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Martial Art Combat: Knife Defense Distancing.

By: Iza Scott

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It's also impossible to gauge the necessities of building a successful martial art combat knife defense program without having first been exposed to expert knife practitioners. Training with edged weapon experts rapidly dispels any commonly held misinformed beliefs or martial art knife defense myths. The fact is that there are significant dissimilarities with the skill sets being trained at many martial art combat classes and those which are required to efficiently deal with the reality of a knife or edged weapon assault.
A principal problem with many traditional combat martial art styles as well as Western Boxing is that they can teach and cement distancing that gives a competent knife exponent the chance to cut the opponent’s limbs at will.

Another issue that isn't addressed in traditional martial art combat is that in an effort to counterstrike an armed opponent you have to first get past a bladed hand which could with minimum exertion, deliver a devastating and in some cases fatal strike towards the unarmed combatant.

The actual fact is that a blade strike needs little or no pullback before the strike, can cut going out not to mention coming back and could deliver devastating injury with very small movements even when utilised in the leading hand.

Knife defense training itself can primarily offer more disappointment than success in its initial stages with most of the traditional martial art combat concepts of distancing needing to be reviewed and adjusted to more sensible distances.
It is the defenders responsibility to adjust their distance to their attacker and allow for the natural reach to the opponent along with the extra reach added with the length of the particular blade they're using.

Anticipating and recognizing the kind of strike that is coming at you must be tempered with the ability to “hold ones nerve” and never attempt to block or parry something which has not yet been fully thrown, as this can result in misjudging the strike and missing the counter or block completely. The result of that is frequently being hit at full velocity with the blade on the head or body. Keeping the precise distances will go towards keeping you as the defender inside the “safe” zone versus any other range that's obviously “unsafe”.

Physically reaching out and seeking the counter or parry towards the anticipated blade strike and not watching for it to come to you is often a primary error and generally results in injury to the defender.
Not permitting the attacker to fully extend and commit to their strike is a mistake in that the attacker can adjust the trajectory of the blade strike and “cut short” if they see that you will counter before he has committed. Regularly referred to as “putting your hand in the fan”, this error can result in significant blade injury to your hands and arms.

The bottom line is that traditional martial art combat practitioners should seek out and work with an edged weapon specialist so they can fully comprehend a different ranges in distancing that's essential in edged weapon defensive tactics and also weapon to weapon sparring practice.

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