Figured this was the best place to post this for the sake of getting to the largest audience.
Great example for the next time someone asks you why you/a cop would need to shoot someone with a knife. I also just realized this is a great tie-in to some comments I made in a recent medical thread; good luck packing that junctional wound properly with a miniscule 8" strip of hemostatic gauze instead of a properly sized one:
https://twitter.com/@twitter/status/1546597523225284608
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Another example from recent days...
Action begins about a minute and fifteen seconds in.
https://youtu.be/k0ElvzXBnME
There's nothing civil about this war.
Many years ago, I took an edged weapon class. In that class we were shown many pictures of people that were on the wrong end of a knife fight. Those pictures caused me to rethink everything I thought about fighting against someone with a knife. I was thinking being shot would be better for survival. (Of course, except for vital hits.)
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Instructors I was around, " stab in cut/rip out. Repeat as needed."
Do this on a a animal carcass or roast with even a 2''- 3" blade and look at the wound size.
Also consider a hard stab compresses tissue, particularly in the abdomen, so you may get 2 -3 times the blade length wound depth.
If a stab and cut/rip is done with body mass moving to support the technique, the results are dramatic.
Shooting seems a good response if you can get it done in the time and distance you have. ECQC makes the point you may have to fight your way to a draw and shot.
Needs to be shown to every airline pilot and flight attendant during recurrent training.
Thanks for sharing.
Would such a bleed be able to be stopped with hemostatic gauze regardless of size?Originally Posted by TGS
Last edited by Suvorov; 07-12-2022 at 06:37 PM.
Nothing quite as horrifying as the idea of being butchered alive and left to die...Many years ago, I took an edged weapon class. In that class we were shown many pictures of people that were on the wrong end of a knife fight. Those pictures caused me to rethink everything I thought about fighting against someone with a knife. I was thinking being shot would be better for survival. (Of course, except for vital hits.
Charged with murder, pff...
I think I'd rather be shot also.
A couple more recent examples:
http://instagram.com/p/CalFTBlPdcm/
http://instagram.com/p/CfsXzOVjCwn/
Humbly submitted to our MD folks:
I’m also curious about the survivability of a wound like that too. Even if you stop the blood loss what percentage of the brain is being starved of oxygen and and what kind of a cognitive outcome would be expected for the patient?
And to think that there are actually people on social media who think a knife is "easy" to defend against....these are brutal to watch and really good reminders of danger.
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