Interesting, we have almost 2 full pages of posts. I was hoping we might get some useful information of what a person with a 3-4" pocketknife might want to strike for if it was all they had as a last ditch effort. Instead it seems like alot of obvious statements like that its a bad situation to be in. No kidding.
For as much as some of you guys talk about the Tueller drill, it seems like a guy with a knife and a slightly distracted gunman shouldn't be as hopeless as you imply. Perhaps face to face with aimed gun, but how about the other times? Whats with all the "why bother knives won't give instant stops" talk? Half the threads here seem to be about how handguns might fail to stop for as much as 20-30 seconds even with good shot placement.
I don't even know who the big names are in that type of thing. Any books or tapes or even names to look up? I wouldn't mind having some basic idea of what to do with my pocket knife if it was all I had and I absolutely knew I no choice but to use it. Slash? Stab? What part of the body? Stab, punch, run?
Its only a knife but it might be the best thing available and I can't imagine there aren't more and less effective ways to use it.
For as much as some of you guys talk about the Tueller drill, it seems like a guy with a knife and a slightly distracted gunman shouldn't be as hopeless as you imply. Perhaps face to face with aimed gun, but how about the other times? Whats with all the "why bother knives won't give instant stops" talk? Half the threads here seem to be about how handguns might fail to stop for as much as 20-30 seconds even with good shot placement.
I don't even know who the big names are in that type of thing. Any books or tapes or even names to look up? I wouldn't mind having some basic idea of what to do with my pocket knife if it was all I had and I absolutely knew I no choice but to use it. Slash? Stab? What part of the body? Stab, punch, run?
Its only a knife but it might be the best thing available and I can't imagine there aren't more and less effective ways to use it.