tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post4542527046136038963..comments2024-03-28T03:31:42.278-07:00Comments on Chiron: IntensityRoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08483616030072739190noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-83780463630727331442012-03-29T11:12:00.988-07:002012-03-29T11:12:00.988-07:00Whenever I am attacked with a knife (twice yesterd...Whenever I am attacked with a knife (twice yesterday, for instance) I go for an in-to-out crescent kick. Works every time!<br /><br /><br />I know you said you wouldn't post it, but I am very curious to see the video. I would like to see what they call 'fantasy' defenses to knife attacks. From my experience, those who are quick to call one thing or another 'real' or 'fantasy' fall victim to the same trap they think they are warning others of.The Strongest Karatehttp://www.kyokushinblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-74349708388342867132012-03-28T05:39:11.019-07:002012-03-28T05:39:11.019-07:00On a knife course with Dennis Martin, he said that...On a knife course with Dennis Martin, he said that many people said that the reverse grip was only used by women, mentally unstable people and people who had watched too many films and therefore weren't real attacks.<br /><br />He then said that trying to explain this to one of those groups that attacked you would probably be futile!<br /><br />As you quote from Mick Coup above, the same as In Rory's book, you don't get to choose the attack.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-58539382832913494432012-03-27T16:18:47.945-07:002012-03-27T16:18:47.945-07:00A downward blow ( hammerfist or slap) is very comm...A downward blow ( hammerfist or slap) is very common in the genuinely untrained, by which I mean children. Spend time in pre-school/school & you will see it. Desmond Morris mentions how common it is in human fighting in Manwatching, but on a personal note, my son as a toddler picked up a pair of scissors and downward hammered me in the eye with them, I was lying down at the time & very, very fortunately, the blades were sticking out of the top of his fist, (I count the black eye I got as lucky & a lesson on putting things away) I guess nobody had told him that you don't hit things that way.<br />I currently practice HEMA and downward stab techniques & defences are numerous across the manuals including the oldest from the 1350's. <br /><br />I know none of these things are evidence but I used to repeat the party line about how this type of stab never actually happens.....until I started playing with knives & daggers & some how they ended up in reverse grip.<br /><br />Mick Coup made a comment once "that in a fight you get , what you get." A thought I am very much in agreement with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-88584354093136658712012-03-27T05:26:34.753-07:002012-03-27T05:26:34.753-07:00I'd be fascinated to know at least what MA (if...I'd be fascinated to know at least what MA (if any) is being referred to here in terms of knife defense. If it's a style that particularly posits itself as being realistic (RBSD, krav maga etc), this can really being doing its students a disservice. Not to mention potentially set up them as a little over-confident but under-skilled in a very dangerous situation.Nathannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-62720449303860396952012-03-26T12:53:40.406-07:002012-03-26T12:53:40.406-07:00Many styles teach 'their way is correct becaus...Many styles teach 'their way is correct because in reality....'.<br /><br />The key, I feel, is to have or gain the ability to work this out for yourself and follow up any thoughts with questions to those teaching you...something not many appear able and/or willing to do!nryhttp://www.nryonline.co.uknoreply@blogger.com