Defending against a knife attack - Page 3

Jose · 11-07-2009, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by ShadeWPI

At a range of 7'-10' an attacker armed with a knife will likely be able to close and grapple with you before you can clear a gun

If you just stand still and try to draw, yes.

If you move and create distance and uncertainty in your adversary, you can easily get the upper hand and prevail.

kevin9 · 11-07-2009, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Jose

If you just stand still and try to draw, yes.

If you move and create distance and uncertainty in your adversary, you can easily get the upper hand and prevail.

Very good points. Of course doing so requires that one be able to do more than one thing at a time (sorta like thinking while typing). Sadly such skills seem to be less common these days.

Mass-diver · 11-07-2009, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Hiltonizer

They recommended shooting to break the attackers hip which would cause an instant collapse of the attacker.
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Seems like pretty bad advice to me.

glostamon · 11-07-2009, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Mass-diver

Seems like pretty bad advice to me.

+1

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Originally Posted by Hiltonizer

They recommended shooting to break the attackers hip which would cause an instant collapse of the attacker.

I would rather break the attackers heart..(in a non-romantic way)

jager · 11-08-2009, 12:29 PM

DON'T GET HIT !!!

jmjkd · 11-09-2009, 11:18 AM

Yup good rule, they tell that to Tom Brady every Sunday, Mohammad Ali before every fight and ever solider going into to battle. Some times there's just no rules….:)

P2A · 11-10-2009, 03:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Hiltonizer

They recommended shooting to break the attackers hip which would cause an instant collapse of the attacker.

It would?

JimConway · 11-10-2009, 08:12 AM

I have seen a lot of comments about just drawing your gun. Consider for a moment, that the knife will, in most cases, come into view only at very close, bad breath, distances. At these distances, accessing a firearm will be either very difficult or impossible. Are you really going to use one hand for defense against the knife while you try to access your firearm. I have seen if tried but have never seen it succeed. This is just something to think about

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JimConway Instructor Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Brookline, NH and Pepperell, MA Posts: 1,179 iTrader: (2)	I have seen a lot of comments about just drawing your gun. Consider for a moment, that the knife will, in most cases, come into view only at very close, bad breath, distances. At these distances, accessing a firearm will be either very difficult or impossible. Are you really going to use one hand for defense against the knife while you try to access your firearm. I have seen if tried but have never seen it succeed. This is just something to think about __________________ Jim Conway Staff Instructor - Neshooters, LLC www.neshooters.com 'Four Basic Truths of Violent Assault'; They will happen closer, faster, more suddenly and with more power than most people believe. - Sgt Rory Miller "You can always tell warriors. They don't reveal themselves in their saying, rather, they reveal themselves in their being."---Geoff Thompson Practice doesn't make perfect. Practice merely increases the likelihood of repeating what you practice ...perfect or not

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11-09-2009, 11:18 AM	#26
jmjkd Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 87 iTrader: (0)	Yup good rule, they tell that to Tom Brady every Sunday, Mohammad Ali before every fight and ever solider going into to battle. Some times there's just no rules….:)