Best way to survive a knife attack: Have a really fast time in the 40-yard dash. Take it from me, it works.

Another great lesson. I’ve had a few fights over the years but never had a knife pulled on me. In my experience most people that start fights don’t have any training or experience, they’re just aggressive. I feel this bloke should have his own TV show. Highly skilled but also bags of charm and a great sense of humour.

I immediately liked it. Most knife-defenses focus on the weapon arm, but that puts you at a great disadvantage! It's much harder to stab you, when you keep moving and when the attacker has to think of protecting himself from incoming attacks, whereas when you wait for the attack you give an easy target and you probably fail at catching the arm and you can do only so many blocks or evasions until you get hit... Someone dazed or at least distracted is much easier to grab, hit, or whatever. Just a few words of warning: 1) small knives are meant to be felt not seen. If you're a small woman and try to keep a junky at bay with a tiny blade, chances are he'll straight up ignores it, even if he impales himself, or punches into the blade! On the other hand, if someone tries to attack you with a small blade, you'll probably won't see it coming! He'll attack you from behind and even if you see his attack, it will most likely look like an empty-handed attack, and when you try to block it, you might get skinned! 2) Many people draw knives not to kill you, but to threaten you, either to rob you or chase you off, scare you, etc. Thus, any hostile action from your side might escalate it into a life-and-death scenario, where there are no real winners. 3) if someone comes at you with a knife, your best chances are likely, to either KO him when he still thinks that you'll be only be thinking on defense, or to run away.

I agree with the Michael Williamson comment. First: Great channel, great people, realistic fighting moves. These guys are real. I used to be partners in a gun shop in London, The Southern Armoury in the East end. And I used to hang at Elephant's Castle with crazy geezers so, I can tell these guys have been around. I'm an ex-cop from a big American city and have had many real fights, used knives as a cop, am a black belt in Kyokushinkai-kan, was trained by a WWII jiu jitsu instructor and jungle fighter starting as a kid. In a real knife fight, anything can happen and a trained knife person if his wrist is deflected, will immediately circle like a fencer. It also makes a big difference if it is a bowie, a 4" folder or a double edge dagger. I graduated the Koga school course of baton fighting and when I was armed with a regulation baton or blackjack, I don't care who it was, even if they had a knife, they went down and usually had a cracked skull. If they were not close, but needed only a couple giant steps to stab me, I did of course have the convenience of pulling a gun. The few times that situation occured, each offender dropped the knife so fast, like someone pulled it with a string. But please listen: if you have nothing and someone confronts you armed with even a cheap steak knife- Run if you can. Don't try any moves unless you have no way out. Run. No shame in it. It is not a contest and forget knife videos showing expensive knives that pierce car doors- even a 5.00 knife cuts human flesh!

This guy is superb, would love him to teach me. Sound like a great guy to have a few beers with also!

Some people in my town have been jumped and this channel masks me much more confident

Damn! I needed this dude by my side when I lived in Oakland getting jacked four times on the streets. Great stuff! Love binge watching this guy!

I watch this religiously for weeks then all of the sudden forget aikido flow for some months and then I come back and there is even more amazing content

I've had a fair amount of weapons training, including open-hand against knife, but want to add that the majority of the time when dealing with someone with a knife, simply run. It isn't glamorous, and it does take real practice controlling one's own ego, but it is effective and everyone goes home that night. Having said that, if there isn't an option to get away, knowledge is lifesaving power.

... According to Hick's law the reaction time is the time interval between the presentation of the stimulus and the beginning of the response to it. In layman's terms, when presented with a stimulus, your brain seeks options to engage the stimulus. So, not knowing when and how the knife attack will come, means you will either overestimate the attack, underestimate the attack, or accurately engage the attack. So this give us, roughly, a 33% chance of blocking any assault. If you are engaging a trained knife player, you will get shredded because no knife attack comes in one move. I think this might work for the Sensei against someone untrained, but the best move against a knife assault, if possible is to run. I do think, that empty hand defense, Aikido can greatly benefit the practitioner. I did Aikido for quite sometime and moved to MMA simply because I wanted a broader range of skills.

I so appreciate Aikidoflow. I'm getting older but I'm not ready to leave martial arts behind. I look forward to learning. All aspects of martial arts should be executed with integrity. I have great respect for all of you. Thank you.

First rule of a knife fight: your opponant should not know you have one until after they have been cut. Second rule: You are going to get cut. Third rule: There arent any rules.

UK - You carry a knife and the police automatically assume you intend to cause someone harm. Anywhere in the US outside of California and NYC - Everyone carries a knife and gun and cops couldn't care less.

As a single woman, who is usually alone as I run my errands, I feel that it is good to have at least some knowledge about self-defense just in case I ever need it. Thank you for these videos.

I am a 50 year old I gain a lot of weight and now I'm 30 lbs. Lighter and I'm starting to body build I got hit by a bus on my motorcycle broke my neck and back but I'm walking and talking sorry I was in a hurry I have been watching your videos they are great and well informed I'm currently looking for a place in Tennessee that teaches this style of self defense with everything going on I'm not going to be a helpless victim I faught to walk again and lift again I refuse to be a victim to all this nonsense going on. Thank you for the inspiration

I so thrilled I found this channel. You're awesome in every way. Great teacher. Thanks so much.

This guy knows his aikido

*OUTSTANDING MOVES!!* *MUCH APPRECIATED!!*

New subscriber from Ireland here. I'm loving these videos, please keep them coming. They're very informative and helpful. When the covid crisis is over I'm planning to start krav maga with my two kids and these videos give an excellent insight into self defense. I did a little boxing as a younger man and after seeing these videos I always end up giving it loads here at home on my own punch bag. The presenter is brilliant and I love the chill out music in the videos! Thanks for posting them!

Don’t fight, run!!

As soon as you said "I should not show you" I had to watch Lol.😆 Thank you for sharing.

Sweet ! in this increasingly violently times with people who have no scruples about using deadly violence. I appreciate your inspirational video's and easy to follow techniques. I know they require further training and practice, but you instil a confidence and a desire to learn more, a brilliant anecdote to the victim mentality, thank you.

You guys are awesome! thank you for the knowledge, God bless all of you!

Thank u man...for giving us simple moves to learn

Hi! I am a fan of AikidoFlow. Highly appreciate these videos, that are clear, simple and effective. I used to attend an aikido dojo in my district, but I quit. The reason was that all moves were very complicated and complex from the first training. Noone could repeat them properly. It sucks when instructors are idiots like in my district. So I am very happy and grateful to study your stuff on the Net. It really helpful, effecient and funny. THANK YOU!!!

Usfeful tips, clear and simple , thank you so much!

This is wonderful.

Great contribution 🙏🏽

The first shown block is a very dangerous one in a real knife fighting because an advanced opponent will pull the knife back and slash your wrist. Nonetheless, Aikidoflow rocks! 👍🏻

My favorite comedian/aikido teacher

You’ve really changed my life

i would love to train under him! such a great teacher with interesting personality

FACT 1: My Uncle was in 'Nam. He worked in Okinawa, Japan as a self-defense instructor. FACT 2: My Uncle(sifu) says: "If you bring fists to a knife-fight, it's like bringing a knife to a gun-fight". Decoded: "you'll probably get cut; be READY & do not let your concentration address your wound" ---- Focus on & Disable attacker *_FIRST..._* . FACT 3: Beautiful, advanced lesson, AikidoFlow! Moral of the video lesson: TRAIN, TRAIN, TRAIN & then start training some more. When you instintively resort to training, emotions & fear cannot inhibit you, nor freeze you into inaction. Peace & Namaste, fellow students...

Great presentation as usual...nice calming voice never flustered...

Thank you for teaching me how to successfully pull off a home-invasion

Another great lesson.

Good message. Looking forward to your future work. You're good at sales.

As always a joy to watch AZU......Joey from Adelaide Australia....Love your work bro!

Nicely done, Y'all always make look so easy...🤠

love this channel.

Cool video. After you block a knife attack be ready for a reverse slash, low kick or head butt. Not everyone is going to reset their stance after the first block. Attackers with training use combinations and keep attacking through blocks or getting counter punched

Great!!!! Thanks!!!!

I love this channel very much

Good and realistic technique

Bro you need to hook me up with some lessons to sort the wife out lol.

This move was really fun to watch!

Keep it up. Will be joining your class.

Thanks for this video great technieks

I see missed opportunities to take out the knee, as the first slash is coming in and right after. (at 5:30 and 5:34). Also, i see huge opening for the knife to be pulled back at 5:49. Knife disarming practice is great for improving your technique. Actual knife defense requires a brutal attack of the knees, imo.

Great as usual love your videos and just purchased a t shirt 😄

Love this guy A+🥊🥋💪👍

Since watching the video, I have run across other KZfaq videos depicting a very scary and uncommon type of knife attack, typical in prisons and such .. nicknamed "the sewing machine". As named, it involves the attacker rapidly thrusting their knife back and forth at their victim repeatedly, akin to a sewing machine needle being used to sew something. I did see various defenses to such an attack presented in KZfaq videos, including at least one using traditional Aikido techniques (which, IMHO, I believe might prove to not be effective/practical on the street). Would be curious to see what our Aikidoflow boys come up with to defend against such an attack. Based on those videos out there and the past A.F. videos on knife attacks, I would envision it involving using the "x-block" with the forearms to stop the initial thrust, then grabbing the attacker's wrist forcibly with both hands to immobilize it, possibly a well-placed knee blow, and then finally finishing with the execution of a joint lock/throwing technique of one type or another to (break the arm? wrist?) and disarm the attacker. ? KEEP GROWING, AIKIDOFLOWERS!

Jolly good show mates.

6:51 😫 😁😄😄😄😄you guys are amazing

I've got footage of early Segal Sensi performing randori in the dojo with a live knife. Quite a demonstration.

I do like your philosophy on not wanting to over harm the attacker. It's a great point as there are 2 times I have been involved in someone with a knife. Both of them were mentally ill and completely intoxicated on drugs. I knew neither of them personally, I just interviened because I have a death wish and also seem to loose all fear when I see someone scared and in danger.

Thanks

Go train your legs so you can sprint faster instead lol

Love your channel. Martial artist here as well.

I love the music so relaxing ha ha

Thank u SO much I could not beat someone with out ur help thank so much bye

Best Infos my new good friend ! Great , thanks a lot !!!

You are my hero

Thanks for useful sharing

I have high ranking black belts in 5 arts, 40 years experience and ranger training and experience- and you know as well as I do- no matter what you KNOW- or how freakin fast you are- in a knife encounter your chances of surviving it- are SLIM TO NONE-- it will be a damn pure miracle if you EVEN SURVIVE.... don't get giving people FALSE HOPE.. now I'm all for being prepared and training, etc.- but always put the warning in that - NOTHING is a guarantee-- and in fact the only guarantee in a knife situation is YOU"RE GOING TO GET CUT-- and very probably killed!!! PERIOD!!

Thanks again for sharing! What about a combat cane?

He should choreograph action stunts in movies/ TV shows.

Sir, please modify your first block. Our FMA training doesn't like that block because it's dangerous when he pulls it back into your hands. Very nice training BTW.

Nothing is forbidden in a fight for your life!

1:41 "moms slipper is made to hurt somebody" noice

I have been around knives all my life, and not one has ever attacked me.

That defense is stage 2, if you can't do knife defense 1 (RUN) because of lack of escape route.

I love your videos :D

Why do you tie up two hands on the first block when the attack could be a feint?

I can tell you for a fact that the two handed block for the 🔪 does work and what's also great is he doesn't try to capture that arm like every single self-defense instructor will tell you if someone is coming after you with a knife I don't care how hard you try you're not going to grab that arm in a way that isn't going to get you stabbed now in my personal opinion the sidestep really wouldn't work on someone with any kind of training because they're going to know that they should turn to present you their weapon

"Your Moms wooden spoon". Awesome! I could never outrun that spoon man. ---- Great demo mate!

I fought a guy once in my life and he pulled out a knife on me he was trying to cutt my throat and I grabbed his hand an he was so powerfull that I couldn't move his hand and I gave him a right hook and knocked him out so boxing is the propper technique. But the best technique is to avoid the fight.

The self confidence flows from you bro .how do you teach that..

You inspire me to get some defensive skills!

I was really lucky once. A guy who often used a knife had lunged at me with a knife. I saw it coming so I was able to turn sideways. The knife and his arm went passed me. The opportunity I saw was to grab his wrist with my right hand, my left hand onto his elbow and pushed him down to the ground by his elbow. At first he wouldn't let go of the knife.

Good Stuff...Thanks ';-)

Front kick and run away as fast as you can to a public area or to a car so you can drive to the closest fire station with 911 on the phone. If you managed to not get harmed, then you should drive to the nearest police station.

Would it be desirable to grab the chin in order to twist the head opposite of the attacking arm?

How was this version of the theme song created and who does the vocals?

Looks like a Canadian Maple Leaf on your vest..It's Canada day on July first but the weather in your video looks like January.

LOL @ the Deputy Barney Fife crossed-forearm knife block @ 5:14 .. Actually, that is a common knife block technique from traditional Jiu-Jitsu. I've always thought it to be pretty risky, though .. if not executed with precision (and superior strength) a real danger of sustaining a serious lacerating and incapacitating injury to the arm(s). 😟

Wow this guy forced to be reckoned with, scarry stuff

That intro move scenario is greatly facilitated by the aggressor wearing SOCKS. Not too many guys in socks starting fights you know.

Interesting

This is just outright dangerous now

so how would u go about ending it at the first knife thrust and not waiting for the second to come?

Mums wooden spoon..or wooden heeled shoe...😂😂

Aye bro. Your voice is awesome. You should consider singing blues or jazz. Maybe even try voice acting.

What happened to the reverse grip attack? You started to show it and then forgot about it.

What to do RUN!

Aikido!! 4:51

Wouldn't their arm be permanently crippled after an elbow break?

Where is your school in Nakuru or narok please

Can u create an app for phones for us easily to watch the videos anywhere

I couldn't fight bare knuckles with guy with knife. I could fight with steel self-defence baton stick.