The art of knife fighting and self-defense from the knife for everybody
The KGB Special Forces system
Samuel Greenberg
Text Copyright 2020
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Annotation
This book is based on a unique manual for law enforcement officers, based on the recently declassified course on operational karate of the KGB Special Forces, which is now available to everyone who is interested in real martial arts and self-defense techniques. The techniques that were successfully used by the soldiers of the strongest Special Forces in the world will now help you protect yourself and your loved ones. From this book, you will learn not only how to repulse any enemy using a knife, but also how to defend against a criminal armed with a knife without using a weapon. The book includes only easy to master techniques, which can be used in life treating situations by everybody without need for special training. The author deliberately missed such methods as strangulation, blocking and impact on the enemy's pain points, which are widely used by Special Forces, because these methods require strength and a long time to master and will not be suitable as a protection measure for ordinary people in an emergency situation.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction to combat knives
Since ancient times, a knife has been one of the most dangerous weapons.
The ability to defend against the threat and attack of the enemy, armed with a knife, may be required not only in battle, but also in everyday life.
It should be remembered that of all types of knives the most dangerous is an ordinary kitchen knife.
Knives can be classified into:
1. Fighting.
2. Hunting.
3. Kitchenware.
4. Special (shoe, garden, paper cutter, penknife, awl, throwing knife, transformer knife).
5. Historical (Navaja, Caucasian Dagger, Finn, Kukri, Machete).
6. Self-made ("sharpening", "peak," puncture ", etc.).
Knives can be used for applying piercing, cutting, chopping, piercing - cutting strokes.
As a rule, knives were originally made for specific purposes, for special strikes.
Many knives were originally conceived and intended only for stabbing. These knives often do not have a cutting edge - Dag, stylet, "peak", "sharpening" or either this edge is very conditional.
Most often, knives have only one cutting edge.
Knives can have a completely sharp edge on one side along the length of the entire blade and a partially sharpened edge on the other side.
There are also double-edged knives, such as the Caucasian dagger.
Sometimes knives have a shape, size and sharpening in order to use it for delivering first cuts, for example, a Nepali kukri knife or a machete knife.
Many knives have, in addition to the sharp blade, special cuts or devices for performing certain functions, for example, for cutting wire, sawing small branches, hooks and grabs of another knife.
Despite their different uses, all knives are dangerous because, first of all, they are designed to accomplish a task or achieve a specific goal.
What is knife attack dangerous by?
Dangerous is usually not the knife itself. Dangerous to others can be the one, who uses it as a weapon.
When an offender attacks with a knife or any other cutting or sharp object, it can cause cuttings of vital, human organs, tendons, arteries and veins, nerve fibers, the face; there may be scars; you can be left without eyes, ears, fingers.
Experience allows predicting with some accuracy the possible consequences of getting a knife wound.
With the defeat of the brachial artery, the time of possible loss of consciousness is 14 seconds, and death can occur within one and a half minutes.
If the radial artery is damaged, the time of loss of consciousness is half a minute and death can occur within 2 minutes.
When the carotid artery is damaged, the time of loss of consciousness is 5 seconds, and death is 12 seconds.
Damage to the subclavian artery causes loss of consciousness within 2 seconds, and death can occur within 3 and half minutes.
With the defeat of the heart, consciousness can be lost instantly, and death can occur in 3 seconds.
If the liver, spleen, stomach is damaged, consciousness can be lost almost instantly, and death can occur depending on the depth of the cut within a few minutes.
It should be borne in mind that in this case we are talking about one exact blow or cut. And there may be several of them. And not every blow can be fatal.
The causes of death, when the offender attacks with a knife, can be:
1. Damage incompatible with life.
2. Blood loss, which can be:
2.1. Abundant (2.5-3 liters).
2.2. Acute (rapid outflow of blood from large main vessels, even in small quantities - 200-500 ml).
2.3. When passing acute blood loss in copious.
3. Crush organs with blood or air.
4. Shock III and IV degree. It happens, when the damage itself is not fatal, but it causes overexcitement of the central nervous system with subsequent disorder of the nervous regulation.
5. Embolism. It causes a blockage of blood vessels or capillaries of the brain or lung, for example, with droplets of fat that have got there due to damage.
Chapter 2. Basic techniques of combat knife
Grip of a combat knife
Typically, training in knife fighting begins with learning how to properly grip the knife. It is important to remember that each grip is convenient for a narrow range of tasks - it is unwise to hold a knife in combat situation the same way as in the kitchen and vice versa. Not less than the scope of application, the shape and design of the handle and crosspiece affect the grip of a combat knife. There are three main grips of a combat knife:
1. The first option is to grip the knife with the blade upwards, away from the thumb, Fig. 1.
Fig. 1
2. The second option is to grip the knife with the blade down, away from the little finger, Fig. 2.
Fig. 2
3. The third option is to grip the knife with the blade forward, Fig. 3.
Fig. 3
The correct grip of the knife allows you to deliver both stabbing and cutting blows in any sequence. However, the techniques of fighting with different grips differ from each other.
One of the most controversial topics when discussing the correct capture of a knife is the direction of the blade of the knife: to yourself, Fig. 4, 5 or away from yourself, Fig. 6, 7.
