But there's a few factors to consider. The "knife" in here is treated as razor sharp and super strong. So even a light touch counts as a stab wound. Second the attacker is hell-bent on killing you AND he's got martial arts training. He's the worst-case opponent. Also there's no tables, chairs, or anything for you to throw at the attacker. It's literally just you and him. So this is quite literally the worse case scenario.
@@tengkuadam1399 yes
If I am very sharp and lucky altogether, I could keep away from the reach of the knife and luckily disarm him. Since I am not that lucky, I would grab whatever is available around and throw or use it to try and block him. In case it's a plain empty space and I am not lucky at all, I would run.
The hardest thing to simulate however is that the person without the knife can't actually hurt their sparring partner. In a real situation you'd get stabbed, of course, but you could also inflict major damage to an attack with eye jabs and the likes. Impossible to simulate, but it is definitely a factor.
There’s videos of people disarming real knife attackers on RUclips. Even gun disarming. It’s impossible to know the true reality in a controlled environment with rules vs a real situation.
The winner of a knife fight dies in the ambulance on the way to the hospital the loser dies in the street. If you find yourself in a knife fight you're getting stabbed 100%. While there may be some outlier cases where the unarmed guy won without getting stabbed they are so miniscule they are statistically irrelevant. Even in this video where they grab the "knife" in real life the attacker can simply turn the blade upwards and pull backwards fileting your forearm/hand.
Basically what I'm saying is dont get into a knife fight. There are hundreds of videos of people dying from either knife attacks or self defense uses of knives. @__________o____________
The one downside of this challenge is that we aren’t assessing the damage to the attacker. Without pads a few of these initial takedowns and blows may completely incapacitate the knife attacker.
We also aren't assessing the damage to the people defending. I never got stabbed with a knife but I'm pretty sure it hurts like hell, getting stabbed 1 or 2 times will probably affect your capability to defend further knife attacks.
@@ToxicMasculinity41 Not really, when adrenaline kicks in you wouldn't have felt anything until after as much as one minute, there are incidents when people get absolutely crushed in long caliber bullets and stills walks normaly probably 30-60 seconds and just fall dead, adrenaline is no joke, you probably would be fine unless you're stab in the aorta, in that case you will just get unconscious immediately
@@agspda yes but the knife also gives bigger wounds which means more area for the blood to go out pairing it with adrenaline makes it worse because you lose blood faster
@@ToxicMasculinity41 that's irrelevant. once they start getting hit they're basically going to get 0 points (with one exception). taking out the attacker in one takedown could actually make the difference
Yep. And the knife could be knocked out of the assailants hand in real life.
I thought Matt was gonna make it that first round. I feel like your aikido skills came into play here for sure. And Seth with the hip toss to crucifix was great
It's official, Sensei Seth can no longer say side kicks don't work after it was the second most effective move he used in those fights. Also, crucifix is OP as heck 😱
That’s why getting caught in a crucifix is one of the most dangerous positions to let yourself get caught in… they can just accordion elbows onto you while you can’t do anything.
What you talking about? He got shanked up.
What's crazy is Bruce Lee has known that fact long ago.
The kick and ever else would have worked much better without all the body armour. Against a knife fighter you have to focus of disconnecting the wielder... Almost impossible with all the armour.
If fighting an armored opponent... Well, wear armour yourself and use abrazare
@@MrKerrTV That sidekick would've really hurt that dude without all the padding.
So many videos here on RUclips will show you how easy it is to disarm a guy with a knife. One clever little swoop and you got his knife in your hand. This proves that every single one of those videos is utterly ridiculous.
That was intense! I didn’t think anyone would get any points. This shows how dangerous a knife attack is really well. Great stuff Rokas!
This dawns a horrible realization that you're most likely screwed if faced with a knife attacker in an enclosed space regardless of how many action movies you watch and fancied yourself using those wicked moves.
No one was doing fma or anything
@@adoboFosho That was my thought too. All those years training, and was hard to distinguish one from the other except maybe save for one or two moments.
Unless I make much smarter moves then they made, I learned something by watching this which is that I need double wrist control from the knife attacker before I'm even remotely safe.
i mean, just pick a bear spray from pocket, or carry a gun
That why ypu carry a knife everyone. Or bigger one to deter an attacker
This is one of the most valuable martial arts videos on the entire internet. Than you for this. People need to know.
This really shows how quickly things can go wrong in a knife fight, no matter how well trained you are.
It's the knife switching for me
Crazy how even the most advanced and modern martial arts still cannot save you from this prehistoric weapon that we created probably before we could even speak.
One pokey boi vs 🥋
These are the wrong guys for this , they should try military next time with actual people who trained in cqc against knifes
@@globalsaturation7333 Even military train defense knife technics, only for the worst case. Nobody can block a knife, without any objects or armor, no matter if it´s military or not. A scenario like this, in a small locked room, is hard to train.
@@franzschnabel1602 who’s talking about blocking ? You should see the shit we learned in infantry , you don’t need anything but your hands to block and reverse it . If there’s multiple opponents , then that’s when your belt becomes a tool . Tie it around your wrist and forearm and you can block and deflect with minimal damage while countering et the same time
They definitely predate speech. Maybe 2.5 million years old, hominids made edged tools before modern humans existed. The exact point speech began isn't clear, but it's definitely a lot less ancient.
Someone approached me with a knife a few years ago. I swept their legs from under them and ran off before they stood back up.
I've always felt cowardly about that incident, but this video has shown me that I did the right thing.
You made a decision and you are alive to tell and comment here. Can you be any braver than this?
Did they ever get the chance to stab or cut you?
@@dragonmage372 no the only time they got close enough to do anything was when I tripped them up.
As I was running off the guy started shouting, blaming me because he almost fell onto the knife.
The truly annoying part is that I probably would've gone to prison if he HAD fallen onto it!!
What a lovely country the UK is 😑😑😑
Awww thanks for the positive comments guys 😊😊
Cant get a better outcome then out tacticianing them and getting away alive. They ambushed you and LOST 😂 couldn’t ask for a better result
What is remarkable is that going into a grappling/controlling the knifehand defense is still going to be deadly whereas the punching and kicking at least gives you a chance to hit the stabber in such a way that he is neutralized if he would not wear protective gear..This was the most interesting and difficult challenge so far!
Those guys are well-trained with their knives and it's a lost-lost situation anyway. In a real situation, reaching this point is probably already a lost cost. The best thing you could do is acting on the instinct with something you know best.
Well said. Do you think attacker takes a sidekick from sensi Seth and come right back in for more without safety gear?
How many punches to the face would any of those attackers take before they stepped back and wondered if the knife attack was worth it?
@@derekvandenburg6689 To be fair if you're locked in a room, the attacker has probably prepared armor and safety gear, not sure an attacker would pad the room up though, which makes the only real weapon the knife and the people inside the room.
exactly
some guys were landing good hits in there at the attackers
Yes Knife defense is dangerous.
But statistics do not not necessarily support that conclusion sir. People get attacked in knife encounters and they survive. this does happen.
IMO you have to take into account
1) no one in this challenge had really proper knife training except for like one month
2) they were all wering protective gear.. this is not life ultering but.. e G at 14:10 Matt landed a good left hand straight on the jaw. I dont know his punching power, but a good punch has taken people out on the street. This might have been enough to give him time to run.
3) Not every knife is like "touchy lasersword sharp" where one scratch at the surface wounds you deeply into the organs. espescially with leather clothes on
People are not always paid assasins, with assasin weapons who attack you but more likely drug crackheads grabbing sharp bottles, kitchen knives, sharp edges and so on
against that most of the paticipants would have done much better
4) also wrestling on pavement
At least seth could have had on or two knock outs on there
5) also : this was a "safe space" training enviroment.
yes, for the fightes but also for the attackers.
I would at least put up the question if one , if this was a real life fight, the attackers are not also under adrenaline.
they were switching knives to left and right and right to left like they were juggling circus balls...
Im not completly sure that one has the nerves to act this "playfull" when under adrenaline .
@PaMuShin mhhhhhh
Idk
Idk if the term Psychopath is a good collection term for "anyone who attacks you is a psychopath, psychopaths do not have that much adrenaline, ergo no one has adrenaline who fights you"
I know i oversimplified your standing but for a reason.
you are right in a sense that there are people out there, who wont feel anything while killing someone - very true.
But the term psychopath can also mean that they cant handle their many emotions in them, need a ventile and attack out of pure desperation and too much adrenaline.
And yes.... but youre usually not applying full force brutality on your kids.
Youre not taking a chair in between them and hammering it over their head to defend yourself right?
Fun fact:The second contender could have won that last round if he didnt go for the headbut,but instead grabbed him while he was dazed
Fort he third guy:Never go low on an armed opponent. You reveal their neck to them. Thats an instant death scenario.
You never want your opponent to take you to the ground,because between strength vs a lucky shot? The lucky shot is what always takes you out. In the ground,you are fully open for said lucky shots,as seen in the video.
Best strat for the knife is:Keep your distance,hit for knockout,preferably something fast and that gives you the option to back off,and run.
Never tackle a knife or gun user,because all they have to do is aim a little down,and you are dead.
At least someone knows, perfect solution, idk why people think that they can always run away if they are the target of a knife attack that 98% would be in close distances with a guy that is TRYING to hurt/kill you. If you know you can't defend yourself because of skill or size, carry a self defense tool like a gun or pepper spray. Not to mention, most people who would choose the run option are most likely unathletic like the majority of the population so turning your back to run would be a death sentence, not even explaining that most people would freeze up, have a delayed reaction time and box themselves with their hands, i.e fetal position, where they are already going get stabbed. Learn how to box, or carry a self defense tool, and don't be an idiot.
I think Seth’s meaty-ass kick was the best single technique shown here for knife defense- although it didn’t work out super well, things could’ve been very different if there was a door in the room or other weapons scattered about
Kicks to the sternum or face could REALLY pound a knife attacker. You just need to time it well
@@chrome1018 that's the thing, you need to land a perfect kick against a knife attacker, while a knife attacker doesn't have to get lucky... but I do agree a perfect timed kick would get them good.
There are definitely more values and maybe more options to consider in reality. Like throat hit, knockouts, stuff you could use as weapon/shield, front kick to the knee, also some knife stabs are maybe sometimes to light to be fatal and so on.
But its just tough or almost impossible to defend a knife attacker.
@@ztrewqqwertz8997 agreed.
Just shoot him
That hip throw to crucifix was insane
Timestamp?
@@matthias4748 yes
John WICK STYLE
Knowing Ramsey had to do it with a messed up knee put everything in a new perspective. Love this series!
Poor Ramsey, knowing what he went through.
Ramsey went into it on the shitty end of the stick already. Oldest guy in the competition, still recovering from sever illness, half blinded and suffocated through the equipment not fitting to his needs and out of sleep. That added up, leading to the injury.
Overall i think he should have passed that competition and maybe partioned if there would been a season 2.
Hope he make a full recovery though.
Ooooh that explains why he sucked ass. Much respect for him going through with it! I was shocked he kinda throw a round house kick to the attacks leg. That is not gonna stop him.
@@m.l.5230 He sucks because he doesnt believe in self defense All of them are hurt . Dewey is just using his as a excuse
@@edstringer1138not all of them are legally blind
Years ago, I watched a video proving this same point. The victim was wearing a white overall. The attacker also had a red marker. The marks on the overall spoke by themselves. Terrifying.
This should be a BIG reality check for ANY martial artist out there. These guys are legit trained martial artists, two of which were frickin professional MMA fighter, and still everyone was dead. So.. yeah... Big big reality check
Neither trained any significant amount against weapons. And the attacker was too well protected to be able to film and avoid injury. No mugger would wear face helmet, chest guard, shing guard, padded gloves. Put the guys through a dedicated camp or 1-2 years of kenjutsu / HEMA with focus in short weapons. Different outcome. Or the guy from "Forged in Fire", a lifelong Kali practitioner.
@@nagyzoli sorry man but even whitout the gear 4/5 you end up diying thats the truth
Not really. Without the safety gear the attackers would be exposed to strikes. In reality would the knife attacker get knocked out before he was able to land a fatal stab wound?
@@derekvandenburg6689 It is not about KO. As you can see, in this video the attacker does not flinch or make any gestures of retreat/defend. When you are hurt, you are not that offensive, And yes, with 1-2 real punches the amount of "machine gun stab" would be less. I don't know if you have sparred, I have. Even a "half power" hold back punch is enough to disorientate you. Very few people have "iron chin", this includes attackers/knife guy too. So it can give you windows of opportunity, alternatives to rushing into the knife aiming to get hold of the hand. Check how the tall MMA guy (not Rokas, Jeff something) basically does a WWE style "spear" into the opponent, toppling him and doing some ground and pound before the "bad guys" frees his hand and starts stabbing. That ground and pound would almost KO a mugger(who almost assured it is not some uber-hyper trained dude, just used to regular punches. Now imagine Mike Tyson blasting a knife wielder not protected by the helmet.. I know in videos is not showing but Rokas is a huge guy. He helds back self obviously because crew and friends, you do not aim to injure your guys, otherwise no content :D. Size matters. A non-holding back angry almost 2 meters tall Lithuanian fit guy could do real damage to attacker.
These exercises are completely lopsided, because the "knife wielder" gets points for lightly touching someone with a pencil, essentially suffering no drawbacks compared to a real situation, on the contrary really since a light touch suffices, while the unarmed defender cannot hurt the attacker. Completely changes the dynamic of the scenario, so not really a reality check. It's a good training exercise nonetheless.
This video makes me realize even more I made the right decision running away when someone once pulled a knife on me. It is never really worth it to fight a knife attacker unless you have no other choice.
Or unless you have a permission to carry a gun with you xD
These are words of wisdom!
@@Irendur. even if you do have a gun if they're within range they can still stab you
Sure you might get a shot off (since we shall assume the attacker rushes you the second you go to draw)
but even if you hit something fatal - if it doesn't instantly kill they will stab you regardless of their own pain if they truly wish to kill you
So usually you're just insuring mutually assured distraction - not to say I gun won't work but it isn't nearly as unbeatable in cqc as people would like to think
@@Irendur.within 10 some say 20 feet the guy with the knife has the advantage. unless you have a shotgun or some hard hitting rounds that will put them down fast. people will take multiple rifle rounds too the torso and still keep going as a dead man walking for a few minutes
The video is great and all showing how knifes are dangerous, but heres the thing, they were well padded, in a real life situation, a few kicks to the body or puches to the head will tremendously slow down the attacker with the knife, from the video it shows how u never want to wrestle or get in range with the opponent because their hands are still free to move and can get a few stabs in.
Start a fund raiser for season 2, i love this series
So what I whatever I learned from this is Don't fight people with knives.
Last episode with MJ was the best. But this series is the best on YT by far. Congratulations Rokas.
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This is such an important video to wake people up to the danger of facing someone with a knife. Over the past few years there has been a tournament held in Tokyo where martial artists take turns to attack each other with a dummy knife. I helped one of my students to prepare for it with red marker drills similar to this scenario. We both ended up with a lot of red marks! Interestingly we found in both our training drills and the actual tournament, it was aggressive striking which proved to be the most effective strategy. Trying to control the hand with the knife and grappling almost always went badly. Just like it did here. It was strikers who faired best in the tournament, not the people trained in knife defense.
"it was aggressive striking which proved to be the most effective strategy" exactly. Here it was even more difficult then in a real fight, because of all the protective gear reducing striking power.
Makes sense, good input from experience my dude!
Is the knife blade hurting the attacker a factor? Wouldn't switching hands blindly while hit be more difficult with a sharp blade than a marker? What about a longer blade hitting yourself while wrestling?
@@16m49x3yes but also the defender would become exponentially more impaired after being stabbed. But also here I think the length of a blade will make it harder for the attacker to strike than the marker demonstrates. Especially in the clinch.
@@AH17293
Yeah, but it would change the dynamic from: "try to attack him hard enough that he can only stab me a little" to
"Get control of the weapon without getting stabbed at all"
Pretty different no?
The only criticism I can think of for this is that the guys were trying to avoid properly hurting their attackers. If anything, this tells us that keeping the guy with the knife as far away as possible is critical so going for a one-hit knock out is all or nothing (roundhouse/uppercut to the head or a strike to break a leg or arm) but probably your "best" chance. I love that this really does demonstrate that an aggressive guy with a knife is just not to be messed with and the idea of trying to take the knife out of his hands will more or less guarantee you getting stabbed.
also some of the stabs are very superficial. Dont get me wrong. It is very easy to put a knife in your stomach but the attacker sometimes aimed at rips (a damn good defence structure for your body) with just a wrist movement. Those hits would not go through most times.
@@ttk2704 Stabbing the chest on the ribs might not be non-lethal as you think. It didn’t take the guy to stab the whole thing in. Just the tip of the knife deflecting off from a rib but cutting a small hole on your pleura can kill you in minutes with (tension) pneumothorax.
Also, the lower region of ribs lie the costal arteries. Cuts on there make you bleed heavily even without injuring the lungs directly.
If anything, a person with a knife would be even more dangerous in a real fight than than demonstrated here as they've only accounted for stabbing action. A person with knife will generally have longer reach than you so even if you can keep them a distance they're just going to cut up your arms. Same if you try to hold their knife wielding arm as some guys did here since that doesn't really prevent them from moving their wrist, which is enough to slice through your tendons.
A kick? A wrong stab on the leg can make you bleed out in mere seconds, I wouldn't take my chances, maybe I'd try in here the mock battle but in real life, I'd probably just try and keep my distance, try and go around, try pushing him away and sending punches here and there, grappling would be my death.
@@ttk2704 You can ignore it. With 20 stabs there will still be enough going through.
that actually scary. even trained people has no chance against knife 😱
Dat epic thumbnail!
Edit : shout out Jordan Chow, the knife maniac.
This is so awesome Rokas. You have to do a season two, hopefully the experience you gained with this first one will make it easier next time
This was another really good episode and a good illustration of how difficult it is to defend against a weapon. The only point, as I think others might have flagged, would be that the attacker (having full protection) meant they had no need to really defend themselves in any way either so some of the strikes done to them may have changed how the situation played out. This is, of course, the age old excuse for most training of this type, so I still think this was a very good illustration of what the outcome likely would be in a unarmed defense situation against a knife.
Editing and filming, again on top form, nice work Rokas.
@PaMuShin I don't disagree with you, but there were a lot of points where the attacker took the brunt of an attack and shrugged it off, which of course they would because they were effectively wearing body armour. Having done enough sparring in my younger days, it isn't uncommon to have someone armoured (even a face shield) reduce their head defence because psychologically they have less need to defend it.
Is there a solution to this, no, not really. Which is why I happily accept the shortcomings of the scenario and why the episode was still very good :) It was a good episode and the series so far has been fantastic.
On a separate note (but highlighted well in the episode) I do feel for Mike at this stage, when he's being confronted with armoured opponents that are about 8-12 inches taller and built like a wall :P
true that push kick to the face and few other hits could have helped the situation but i think the armored attacker is balance for them not having stress of losing their life. you have less stress but you have armored attacker.
This is essentially like fighting a riot cop (armored guy) who is mugging you with a tiny lightsaber (deals lethal damage with a touch)
After watching this, i completely understand why people want to carry guns lol. Everybody died multiple times over with a knife attacker. All it takes is some crazy dude with a easily attainable common kitchen knife to end everything.
Thought so too and I think a lot of the strikes aren't done with full force to not accidentally hurt the guy. I don't think most people would get kneed in the head with full force and would do absolutely nothing to protect then self, even when wearing headgear. Yes the guy could be on meth or something, but from an entertainment standpoint it was kind of a turn down, it was irrelevant what they were doing because the attacker would just ignored it.
silly test. one guy gets a knife and the other loses the ability to punch.
This whole series is probably the most important contribution to the collective body of martial arts and self-defence knowledge accessible on RUclips since the Aikido vs. MMA video posted way back when.
O exercício é completamente fora da realidade. Os pontos vitais do atacante estava protegidos. O adversário é grande e forte. Não se poderia nocautear ou furar os olhos e esmagar testículos neste exercício. Ou seja, 99,99% da realidade foi expulsa...
Great scenario and great work from the guys who stabbed. The energy and the aggression were legit.
Though I think there is one aspect, that is totally lost here but at the same time absolute essential:
The damage that the suspect receives.
Control and damage are connected quite close. Doing damage to the suspect might have a significant impact on the possibility to control him or the knife-arm.
In these Scenarios the suspects acted as they were invincible - which is ok but it needs to be mentioned. Of course even with a realistic behaviour on terms of damage, it would be a mess in a lot of cases.
But imagine you being in there as the Knife guy without a cup, getting kicked/kneed in the groin with force, receiving an hard elbow right trough the face or receiving solid strikes to the back of the head.
It is a fight and in any fight as long as it goes, the main goal is to establish control over the enemy and impose the own will. And doing damage and/or inflicting pain is the number one option to weaken the enemy and establish control. Controlling the weapon-arm is the number priority. But this is just one part. The other is to deliver as much damage as possible - as this is helping at the same time to maintain controll of the weapon arm and the suspect and finally take him out.
Long talk short.
I just want to mention, that the part with damage is not included in this scenarios as the Knife guys just act like robots and real damage can't be delivered - for obvious reasons. With this a major part of defending against a knife is cut out of the scenarios.
Though this isn't taking anything away from the video. Good job from whole crew and great effort.
I mean that goes both ways. The defender is also moving just fine after receiving like 40 knife wounds. It's just a hard thing to simulate.
But, yeah, many of those rounds started with a huge blast double that would have probably at least knocked the wind out of the attacker on concrete.
@@tallergeese That's right, but actually it is not that hard I think. When we train in scenarios/mugging we just react to a certain point to a significant strike. And I think this is absolutely necessary cause it changes the fight situation and dynamic. For example, if you deliver a solid knee to the groin/hip area, while ripping the subject into the knee, it will at least cause him breaking in the mid structure and bending forward (pain resistance or not). That offers the side or the back of the head as further targets.
The scenario in this case was basically:
Try to survive a grappling match against a suspect with a knife for a certain time. Though the fighters didn't got that as an instruction obviously, they learned quite quick, that striking has no effect and left it for the rest of the scenarios, using their energy to grapple.
OMG I almost had a panic attack watching all that stabbing and hearing that stabbing sound. I hope this show gains a lot of attention. I think it's brilliant. Very very entertaining.
Mandatory viewing for all residents of the UK 😤😤
After watching this, i completely understand why people want to carry guns lol. Everybody died multiple times over with a knife attacker. All it takes is some crazy dude with a easily attainable common kitchen knife to end everything.
"Always rush a guy witj s gun. If its a gun you rush in. If its a knife you run away." Lol
Ramsey’s really won my heart throughout this series man, dude has the heart of a lion
Love his sense of humor as well. I didn't know the man before this series, glad I do now !
He is also effectively blind in this head gear 😮
Same
I have been doing martial arts for over 40 years and know that there is only one solution to a knife attack: Run!
But this has never been made so clear to me before. Really frightening. Absolutely frightening!
What if the place is very little like in video?
Anither solution is to always have your own knife, it likely will prevent the attack from continuing as the other person wont want to get stabbed... and if it doesnt then you have a better chance of survival as the aggressor will also be trying to avoid your knife
@@Ekmev_Sanatani Then you also need a knife and then probably both die if it comes to a fight! But showing also a knife you might be able to intimidate the attacker.
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@@Ekmev_Sanatani sorry, but this is life, not a video game. There's not a solution to everything, sometimes you just die prematurely and there's nothing you could have done. Sometimes its cancer, and sometimes it's being attacked in your home while you're sleeping. It sucks, but that's life.
Run and parkour
every knife defence ‘expert’ that claims he can disarm with a swoosh needs to watch this and be humbled and realise how hard it would ACTUALLY be. keep in mind, all of these guys are all experienced life long martial artists.
would be funny if they were actually attacked by someone with a knife and ended up getting stabbed like 20 times
@@3n3j0t4 No, that would not be funny.
There is ONE defense against a blade if you are unarmed...it's called running.
@@3n3j0t4No? Do you wish harm on others? Shocking attitude
These guys are not prepared against knifes lol and with gloves U can grab the hand where the knife is
Great idea, not sure that the implementation is fair though. As many have said, not only does the body armour and padded room prevent the full impact of strikes (no way does an attacker come straight back at you after receiving that thrust kick), but it's questionable if the attacker would have held on to the knife in a lot of these situations when taking blows either. With all that said, great vid which still illustrates how deadly a knife can be.
Yeah this scenario heavily favors the pointy object and disfavors blunt force trauma. The remaining option is 100% controlling the movement of the pointy object, which is kind of an unrealistic expectation. If there was a mop in the room and the attacker didn't have a helmet, it could have been a very different story.
But yeah, great video, I love the shirts with the vital organs!
Wow
I think regular people would definitely drop the knife at some point but the fighters will definitely be weaker if actually stabbed
Half expected mike to pull out a marker of hus own and start stabbing back
Just some things to keep in mind: 1.)Knives are not lightsabers, not every 1cm movement is going to be doing insane damage. 2.)We have rib cages for a reason, knives can and will absolutely slide between the ribs but some shanks to the upper chest will be stopped by the bone of the rib cage. 3.)The attackers have head gear on here, so knocking them out to stop the onslaught is pretty much out of the question. 4.) Due to the fact knives are not lightsabers, there is always the possibility the knife gets stuck in flesh, bone, or clothes especially with a defender restraining and twisting the attackers arms. So its much more likely than shown in this video that the knife could be disarmed at some point in the struggle.
All of this being said, there is no avoiding damage in a knife fight as you see. Fatally or not, you are getting stabbed and/or cut. Just trying to point out some variables that probably reduce the accuracy of this test.
Disagree on the head gear. It's to protect you in the case of getting knocked out, it is not there to protect you while fighting.
@@domini1337da heck you talking bout, of course the head gear is to protect your head while fighting. They have padding all over the head plus face shield. If thats not for protection theb what da hell is it for
Came here looking for this comment. Well said!
Glad someone else said this. So true.
@@domini1337 Actually pretty fair point. I over exaggerated the head gear as its absolutely still possible to knock someone out that is wearing head gear. I'd say it reduces the chances of getting KOed a bit but not "pretty much out of the question" like I previously stated. Good call.
I think my “Juggernaut” Headbutt would’ve launched ole buddy through the wall!! 😂
you represented us Seths very well. I am proud lol. I think you had the best chance because a few of your strikes could maybe have been knockout shots without pads, though i know knockout hits are rare.
How many of these experts--in PRACTICE-- are willing to break an arm? They are still unconsciously holding back because it isn't REAL.
I was attacked for real, and I still have that knife.
So your suggestion is to break arms during practice?
@@MartialArtsJourney no, I am pointing out the difference that happens when you practice at self defense and actually need to use it in life.
I'm not quite 5'6" (but I round up, and skinny). I have had to fight often to defend myself, as my size alone seems to make me a target.
I saw a former special forces operator who explained that in such a situation you have to block the first knife blow with your forearm, at the same time moving your butt backwards, increasing the distance of the knife from the important organs and at the same time when you block with the other hand you go all in and hope that you knock out the attacker before he lands a second knife blow. But the best defense against a knife-wielding attacker is a few bullets to the chest and moving backwards
was joining special forces worth it?
All of these guys were probably tought similar things and they didn't stand a chance.
@@faramund9865
I don't think martial arts teaches you how to punch a guy with a knife. Besides, the attacker with the knife was wearing a helmet, so it's hard to knock him out, and a knockout is probably the only good way out
Or carry a knife of your own. Even better would be a gun.
You actually can't do that, because a free arm can pull off and strike from any direction, and if you go in you will get stabbed in kidneys and wherever. That's what Icy Mike tried to do and did well. He still died. The only reasonably solid way is to somehow get under the arm like in a throw, but you risk everything if you fail this. Locking the arm to the body is likely to fail too.
So strikes and keeping distance if possible is superior. Ignore the knife (you can't block it really), strike to take out the attacker as best as you can. If they do shoot in, you better move fast and grapple (to throw or lock) not wrestle. Do *NOT* shoot in. Let the attacker try to shoot in and miss, and eat more strikes or get offbalanced and pulled or thrown. If you get good at it, the attacker will end up on the floor and you're standing. Grind them to dead from there. Do *NOT* let the attacker grab you or successfully shoot in. Do dodge, do use footwork to get off the line, do strike to keep distance or knock out and do throw where it's safe (e.g. after dodging a shot).
Knife defense is really different from fistfighting, closer to fencing.
I've participated in Shark Tank drills in Muay Thai, MMA, and BJJ gyms, and they were always unbelievably brutal. Adding knives to the mix is brilliant, but I'm not surprised that points were extremely hard to earn. Great job, Rokas! You are the F'ing man! Not just in this challenge, but just in general for putting this event together, editing, etc. Seriously, I've said it repeatedly, THIS is the best thing on RUclips, and it 1000% deserves a second season (assuming anyone wants to return after all of the beatdowns they've received).
@King Woosh yeah there's room for a variety of martial artists. These guys could return as the opposition or judge or commentator, but i think it's better if we get a more diverse cast. I want to see Dale from DUST on this shit lmao.
This truly demonstrates how unfair life can be. You can train for decades as a fighter and even specifically knife defence; and still get stabbed a bajillion times by an untrained 15 year old.
Sadly it’s true
@@blazingdragon9607 They didn't fight an untrained 15 year old though. They fought a guy with a same or more weight than them. If Seth kicked an untrained 15 year old like that the fight would've ended differently. But still chances are high you just die.
@@_______________00 that's true too
@@blazingdragon9607 agreed, it surely didnt help that the guy with the knife was the same (I believe) and therefore with 6 contestants he presumably got better during each consecutive round, as the boys were throwing their various techniques at him.
Ultimately the knife, just like any weapon is a MASSIVE force-multiplier and if allowed to be utilized people of similar 'base force' if you will, WILL simply overpower you, especially in a scenario like this where the defender has been bereft of ANY advantage and easily half the techniques that COULD have helped.
Still I was a little bit surprised to see that basicly no throws or arm-twists were employed.
Agreed. One of the most legendary WW2 female covert fighters was killed after the war in the lobby of her apartment building by a robber with a knife.
Is this a joke or some sort of facetious attempt? I am being thoroughly serious.
I understand that it is important to understand how deadly and dangerous a knife is (it is my preferred weapon of choice for defense other than a Rokushakubo Bo Staff which isnt realistic 99% of the time), but c'mon.
The padding and protective gear makes a HUGE difference for the knife wielder. As well as the fact that they are using a marker. The beautiful side kick or that solid punch from the fifth defender would probably have ended things immediately. And the constant switching of hands? Multiple times the wielder would have either stabbed their own hand or grabbed the blade during the switch and essentially cut their own fingers off.
This is a good demonstration of "The impossibility of defense against a knife if you were not able to injure the opponent"😅
Or....
"The zero chance against a skilled adversary with a knife"
But hands down, the protective gear is the largest difference maker. Knowing that, trained in self defense, a strike to the head, solar plexus, or anything else's impact is not an option, u r literally only left with trying to isolate the weapon.
Still entertaining tho
Matt's usage of shouting and swearing to get in z fighting mindset is underrated.
Being able to train "switching on" aggression is something i see being really useful in a violent altercation, and not something normally trained at live, full contact MA gyms
Absolutely. Worth giving it a try during sparring sessions.
@King Woosh It reminds Gohan mad at Nappa in Dragon Ball Z Abridged from Team Four Star.
"I'LL USE YOUR GUTS AS CONDOM AND FUCK YOUR SKULL!!!"
There is a chinese trainer practiced and teached things very similar to the rules you described, search Chen Hegao and his unrestricted fighting, the aim is to strike with whatever evil ways possible and unimaginable aggression to get yourself with the upper hand in a unbalanced street fight
@King Woosh I don't think you need to worry since you live in the Netherlands. I looked it up. Per year, only 1 out of every 179,000 people get murdered.
At my Marine Corps unit I one time heard a guy say that "Yeah I think I could take someone with a knife." And I remember feeling so confused. As someone who trains martial arts on a near daily basis I was thinking "how are you so confident in yourself? What training do you have that gives you that?". Seeing this confirms my original thoughts that he was just full of it. Lol.
I think it also depends on the person attacking. In this they purposefully chose a guy that weighs more than most of the contenders. I think if you have a significant weight and strength advantage you can do it. I also think Seths side kick was really nice. If you do that to some guy with no fighting experience he will probably fall down. If you kick his head you might knock him out. As soon as he gets close to you, you are basically dead though. So there still is a very high chance of just dying.
This isn't reality. The defenders can't defend with deadly force. It's a waste of time. You might take some cuts and stabs but if you gouge out their eyes, it's gets really hard to keep stabbing you.
The switching of the blade etc is unrealistic + the harm a knife can do to the attacker too being thrown about and in struggles like that you can do it with a marker not a knife
blessed with ignorance haha
@@beowulf_of_wall_st Have you actually bothered to read the comments made by other people?
Yes, knife defense is really difficult....but this scenario was UNFAIRLY difficult. I do a sport where this comes up a lot.
1)A small marker is not a knife... If it's supposed to be a tiny knife then most of those wounds wound not be fatal, assuming medical care is not too far away...and if it's a longer knife then the attacker would not be able to pass between hands, avoid the grapple, and maintain control of it that easily. The knife is also basically a light saber...for real lots of things help, like clothing, etc, and if you overstab you disarm yourself...and it's easy to cut yourself in a grapple.
2) The defender has no way to end the fight... Seth's side kick might have just ended the fight in the real world...several of those guys landed knees and elbows that could have instantly ended a real fight without the gear and with no one being nice when the attacker is so focused on offense and takes a solid undefended shot to the jaw or diaphragm.
3)If it was a real knife and ultra sharp the attackers would have severely cut themselves many times, especially in the slams.
I heard from an expert that in a real knife fight, the attacker won't be able to switch the knife from hand to hand. It's a psychological thing.
facts
On top of that in the real world. You seldom see the knife coming , youre always usually caught off guard.
@@adrianprincipe2370 That's a good point. I've been doing full contact weapon competitive weapon sparring for decades (in armor) and very elite level fighters can and do switch grips or change hands in the middle of a fight...but MOST people have a hard time doing that, especially in a grapple where they are losing position.
someone attacking you wont make it fair. they might have a knife in each hand. they'll sneak attack from a hiding place or in darkness. this was far more fair than irl.
This is great, ego's at the door, diving outside comfort zone!