Face the Threat: Knife-to-Face Self Defense Tips V3 -Add to MMA, BJJ, Kungfu, and other martial arts
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Confronting a mugger with a knife aimed at your face is a daunting scenario. Dive into this video to understand the nuanced techniques vital for such situations. As with martial arts like Krav Maga, Kungfu, MMA, or Karate, mastering this defense requires consistent practice and gradual speed enhancement. Always ensure professional guidance before attempting these moves. Blending these techniques with your current martial arts knowledge could be your key to safety.
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if you are being faced by a knife, fucking run! dont get yourself killed
I've actually done this technique in real life, more or less. Years back when I worked in a group home a resident snuck into the kitchen and took a sharp knife out of the dishwasher and started swinging it around. While everyone else panicked I calmly distracted the resident by telling him it was snack time and when I unlocked the snack cupboard and I told him to pick something he didn't even notice when I simply grabbed alongside the blade, twisted it out of his hand, and handed it off to another staff member while I got everyone snacks.
I worked there for several years and had to take knives, razors, sharpened pencils, gardening tools, homemade spears, and other such weapons away from violent mentally disturbed people a lot.
I found three things to be essential when disarming a violent person: 1) Stay calm and nonthreatening. If you're calm, making yourself small, and talking in a slow soft voice then they're calm and you can probably close the distance. But if you're excited or appear to be a threat then they get excited and won't let anyone near them. You have to get close to them to disarm them. 2) Always use a ruse to distract them first and get their attention off the weapon. Don't look at the weapon, don't mention it, get everyone's attention on something else and off of the weapon. I've seen security videos where muggers get so distracted going through their victim's pockets they actually set their gun down to free up their hands. 3) Always move smoothly. When you go to grab the weapon if you make a fast jerky excited move for it their eyes will pick up that movement and they'll tighten up and try to move away. Our brains are designed to detect jerky movements, see them as threatening, and focus on them. However, smooth movements seem to almost fly under the radar, our brains see smooth movements but seem to consider them nonthreatening and almost ignore them. Over the years I've probably taken 15 stabbing weapons away from people and as long as I moved smoothly it was like they didn't realize what was happening until after I had their weapon.
Once again many thanks for your lessons. A much needed lesson from a law abiding citizen of the U.K were knife crimes are drastically on the rise. Once again many thanks guys, your instructions are invaluable 👍.
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