Judo, Now with weapons? Options

[MusicMan]

If I am bare handed and the punk has (in RL had) a knife I know that is the hand he is leading with. and so that is the point to watch. scary as hell but when he moved, it was what I was expecting and was ready for. .

People who lead with their knife hand deserve the broken wrist. Most of the Italian and German historical manuals that I've surveyed pretty clearly show you don't do that.

[kzt]

With really dangerous people who intend to kill you you'll never see the knife until he strikes, sometimes not even then. I've read accounts of cops getting in fights who didn't realize the guy had a knife until after they were stabbed multiple times.

If you see the knife at a distance it's typically a threat display, which basically says "I'm willing to kill you if you push this." It certainly doesn't mean that the guy is bluffing, or that he's unable to kill you if he chooses, it means he doesn't want to kill you this at this time.

But yes, using a weapon does significantly limit the way someone can move and attack. There are maneuvers you can do unarmed that you can't do using a sword or a staff. However, this doesn't really matter because the somewhat limited range of things a swordsman or a guy with a staff can do are all done with incredible power and speed, and are mostly delivered from outside the range where you can hurt him unarmed.

[Snow_Fox]

People who lead with their knife hand deserve the broken wrist. Most of the Italian and German historical manuals that I've surveyed pretty clearly show you don't do that.

The street meat usually is not that well trained and the knife hand is still limited. it can strike or cute, maybe block but it can't grab. For the record it was a broken wrist, dislocated elbow and shoulder and the Yonkers ADA decided I acted in self defense.

[kzt]

I'll bet he hedged on that when his prison buddies asked him what happened.....