In the Dojo: Knife defence

My usual Sensei are off to Okinawa;  good luck to Ben and Alison and the others for our Dojo who have gone, enjoy 😊

Our visiting Sensei, Graham, did some drills in knife defence with us, which given some videos I have seen from friends posts recently, was kind of appropriate.   One was so intrictate it was a work of art, but in no way practical for my level:

Silat Strikes and Finishes - Silat Suffian Bela Diri

This link was shared by Noah Legel originally, thank you 😊

The other would defintely not work for me either, but maybe its a technique not related to Karate:

Is this effective?

Sensei Graham show us pratical (ie. for me simple) defence techniques against various forms of knife threat and attack, all of which are simple enough to apply.  I hope I never have to testify as to whether they would be effective, but think they will work.   The obvious two are observe and avoid, then given them what they want, but there is always a what if?

We were shown techniques against knife threat to throat, , slashing strike, axe strike and knife to the kneck from behind.  the last technique would defintely result in cuts, but worthwhile to avoid something worse.  I will try to describe, but can't promise being 100%

1. Knife threat  - to throat; Hands up whilst distracting, push away with opposite hand.  Nearest hand over the top of wrist and grip.   Opposite hand, kneck strike then rotate arm and hit knife arm on elbow from underneath.

2. Knife threat - to chest; Hands up whilst distracting, then similatiously twist body 90 degrees to avoid thrust and grab knife hand (thumb in middle of back of hand) with nearest hand  then grab with other hand and rotate knife arm up and away.

3. Knife slashing strike, Chudan-uke outside block, then punch to jaw or strike to kneck.

 4.  Knife axe strike, crossed wrists overhead block, take control with one arm, reinforce with other.  Take control with one hand, reinforce with the other then rotate away.

5.  Knife to the kneck from behind; Hands up whilst distracting, grab wrist with arm following knifeman's arm, and reinforce, then duck under attackers arm and bring their arm up behind their back. 😊😊😊

Hope this is of interest, thank you Sensei Graham 😊😊😊