Partners start out facing each other with feet side by side. Attacker steps forward with each attack.
Knife Defenses
Attack | Defense | |
1 | Swing knife downward and diagonally | 1. Step to attacker’s outside
2. Roundhouse kick to the knee |
2 | Swing knife horizontally across the abdomen | 1. Slide backwards with both feet while pushing down with both hands to protect
2. Front kick to the knee |
3 | Stab towards the mid-section | 1. Step to attacker’s outside while palm-blocking
2. Side kick to the knee |
4 | Place one hand on defender’s shoulder from behind while pressing point of knife with the other hand into defender’s back | 1. Step forward away from knife
2. Turn and side kick backwards into attacker with non-stepping foot |
5 | Swing diagonally down with knife held in reverse-grip, pointing down like an ice pick | 1. Step away and to attacker’s inside
2. Side kick to attacker’s knee |