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Martial Art Combat: Knife Defense Distancing.
Author : Iza Scott
It's also impossible to judge the requirements of building a successful martial art combat knife defense curriculum without having first been exposed to expert knife practitioners. Training with edged weapon specialists quickly dispels any commonly held misinformed beliefs or martial art knife defense myths. The fact is that there are substantial dissimilarities with the skill sets being trained at many martial art combat classes and those which are necessary to successfully manage the reality of a knife or edged weapon attack.
A major problem with many traditional combat martial art styles as well as Western Boxing is that they can teach and cement distancing that gives a competent knife exponent the chance to cut the opponent’s extremities at will.
Another problem that isn't addressed in traditional martial art combat is that in order to counterstrike an armed opponent you need to first get past a bladed hand which may with minimum effort, deliver a devastating and in some cases fatal strike on the unarmed combatant.
The actual fact is that a blade strike needs little or no pullback preceding the strike, can cut going out and also coming back and can deliver devastating injury with very small movements even when utilised in the leading hand.
Knife defense training itself can initially offer more failure than success in its initial stages with a lot of the traditional martial art combat concepts of distancing needing to be reviewed and adjusted to more practical distances.
It is the defenders responsibility to adjust their distance to their attacker and allow for the likely reach of the opponent as well as the extra reach added with the length of the particular blade they are using.
Anticipating and recognizing the type of strike that may be coming at you must be tempered with the ability to “hold ones nerve” and never make an effort to block or parry something that has not yet been fully thrown, as this can result in misjudging the strike and missing the counter or block completely. The results of that is often being hit at full velocity with the blade on the head or body. Keeping the proper distances will go towards keeping you as the defender in the “safe” zone as opposed to any other range that's obviously “unsafe”.
Physically reaching out and in search of the counter or parry towards the anticipated blade strike and not watching for it to come to you is usually a fundamental blunder and usually ends in injury to the defender.
Not allowing the attacker to totally extend and commit to their strike is an error in that the attacker can change the travel of the blade strike and “cut short” if they see that you're going to counter before he has fully commited. Regularly referred to as “putting your hand in the fan”, this mistake can result in severe blade injury to the hands and arms.
The bottom line is that traditional martial art combat practitioners should seek out and work with an edged weapon specialist in order to entirely comprehend the different ranges in distancing which is required in edged weapon defensive techniques including weapon to weapon sparring practice.
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Submitted : 2010-04-06 Word Count : 572 Popularity: 60 Times Viewed: 5
