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First, we are going to discuss the bullshit that is around knife disarming in the media. Then you will learn what to do when someone attacks you with a real knife.

You have probably seen self defense instructors teaching "knife disarming". The truth is that those guys have NEVER experienced a real knife fight. If they had, they would have immediately stopped teaching those techniques.

90% of what you can see on the internet about self defense is crap. When it comes to knife fighting and knife disarming, that number even gets closer to 100.

Honestly, take a look at any of the knife disarming videos out there... Full of bullshit. Nobody knows who "invented" unarmed knife defense but one thing is for sure: he is responsible for hundreds of people dying every year.

The very first thing you need to do when learning knife disarming: forget everything you have seen so far! Forget knife defense stances, blocks, moves, everything because they do NOT work.

Look at the videos where people are blocking slashes and thrusts. They all know what is going to happen and the "attackers" also know what the "master" expects them to do. It's kind of like if they were dancing with each other.

In real life you don't know what your assailant is going to do, most of the times you don't even know if he has a knife or not.

Please read the rest of this tutorial only if you have managed to forget those fancy knife disarming techniques and are ready to face the truth.

Hopefully you have cleaned your mind from all the junk and now you are ready to learn some real knife disarming.

The basic knife defense situation is where you do not have a knife and your adversary does have a knife. This is where all the crap is going on.

In this case you should NEVER TRY TO CATCH THE KNIFE OR BLOCK the attacking hand. By doing that you can easily get stabbed or wounded seriously.

Here is what you should do: at the moment you realize that your assailant holds a knife in his hand, you immediately have to back up to create distance between yourself and the blade.

Then you have to look for a reasonably large object that is not too heavy to lift. (For instance it could be a chair, a plastic table, a trash can or even a suitcase.)

If you found something that meets the "large but not too heavy" criteria, your next move is to grab it and push it right into the assailant's chest area as hard as you can.

As you can see the object functions as a shield but you use it to push the attacker off balance.

If you do it powerfully enough, chances are you will take him to the ground. Right after your counterattack is finished you must get the hell out of there.

The best knife disarming practice is when you train your mind to be aware of the objects you are surrounded with.

This means that you have to look at objects like chairs, small tables, trash cans, suitcases, etc. a different way that you are used to.

Whenever you catch a glimpse of a knife in someone's hand, you should think about how to create distance between yourself and the knife and what object to use to counter-attack with.

Don't get it wrong: you don't have to physically grab a chair for example. Just think about how you would use it.

You can also practice knife disarming when you are alone in a room. Grab a chair for example, lift it and try to push it towards a wall or a door.

This way you will get the feeling of its weight and the pushing motion. This experience will help you a lot and will significantly increase your knife disarming skills.

Let's stress it again: NEVER try to catch the knife of block the attacking hand! The media is full of that bullshit. Stay away from that. Self defense gurus do it because they have never faced a REAL attacker with a real knife!

If you don't belive that our knife disarming technique really works, then give it a try. Tell someone to attack you with a pen for example. Then use the knife disarming technique we discussed above.

But be careful! Don't hurt him too much. You can do this with a self defense instructor too. He won't be able to hurt you either.

Practice this technique then move on to learn something else. We offer many full tutorial videos to choose from.

This was a real defense against an attacker who is armed with a knife. It's surprising, fast, powerful and relatively safe. However, if you can't find anything to use as a shield you have only one choice left: to run away.

If you are disappointed with this knife disarming technique or think that it is for cowards, you can go ahead and learn hundreds of fancy knife disarming techniques all over the internet and get killed. It's your blood.