Contents
FOREWORD 5
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK / MANUAL 7
INTRODUCTION 9
TRAINING: SAFETY FIRST 10
AWARENESS 13
KNIFE ATTACKS 17
HOW TO STAND WHEN DEFENDING AGAINST A KNIFE 22
WHAT IS A DRILL? 26
DRILL: ATTACK WITH THE KNIFE 27
WHY WOULD WE DEAL WITH LARGE MOVEMENTS FIRST WHEN SMALLER MOVEMENTS ARE MORE LIKELY AND MORE DANGEROUS? 38
GOALS, STRATEGY, TACTICS AND TECHNIQUES 39
HOW DO WE PLAN AHEAD? 39
GOAL: SURVIVAL 42
THE FOUR STRATEGIES FOR SURVIVAL 42
THE TACTICS OF KNIFE DEFENCE 47
A) DISTANCING TACTICS FOR ESCAPE OR DISTANCE AND DEPLOY A WEAPON 47
B) CLOSING TACTICS FOR DISABLE OR CONTROL 47
EVERYTHING STARTS WITH THE NATURAL RESPONSE 49
PRINCIPLES MAKE TECHNIQUES WORK 50
THE NITTY, GRITTY, DOWN AND DIRTY OF HOW TO ACTION THE TACTICS = TECHNIQUES 53
DRILL: SKILL SET #1: MOVEMENT 54
DRILL: SKILL SET #2: MOVEMENT ― GETTING OFF THE LINE OF FORCE 59
TECHNIQUE: THRUSTING STAB 61
TECHNIQUE: FRONT SLASH 62
ADD INTERCEPT THE ATTACK – PIECE 2 OF TACTIC 1 63
TOOL: THE CROSS BLOCK INTERCEPT (CBI) 63
CROSS BLOCK INTERCEPT DRILL FOR LARGE MOVEMENT ATTACKS 65
DISTANCING TACTICS: 71
ADD PROPEL THE AGGRESSOR AWAY FROM YOU 71
TO MANIPULATE THE AGGRESSOR WE USE THE PRINCIPLE OF SHEARING 72
DRILL: SHEARING THE BIG LONG LEVER 76
APPLY DISTANCING TACTICS 78
CLOSING TACTICS SET 82
CONTROL LUNGE STEP AND TAKE CONTROL OF THE WEAPON ARM 83
ADD: CONTROL THE WEAPON ARM 84
ADD: STOP THE THREAT: CONTROL OR DISABLE 92
TECHNIQUE: FRONT SLASH 96
SIDE CONTROL POSITION: 99
CHANGING FROM SIDE CONTROL TO FACE DOWN FOR CUFFING 102
TECHNIQUE ONE, THE LEVER FLIP 102
TECHNIQUE TWO, KNEE DRIVE ROLL OVER 103
WHEN CRAP HAPPENS – REVERSAL ALTERNATIVES 103
ALTERNATIVE USING “THE CLAMP” 109
LEFT HANDED AGGRESSORS 113
DRILL: THE RIGHT HAND LEFT HAND 113
DRILL: OPERANT CONDITIONING #1 115
DRILL: OPERANT CONDITIONING #2 116
DRILL: LEFT TO RIGHT TO LEFT TO RIGHT CBI 117
PREPARING FOR SMALL MOVEMENT ATTACKS (WITHIN AN ARM’S REACH) 120
DRILL: TACTICAL SENSITIVITY 121
ASSAULTS FROM WITHIN AN ARM’S REACH 126
DISTANCING TACTICS SET 127
CLOSING TACTICS SET 130
DRILL: OPERANT CONDITIONING #3 132
DRILL: OPERANT CONDITIONING #4 133
PREPARING FOR ASSAULTS FROM WITHIN ONE FOOT 133
DRILL: HAND 133
DRILL: FLOW PLAY 140
ASSAULTS FROM WITHIN ONE FOOT 141
CLEAR THE ATTACK 149
CLEARING THE ATTACK FOR REASONS 1 AND 2 OF “THE BAILOUT CLEARS” 150
CLEARING THE ATTACK FOR REASON 3 OF “THE BAILOUT CLEARS” 156
DRILL: OPERANT CONDITIONING #5 160
DRILL: OPERANT CONDITIONING #6 161
STEPS FOR REASON 4 161
HOW TO CUT THE TIME BETWEEN INTERCEPTING THE WEAPON ARM AND EITHER PROPEL OR CONTROLLING THE WEAPON ARM – THE PRINCIPLE OF TENDON POWER 163
ASSASSINATIONS – SEWING MACHINE STABS 164
THE OCR “OH CRAP I DON’T WANT TO BE STABBED.” 164
NON-WEAPON ARM GRABBING THE RESPONDENT’S CLOTHES 165
DRILL: OPERANT CONDITIONING #7 170
NON-WEAPON ARM GRABBING BEHIND THE RESPONDENT’S HEAD 171
DRILL: OPERANT CONDITIONING #8 173
NON-WEAPON ARM TO BRACE ACROSS THE RESPONDENT’S CHEST TO HOLD THEM AWAY FROM THE WEAPON (THEY COULD ALSO GRAB YOUR CLOTHING) 173
DRILL: OPERANT CONDITIONING #9 176
HAND SHAKE ASSASSINATION 177
DRILL: OPERANT CONDITIONING #10 178
ONE LAST ASSASSINATION STYLE 179
OPERANT CONDITIONING DRILL #11 182
NOW FOR THE HARD PART 183
ASSASSINATIONS FROM BEHIND 190
WHAT IF I CAN’T TELL WHICH HAND HAS THE KNIFE? 192
OPERANT CONDITIONING DRILL #12: 193
SITUATIONS 193
THE SECOND CRIME SCENE 194
SITUATIONS HANDLED AS WE HAVE THE OTHER ASSAULTS 195
ADDITIONAL DRILLS 203
SITUATIONS WHERE THE TACTICS REMAIN BUT THE TECHNIQUES ALTER 203
YOU’VE PROPELLED THE AGGRESSOR AWAY – NOW WHAT? 206
DEFEATING THE HACK WITHOUT A WEAPON 206
DRILL: BEAT THE HACK 208
USING A BATON AND IMPROVISED WEAPONS 208
LONG RIGID WEAPONS 209
FLEXIBLE WEAPONS 210
SHORT RIGID WEAPONS 211
ADDITIONAL WEAPONS OF OPPORTUNITY 212
OKAY NOW LET’S GET REAL 213
TROUBLE SHOOTING 218
CONCLUSION 219
ADDENDUM #1: OPERANT CONDITIONING TO HABIT RESPONSE 221
ADDENDUM #2: MICRO MOMENT SKILL SET PROGRESSIVE TRAINING 230
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 235
ABOUT THE AUTHOR 236