Yea, Craig's deadpan "poor timing decision" as someone gets fed their own knife/gun in an evo is classic understatement.
Yea, Craig's deadpan "poor timing decision" as someone gets fed their own knife/gun in an evo is classic understatement.
"For a moment he felt good about this. A moment or two later he felt bad about feeling good about it. Then he felt good about feeling bad about feeling good about it and, satisfied, drove on into the night."
-- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy --
Thanks Craig. I went and found it on your 2016 training schedule, so I'll send an email to the class POC today.Originally Posted by SouthNarc
ETA: Email sent to Shirley
Last edited by StraitR; 11-12-2015 at 09:47 AM.
The funniest part was as the guy was getting his knife taken away, he looked directly at me and his expression said "I know, I know......".
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"You're being stabbed with your own knife" is also both instructive and motivational.
I thought I would revisit this after watching the whole playlist on MBC.
My initial thoughts, be them right or wrong, are that while MBC looks to be extremely effective, it comes off as very time and system dedication intensive. Meaning, it's a process of learning moves with their corresponding counters plus various footwork related to each. So, between the checks, thrusts, slices, angles 1-2-3-4, step 1-2-...-9, transitions,... and all the Steven Segal hand slapping, I went into vaporlock just watching what equates to preview trailers. I simply don't have the time, and just thinking this way tells me I don't have the drive, to learn and maintain an edged weapon system of this complexity.
Additionally, and again this is just my overall initial feeling, I see knife deployment as it pertains to my defensive uses as something that's brought to bear in response to a disparity of force or weapon retention issue, not so much as my response to someone pulling a knife on me, which knife vs knife seems the theme in MBC. Obviously, one cannot predict these events and I see how much, if not all, of MBC crosses over to the defense against other weapons, i.e. the blunt force trauma variety, but it still goes back to the complexity and time commitment issue. I'll be hitting 42 in January and have a relatively time consuming profession that requires travel, with a wife, a three year old daughter, and a son on the way that require my attention (which I give joyfully).
After reading a lot more over on TPI, I think I would be best served by devoting as much free time as possible into additional strength and conditioning instead of a complex edged weapon system. Of course, this is on top of the pistol work, both daily dry and weekly live, that I currently do.
I think what I'm looking for falls more inline with the Shivworks methodology of blade use as it's applied and integrated into the overall self-defense paradigm. I'm going to try to work that EWO class in, but I'm currently traveling those days and have to see if rescheduling the trip is possible.
Last edited by StraitR; 11-12-2015 at 12:53 PM.
Get some good non-diagnostic self defense training.
That Cecil Burch guy is pretty good I hear.
After getting the unarmed basics down, add a knife and/or gun into the mix and you're off to a good start.
Last edited by JodyH; 11-12-2015 at 01:22 PM.
"For a moment he felt good about this. A moment or two later he felt bad about feeling good about it. Then he felt good about feeling bad about feeling good about it and, satisfied, drove on into the night."
-- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy --
Sounds like the Pikal will be a good fit for you. It's great folder.
is the cheapest way to get into a pikal amazon?
I can understand why those techniques look complicated and time consuming to learn, however, they're really not. While I haven't done MBC, my knife training comes from a similar place (more traditional FMA) and what they teach very well is, distance and timing, and versatility in the use of your knife.
Now, I'm not saying that MBC is superior to what Southnarc teaches, it is not, and personally I have been moving away from a lot of that stuff but it is worth your time to gain an understanding of the concepts presented by such systems. I think your choice on organizing your priorities is fundamentally correct, I'm just asking you to keep an approach like MBC in mind for further down the road. I believe Janich has one or two day classes that he gives (or did give) around the country and you can gain a lot just by attending one at some point.
That's what I found. I bought both live blade ($137) and trainer ($143) from Amazon. I'm a knife nut with a substantial favorites list of dealers whom I like and have experience with, but Amazon was $20+ cheaper than any I found.
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