I think it depends on how much forward pressure you put on and how your footwork is. Obviously if you stand there and statically receive the strike then this is true, but if you press in and have good sensitivity, while moving around them if they try to withdraw you'll just pin their arm to their chest.
I do too. I like how they use the prison style ice pick attack too :evil: P.S. it is the ice pick attack with the elbow kept in and tight to the body.
Forearm to forearm seems to be a mechanically equal configuration, if your already responding to an attack this automatically puts you at a disadvantage, relying on justbeing better then the armed angry guy in front of you isn't the best tactic, but it might be the only one you have.... I'll have a look through the link and see what the context is. At a rough guess, without access to healthcare, (even with really) I'd be wearing light armour everywhere.
There exactly where murder victims get defensive wounds so yep I'd vambrace up if I was expecting even the occasional stabbing attack.
Saw a clip a couple of weeks ago of someone doing just that, he then proceeded to drag the victim around using the knife that was stuck in his back. Awful video to watch and I'd be surprised if the victim survived.
I wasn't saying about it for a rear assault (or not saying it doesn't happen) I am saying, how often is this in a actual frontal attack
Often, and certainly many of the nastier ones I've been involved with. It's easy, powerful and effective.
It's de rigueur to mock anyone who trains against anything other than prison-style sewing machine assassinations, isn't it?
If you're stabbing someone with a sharpened toothbrush then that attack makes sense, but with a kitchen knife the Psycho attack is more effective as a primary attack (if they've already dominated the victim then punch to the chest is fairly effective).
Your post: Saw a clip a couple of weeks ago of someone doing just that, he then proceeded to drag the victim around using the knife that was stuck in his back."...Seems like a attack from the rear Also, my is that of how many schools teach this high downward thrust as the main knife attack emphasis I guess, the attack would reflect the attack style of the region Yes, I been to a few schools and seminars that refer the attack as the Psycho Attack
As Deadpool said it's a pretty instinctive motion found in martial arts from around the world. What makes you think it's not common in America?
Because I had resided in a few large metropolitan US cities and come to know not only police, but also EMT. The stabbings were not of a downward thrust But that said, this isn't to state "never" and there is environment, or global differences
It's the logical way to stab someone with most knives. It allows for powerful, repeated striking. It allows you to keep the knife clear from being entangled in their arms. It allows you good access to the neck and thorax, and crucially allows you to exert enough power for good penetration with knives not designed for stabbing (and thrust-centric knives are illegal in many places). I've seen people stabbed in the heart with cooks knives and survive, and I've seen people with bowel hanging out survive. Open haemopneumothorax is a lot dicier, as is mediastinal injury.
MartialMan, Have you ever done knife defence and seen someone close with the knife wielder in close quarters? If so what happens?
