Knife self-defense and control Mikhail Ryabko in Toronto 2001

You have the grabbing reflex in you and when you're being cut the natural reaction is to grab. And it turns out that you're attracting the strike to yourself. At least if you're doing that move your body away. Or if you really want to grab, okay grab, but move away. Everything is possible. And nobody knows how each is going to work in every situation. But you have to remember to move your body away. The biggest area has to be moved away. In the long run you will go after the knife. But I would not even try to grab the knife. You have to work, react to the whole person because we don't know what he is up to. Move away from the line of attack. And your hands will learn to do the right moves. But it will not come right away. Is that clear? The movements will be more specific. You will learn how to control. Control your own body. Learn to work slowly. Let all the movements go into your body. Settle into your body. Control, control, control. One of the possible situations the person is looking for the right way of using the knife. Try not to accelerate. You start off slowly and then start speeding up. Your goal is to position the hands in such a way so firstly that he would not cut you with the blade. And continue the control. Position the body. Don't let your hands be cut up. And put it in such positions good for you, the position of the knife. He's laughing because he feels that he's losing the knife. As if he's still holding it but the knife is leaving his hand. The trajectory. Position in such a way but you could only do it slowly. This way you will not hurt each other. And you will learn to feel the knife and where it's going. When you're in a hurry your fingers may get in. And you see my fingers are all cut up. So your sensitivity has to be there. Try the different trajectories. And the other person has to learn slowly how to move away. You feel the control is not there that means you're not in the right position. You have to continue with the shoulder movement and help each other tell each other where to go. That's the only way you'll find the correct trajectories. And sensitivity will appear.