Rusty Shackleford
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Focusing on drawing your own gun while someone is grappling with you with a knife is a huge tactical mistake. If you ignore the knife, you will be FULL of holes and cuts and you'll be bleeding profusely at the minimum by the time you get your pistol out. If he has any knowledge of anatomy, you'll already be fatally wounded by the time your pistol is even in the game... IF you can get it in the game at that point.
Get a buddy and practice this with a sharpie marker and you'll see exactly what I'm talking about. You need to get some control over that knife first and foremost if you are already wrapped up with them. You will not live after a situation like this otherwise. You might get him with your pistol, but you'll be bleeding out before you can get to a hospital.
I'm not being stubborn or confrontational. If you do not believe me, get a friend and try it with a marker. You'll be COVERED in sharpie marks by the time you get your pistol out!
The trick is to get control of his wrist, make sure he can't get a good base, THEN make some distance and try to get your pistol out. If you start to lose your grip on the wrist, ignore everything else and work on getting control of it again.
EDIT: A base in grappling/wrestling is where you get your power from. In general, that means the ground. Make sure he doesn't have anything firm to push off of and resist you and you'll be controlling the fight. It's the first thing you learn in ground fighting. If you have a good base, and he doesn't, you can easily manhandle someone with a lot more muscle than you. That is why Jiu Jitsu is a great tool for someone smaller.
Get a buddy and practice this with a sharpie marker and you'll see exactly what I'm talking about. You need to get some control over that knife first and foremost if you are already wrapped up with them. You will not live after a situation like this otherwise. You might get him with your pistol, but you'll be bleeding out before you can get to a hospital.
I'm not being stubborn or confrontational. If you do not believe me, get a friend and try it with a marker. You'll be COVERED in sharpie marks by the time you get your pistol out!
The trick is to get control of his wrist, make sure he can't get a good base, THEN make some distance and try to get your pistol out. If you start to lose your grip on the wrist, ignore everything else and work on getting control of it again.
EDIT: A base in grappling/wrestling is where you get your power from. In general, that means the ground. Make sure he doesn't have anything firm to push off of and resist you and you'll be controlling the fight. It's the first thing you learn in ground fighting. If you have a good base, and he doesn't, you can easily manhandle someone with a lot more muscle than you. That is why Jiu Jitsu is a great tool for someone smaller.
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