Do any of you grapplers supplement your training with knife work?

[Cruentus]

Just looking for some additional input here:

http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=26154

Thanks!

[Kenpojujitsu3]

I supplement it in the sense of grappling with a knife. Changes all the rules and is definitely 100 times harder. True eye opening experience.

[Neon Knight]

Absolutely!

You have to train grappling (from standing AND ground) by themselves, then you have to add strikes, and then add a knife into the mix. It's all good training.

I believe that if you're truly into training for self defense, you HAVE to add knife training to your program - if nothing more than to maintain some awareness of what can happen.

The good thing is that, the grappling game (at least from standing) doesn't change all much when a knife has entered the picture. Truthfully, the ground game doesn't change all the much either once its been fully thought-out.