BEWARE OF THIS KNIFE DEFENSE TACTIC


Hi everyone,

In today’s post I would like to discuss a common tactic that is taught when dealing with knife attacks which in my books is one of the top no no’s when it comes to knife defense techniques and I will explain why.

The common tactic that I am referring to is the front kick or the push kick when someone comes at you wielding a knife. The basic idea is that the leg is longer then the arm which supposedly allows you to maintain distance between you and your enemy so your enemy cannot close the distance entering the kill zone and be able to slash or stab you.

So when executing the front kick the goal is to kick the knife out of your enemies’ hand which seldom works or when using the push kick tactic you want to push your enemy back increasing the distance between your enemy so he/she cannot stab or slash you.

Now try this test stand face to face across from someone extend your leg out in front of you as you are going to do a push or front kick and as you do have the person across from you hold a rubber knife and see how far up they can reach and touch your leg with the blade of the knife.

When doing this test the majority of people can reach the knee area. Now guess what is located near the inner portion of the knee about an inch upwards towards the thigh area?



The femoral artery:


This area is a general term comprising a few large arteries in the thigh. They begin at the inguinal ligament femoral head and end just above the knee at adductor canal or Hunter's canal traversing the extent of the femur bone.


This is as wordy as I am going to get because I hate self defense instructors who try overcompensating by sounding smart because they use medical terminology but yet they have no clue on what violence is actually about. If you want more information on the femoral artery you can just Google the term.


When this artery is severed you will only have minutes to survive before you bleed out. When you’re going up against a knife exposing your leg is one of those last things you want to do because of this very reason. Why would you want to expose a major artery when someone is trying to kill you you’re just helping him/her out? All the attacker has to do is grab your leg and stab this area or slash it as he/her tries blocking your kick

The bottom line in a knife attack is to protect your major arteries and to be offensive but that’s another topic for a different post. By protecting your arteries your survival rate increases dramatically. Through the countless people that I interviewed that had survived knife attacks and/or witnessed friends die from knife attacks most individuals stated that they didn’t even know that they were stabbed until after the altercation was over and their adrenal rush had diminished. They continued to fight even after being stabbed because there injuries were not life threatening.


The ones that did know that they were stabbed or didn’t survive the stabbings were due to this one reason and this one reason alone when they were stabbed they dropped like dead weight because they had an artery punctured and it took the fight right out of them or worse yet the life right out of them. So protect your arteries not expose them for you will survive a knife attack, you will be able to continue fighting even after getting stabbed and your injuries won’t be life threatening.


There’s no such thing as a dirty fighter only an educated one.

Norm Bettencourt