WORLD SELF DEFENSE ASSOCIATION

Here are my thoughts-feedback/comments appreciated

My motto is "to defend against a weapon,first learn its strengths and weaknesses"-The bottom line is awareness and avoidance is your best weapons against a knife attack.

Knowledge;UK

1.Edged weapons are the most commonly used instruments for killing or wounding people

2.In incidents of mugging,over half  of the assailants are armed with an edged weapon

3.More than 3x as many people are killed with a knife as with a gun in the UK

4.Many teenagers carry a knife as a matter of course

5.Increase in stabbings are consistent with the rise in death rates from homicide in young men in the UK

6.For someone to die from irreversible shock fronm blood loss,they would need to lose 40% of their total blood supply-Men 5-6litres-women 4-5 litres

7.To be incapacitated or lapse into unconciousness,a person would need to lose one and a half litres of blood.

8.Stab wounds are normally more fatal than slash or cut wounds.

9.knifes are easily obtainable,compared to firearms

10.knifes are easily concealed on ones person

11.knifes are "silent weapons"

12.You need to be close to a victim to use an edged weapon

13.knifes can be easy to get rid of after an attack

14.Humans hold more of a phychological fear of a knife attack than by a firearm

15.A knife attack is close and personal

16.In the UK it is a criminal offence to carry any blade over 3 inches in lrngth

17.If you defend yourself against an edged weapon there is a high probability you will get cut

18.With a knife a child is as dangerous as an adult

19.It takes the average person 1.28seconds to cover 15ft-To survive an edged weapon attack,distance is crucial

20.Under extreme pressure of attack-we lose 70% of our peripheral vision

21.Under extreme pressure of attack we have difficuly focusing on objects within 4 feet of distance due to pupil dilation

22.Under extreme pressure of attack we have loss of depth perception and can misjudge the distance between us and the attacker

23.Under extreme pressure of attack our heartbeat reaches 115BPM we lose our fine motor skills.At 145BPM we lose complex motor skills.That is why defensive techniques must be very simple using gross motor skills

24.30ft is probably the safest distance between you and an armed assailant to start taking sound defensive tactics

IN SUMMARY THE BEST KNIFE DEFENCE IS AWARENESS AND AVOIDANCE

SHIHAN MIKE FARMER

WOW YOU KNOW A LOT OF STUFF ABOUT THIS.YOU MUST BE ONE OF THE BEST RIGHT?

Eddie-thanks for your response-No -not one of the best-I have trained with the best teachers in Kyusho Jitsu-Systema-Krav Maga-for over 30 years-i just try to pass on my knowledge to my students and others-One single point of advice I give is-never be afraid to ask for an explanation-always have an open mind

Shihan Mike Farmer

Shihan Mike Farmer

Please check the site www.kurodaiya.nl to find out how kurodaiya deals with knife attacks.  also vieuw the video.

 Kurodaiya is a very new system. not to compare with all the rest welknown sytems/styles.

greetings

Soke Krishna Gopal

at 01:04PM on Nov 21, 2009

Please check the site www.kurodaiya.nl to find out how kurodaiya deals with knife attacks.  also vieuw the video.

 Kurodaiya is a very new system. not to compare with all the rest welknown sytems/styles.

greetings

Soke Krishna Gopal

Many thanks Krishna-will look at you website now

Shihan Mike Farmer