Re: sparring/fighting with bladed weapons
« Reply #29 on: Today at 12:23:28 PM » Some of Some of those same points could be argued about stick fighting as in knife fighting, as many times the stick often represents a long knife or machete. One could make the argument that to many blows are exchanged in hardcore stick fight training due to the weapon it represents. I also agree that warding off an attack using a knife should be trained against single and multiple attackers. Actual trading of blows should be avoided at all costs in a real knife fight.IMHO
I have seen real knife fights end when neither person finds an opening that they feel confident that they can cut without getting cut while one backs away to make an escape. ( End of fight)
I feel, out of the many bad people out there in this cold cruel world that would cut you down without a care or any remorse to speak of, out of those there is a large presentage of cowards, and if you can muster any kind of threatening defence that might put their life in jeopardy, then there is a fair chance the coward will walk away. I have also seen this happen outside my own apartment building years ago, where a man with a 3 foot piece of 2x4 lumber warded off a (large) Knife attack. Things are not always as they would seem. I feel a good defence against a knife is not necessarily another knife! Bricks work well as do chairs, trash cans, broken wine bottles and the like make good weapons and can also be used as a great projectile weapon!