The definitive scientific work on fighting unarmed versus an edged weapon attack. This book contains special sections on counters to knife quick draws; fighting on the ground, countering military, terrorist and criminal ambushes. It also contains interviews, studies and statistics of criminal edged weapn attacks. Full of smart, innovative skill developing drills like the "Mugger's 12," the "Bear Trap" and other scenarios--all based on real case studies of criminal and military, robbery, kidnapping and murder attacks.
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"Impressed with all you do! Would recommend you to anyone who needed this type of training." -- SEAL Harry Constance, U.S. Navy (Ret.), Author of Good to Go, 2000
"Practicing [Hock's material] will no doubt, give you an advantage over 90 percent of the thugs." -- Steve Dick, Chief Editor -- Tactical Knife Magazine, 2000
"Unarmed Versus The Knife provides the ultimate blueprint to train and prepare for the worse case scenrio--a knife attack" -- Mike Gillette, Training Director for The National Law Enforcement and Security Institute, Iowa, 2001
"Practicing [Hock's material] will no doubt, give you an advantage over 90 percent of the thugs." -- Steve Dick, Chief Editor -- Tactical Knife Magazine, 2000
"Unarmed Versus The Knife provides the ultimate blueprint to train and prepare for the worse case scenrio--a knife attack" -- Mike Gillette, Training Director for The National Law Enforcement and Security Institute, Iowa, 2001
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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This book is a good choice,
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This review is from: Unarmed Versus The Knife (Spiral-bound)
I am Guro Dennis Servaes, and if you want a decent book on unarmed self defense against a blade this is a good choice. When I say this I want the reader to realize that I would recommend Run Fu! (your life) if possible, when attacked with a blade. When you disarm a knife the fight is still not over, yet most courts will try to convict you if you cut an attacker with their own blade. That's something you mght want to consider, but I think purchasing this book is a good choice.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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Hock Has Me Stuck!!,
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This review is for the complete three (currently) volume set; vol. One: Knife Fighting Encyclopedia, vol. Two: Military Knife Combat, vol. Three: Unarmed Versus The Knife.With Hocks work I have taken my limited training of knife fighting for the military and expanded on that basic foundation and now feel quite comfortable and competent of my level of knife employment. After reading then applying his instruction, I found out just how inadequate the current military program of instruction in combative/knife fighting is lacking. Hocks books cover from the very basics all the way up to silent sentry removal. His first book is a must for all knife fighter/marital artists or concerned citizen. His second volume is geared toward military/paramilitary and law enforcement types. This volume would have limited use in the civilian sector. Finally is the third volume which again should be required reading for all the above. This book could stand-alone for the person just wanting information to thwart an attack on the street from a knife-wielding nut. The qualities of these soft cover volumes are excellent. The text and pictures are clear, crisp and easy to understand. The structure and set up of the content is done in a building block format, so you learn the basics first, then build on to them with more advanced and complex skills as you progress. The only thing I think all the volumes lack is an index section at the end of the books. My final words are; buy these books all of them! Hock I look forward to your next volume.
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This book is full of great advice but the techniques themselves are lame. Taking a knife fight to a ground fighting situation on purpose is dumb. The aikido/jujitsu styled locks used to control the arm will only work if the attacker is not a trained fighter or is just weaker than you. For example in one of the techniques it requires you to hold the weapon hand with your lead hand & do a wrestler's leg pickup on the other without first injuring you opponent - imagine how strong you would have to be to pull this off. There is no way the majority of these techniques are going to work against a big grown man who is drunk or under the influence who is trying to cut you up. In short - his book is lame.
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