Pulling Guard! The Ultimate Knife Defense

[GreatSaintGuillotine]

I stumbled across this video and thought "huh, I wonder of this would actually work?" So I drilled it with some friends and it actually works a decent amount of the time!

Additionally some of my LEO and MP buddies said that they've been taught to do this and pull their side arm at the same time. I find that very interesting. What do y'all think?

 

[Hotora86]

I still call BS.

If you're standing you still have a chance to escape and/or do damage. If you intentionally lie down you essentially plant yourself in the dangerous situation for God knows how long.

The scenario here was that you need to survive 20 seconds. That's all well and good but what if it's 60 seconds? 10 minutes? 1hr? You will bleed out from the cuts on your leg and die.

What if other attackers arrive? You can run if you're standing. You can't if you're down.

The best results is still Natan knocking the guy out. He did that standing up.

 

[EndlessCritic]

This is the equivalent of using Confusion in Pokemon.

 

[GreatSaintGuillotine]

I still call BS.

If you're standing you still have a chance to escape and/or do damage. If you intentionally lie down you essentially plant yourself in the dangerous situation for God knows how long.

The scenario here was that you need to survive 20 seconds. That's all well and good but what if it's 60 seconds? 10 minutes? 1hr? You will bleed out from the cuts on your leg and die.

What if other attackers arrive? You can run if you're standing. You can't if you're down.

The best results is still Natan knocking the guy out. He did that standing up.

So here is my view point on this.

Turning your back to run against someone with a knife is very dangerous. You're exposing a lot of vitals. And you're taking all of weapons out of the fight. And if this is an unexpected attack, the time it takes to turn and pick up speed can be fatal. And if others are near by you're probably fucked anyway.

I think the benefit of this tactic is that you're making it harder to reach the majority of your vitals. You can up kick and sweep. You can push them away with your legs. I think stunning them with an up kick and sweeping them could potentially create a better window. To run away than trying to stand.

The downside is you're committing to be on your back. If you aren't super cool under pressure and a very skilled grappler this could obviously backfire. You can get your femoral artery cut if you're unlucky.

I've almost been stabbed and am lucky to be here. I stood and tied up the hands. Luckily that was enough but there was much that could have gone horribly wrong. I think there's definitely stuff here that works. Especially if you have a pistol. Drop, use legs to keep distance for a few seconds, pop pop.

 

[GreatSaintGuillotine]

This is the equivalent of using Confusion in Pokemon.

Confusion wins gym badges

 

[Hotora86]

Especially if you have a pistol. Drop, use legs to keep distance for a few seconds, pop pop.

OK now I know you're American without you telling me. xD

 

[GreatSaintGuillotine]

OK now I know you're American without you telling me. xD

Other countries allow you to carry side arms...but yes I am from cheese burger land

 

[shunyata]

I still call BS.

If you're standing you still have a chance to escape and/or do damage. If you intentionally lie down you essentially plant yourself in the dangerous situation for God knows how long.

The scenario here was that you need to survive 20 seconds. That's all well and good but what if it's 60 seconds? 10 minutes? 1hr? You will bleed out from the cuts on your leg and die.

What if other attackers arrive? You can run if you're standing. You can't if you're down.

The best results is still Natan knocking the guy out. He did that standing up.

Went the way anyone with any sense would have expected. Pulling guard meant he lost his footwork and got his legs sliced up.