English Civil War re-enactor disarms knife-wielding robber (twice)

**DdlR** · Posted On: 8/07/2012 9:57pm

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz22rbuK4QB

The grandfather wrenched the knife from the man’s hand and then pinned him to the counter while the shopkeeper dialled 999.

During the brawl, the masked robber drew a second knife – but Mr Thompson disarmed him again before pinning him to the floor and waiting for police.

Mr Thompson is second in command of The Earl of Northampton’s Regiment of Foote in the Sealed Knot.

The group meets regularly at weekends to re-enact Civil War battles in 17th-century costume.

Mr Thompson said he used the skills he learned with the Sealed Knot to disarm the robber.

‘If it wasn’t for the re-enactment group I couldn’t have done it,’ he said.

‘It is never real when we learn how to deal with knives and swords but the movements are for real.’

**Pakeha** · Posted On: 8/08/2012 12:40am

That's cool but I wish the article described his movements a bit better. "Pull them over the counter defence" has a certain ring to it though.

**Hexe** · Posted On: 8/08/2012 1:06am

Jayzus - dealt with two knives. That guy has stones, along with old age and treachery.

This has simply left me wondering why my Wife has not joined up with our local artillery regiment.

**doofaloofa** · Posted On: 8/08/2012 1:24am

Zounds! So LARPing is the real deadly!

**Hexe** · Posted On: 8/08/2012 1:45am

Originally Posted by doofaloofa

Zounds! So LARPing is the real deadly!

And queue Ninjalanche

**Bneterasedmynam** · Posted On: 8/08/2012 9:32am

Normally I would say it was luck, but he was able to reproduce the results. This would have been a more entertaining read if his LARPing was something like game of thrones or Jedi.