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New Techniques, Zone 7 knife, easy and fast.

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The Class Title "Don't get shanked"
simple, right, don't get shanked.  In my tradition of breaking down one technique and covering each point as if it is a  whole technique.  It's really simple, in deference to me.  Tonight we went over a really great IKI knife defense, simple, practical, looks like a 3 count move, so we break each count down, we get the zone 6 or zone 7 block first, making sure we get the body safely out of knife range.   It's easy, we make that seven block as our body shapes back into a banana shape. 

1. Get the zone 7 block down with both hands.
2. Get the wrist pin done
3. Get the post
4. fire the knee a few times
5. Take the disarm.

Easy right, we'll start practicing just the zone 7 block with your opponent shifting attacking hands,  have the opponent move around you. Track your opponent, don't let him get behind you, and remember, you  are hunting each other, your prize is not getting stabbed and maybe get wrist pin with the knife hand , his prize, a knife in your gut.  Practice like this, keep serious intent.  Have fun but be aware of failure.  The wrist pin is just a simple move around the hand, a quick wrap, so the palm is parallel with the body, and the wrist pin looks like a radial wrist lock, you can apply pressure to the wrist just as you would a radial wrist lock.

Okay we're good, we got the wrist pin and the post, now let's see if we can get that with both hands at a variable speeds.  Now the fun part, we have pressure on the opponent's straight (weapon hand) and use it as a lever to drive in the knee, a few times.  You may want to strip the knife, you may not want to, but for sure you want this guy stunned so you can escape, so do it.   Dive that knee into his chest, stomach, any good target you fine, a few times, you can throw an elbow into his neck of take him down, it's up to you.

Sure there are certain fundamentals of defense, like getting the body away from the knife(the banana shape), keeping the zone block in a nice center line with the nose.  Whatever you do remember that one day you may have to do this for real, you will be pumped full of adrenaline.  Direct that adrenaline towards that explosive block and body  movement, wrap that wrist, feel it caught between your bicep and hand, post up and drive that knee several times, without hesitation, remember, this guy tried to shank you, return him the favor, likewise.



The shifting hands tactic was started by Edward Varvak, way to go Ed, you are getting along well.

Remember when you first start to practice slow is smooth and smooth is fast.