Knife Training and Advanced Martial Arts Concepts: Knife Training Methods and Techniques for Martial Artists, #10
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The Knife Training Methods and Techniques for Martial Artists series gives the martial arts interested person a solid background on the importance of the knife as a combat weapon, inspires the reader about the benefits of knife training, and provides detailed step-by-step instruction in how to manipulate and defend against a knife with speed, proficiency, and confidence.
Almost any martial art, traditional or modern, can be adapted to knife offense and defense without changing the basic principles of the art. Since the knife is a relatively small and lightweight weapon, many of the same moves and movement patterns you use in your empty-hand art are easily transferable to your knife techniques, and vice versa. The practical lessons you learn by adding knife training to your arsenal include quick reaction skills, physical and mental control, footwork and evasion tactics, distance control, and target precision.
Knife training gives you a decided physical and mental edge and opens new dimensions that will deepen your understanding of the martial arts. Knife Training and Advanced Martial Arts Concepts, the tenth book in the series, covers the importance of moving from the mechanical to the conceptual stage of learning successful defenses against knife attacks, the relationship between time and timing, factors that trigger the natural speed of your body, how distance and movement can prove elusive, and different ways to disarm the opponent of the use of his weapons.
The full series comprises the following books:
1. Knife Anatomy
2. Knife Carry and Deployment
3. Knife Grip and Manipulation
4. Knife Attacks and Targets
5. Knife Fighting Stance, Footwork, and Dynamics of Motion
6. Knife Defense Basics
7. Knife Defense Dynamics
8. Knife-on-Knife and Multiple Opponent Knife Defense Strategies
9. Knife and Empty-Hand Defenses Compared
10. Knife Training and Advanced Martial Arts Concepts
Save by purchasing books 1 through 5 in the special Knife Offense (Five Books in One) volume, and books 6 through 10 in the special Knife Defense (Five Books in One) volume.
Martina Sprague
Martina Sprague grew up in the Stockholm area of Sweden. She has a Master of Arts degree in Military History from Norwich University in Vermont and has studied a variety of combat arts since 1987. As an independent scholar, she writes primarily on subjects pertaining to military and general history, politics, and instructional books on the martial arts. For more information, please visit her website: www.modernfighter.com.
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Knife Training and Advanced Martial Arts Concepts - Martina Sprague
INTRODUCTION
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Now that we have explored how knife and empty-hand techniques compare in Book 9 of the Knife Training Methods and Techniques for Martial Artists series, we should look at how to apply concepts rather than the specific techniques from your empty-hand martial art when armed with a knife or defending against a knife attack. What is a concept? A concept is an idea, or the underlying current that drives a technique. For example, distance control is a concept that includes your zone of safety where your opponent cannot reach you, and often where you cannot reach him. When in this zone, you may still have the option of flight, because the confrontation, although imminent, has not yet developed to the physical stage. The safety zone is also the distance where your senses are heightened in preparation for a physical confrontation. When in the safety zone, you can size up your opponent and attempt to determine his motives and whether or not he has a weapon.
In empty-hand martial arts, distance and the safety zone relate to preparing your body for blocking a possible attack, or kicking to keep an advancing attacker away or taking him out entirely, for example, with a head or leg kick that drops him to the ground. Or you might preempt the attack through a quick move forward. Yet an option is to lure him to come toward you at a suitable time that allows you to pursue an offensive or defensive technique that renders him harmless.
As opposed to a gun encounter, for instance, which works better from medium to long range, because of the nature of empty-hand martial arts, you can only use your skills when within reach of your adversary, or from close range. Having possession of a knife when faced with an unarmed aggressor gives you an advantage in reach, as long as you deploy your weapon in time and are mentally prepared to use it. Distance, range, and position concepts that apply to your empty-hand martial art and that are transferable to knife fighting also include superior positioning toward your opponent's back or weak side, where he cannot reach you or does not have the flexibility to use his hands or kicks against you, and fighting from trapping range where pinning or trapping an arm eliminates most of your adversary's movement. Other valuable martial arts concepts that apply to knife training include speed and determination (being first wins), and keeping your strikes within the confines of your body to increase speed, avoid wasted motion, and protect your openings.
As you proceed, remember that learning about the knife in the martial arts often involves a setting where you are expected to defend against a bladed weapon empty-handed. But, as stressed repeatedly throughout the Knife Training Methods and Techniques for Martial Artists series, all fighting involves two parts: offense and defense. Although our ultimate goal is to protect against danger, proficiency in offense with the knife will aid proficiency also in defense. Although martial arts schools tend to teach strictly technique, a well-versed martial artist must spend considerable time practicing concepts involving timing, coordination, ease of movement, and fighter mentality.
As explained in Book 1, the Knife Training Methods and Techniques for Martial Artists series has three objectives: The first few books focus on getting to know the knife, its strengths and weaknesses, and on manipulating and using it. The next few books focus on defending against knife attacks. The last few books focus on implementing empty-hand martial arts skills into your knife training, and include scenario-based exercises intended to bring your