One thing I love about Izzy is that he seems like a total teddy bear all the time, but when he gets into training like this, you can see his demeanor change 180 degrees into someone focused as hell and determined. Guess that’s the Green Berets for ya
I had a few instructors who were Green Berets. It is like watching a switch get flipped. You'd think they'd be "on" all the time, but what's more remarkable is how much they are just normal-ish guys until they're not.
@@georgebarkemeyer2003 it's kind of necessary for your mental health. If you're hard all the time you'll probably crack when there's actually pressure.
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This is certainly legit military Krav Maga and not the commercial bullshit. We've learned the exact same thing from a Georgian ex-SOF a few years back. Great job to show this to the public!
I love these videos. Knife defense in my opinion is the most stressful form, and you guys do an incredible job of getting to the core of it here. First rule of knife fighting, you’re going to get cut.
I used to be search and rescue, you get alot of military types among that. Ive eaten alot of sand and dirt in the learning of knife fighting. You likely WILL NOT, walk away unscratched.
@@KilerkRazorclaw Yup Left arm is gonna be fucked up most likely edit: IF you are some godlike fighter or the attacker is a joke otherwise you get cut even more
""Hey, look, a bird" followed by a sudden physical altercation" My older brother used to use this in fights all the time. unbelievable how good it worked. Say something cute, in an angry voice, an it gives that 1 second of confusion, for an easy attack. A: F*U (gearing up) B: F*U (both gearing up) A: I'm gonna F U up, Come on! (pushing self) B: I'm gonna kiss your flower! A: (thinking: did he just say what I think he said?) B: -----attack------- Random nonsense lines, and it worked like every time. Fish are tasty! Moons are moons! Cats and Dogs! Soften yogurt! Spicy Noodles! etc etc
All props to Zim’s Brother above. Can’t fault it. Personally I’ve used the ‘who’s your big mate/can’t you do this alone?) while looking intently and gesturing over the opponent’s shoulder. The trick is to assume they’ll be affected by it and to move just about a second after saying it. Try to catch them as they’ve just understood what was said. Overall I cannot overstate the effectiveness of having something, anything in your jab hand. Change, a lighter, vape (keep hold of these they’re brilliant weapons), cigarette or whatever. Throw it at the face and say catch. Move to impact at the same time as the object. A low to plexus kick plays best. Split focus. Two incoming objects to deal with. The instant understanding that the first is a decoy. Create the distraction but by god don’t wait for it to pass. Subtle but effective.
Most knife attacks are robberies, so don't be a hero and just give up your belongings its all replaceable and avoid getting into some idiotic avoidable knife fight.
He's not even coming at them the way his training dictates. If he actually went at them according to his training it'd be scarier than this. The way he went at them in the beginning had no technique behind it because most people don't know knife combatives.
@@altechelghanforever9906 The thing that always fascinates me about knife combatives is how simply reorienting the grip or the indexing of the blade changes the whole dynamic of a knife fight. I would much rather be faced with someone who only knows how to "sewing machine" with an orthodox grip, rather than someone who is trained in knife mechanics and has even the rudimentary knowledge of bio-mechanical cutting.
@@nightshade7240 Which is scary to think about. Regular people can be frightening with knifes they don't know how to use, so just imagine what a trained guy is capable of.
This was easily one of the best episodes of FTX. Very informitve and shit that could be practiced at home with a buddy (Safely I hope.) Keep it up guys. Y'all are killing out here.
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Really love the incremental building block approach, and the practical application. Omer is a really great at teaching, able to describe, give examples, and encourage his students to learn.
I love the emphasis on quick, powerful movements to evade the stabs rather than static stay in place defense. It's always better to be a moving target because you are harder to hit. It also allows for a counterattack. Ideally, they might stumble off balance and you can get a kick somewhere that will really hurt the opponent like a knee shot or rib shot, breaking ribs, which would enable a exit from the scene as they would be disabled.
God I loved this video. The way he explained and demonstrated how to counter and react, and why was just spot on and clicked immediately in my head. Additionally, seeing Izzy and Cameron begin to learn and improve was just so cool to see.
Didnt acount for grip change in any of the scenarios which would give attacker in this a lot o ways to disable the "locking arm" in very few moves. I can understand that most ppl think about "ice pick" grip for more "power" behind the stab but for more skilled user its less usefull and take a way a lot of reach that said weapon can provide.
Trouble is when the reality of it strikes which can happen more often than we know as this video shows how hard it is to defend from a full attack of knife strikes hitting you ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-t69XMB-PINM.htmlsi=ZCLP6RNgVCeZ222a
@@DB-dx8xu That video that you posited is a load of crap and the fact that you would use that as proof of anything shows that you really do not have a clue what you are talking about. They artificially removed all possible options that the defenders had and ignored the fact that they had done this - was that not obvious! If I had a knife I would have absolutely no chance at all against any of the defenders in that video.
That's assuming you're at least 21 ft away, see the threat coming, can draw from concealment, and put effective rounds on target. There was a police video done on this and 21 ft was the minimum distance required for all of the above.
@@DPham1 True, which is why at closer ranges, these techniques still have value. My strategy is simply to survive long enough to either run away or draw my gun rather than spending too much time grappling.
#2 Yes. If you’re in ‘Murica… The world is bigger than the USA my man… 😂😂😂 So basically more than half of the world benefits from the lessons in this video as knives are found everywhere in the world. 😉
My JKD Instructor told me early in my training: "If someone pulls anything larger than a Pen-Knife,Run,Fly or Disappear". Defensive wounds alone can kill you".
You're being childish. Running is not always possible. Aka home defense with family in other room or small space like train etc. No where in this video did it say that knife defense means avoiding all harm. It means minimizing the amount of wounds you suffer so you only bleed from 5 places instead of 15. When nothing else works you're gonna wish you had the ability to grapple and disable the knife. No one said it's a high percentage of success. It's hard. But when running is not an option, it's the only way possible. You runners are naive and will be the first ones to die exhuasted and out of breathe since the knife guy can just chase you. Better to fight when running is not an option since death is the result either way. @@JohnDoe-tj8lj
this felt realistic compared to other knife videos.the percentage of not getting hit is about 30% but still this things will increase your survival rate.
What I appreciate is that this shows self defense not macho man win the fight, because they got a knife you’re chance to escape will always be higher then winning. By showing how to get away or if needed stun to get away not putting the attacker on the ground
your chance of escape is no always higher than winning. To take a simple example running away requires you to be faster than the other guy or else is is guaranteed to fail. There are 2 possibilities - you ether are faster or your not so a simple analysis shows that you have a 50% chance of escape. Now this is a deliberately simple analysis which does not take account of known physical factors which would effect your chance of outrunning the other guy or if or not there is a place of safety nearby - its just an example So escape has a 50% chance of success. i know for certain that if I had a knife any unarmed person with even minimal fighting skill would have a chance of winning which is far far above 50%
Great video, this was fun to watch I must say. To think that guy isn't even trying, just chilling and teaching, imagine if he had to go all out, scary stuff. Word of advice though, don't do this UNLESS you're trained. If someone wants to rob you, just let em unless it's do or die, then just try your best to make it out alive.
Currently researching knife defenses for my next martial arts grading. This is one of the best defenses I have seen. I am not discounting other defenses out there because some may be high risk, but for someone who has drilled and pressure tested their defense they would be more comfortable and capable applying it. yes running and/or getting a weapon that is on hand is a given obviously.
You know, you guys should check out Bear Grylls' Be Military Fit; he'd be an awesome person to have on the channel (obviously) and that organization is founded by him & his team and fits this bill exactly!
Great video thank you !I must have rewound this 50 times! Please make more like these with different skills! anyone know of krav maga classes in Wales U.K.? This guy simplifies things so much does he ever teach in the U.K.? I'd love to train under his instruction you can see he's very reality based. Thank you!
If I was you I would krav isn’t the best martial artist against another trained person if u wanna train I would train boxing and wrestling with judo so u can bring the foght to the ground bc one it hits the ground people start freaking out buh thats only on 1v1 situations if ur fighting multiple people then u just wanna stand and strike woth them buh krav is just a little bullshit buy has decent defense against weapons
@@Elchinoalto actual krav maga consists of ending fights as quickly as possible, it ain't bullshit, ending it as quickly as possible means running away or flat out killing the opponent, stomping, groin shots, headbutts, elbows, throat strikes, eye gouging, head smashing, everything is valid and done to end the fight quickly. This is exactly how our military ancestors fought until their martial arts got downgraded into the sports we see today. There's a lot of bullshido today and all but krav maga teaches you to fight dirty, which is necessary for life or death.
@@suasponte5562yeah they don't. Not even the IDF or Israeli special forces train this shite. It's commercial bullshido aimed at wannabe James Bond dads and moms.
Cam might’ve outperformed izzy here, but after seeing izzy’s determination, he’s definitely the type of guy you don’t wanna f with when he was in active duty. You might get some shots in but you’re the one going home in a bag or a box.
This is an interesting video to watch since Knife-wielding assailants are common here. And at the perspective I see it from training in Filipino Martial Arts (Kali/Arnis/Eskrima) this video's quite educational... and handy where I'm from.
Great work! I don’t think I’ll need a knife defence, but WHO DOES?! Very informative and always interesting. Your guest instructor was excellent. Great vid!
This FTX episode was top notch 👌! Very informative and engaging. Thanks to Izzy and Cam for adding more tools in the tool box and providing amazing content. Cheers gents 🍻 👏
Great video! I've only once seen a gun in the hands of a criminal, but I've been threatened by melee weapons on multiple occasions, been injured by a Katana, know someone who nearly got murdered by a spear (seriously!) and another one who was forced into a duel. All this happened in Europe of all places...
This guy really knows his stuff! Impressive! Still even with training and preparation being attacked by some maniac with a knife is going to be a terrifying experience!
this should be a series. next should be trying out other forms of martial arts for certain self defense scenarios. or just you guys trying out different martial arts. Parkour would definitely be the best to see 🤣
FINALLY! A video that shows how to fight against an actual "real life" person who will use "dirty tactics"! I'm glad I didn't skip over this video - I almost did because most video's I've come across fail to take into account actual life! Thank you! People fight dirty! They don't just take a swing, then go through the motions of you dealing with them. What I saw in this video is what I assume a real knife attack would look like, and options to deal with it! I look forward to more!
As a dabbler of Filipino martial arts this was awesome to watch. Would love to see you guys hit up Craig Douglas of Shiv Works to work firearms into close range/grappling combatives. This is big for CCW folks
This is good stuff, the title throws it off...I'm confused which army learns knife defense because mine didn't lol, our defense to a knife was don't let them get that close and give them lead poisoning lol
french army tests show that if the knife attacker is under 7m, there's more than 50% chance he'll get a swing at you even if you have a weapon...so yeah... under stress and surprised, you can't draw quick enough. if you have to use these tactics, it's a last resort, but even armed, it might just come down to this.
Some people think this does not work. Well lemme tell you this, back when i was a kid i actually practiced what they were doing everyday. One time this big kid from a gang of something tried to stab me with a knife! My muscle memory kicked in and actually did what they were doing. Saved my life, thank you for this tutorial.😔👍
Dudes in prison need to learn this! Might save some cherries lol...You're gonna get poked but swift, violent and evasive movements might prevent further penetration🤣🤣
A lot of people just repeat things they have seen written 1000 times before, often what they are parroting is irrelevant, without knowing if or not it is correct or understanding the intended context of it. and in doing so they create another instance of it which someone else may find which increases the chances that it will get repeated again elsewhere.
I noticed the guys didn't "stop" at the taps Mr. Duchovny gave hehe (they sort of waited for him to say "ok" at times) - no biggie, it's more a martial arts thing that gets learned I suppose, over time (feeling and stopping at the light 'tap outs' that a partner can give) great stuff, great vid
Well most of the people they are in "combat" with don't have guns so I guess it matters to them lol. Unfortunately for Cam the guys he was shooting at, shot back. Maybe when your main job is arresting children and shooting journalists hand to hand combat matters.
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@@rafaelalodio5116 Definitely not, the media just drilled it into your head that it is a "crime against humanity" but if you actually look at it and critically think yourself, you'll understand the IDF is limiting civilian death quite successfully, any other army in urban warfare in history, and in less densely populated area than Gaza had significantly higher civilian casualties than Israel does, it's so successful you can expect armies in the future to be trying and learn from it.
The Rules of Knife Fighting: 1 - Don't! 2 - Seriously, don't! 3- Bring a gun. 4. Run if possible, otherwise fight like hell. 5. You're gonna get cut, so make sure the other guy gets it worse than you.
True. U can and will get cut in a real knife fight but training for the situation and remaining calm can reduce the damage. Many people tend to be in fear in the real situation and everything they might have known is thrown out the window. I feel like one of the key things to surviving is to be calm as u can. When ur filled with fear u can’t and u wont know what to do as ur in to much fear of getting killed. Being calm can help u to know what and what not to do but true u should never ever get into a knife fight. But it all comes down to the individual I guess.
I really like this instructor's priorities, both his ideas and the drilling. I see it pretty commonly among more grounded or real-life experienced instructors I've known. I'm just a martial arts nerd, so I can't make any claims about "realism" etc. But a lot of what he says about diving in to preempt the attacker's swing power is a very common concept I've seen across multiple martial arts. Specifically, framing the arms above the head in a high dive is almost exactly the same arm geometry used in a 15th century Italian source for defense and counter against an overhand rondel dagger stab. Other bits and pieces also come up in different kung fu styles I've seen (my kung fu instructor taught me that specific arm/elbow angle as keeping it "kung fu straight"). Conceptually, the material is there if you know what you're looking at. But I've met plenty of HEMA and kung fu people who keep up in a rubber knife drill with the pace, intensity, and semi-dynamic/random structure of the exercises shown here. In the eternal Internet argument about martial arts vs MMA, so much of the keyboard warrior misconception about effectiveness is rooted in the intent of the people training. With all your drill time spent in a comfort zone, you'll still be weak and ineffective no matter what art you think you're training. Safely and constructively pushing hard and constantly in a structured progression that keeps you in the challenge/growth zone but not all the way in the stress/panic zone, with instructors and training partners who will keep that pace with you matters a lot more than what system you train. Part of that desire for the comfort zone stems from most non-fighting students' innate human risk aversion. You want to do well. You want to look good. You don't like losing. In school, the expectation is that you get 70% or higher to pass. But in sports, 30% is considered generationally amazing. These drills can be performed neatly with precision for the 70%+ score, while learning the concept. But then they need a complementary stage of training already-known skills with deliberate doses of stress and randomness for that robustness and challenge/growth zone. You can catch glimpses of the instructor's precision in some of his coaching comments during the exercises. Big picture, he emphasizes "ugly, not pretty", which is a good touchstone to always come back to. But "ugly" doesn't mean "crude" or "unskilled". He clearly values precision and skill in telling Cam and Izzy to achieve consistency in where they put their arm crossface, overhook, underhook, etc. He just doesn't narrowly pursue the A+ grade at the cost of blowing the overall goal of safety and controlling the fight. That's where I see a lot of less experienced martial arts students get caught up, trying to get the most immediately apparent details of form and stance perfect at the expense of getting the job done. Correct form and stance help get the job done better, but they aren't THE job. Conversely, I see a lot of low-level MMA/combatives proponents dismissing precision in form and stance as though it's immaterial to getting the job done. Excessive emphasis on precision may be immaterial, but not ALL precision is immaterial to all people. Just like whether an annual corporate accounting report rounds off to the nearest $0.01, $1, $100, or $100,000 all depends on how material the amount is in each specific context.
I was on jury duty and a guy killed two dudes with a small 4 inch knife he was slitting a blunt with. He was being pounded on the ground and grabbed the knife and killed two attackers. Crazy. He hit arteries. Dont underestimate a knife.
well, i know attacks like these always happen quick and fast, and without notice...now im also like, im pretty sure most of the strength that each of them has is being held back as this is only for a video ,so no hurting each other.
Most armies don't bother teaching knife combat because there are very few circumstances in which you would actually use it. Some of the special forces units do, but it's not a major thing as actual hand to hand combat is rare.
this is sadly true i was lucky enough to have been cav recon my 1st enlistment and underwent extensive hand to hand with and without knives though the krava maga was very good with techniques
Excellent technique. The one thing I would add is that the defender should have started his defense the moment the attacker started to pull the knife. If someone is threatening and reaches into their pocket or waistband while closing distance or focusing on you, they are probably reaching for a weapon. If you wait for the attacker to draw a weapon, you put yourself at a huge disadvantage. The attacker won't try to stab until the knife is out and ready. So, while the attacker is drawing the knife, he is both unable to use it and he is distracted by trying to get the knife out. This comes down to situational awareness and being proactive. At that moment, you have the option to clear and find a weapon or close and counter before the knife is out, giving you the advantage.
My dad trained Israeli and US special forces in jungle warfare in the seventies. He never had any special techniques but have seen him disarm people with knives with ease. When I started working as a bouncer in a brothel (I'm 5'7") I encountered a lot of knife wielding freaks. only experience works. So train a lot. And be prepared to encounter someone who won't feel pain. Oh and be wary of full moons.
"Realistically, there is no ideal" was his exact words. In other words, get out of the way of the guy with a knife if you can but if you're cornered knowing this is better then not knowing it
@YellowLab-rb6xn There's absolutely no way you'll be knowing your opponants knife length. Also, the vid teaches you good footwork and the most important thing when they are close; keeping the knife from stabbing a vital. Every situation aside from preventative measures (even that's no promise sadly) will run the risk of getting stabbed or nicked in one way or another, I think that's what he meant. Also also, no offense taken, I'm just pointing it out is all, I actually agree with you at least to a point 😊
A huge understanding you need to have of being in a knife fight or disarming someone with a knife is YOU’RE GOING TO BE STABBED OR CUT … doesn’t matter how good you think you’re are. So AVOID IT. Run if possible. Put your ego away.
