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Unarmed Versus The Knife

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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.

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.

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.

Hello, this is Hock, the author of this 6 year-old book. I appreciate the kind words of the prior reviewers. We no longer publish this book, as I will completeley redo, re-write and re-shoot the difficult subject in my new, Hand, Stick, Knife and Gun Training Mission 9 Book. I have big plans for the rewrite and much to add. I see that the spiral bound books are for sale here, which would be better to get than the older, "perfect bound" book. The spirals have some new information. I am making the Training Mission Series and this will be so much better. As of July 2005, we have Book One thru Book 4 completed. There will will be 10 books in the series. We also have a TM mutli, DVD sets available. You can find them by searching on my name W. Hock Hochheim. This book has a step-by-step training program to work out in classes. But as you know, against a knife it is all dangerous. While I tell people not to waste their time getting my first knife book-the 10 year old Knife Fighting Encyclopedia, this Unarmed one? Honestly, it is worth taking a look at, at least once. Then get my upcoming, Training Mission 9-my real work of art. Thank you for even reading this. ....Hock