Defenses against a knife threat and a baseball bat attack: What is right and what is wrong?
Look at demos of defenses against a knife threat and a baseball bat attack, and comment on what is right and what is wrong with these defenses (scroll down the page to submit your comment).
Defense against a knife threat 1
Defense against a knife threat 2
Defense against a baseball bat attack
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See the below posts for info on video courses teaching how to use an umbrella in self-defense.
Self-Defense Tip #128 — Review of Ray Floro’s Essential Umbrella/Cane System
Self-Defense Tip #127 — What Videos Teach How to Stop Knife Attacks Using a Short Telescopic Umbrella
Self-Defense Tip #122 — Good Advice from Reviewers of Unbreakable® Umbrellas
Self-Defense Tip #121 — Review of Ray Floro’s Dos Manos System
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First video
Wrong: not trying to go away as soon as opponent is seen (of course, if he follows, you have to face him before getting stabbed in the back – but apparently he’s not there to kill you so probably he won’t follow).
Right: not staying near the door so as to keep mobile
Right: defensive posture
Wrong: not enough effort to distract opponent verbally
Right: attack knife-wrist first (« attack first what offends you the most »), then attack the face, while getting out of the line of attack
Wrong: not kicking knife away after take down
Wrong: no finishing (it’s your home, so the opponent knows where you live – it’s not enough to go away – you have to restrain the opponent and call the cops, and it’s gonna take a while before they arrive, so how do you do it?).
Second video
First, that’s a terrible attack. Opponent should come from the back, by surprise. Amateur.
Wrong: not trying to get back in the car where it is safer than outside (if the opponent tries to enter the car, he has to make himself vulnerable to the umbrella tip)
Wrong: not exploiting the car as a shield (as long as the car is between you and the opponent, you’re safe in principle – if he pulls out a gun then OK give him the keys) and exposing himself to the opponent (what if opponent has a second weapon or a friend coming from another angle?).
Wrong: not hitting opponent until he’s down.
Wrong: not making sure he does not get up until the cops are there.
Wrong: hoping opponent won’t reach for a second weapon in his pocket while you apply a fancy transport technique.
Wrong: taking opponent to your backyard rather than to the cops.
Third video
Right: staying mobile, defensive posture
Right: trying to deflect bat rather than block it, and getting out of the line
Right: thrusting with the umbrella rather than « cutting »
Wrong: target should be head (throat), not belly.
Wrong: believing that one such blow is enough. He should continue until the opponent is down.One thrust to the belly and opponent gets paralyzed? Come on!
I could write plenty more but I’m getting tired.
Well, they are fun videos but nothing like real life. Perhaps the criminals in this country where the videos were made are very well-mannered and polite, and they co-operate beautifully with their victims’ defense but here in the USA it is different. Criminals use surprise, intimidation, and speed. Your defense needs to be the same.
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