The standard self-defense curriculum includes techniques for defending yourself against a variety of weapons, knives included. Because knife defense is typically focused on disarming the knife-wielding attacker, the grappling-centric nature of BJJ will teach you the control and principles of leverage necessary to subdue and disarm your assailant.
You should know, however, that your absolute best course of action is to avoid these sorts of encounters. If faced with such a challenge you should look to defuse or escape the situation before looking to win by force.
If you are unarmed and facing a knife, you are at a monumental disadvantage. Hacking and slashing with a knife requires very little aim or technique. A few seconds of desperate flailing will open enough holes in your fragile body to spill all of the important goop that makes you a living, breathing human being on to the pavement. Even if you are successful in disarming the knife, you will probably sustain a few cuts in the process.
No martial art will turn you into a super hero. BJJ will get you close, but a knife will always be a very scary and terrible thing to ever have to face.
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The standard self-defense curriculum includes techniques for defending yourself against a variety of weapons, knives included. Because knife defense is typically focused on disarming the knife-wielding attacker, the grappling-centric nature of BJJ will teach you the control and principles of leverage necessary to subdue and disarm your assailant.
You should know, however, that your absolute best course of action is to avoid these sorts of encounters. If faced with such a challenge you should look to defuse or escape the situation before looking to win by force.
If you are unarmed and facing a knife, you are at a monumental disadvantage. Hacking and slashing with a knife requires very little aim or technique. A few seconds of desperate flailing will open enough holes in your fragile body to spill all of the important goop that makes you a living, breathing human being on to the pavement. Even if you are successful in disarming the knife, you will probably sustain a few cuts in the process.
No martial art will turn you into a super hero. BJJ will get you close, but a knife will always be a very scary and terrible thing to ever have to face.
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