On Monday and Wednesday, the knife attack drills continued. Our goal is to make us brave and courageous. Once you can control your fear, it is easier to save your life. Disarming and using techniques will be more successful. For now, bravery and speed will be our focus. Knife attacks are quick and often deadly. So we move through a progressive level of various movement and speed drills to break the fear factor and turn on the warrior within.
The blind-folded disarm drill was slightly successful for all of us. However, from the way that drill went—and the 5 second attack evasion drill—all of us would have left the fight with very damaged limbs and stab wounds. Half of the time we would probably have survived. However, we might have died eventually due to blood loss.
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| Ankle rotations are important warm-up exercises |
Special thanks to Sifu Leonard for sharing with us important tips for surviving a stabbing attack. Simply put, if you find the attacker's knife in your body, leave it there until you get professional medical attention. Pulling it out could result in greater blood loss and tissue damage.
Confidence is growing in the students, but we have more work to do! Try not to miss class. It could save your life.
Congratulations to Angel for leading the beginning of class on Saturday on last minute's notice. Next week's teacher-in-training: Maryam.
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