two on one control of the weapon hand seems almost mandotory.
yes, used to do a fair amount of empty hand vs. blade and blade vs. blade via modern arnis...everyone bleeds ![Stick Out Tongue](images/smilies/tongue.gif)
KF has much more technical knowledge to impart if he chooses...if he doesn't, he has in the past and is probably still archived.
ime/imo, technique aside, the best tactic is to immobalize the knife arm, if you can pop something at that stage and start creating pain and damage then good. If not, you have to start trying to break that freaking elbow as fast as you can, 'body arm bars' to me being the best was as you can then trap the upper arm between your upper arm..that is assuming your two on one control is focused at wrist and hand...if not you risk a pretty serious brachial cut.
KF:
What type of training have you seen to deal with the the attacker taking the knife from his trapped hand with his free hand?
Are the new 'systems' of knife defense taking what I refer to as the 'BJJ slow/positional' approach?
As In:
Trap/smother the knife hand > gain positional advantage > then do something about a disarm???
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