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Old 03-14-2007, 04:19 PM   #79
garry cantrell
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Re: Non-cooperative tanto-dori (Discussion)

OK, time for my two cents. Great discussion about proper training and dealing with trained knife fighters and types of attacks and the like - but here's another perspective. My one and only (thank goodness) experience with a knife attack was with a guy who, as far as I could tell, had no training and gave no indication that he wanted to hurt me (or even that he found me mildly irritating) prior to trying to shove a butcher knife through my stomach. Geez, that was years ago. I lost a quarter sized hunk of skin off the end of my elbow. It was very fast, from very close range, and very unexpected. My response was clearly Aikido based (and expletive enhanced, if I remember correctly) but wouldn't have been confused with traditional tanto take away techniques. There's a point here somewhere. Maybe it's just that it's rare to be able to accurately predict real life applications. You train hard, as best you can, and enjoy the training.
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