How To Take Out Your Knife-Brandishing
Attacker
Quick review on the principles covered so far:
• Stabs are lethal. Slashes or cuts are
rarely lethal.
• Most knife attacks are initially
slashing attacks.
• You need to focus on destroying the
knife fighter’s CNS.
So how do you get to the attacker’s central
nervous system? I’m about to present a simple
set of strikes that are combat proven, extremely
effect, and deceptively simple to execute. Speed
and strength aren’t required to execute any of
them, just your sheer determination.
As there are numerous methods of attacks, I’m
in no way implying this is the only way to handle
this type of attack. But I’ve trained hundreds of
clients successfully with these methods and
received numerous testimonials as to the
effectiveness of this approach.
One Proven Approach
First you need to close distance; no good if you
stand off and dance in and out with an attacker.
That allows him to slice and dice you at will. You
need to be close. Your focus isn’t on the knife
but on his neck; your target is his CNS.
The body weapons of choice are your forearms.
That three inches of bone above the break of
your wrist is your body’s own personal piece of
lead pipe. The hand has approximately 72 bones
in it and can easily break or fracture if not
properly set. The forearm needs no special
position and is an extremely powerful striking
weapon.
As you quickly close distance, merely attack with
full downward circle strikes. Imagine your arms
rotating in front of your body like two propellers
— your left rotates clockwise, your right counter
clockwise. The striking surface of your wrists
rotate six to eight inches in front of your torso.
This attack not only provides protection of your
torso area but generates incredible striking
power for this assault as you rush in.
This is a violent assault designed to strike the
assailant in multiple targets of his body. Your
first strikes will hit his arms and rapidly advance
up his body. With your focus on his neck, you’ll
soon find yourself well above his knife and in his
center core. There, you can use your forearms
strikes to:
1) Crush his windpipe; the windpipe
has the consistency of copper tubing
and crushes easily.
2) Strike the Vagus nerve (follow the
neck from the earlobes down, this
nerve runs up and down that line on
either side). You’ll know when you hit
the nerve because it’s an instant
knockout. Your attacker’s eyes roll
straight up, his knees buckle, and he
collapses straight down in a lump.
3) You can also use your thumbs to
gouge out his eyes. Simply open-hand
slap him on the ears and place your
thumbs in the sockets and gouge.
Any one of these three strikes will take out his
central nervous system and immediately allow
you to control or kill him as the circumstances
dictate.
You’ll notice I didn’t discuss what happened with
the knife. During that confrontation you probably
received a couple of cuts or slashes and you may
need stitches… but you’re alive and he’s either
dead or out of commission. Most likely you never
felt the cuts or slashes because you were
focused on your mission to take him out. Your
wounds can be healed and you can go home and
kiss your kids goodnight.
Final Notes
This is just one of a myriad of possible ways I
teach normal guys — as well as the most highly
trained commandos — how to take out an
attacker wielding an edged weapon. The main
focus is to maintain the offensive state of mind
in a high threat environment. Focus on what
you’ll do to your attacker rather than trying to
defend against what he’s trying to do to you.
Make no mistake, edged weapons are very
dangerous, but you can increase your chances of
victory in an unavoidable life or death scenario
using the above principles. Don’t get caught up
with the martial arts knife fighter scenarios. It’s
highly unlikely you’ll ever meet a highly trained
martial artist or well-trained operator who fights
with a knife. It’s far more likely you’ll be dealing
with a criminal who’s used to everyone cowering
when he pulls his knife.
Imagine his surprise when you decide not to play
his game.
Just offering a different opinion.
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