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Knife Defence Highlight #5 Note: I wrote an entire book on knife defence called “Watch Out For The Pointy End” so these are snippets and highlights only. #5 It’s the first moment that counts There is no hard and fast rule that a knife assault must happen in a...

In Search of Efficiency Part Twelve: Tendon Power Not sure tendon power is the correct term here because the entire body has some “spring” to it although in very different extents; however, that is what I called it in my book "Watch Out For The Pointy End" so for now...

Knife Defence Highlight #4 Note: I wrote an entire book on knife defence called “Watch Out For The Pointy End” so these are snippets and highlights only. #4 Do the work For this post I am going to be using specific examples from my book; however, I believe the general...

Knife Defence Highlight #3 Note: I wrote an entire book on knife defence called “Watch Out For The Pointy End” so these are snippets and highlights only. #3 Know what You want If you have to decide in the moment of a brutal assault what it is you want to do then… It...

Knife Defence Highlight #2 Note: I wrote an entire book on knife defence called “Watch Out For The Pointy End” so these are snippets and highlights only. #2 K.I.S.S. Yes, I do mean the standard phrase for KISS = Keep It Simple Stupid. While knife defence is an...

Knife Defence Highlight #1 Note: I wrote an entire book on knife defence called “Watch Out For The Pointy End” so these are snippets and highlights only. #1 While not set in stone pretty much…… As human beings we like things to be consistent and we like absolute...

In Search of Efficiency Part Eleven: Loose Words are very important to me. As a person who tries to translate the movements of self defence into the written word they mean a lot. Different words resonant with people. My job is to try and find the words that resonate...

In Search of Efficiency Part Ten: Arms are MOVED not Moving So, what the heck am I talking about now? I see a lot of martial arts and self defence performed perhaps with speed but with just arm movements. Fast but, unless your arm weighs a lot the effectiveness can be...

In Search of Efficiency – Part Nine: Rotation Rotation particularly spiral rotation is an effective principle to add in all things. Rotation moves the centre and generates power. Movement and power. Rotation is a movement of the body and when actions are done with the...

The Knife Defence Drills build the needed skills and conditioning My knife defence book “Watch Out For The Pointy End” takes you through a learning process. It is not enough to simply hand you a technique to deal with the trauma of a knife assault you must also have...