Originally posted by guard_01:
now for a suitational question...
note:this is good for those who have gone thru UC...
suitation:you are walking down a corridor in a building. this person, a guy holding a pocket knife with the blade out, points the blade at your face,
asks," your money or your life?"
your fighting response?
Say "you call that a knife?" and produce a huge rambo knife.
More realistically if you don't want any trouble just cooperate.
Or if you really don't want to cooperate or you are sure he's going to harm you, observe the guy... if he looks like you can take him on, go for a disarm or restrict on the knife hand (via locks) and give several hard vicious blows to vital areas like the throat, neck, temples, solar plexus or groin. Once this has been achieved, make like dodge and run out of there before he can recover.
Head to an area with many people or with places where you can hide or use the environment to your advantage.
If you want to be kiasu, go for a break of the knife arm or aim for a knee break. This will make sure the person is unable to resist or harm you or anybody anymore. This would be the option I would take if I had the chance, best to remove this guy as a danger to anybody else if you can.
In the first place do not be caught in a place where you cannot escape. Being cornered and the like is very bad.
If the dude tries to stab you, fight the natural instinct to simply block and cower from the attacks for it will only be a matter of time before you are cut up and dead. If you really have to block, use the upperside of your arm as there are less blood vessels to cut and make sure you go for control of the knife arm. Focus on the arms and the hand holding the blade, the blade is just a piece of metal that you must avoid. Try to trap the blade arm off center in a position he cannot rechamber for a slash or stab and get in as many attacks as possible and go for a break of the arm or anything if you can. And yeah, don't hold the blade stabbing you! Hold the hand holding the blade!
Usually people use a knife because it gives them confidence and not because they actually know how to fight with it, and are actually quite easy to handle if you know how to step off center and control the weapon... but if a dude knows knife fighting then you might be in trouble. Improvised weapons like a chair are useful... hit the knife hand as hard as possible and follow up with stabbing motions if sucessful.
If the guy is armed you have to take him down as quickly as possible, don't waste time with blocks and fancy moves for you can't trade a punch for a stab. Cover your vital sports, control his weapon hand, and go for his vital areas. You might get cut but if you learn not to fear the blade you have a fair chance of coming out alive and well.
Get him to drop the knife.
And oh yeah, call the police.