It is important to have a good stance and posture. When you are entering into the attack it is important to realize that you must conceal as much of your body's weak points as possible. When I speak of weak points I talk about the inner arms, Axhillary,throat, side of the neck, groin femoral arteries as well as the abdominal area. Of course it is impossible to cover all of these at once; but I have a step and cover method that works well when encountering knives.
Stance
1.The Inner arms are concealed, chin is tucked, non weapon (checking)
hand is open and ready to strike and grab.
2.The stance is a forward stanceThe front leg is bent at an angle as to prevent hyperextension from a kick.
3.Body weight is balanced evenly between both feet, and on the balls of the feet.
Fighting Stance from the side
Close up of Cutting and Checking hand position
Checking Hand
The checking hand is simply the hand that is not holding the weapon. The responsibility of the checking hand is to keep the attackers checking and cutting hand in check. Keeping the attacker in check is simply putting them, their ands or weapon in a position, that is not an immediate threat to you.
Cutting Hand
This is the hand holding the weapon. It is the offensive hand.
Gripping the Knife
Saber grip is strictly the only grip that I teach. It has the most reach and tactical advantage. This is the most vesatile grip.
Photo of Saber Grip
The author is executing a downward slash and covering with his checking hand
ENTERING
Here we will learn a very basic "step and cover" entering technique
The attacker steps in (This time with a down ward Stab)
1. You step in with the lead leg in this case the left leg steps and slides in
2. The checking hand covers the upper gate
3. The Cutting hand goes low to cover/ protect against lower attacks
The lower hand may also attack the femoral or groin of the attacker
Once you have stepped in and covered you use the checking hand to clear the attacker's hand away from your body. You do not check so hard as to push the attacker away. Pushing them away means that you will have to re engage once more. Re engaging raises the probability of getting cut. The position in which the attacker is photographed in above is a physically weak position for the attacker. A relatively weak individual can easily prevent the attackerfrom lashing back across his body to slash at them. You have now entered and are in the trapping zone.
Understanding Zones
Zones are distances in which corresponding techniques are most effective. There are five zones that I teach. The zones are as follows.
1. Awareness zone - This is the zone where you can visibly be aware of your attacker. In this zone direct confrontation may easily be avoided.
2. Kicking zone - This is the distance between you and the attacker where long range kicking attacks are best utilized.
3. Punching zone - After closing the distance from the kicking zone you will find that you are in the punching zone. The punching zone is when you are with in an effective arm's reach from your target.
4. Trapping zone - The trapping zone is when you are too close for effective punches, yet not quite grappling. Techniques such as knees, elbows, hammer fists and head butts are often used and are very effective here. You will also find it possible to trap your attacker's limbs and prevent them from striking. Thus the trapping zone.
5. Grappling zone - This is the zone in which you find your self in the act of grappling with your enemy. Grappling is body to body contact. There are two catagories.
1. Standing grappling
2. Ground fighting
Now that we have discussed how to enter and how to reach the trapping zone we will continue to defang the serpent.
Now that the author is in the trapping zone he clears the attacker's knife hand
with his checking hand and and then slides his weapon hand across the attackers
body underneath and behind the attackers attacking arm.
This series of movements actually places the author in a superior position
and the attacker in a tactically weak position.
The author continues to clear the attacking hand while simultaneously
coming behind the attacking arm with his knife hand.
This movement naturally re directs the attacker
Once your weapon hand is behindthe attackers weapon hand
you slide the knife towards the back of the wrist and slash the tendons
on the back of the attackers wrist holding the knife.
Continue to maintain control of the attack arm with the checking hand.
The author controls the attacking arm and slashes the tendons in the attacker's wrist.
Once you have slashed the wrist tendons, continue up the
attacking arm to the Humorous (Funny bone) or Triceps slashing the tendons
that control the bending/ flexing of the elbow.
After having sliced through the tendons and ligaments of the elbow/ triceps
The author demonstrates clearing the attackers arm with his weapon hand
and grasping the shoulder with his checking hand. This is the set up for an
axhilary thrust (Demonstrated above)
This is defanging the serpent Knife versus Knife. Notice that after you close the distance by entering you control the weapon hand/ arm and attack it not once but three times in vital areas.
1. Slash the wrist
2. Slash the elbow/ triceps
3. Axhillary thrust
You have now acheived the destruction of the tendons and ligaments that keep his hand closed. The destruction of the flexor extension tendons / ligaments in the triceps/ elbow. Now the the attacker is bleeding severely through the axhillary artery and it is very difficult if not impossible to even operate that limb.
Below I have attached a video excerpt from a seminar I did un Upstate New York at Cady's Academy of Martial Arts in 2007. This clip demonstrates "Defanging the Serpent" counter knife (UNARMED).
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