Knife defence in aikido/hapkido/karate

**AAAhmed46** · Posted On: 1/08/2006 9:56pm

If you have seen Jim Carey knife defence; you would know how shockingly realistic his imitation of many karate/akido/tkd really is.

I look at krav maga's knife defence and i cant help but applaud.

But, how did such ackward methods of knife defence come about?

Why is it so common? Why do they do it like....jim Carey.

**Matt Bernius** · Posted On: 1/09/2006 7:19am

Most Japanses Knife defense I've seen are predicated off of the notion that you are fighting someone in armor with a short sword. Basically they're mostly remnants for the battlefield portion of Ju Jitsu.

Thus most assume that the person is making a weighted and rather committed stroke.

- Matt

**Aesopian** · Posted On: 1/09/2006 8:13am

Krav is for men going through midlife crises or women wanting a false sense of empowerment.

Do STAB instead.

Have a nice day.

**Matt Bernius** · Posted On: 1/09/2006 9:18am

I second Aesop's recommendation of STAB. Great program.

- Matt

**DCS** · Posted On: 1/09/2006 10:31am

The few things i've seen about Transwell's STAB put me in the "where i have to sign" mood.

Unfortunately, there is not available here afaik. So i tried based on video instruction and training mates and it works fine.

But nothing comparable to a real instruction i suppose.

Clip:

http://www.openmat.dk/video/csa/stab.wmv

**saturnjunkie** · Posted On: 1/09/2006 10:57am

Knife fighting + FMA = win

I recommend kombaton/arnis/escrima/kali for good knife fighting skills.

**Shuma-Gorath** · Posted On: 1/09/2006 11:22am

Originally Posted by saturnjunkie

Knife fighting + FMA = win

I recommend kombaton/arnis/escrima/kali for good knife fighting skills.

SBG actually looks down on a lot of Kali. Their footwork is generally flat too.

**AAAhmed46** · Posted On: 1/09/2006 4:08pm

Thanks for the STAB link!

I appreciate it!

***DerAuslander*** · Posted On: 1/09/2006 4:46pm

And she'll have fun fun fun until her daddy disarms her switchblade?

While the video was good, it was a little short on overall content, IMO. Those who have studied STAB, can you tell me more about the system and what makes it unBullshido?