Two videos: warning-one is footage of a prison shanking (pay attention to the one at :26), the other, a martial arts "self defense" technique against a knife...from a very well respected "knife fighting" martial art When compared directly with footage of real world violence...how does this self defense technique stack up (an open-ended question, it's your life, you be the judge)? Bottom line: the best self defense moves are ones that use gross motor skill movements, body weight (not muscle strength) to injure vulnerable areas of the body and are simple to do under (enormous) stress. You need to ensure that the litmus test for a self defense technique must always be real-world violence, what is actually happening on the street. Not contrived situations in the sterile environment of a studio.
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