Ultimate Guide To Knife Combat By Black Belt Magazine (Book)

More effective than a fist and more accessible than a gun, the knife is the most pragmatic self-defense tool. The Ultimate Guide to Knife Combat celebrates this simple, versatile, sometimes controversial weapon with essays and instructional articles written by the world's foremost experts, including Ernest Emerson, Hank Hayes, Jim Wagner and David E. Steele. The Ultimate Guide to Knife Combat presents an international cross section of knife cultures and styles - from the heroic legacy of America's bowie knife to the lethal techniques of the kukri-wielding Gurkhas of Nepal - and features essential empty-hand techniques, exercises to improve your fighting skills, and advice on choosing the knife that's right for you. Spanning two decades of material from the Black Belt archives, The Ultimate Guide to Knife Combat provides everything you need to know about fighting with or against a blade. FOREWORD • KNIVES Keeping the Distance • GRADIENTS OF FEAR: TRAINING WITH THE KNIFE How Do You Overcome Your Fear and Learn to Defend Against the Knife? • SELFDEFENSE AGAINST KNIFE ATTACKS Let the Mugger Get the Point • LONG KNIFE STYLES The Silent Killers • A HAPPY UNION Hapkido and the Knife • THE FOLDING KNIFE A Pocketful of Trouble • SURVIVAL KNIVES When It's Just You Against the Wilderness • THE ART OF KNIFE THROWING A Cut Above Other Forms of SelfDefense • THE BOWIE KNIFE The Biggest and the Baddest Blade of All! • THE POCKETKNIFE Versatile Blade Offers Portable Protection • DAGGERS OF THE DARK AGES The Knives of Medieval Europe and Japan .. • BOOTKNIFE FIGHTING The Street Style of the '80s • THE NUNCHAKU VS. THE KNIFE Which Is the Better Weapon for SelfDefense? • THE DO'S AND DON'TS OF KNIFE DEFENSE Be Prepared or Be a Victim • KNIVES VS. GUNS How the Police Deal With Knife Attacks • ARMED DEFENSES AGAINST A KNIFE ATTACK Counterattacking With Your Own Weapon Increases Your Chances of Survival • THE KNIFEFIGHTING TACTICS OF THE U.S. MARINE CORPS Grips, Stances and Targets • GUERRILLA KNIFEFIGHTING TACTICS Unconventional Blade Techniques From Around the World • CAN YOU SURVIVE A KNIFE ATTACK WITHOUT GETTING CUT? Guidelines for Escaping a Slasher's Blade • MODERN KNIFE FIGHTING What Martial Artists Need to Know About Using and Defending Against the Blade • MARTIAL ARTS BEHIND BARS • EDGED WEAPONS 101 • EDGED WEAPONS 102DEFENSE • DEVELOPING A WARRIOR ATTITUDE • THE TACTICAL FOLDING KNIFE A SelfDefense Alternative for a Violent World • KNIFE WISDOM FROM WORLD WAR II Real SelfDefense Never Goes Out of Style! • REALITY OF THE BLADE 'No Bull' Answers to 13 Questions Black Belt Readers Have Asked About Knife Attacks • 3STEP RESPONSE TO A KNIFE ATTACK • SECRETS OF THE BLADE 20 Essentials You Need to Know About Using and Defending Against Cold Steel Part 1 • SECRETS OF THE BLADE 20 Essentials Every Martial Artist Needs to Know About Using and Defending Against Cold Steel Part 2 • AGAINST THE BLADE How to Avoid Misconceptions and MindSets That Could Be Fatal on the Street • GIRL'S BEST FRIEND A Guide to Knife Training for Women • RAPID DEPLOYMENT 9 Essential Drills for Martial Artists Who Carry a Tactical Folding Knife • REALITY OF THE STAB Uses of the IcePick Grip in Actual Knife and Shank Attacks • TRIPLE THREAT Escrima's Fighting Forms Promise the Utmost in Baton, Knife and EmptyHand Versatility! • CUTTING EDGE SelfDefense Expert Andy Stanford Reveals Everything You Need to Know to Survive a Knife Attackor Initiate One! • BATTLE BLADE The Hottest Edged Weapon of the 21st Century Has Roots That Stretch Back Hundreds of Years! • AGAINST THE ODDS • UNARMED AGAINST A KNIFE • AIKIDO UNDER ATTACK Morihei Uyeshiba's Peaceful Art Takes on the 5 Angles of the Knife • RED WARRIOR SYSTEM Resurrected AmericanIndian Martial Art Teaches More Than Just Blade Fighting! • TACTICAL FOLDER FIGHTING Cold Steel Founder Lynn Thompson Unveils the Truth Behind Knife SelfDefense! Part 1 • TACTICAL FOLDER FIGHTING Cold Steel Founder Lynn Thompson Unveils the Truth Behind Knife SelfDefense! Part 2 • ANATOMY OF A KNIFE FIGHT Learn How to Handle the Three MostCommon Assaults • 8 TIPS FOR BETTER KNIFE DEFENSE • THE CODE HAS BEEN CRACKED! 8 Steps to the Ultimate EdgedWeapons Defense • BLADE AGAINST BLADE Realities and Simulations in Knife Fighting • DESIGNING A FIGHTING KNIFE • EDGEDWEAPON SURVIVAL 6 Techniques to Save Your Life!

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ISBN	9780897501583
More	150 x 225 mm, 314 pp, 498 photos

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