Yeah I know I'd probably be dead unarmed against a knife (definately with a trained opponent), but just for academics sake...
Most of the limited knife training I've done (knife v. knife and knife v. empty hand) has been against diagonal or horizontal slashes / thrusts in a drill setting.
Any thoughts on going against an unskilled knife wielding attacker doing the classic quick up/down/up/down stab motion (ice pick grip)?
With a knife, you can try for the defang (or worse). But what about empty hand?
This type of motion seems a bit difficult to pass into a wrist-lock for a disarm or control, as it's downward (awkward to pass compared to diagonal/horizontal in my experience), and is essentially a retracting hit (witik).
One thing I recall learning was to side-step, and pass the knife on the outside, trying to guide it downward into their own leg, while you continue the side-step motion into a full on run to get away.
Most of the limited knife training I've done (knife v. knife and knife v. empty hand) has been against diagonal or horizontal slashes / thrusts in a drill setting.
Any thoughts on going against an unskilled knife wielding attacker doing the classic quick up/down/up/down stab motion (ice pick grip)?
With a knife, you can try for the defang (or worse). But what about empty hand?
This type of motion seems a bit difficult to pass into a wrist-lock for a disarm or control, as it's downward (awkward to pass compared to diagonal/horizontal in my experience), and is essentially a retracting hit (witik).
One thing I recall learning was to side-step, and pass the knife on the outside, trying to guide it downward into their own leg, while you continue the side-step motion into a full on run to get away.