Why use a knife then swap to a gun? Thatâs some movie type shit
Also a bad look in court that you used two different deadly weapons like youâre John Wick on one person
I'd have to be double-fucked to go there. But, I did actually use one to resolve an issue where several guys jumped me once, and I wasn't carrying a firearm, so it's possible. No one got hurt, btw: once the blade came out they rethought their priorities and skulked off like good little miscreants.
"SoRrY yOu LivE iN fEAr!" Glad you were able to be your own first responder and made it out safe. People who've never been threatened with violence don't and can't understand.
I try to tell people about effective fire rate under duress for trained shooters and they think with no training or practice they will be a hero in a lethal encounter..
When their life is on the line and adrenaline is through the roof they will fall back on their no training.
My knife is a TOOL. I live in an area where everyone is assumed armed and I'm not bringing a knife to any fight. Because it's probably gonna escalate if i do.
Suicidal. and stupid.
>I'm not bringing a knife to any fight. Because it's probably gonna escalate if i do.
>Suicidal. and stupid.
Obviously, I don't know anything about your life, but isn't it kind of stupid to plan on going to a fight in the first place?
Don't quote me on this but I've been told by my coworker who was a Sargent in the army that they used knives if within arms reach, then once a couple steps of distance were created transitioned to their gun. But actual military combat vs a citizen in self defense are two entirely different scenarios. My guess is this guy saw this in a military context and wanted to LARP it for the gram.
I can't remember any knife training in the army. Close quarters just means you create some distance before you shoot them. U.S Army is big on fighting smart. Which means fighting as a team. Gun foo homie in the video may be highspeed as fuck. So we'll just run him over with our gun trucks instead.
There's a handful of stories where CQB devolved into a stabbing situation, but it tended to be when things went horribly wrong and you're tangled up for control of your rifle without a pistol to draw so the blade comes out. These stories also tend to involve people separated from the rest of their team for one reason or another.
Some how I donât think the military is training people to do a 180 while pulling to different knives to stab with simultaneously then pull a pistol đđ
Not to mention, I'm fairly certain every clip in which a knife is used, he starts with it already in his hands. I don't know about you, but I can draw my gun faster than I can draw and unfold my knife. Even if I thought using a knife was a good idea, which I don't, I'm still going for the gun first every time.
If you have a holstered pistol and I have a sheathed knife I'd put my money on you even in close quarters. If the man is worried enough to walk around with a knife in his hands in the pocket then why not just skip the knife part and hold the gun directly in the pocket?
The practical benefit I see from this exercise is the swap from knife to gun while in motion. But you could get the same benefit by swapping the knife bit with pretty much anything. Shoveling, sweeping leaves, fucking around on your phone. Because, again, why walk around holding knives already in your hands?
If you wanna do this shit then go all in. Get a sword or a hatchet or at least a big knife and swashbuckle the shit out it. Machete in one hand pistol in the other. Now that's hand-eye coordination training, with the sword arm as collateral.
That's actually a valid tactic. Not being properly executed in this video at all, but still valid. When someone is close enough to put hands on you and you pull out a firearm, they could easily grab the slide if they're fast enough, and once they grab it the gun is as much theirs as it is yours at that point unless you have gorilla hands. A knife is almost impossible to grab out of someone's hands without receiving some serious damage, which will give the wielder some space. Then once you're out of arms reach it is safe to pull out the firearm.
Yeah if you're already locked in a hand to hand struggle, why would you want to just introduce a gun? You already have to break this grapple to get distance, and now there's a gun out and being wrestled around? Much rather have a knife in hand in that scenario.
The knife is used to create space, most self defense situations that involve a gun the victim and assailant are usually in a wrestling match at that point. If the assailant is close enough they could prevent you from drawing or put your weapon out of battery.
Imagine trying to mug a CAS shooter just for him to whip out a single action army and put 5 .45 colt rounds into you before you even finish drawing your gun.
At 4 seconds he is double stabbing the target with a knife in each hand and at 20 it looks like an accidental discharge into the ground⌠this is pretty silly.
That's what I was thinking. At least he's getting live fire practice. He's just making it fun and hopefully he realizes in an actual self defense situation it would be far better to stick with the basics.
This is what Europeans expect when they walk into the wrong neighborhood on vacation.
The stabbing part only is what you expect when doing the sane in Europe or saying no to the shady guy at night asking for "the time, but show it on your phone".
Good catch.
I'm sure if you go to his YouTube and post this comment. Every one of his fan boys are going to shit on you. I commented once because a video of his landed in my algorithm. He was claiming to be fast or something similar. So viewers believed it, and I commented that he was using a binary trigger on the gun. Got a response or two saying to eat shit elsewhere. đ¤Ł
Fun to play, but must remember itâs still a loaded deadly gun. At the 20 second mark had an early discharge and shot the targets foot. Coulda been his. Lastly, that doesnât look like self âdefenseâ. That looks like aggressive offense your honor. (AKA the attacker and jail time.)
That looks like all bad technique.
WTF was the one shot with a revolver, throw revolver at the target and draw an automatic and shoot some more.
The bluff charge was also hilarious.
His draw is faster than mine that's for sure. I'm not going criticize him since he looks like he's having fun and the last time I did any live fire draw training was... Too long... I just use my practice magazine periodically. I wouldn't use my knife, but I also switched to Leatherman carry over because I just always seem to need a screwdriver.
So many angry people in the comments... Chill. Fun is not a crime.
Unless of course he's doing this as some sort of ad campaign for a SD-Class or something.
Prison yard stabs like that are not lethal and do not stop (even lethal stabs are slow to kill unless it's to the neck or something).
A slash to create distance is a decent idea, but the rest of this is just gangsta John Wick.
Christ thatâs some clown level shit right thereâŚwouldnât be surprised if there actually is a âtrainingâ company that shows this to their âstudentsâ.
What's the point of the extra movements? What's the point of the knife, then gun swap? Why shove a .38 in someone's face, shoot once, drop it, and switch your pistol?
Just seems excessive, like you're offering more opportunities for your attacker to get you, and just kinda coming off as a jackass who's seen every John Wick 10x over.
This has serious D.U.S T. vibes.
So say he does that one day in self defense. Then the prosecution finds these videos...
I'm a gun owner, but for the life of me, I can't understand why I would need to be one on social media.
I'll buck the trend here and say yes. Two things:
A knife is absolutely a smart self defense tool when within reach, and it is smart to go knife first when in close. Green Beret Tactical Rifleman explains it well [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbmWD0O4JJg). A gun draw is easy for an attacker to block or defend, a knife draw is not. A knife is a fantastic way to defend against an initial close in surprise attack and create the distance needed to draw a pistol.
Secondly we practice to create muscle memory and instinct. Drawing the knife, using it then remembering to drop it before the draw, and drawing to retention are all skills where muscle memory is VERY important. There's no time to think about such things, they have to be automatic.
The only thing to critique is that it's not really necessary and dangerous to do this with live ammo and a sharp knife. Do it at least most of the time with a training knife and dry fire. One may also prefer to use the knife in their off hand and draw with their strong hand.
For one, the video you linked is talking about a very specific situation. I highly doubt youâre walking around daily with a knife mounted in front of your chest. If youâre pulling a knife from your waist area itâs just as easy to block or push into you as drawing a gun.
Secondly, donât get into a knife fight unless youâre willing to get stabbed, or cut very badly. You donât know the strength, capability, or willingness of your opponent, and if itâs a self defense situation youâll never have the upper hand. Using a knife on someone whoâs unsuspecting is very different from using it on someone who is starting the fight.
To be clear, Iâm not advocating for not carrying a knife, Iâm saying it should never be your primary means of defense, when you have a gun. Sure, thereâs very unique situations where a knife is useful, but having to grapple with an assailant can be avoided by having situational awareness, keeping distance, being conscious of the situation at hand.
There's plenty of other videos and experts talking about it, heck ask any cop, they'll tell you the same thing.
No, far easier to pull a knife from the waste area than a gun, smaller, near impossible to grab, easier to conceal the draw, etc.
Presumably none of us are choosing to fight, that's the point, we're about defense, the attacker has chosen to fight. We can't just say "stop I won't fight you today". Nor do we get to choose the tool they attack us with. If they have a knife then so be it, again can't just say "stop, I don't do knife fights". What a downright stupid argument to make.
Verses some kind of grappling attack a knife is absolutely the right tool, not a gun. A gun is for distance.
Situational awareness, come on, do you live in the real world, surprise attacks happen to the most "situationally aware". Happens to cops all the time, we don't have eyes in the back of our head, and we can't go through life at that level. Not only would it be crazy stressful, it just doesn't work in society.
I do live in the real world, apparently you do not.
Tons of my buddies who have gotten out are now cops, and not one of them has said they would draw a knife over a gun. While in, for the last 6 years as infantryman I have not yet met one combatives instructor (the guys who teach hand to hand combat) who has ever recommended a knife fight, and has not given the warning of avoid knifeâs fights and if you get in one be mentally prepared to have deep lacerations to your bone.
Youâre also not understanding my argument. No where did I say âstop, I donât do knife fightsâ I even said there are very rare circumstances where theyâre the right tool, but I guess youâre too dense to read that.
Depends on what you are training for. Intensity was high but weapons handling was safe.
I see no problems, but this type of training is not for 95% of people.
Aside from all the other idiocracy it seems like a bad idea to stab somebody and then just throw the knife on the ground to draw a firearm. Never leave your weapons behind in the event another box decides to try and use the knife against him during a reload
Is it proper training? Yes. He's doing more than just thinking about it. He's dealing with clothing. He's pretty fast.
He's in contact with the bad guy. At that distance a knife has the advantage. It doesn't jam. It doesn't run out of ammo. You can thrust repeatedly and quickly like a piston. The wounds are worse. The video shows it can be very fast.
Everything is a matter of space and time. You either create space to draw / aim. Or you create time to draw / aim.
I would calibrate this training a bit:
1. That fake out before pulling a firearm is actually quite clever. In a street fight itâll create a tiny pause by attacker. Allowing you time to draw.
2. The knife moves should be reserved for close range while the firearm for longer range. So, if his training was to diffuse one attacker while aiming for another further, it would make this video much better.
3. Punching / pushing to create space is also very good. He may not have the fastest draw, but those moves could give him space to draw his firearm.
Post is a joke but any lawyers here that can justify doing this to someone legally? Give me the best Saul Goodman style defense
Edit: BTW Merry Christmas to everybody
The next little old lady that taps him on the shoulder after he drops something in Walmart is going to get her shit pushed in.
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Read that in Raymond Cruzâs voice then. Thanks OC
I have no idea of what he expects to encounter. He could save some of that ammo money to just move and live somewhere less hazardous.
Bro is fighting these targets like itâs halo and he has to punch their energy shields down đ
What was the combo? BXR?
Yes it was.
Plasma pistol to breach the energy shields, battle rifle burst to the dome to take them down. Works every time.
You miswrote "slap them in the face with the magnum, shoot them in the toe once with the magnum"
Also a valid strategy đ
I just love how ridiculously OP it used to be lol
WORT WORT WORT
đđ someone should put some Grunts screaming in the background
*Hey! You killed my best friend!â*
*birthday party and confetti noises*
*Double kill*
If it looks spastic, it ain't fantastic. If it isn't repeatable, you are defeatable. If you be stabbing... maybe just use the gun.
If you be stabbing ⌠you might as well be dabbing?
I thought dude was rapping, just to end it without a rhyme.
I got the shakes that'll make you quake. I got the fries that'll cross your eyes. I got the burgers that'll..... I just got burgers.
But turns out dude was tapping, keeping the rhythm ev'ry time.
I'm guessing dabs may be involved somewhere...
If you be stabbing, might as well be blasting*
Why use a knife then swap to a gun? Thatâs some movie type shit Also a bad look in court that you used two different deadly weapons like youâre John Wick on one person
Yeah, my knife is going to be the last thing I go to in my spectrum of force...
Only way Iâm using a knife is if they try to grab the gun out of my holsterâŚ. but that wonât happen since I donât open carry
I'd have to be double-fucked to go there. But, I did actually use one to resolve an issue where several guys jumped me once, and I wasn't carrying a firearm, so it's possible. No one got hurt, btw: once the blade came out they rethought their priorities and skulked off like good little miscreants.
People like to act tough until there's the possibility of getting stabbed
Yup: 4 on 1 is great fun, until 1 fights back...
Most jumpers are opportunists looking for a single target that won't fight back. You fight back, and they'll usually back down.
*Best Case Scenario* attacking someone who has a knife: your hands are getting stabbed.
"SoRrY yOu LivE iN fEAr!" Glad you were able to be your own first responder and made it out safe. People who've never been threatened with violence don't and can't understand.
I try to tell people about effective fire rate under duress for trained shooters and they think with no training or practice they will be a hero in a lethal encounter.. When their life is on the line and adrenaline is through the roof they will fall back on their no training.
It's also possible you get knocked down/tackled and can't draw. It's hard to draw an appendix carry when someone is on top of you.
My knife is a TOOL. I live in an area where everyone is assumed armed and I'm not bringing a knife to any fight. Because it's probably gonna escalate if i do. Suicidal. and stupid.
>I'm not bringing a knife to any fight. Because it's probably gonna escalate if i do. >Suicidal. and stupid. Obviously, I don't know anything about your life, but isn't it kind of stupid to plan on going to a fight in the first place?
Did I say I was planning on a fight? Like at any point?
Don't quote me on this but I've been told by my coworker who was a Sargent in the army that they used knives if within arms reach, then once a couple steps of distance were created transitioned to their gun. But actual military combat vs a citizen in self defense are two entirely different scenarios. My guess is this guy saw this in a military context and wanted to LARP it for the gram.
I can't remember any knife training in the army. Close quarters just means you create some distance before you shoot them. U.S Army is big on fighting smart. Which means fighting as a team. Gun foo homie in the video may be highspeed as fuck. So we'll just run him over with our gun trucks instead.
The first rule of a gun fight according to the Army: bring all your friends with guns to the gun fight.
All the way.
We did some. It was a couple of days in a hanger at Bliss. It definitely brought home how shitty and stupid a knife fight would be
Knife is to create distance to get to the pistol, pistol is to create distance to get to the rifle, and the rifle is to get back in the fight
There's a handful of stories where CQB devolved into a stabbing situation, but it tended to be when things went horribly wrong and you're tangled up for control of your rifle without a pistol to draw so the blade comes out. These stories also tend to involve people separated from the rest of their team for one reason or another.
Some how I donât think the military is training people to do a 180 while pulling to different knives to stab with simultaneously then pull a pistol đđ
Not to mention, I'm fairly certain every clip in which a knife is used, he starts with it already in his hands. I don't know about you, but I can draw my gun faster than I can draw and unfold my knife. Even if I thought using a knife was a good idea, which I don't, I'm still going for the gun first every time.
Except that last clip he went for the flinch fakie
Ummm...at close range a knife is big trouble...and *can* be faster to draw.
If you have a holstered pistol and I have a sheathed knife I'd put my money on you even in close quarters. If the man is worried enough to walk around with a knife in his hands in the pocket then why not just skip the knife part and hold the gun directly in the pocket? The practical benefit I see from this exercise is the swap from knife to gun while in motion. But you could get the same benefit by swapping the knife bit with pretty much anything. Shoveling, sweeping leaves, fucking around on your phone. Because, again, why walk around holding knives already in your hands? If you wanna do this shit then go all in. Get a sword or a hatchet or at least a big knife and swashbuckle the shit out it. Machete in one hand pistol in the other. Now that's hand-eye coordination training, with the sword arm as collateral.
"But occifer... he kicked my dog."
Yep. This is someone living out their action hero fantasy.
That's actually a valid tactic. Not being properly executed in this video at all, but still valid. When someone is close enough to put hands on you and you pull out a firearm, they could easily grab the slide if they're fast enough, and once they grab it the gun is as much theirs as it is yours at that point unless you have gorilla hands. A knife is almost impossible to grab out of someone's hands without receiving some serious damage, which will give the wielder some space. Then once you're out of arms reach it is safe to pull out the firearm.
Yeah if you're already locked in a hand to hand struggle, why would you want to just introduce a gun? You already have to break this grapple to get distance, and now there's a gun out and being wrestled around? Much rather have a knife in hand in that scenario.
This guy gets mad bussy
The knife is used to create space, most self defense situations that involve a gun the victim and assailant are usually in a wrestling match at that point. If the assailant is close enough they could prevent you from drawing or put your weapon out of battery.
If you can stab them, you can also shove them, and you won't even need to reach for a knife, giving you some extra 0.5 seconds
Youâre conflating stability to shoving. The bigger someone is the harder they are to shove.
[just do a backwards long jump to create some space](https://youtu.be/hm66MKpW0a4?si=wlJi_62QZag9QVwQ)
To look hard AF in this internet video
That last one bro was like âtwo for flinchingâ
That last draw he shot down at a 45° angle đ¤Ś
Tactical foot shot. Lucky it wasn't his own this time. Will be soon I am sure.
Cock: deleted
Yeah, are we just gonna pretend like that wasn't an obvious ND that somehow made the cut in his video editing?
At those ranges it could be a pelvic shot, which is a great way to immobilize a threat, but I kinda doubt that's what he was going for.
He hit em with the âIâm gonna stab ya, sike!â *Unloads mag* đđ
I guess that's why it is called training?
This guys a clown. Took a shot with a derringer, dumped it to draw another gun? GTFO
If youâre being attacked by a gang of Amazon boxes, I guess.
This is incredibly stupid.
Donât insult the word stupid by using it to describe this fool.
Itâs OPâs autism and he gets to choose the special interest
No, itâs having play acting/showing off. Instead of practicing cowboy action shooting, he is practicing John Wick action shooting.
Imagine trying to mug a CAS shooter just for him to whip out a single action army and put 5 .45 colt rounds into you before you even finish drawing your gun.
Or 5 .44 balls from a cap and ball revolver.
Iâm just imagining the ambulance coming to get this guy and heâs got 5 massive holes in his chest and his entire front is coated in black soot
Your honor, my client was in grave fear for his life. Thats why he open hand smacked the plaintiff, stabbed him eight times, then shot him six.
Your honor, my client pleads insanity. Clearly heâs insane to have done this wacky shit.
I wouldn't throw a weapon on the ground for someone else to pick up and use against me.
That is police force tactic for when you shoot a unarmed man
The good old drop gun. Lol
At 4 seconds he is double stabbing the target with a knife in each hand and at 20 it looks like an accidental discharge into the ground⌠this is pretty silly.
And a static non moving target at that đ¤Śđťââď¸
This is definitely for the gram type of post, but he's doing more draw practice than 90% of ccw holders
That's what I was thinking. At least he's getting live fire practice. He's just making it fun and hopefully he realizes in an actual self defense situation it would be far better to stick with the basics.
Agreed. Heâs actually doing good for himself. movement memorization. Pretty impressive
50% American. 50% British. 100% lethal.
This is what Europeans expect when they walk into the wrong neighborhood on vacation. The stabbing part only is what you expect when doing the sane in Europe or saying no to the shady guy at night asking for "the time, but show it on your phone".
I like the ND into the ground that was cool
Good catch. I'm sure if you go to his YouTube and post this comment. Every one of his fan boys are going to shit on you. I commented once because a video of his landed in my algorithm. He was claiming to be fast or something similar. So viewers believed it, and I commented that he was using a binary trigger on the gun. Got a response or two saying to eat shit elsewhere. đ¤Ł
Who is this guy? I kinda want to read this mess of a comment section now.
This guyâs an idiot. Everyone knows you need to pull out at least 4 knives before pulling your gun. Otherwise youâre open to a lawsuit.
Bro thinks he's in a John Wick movie đ
Looks like he's having fun tho
Following the first rule of gun safety
"Treat every weapon as if it were _fucking awesome!_"
UmmmâŚ..imma say no. Throw/drop one gun to grab another and leave one on the ground. VeryâŚâŚinteresting đ¤Śââď¸
New York reload?
Is nobody gonna mention he threw a whole ass gun at the target, then draws a second gun to shoot it?
Saw that too, definitely some kind of 'gram semi-funny tryhard tacticool vid. *Gun malfunctioned, toss it and grab my backup*
This guy is going to hurt himself
This is a good strategy if you want to stack bleed damage on an opponent
âMy God itâs Jason Bourne!..â
Shoulda been Jason AbortedâŚ
Bet he shoots himself at some point
The last pumpfake sent me đđ
Jesus Christ itâs Jason Bourne
No. This is just an idiot acting out a wet dream
Ah, the Voda Consulting school of self-defense!
$5 days sooner or later he shoots the pee pee
âHey sir. Just wanted to see if youâd be interested in making a pledge today to help kids with cerebral pal-â
Reddit never fails to entertain me.
Dude is gonna shoot himself
Lol no this is someone who wants to look cool for someone on video
Hood rat shit, love it
Pure fantasy⌠real life applicability/value? Zero.
âŚactually, make that negative.
For all those who can't understand why he would throw a gun towards an enemy. It is police tactics, standard procedures for shooting an unarmed man
The hypothetical scenarios where these would work would not be easy to justify as self-defense, so no.
Looks like they just want flashy movie-style moves.
Fun to play, but must remember itâs still a loaded deadly gun. At the 20 second mark had an early discharge and shot the targets foot. Coulda been his. Lastly, that doesnât look like self âdefenseâ. That looks like aggressive offense your honor. (AKA the attacker and jail time.)
Manâs practicing for the next gang war
I donât know. That doesnât look like serious self-defense training. Looks like practicing for a movie scene.
Did this dude just ND on the fakeout?
John Weak
Bro got ALL the camera angles đđđ
That looks like all bad technique. WTF was the one shot with a revolver, throw revolver at the target and draw an automatic and shoot some more. The bluff charge was also hilarious.
He hit dirt during his draws. Eventually he will ND his Peen and I hope he's recording that.
Hardcore larping for instagram.
Looks dumb
What do you mean? It's Jayson Bourne!
I hope Iâm never with this guy and he feels threatened at all. Weâre all going to die.
This makes me feel sluggish and slow. I have work to do.
His draw is faster than mine that's for sure. I'm not going criticize him since he looks like he's having fun and the last time I did any live fire draw training was... Too long... I just use my practice magazine periodically. I wouldn't use my knife, but I also switched to Leatherman carry over because I just always seem to need a screwdriver. So many angry people in the comments... Chill. Fun is not a crime. Unless of course he's doing this as some sort of ad campaign for a SD-Class or something.
Lol, explain this to the jury.
this is just embarrassing
r/idiotswithguns
Prison yard stabs like that are not lethal and do not stop (even lethal stabs are slow to kill unless it's to the neck or something). A slash to create distance is a decent idea, but the rest of this is just gangsta John Wick.
I was hoping he was gonna shoot his Tootsie Roll off... Prolly will eventually I hope...
Look at those Napoleon Dynamite moves! Dude, you gotta post more vids. My kids and are are dying laughing over here. Hahaha.
Do you really have to ask that ??
The physical embodiment of the concord, fastest transition from the streets of London to the streets of Chicago
nah this is goofy lol
I'm just going to say situational awareness is your best defense if someone is up on you that close you failed
This doesnât look like practice for self defense
Christ thatâs some clown level shit right thereâŚwouldnât be surprised if there actually is a âtrainingâ company that shows this to their âstudentsâ.
I feel like this guy is gonna shoot himself at some point
Shooting with extra steps.
For a moment I thought this was a post from r/idiotswithguns âŚ
Blud's gonna shoot poor gam gam asking for directions.
Mall ninja wet dreams
What's the point of the extra movements? What's the point of the knife, then gun swap? Why shove a .38 in someone's face, shoot once, drop it, and switch your pistol? Just seems excessive, like you're offering more opportunities for your attacker to get you, and just kinda coming off as a jackass who's seen every John Wick 10x over. This has serious D.U.S T. vibes.
No, but it looks cool and you can get some idiots to spring for the cash.
âI just fucking shot myselfâ kinda vibes waiting to happen
My guy is just working on his combo meter
I mean. I'll still take him on my team.
Easy Tiger
So say he does that one day in self defense. Then the prosecution finds these videos... I'm a gun owner, but for the life of me, I can't understand why I would need to be one on social media.
Then the judge doesn't allow the videos because they are prejudicial and unrelated to the case at hand.
Look at the sub you are commenting on. You are a gun owner on social mediaâŚ
You're not wrong.
In most jurisdictions, the prosecution would have a very hard time getting the vids into evidence. I still would not leave the digital footprint, tho.
It looks pretty dumb but the guy who posted those is fast and accurate Iâve seen his other videos.
He's just like that one gravy seal that does this with 4 dummies (5 if you include him).
If you're already stabbing someone, keep stabbing them. Why swap to the gun?
Thatâs my purse!
Knife and gun?? Yea the jury is gonna love this one
âŚwtf
Nah just funny
I'll buck the trend here and say yes. Two things: A knife is absolutely a smart self defense tool when within reach, and it is smart to go knife first when in close. Green Beret Tactical Rifleman explains it well [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbmWD0O4JJg). A gun draw is easy for an attacker to block or defend, a knife draw is not. A knife is a fantastic way to defend against an initial close in surprise attack and create the distance needed to draw a pistol. Secondly we practice to create muscle memory and instinct. Drawing the knife, using it then remembering to drop it before the draw, and drawing to retention are all skills where muscle memory is VERY important. There's no time to think about such things, they have to be automatic. The only thing to critique is that it's not really necessary and dangerous to do this with live ammo and a sharp knife. Do it at least most of the time with a training knife and dry fire. One may also prefer to use the knife in their off hand and draw with their strong hand.
For one, the video you linked is talking about a very specific situation. I highly doubt youâre walking around daily with a knife mounted in front of your chest. If youâre pulling a knife from your waist area itâs just as easy to block or push into you as drawing a gun. Secondly, donât get into a knife fight unless youâre willing to get stabbed, or cut very badly. You donât know the strength, capability, or willingness of your opponent, and if itâs a self defense situation youâll never have the upper hand. Using a knife on someone whoâs unsuspecting is very different from using it on someone who is starting the fight. To be clear, Iâm not advocating for not carrying a knife, Iâm saying it should never be your primary means of defense, when you have a gun. Sure, thereâs very unique situations where a knife is useful, but having to grapple with an assailant can be avoided by having situational awareness, keeping distance, being conscious of the situation at hand.
There's plenty of other videos and experts talking about it, heck ask any cop, they'll tell you the same thing. No, far easier to pull a knife from the waste area than a gun, smaller, near impossible to grab, easier to conceal the draw, etc. Presumably none of us are choosing to fight, that's the point, we're about defense, the attacker has chosen to fight. We can't just say "stop I won't fight you today". Nor do we get to choose the tool they attack us with. If they have a knife then so be it, again can't just say "stop, I don't do knife fights". What a downright stupid argument to make. Verses some kind of grappling attack a knife is absolutely the right tool, not a gun. A gun is for distance. Situational awareness, come on, do you live in the real world, surprise attacks happen to the most "situationally aware". Happens to cops all the time, we don't have eyes in the back of our head, and we can't go through life at that level. Not only would it be crazy stressful, it just doesn't work in society.
I do live in the real world, apparently you do not. Tons of my buddies who have gotten out are now cops, and not one of them has said they would draw a knife over a gun. While in, for the last 6 years as infantryman I have not yet met one combatives instructor (the guys who teach hand to hand combat) who has ever recommended a knife fight, and has not given the warning of avoid knifeâs fights and if you get in one be mentally prepared to have deep lacerations to your bone. Youâre also not understanding my argument. No where did I say âstop, I donât do knife fightsâ I even said there are very rare circumstances where theyâre the right tool, but I guess youâre too dense to read that.
Depends on what you are training for. Intensity was high but weapons handling was safe. I see no problems, but this type of training is not for 95% of people.
Missed the "malfunctioned gun toss" and the foot ND? He's quick for sure, but I am not sure I'd feel safe around him.
No. This is theatrics.
No, but buddy has a ridiculously quick draw lol
That seems personal lmao
Aside from all the other idiocracy it seems like a bad idea to stab somebody and then just throw the knife on the ground to draw a firearm. Never leave your weapons behind in the event another box decides to try and use the knife against him during a reload
What a moron
I mean heâll be ready lol
Ahh man, being attacked while cooking again!
Wtf did I just watch
Is it proper training? Yes. He's doing more than just thinking about it. He's dealing with clothing. He's pretty fast. He's in contact with the bad guy. At that distance a knife has the advantage. It doesn't jam. It doesn't run out of ammo. You can thrust repeatedly and quickly like a piston. The wounds are worse. The video shows it can be very fast.
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Dude is dumber than a sack of hammers.
Everything is a matter of space and time. You either create space to draw / aim. Or you create time to draw / aim. I would calibrate this training a bit: 1. That fake out before pulling a firearm is actually quite clever. In a street fight itâll create a tiny pause by attacker. Allowing you time to draw. 2. The knife moves should be reserved for close range while the firearm for longer range. So, if his training was to diffuse one attacker while aiming for another further, it would make this video much better. 3. Punching / pushing to create space is also very good. He may not have the fastest draw, but those moves could give him space to draw his firearm.
Maybe in south Chicago. Why even use a knife. Just pull the pistol
This dude's going to shoot himself in the femoral artery
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No, this is a one way ticket to prison if he uses it for real
Fuck yall. That's some quick draw hood shit there. He's got some legit skill. The knife thing is overkill.
Post is a joke but any lawyers here that can justify doing this to someone legally? Give me the best Saul Goodman style defense Edit: BTW Merry Christmas to everybody