WEAPONS

 

Documents: Basic knife attacks - Slash outside - Slash inside - Thrust backhand - Knife to throat - Knife to rear - Strike upwards - Strike downwards. Knife attacks from the rear 1-2-3-4

Documents: Hand gun Front threat - Rear threat.

Videos: Hand gun

Videos: Introductions to knife applications for 4th - 1st kyu grading   Knife Sequences

 

A weapon is a tool used to apply force for the purpose of causing harm or damage to persons, animals or structures. Weapons are used in hunting, attack, self-defense, or defense in combat and range from simple, prehistoric weapons like clubs and  spears  to  complicated

 modern weapons such as intercontinental ballistic missiles. In a wider sense, weapons may include anything used to gain an advantage over an enemy, or to put an enemy at a disadvantage. Examples include sieges, better tactics, and psychological weapons which reduce the morale of an enemy.

There is a very good reason why attackers prefer weapons and why victims fear weapons. Weapons allow an attacker to inflict incapacitating injury faster, easier and from a further distance than attacks without weapons. Using self-defense techniques against an attacker armed with a weapon is one of the most technically and mentally challenging martial arts techniques you can do. Self-defense techniques against weapons are good for anyone to learn and practice, but can be very risky to use in real situations and should only be used with discretion by advanced martial artists.