If a man attacks you with a weapon that has an overall length of 8.5" and you had a weapon of 26" and you could carry it legally how has the advantage?
I am surprised that so many people carry a knife as a primary weapon I recently got myself one of those ASP batons. 26" long I carry it in my back pocket and recently experimented with it to see how will it compere with a knife.
I asked my self defence instructor who knows a lot about knife fighting to attack me with a knife I used my baton to nock the knife out of his hand and delivered some good blows to his knees he was unable to walk so if this was a real life encounter I could walk away without him being able to chase me. I was surprised as he usually wins any fight I challenge him to. Also I was thinking that if you use a knife you will have to kill or cause serious damage to him but with a baton you can enable a person without killing him. This doesn't mean that I will not carry a knife it gust that I want to have more options with the stuff I carry.
P.S. what I meant when I seed that knife is not a self defence weapon I meant that it can be used only in offensive manner, cutting and stabbing and has limited blocking capacity.
So what is your thoughts on the subject?
I am surprised that so many people carry a knife as a primary weapon I recently got myself one of those ASP batons. 26" long I carry it in my back pocket and recently experimented with it to see how will it compere with a knife.
I asked my self defence instructor who knows a lot about knife fighting to attack me with a knife I used my baton to nock the knife out of his hand and delivered some good blows to his knees he was unable to walk so if this was a real life encounter I could walk away without him being able to chase me. I was surprised as he usually wins any fight I challenge him to. Also I was thinking that if you use a knife you will have to kill or cause serious damage to him but with a baton you can enable a person without killing him. This doesn't mean that I will not carry a knife it gust that I want to have more options with the stuff I carry.
P.S. what I meant when I seed that knife is not a self defence weapon I meant that it can be used only in offensive manner, cutting and stabbing and has limited blocking capacity.
So what is your thoughts on the subject?