Pretty cool. there's a whole Karambit style of knife fighting.
well, from that video it seems more like there's a whole style of fighting that combines joint locks with use of edged weapons... but yeah.
Few things are scarier to me than somebody whose eyes go completely dead and stare off into the distance when they're in the middle of free flowing like that. I have been pinned and choked out in some pretty spectacular ways by a few people that do that.
Doug Marcaida is one of those guys that I am concerned is selling snake oil...but in the end his snake oil...will keel... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Years back in CQB they tried to teach us blade fighting and its benefits over other tools in arm’s reach. The main idea behind it was cutting tendons, ligaments and muscles resulted in immediate loss of use of a limb. With a standard type combat knife it was fairly a grip and slice ... with a Karambit it seems to be a more vicious hook and rake type action with a more nimble and faster blade. The blade design of the Karambit ain’t made for much anything else but fighting ... and if someone ever pulls one on me showing any type of technique I’m gonna start praying I got some way out because a knife fight is my last choice ... I almost think I’d rather get shot than sliced up by a person who halfway know how to use a blade.
First thing our instructor said was In a knife fight you will get cut and almost everyone got an Oh Crap look on their faces. Turns out he was sooooo correct ... we all had at least a couple dozen red welts especially on our arms and front torso from the damn rubber training knives (we didn’t know about rash guard shirts then). The worst welts were on our forearms from the instructors showing the “best” quick stop cuts. I HATED THAT TRAINING!I did a bit of knife training when I was in martial arts...we basically learned that when knives come out you >will< get cut. The goal is to cut your opponent in the right places and hope they don’t know as much as you.
It is neat...
But in the real world, it's going to get lint, grit, whatever... in it.
It's like a AR15 vs Ak- keep an AR15 clean and nice, it's great.
Drop it in the mud, and the AK will still shoot and throw rocks at same time!
It not going to be a every day carry- every day carry opens boxes, letters, cut tape...
Maybe when you are going to the hood to pick up your kid from a party...
First thing our instructor said was In a knife fight you will get cut and almost everyone got an Oh Crap look on their faces. Turns out he was sooooo correct ... we all had at least a couple dozen red welts especially on our arms and front torso from the damn rubber training knives (we didn’t know about rash guard shirts then). The worst welts were on our forearms from the instructors showing the “best” quick stop cuts. I HATED THAT TRAINING!
Thasts exactly who I was going to tag. lol..
That's a cool knife. For me the major advantage of a karambit style knife is the exposed finger ring and if it has a deployment hook/wave ala Emerson. If you can't have a fixed blade, a finger accessible, open on the draw type knife could be advantageous. But, I do find a karambit curve blade somewhat limiting as you use it in a reverse grip draw cut. I would prefer a straight blade so that I can use it in reverse pick/stabbing fashion. I know that configuraton is available, but haven't had my hands on one yet. And at the prices they're going for, I haven't been actively looking.
I don’t know at that price unless end up actually needing to use it it’ll just be a conversation piece until then and if it’s stainless I don’t know but stainless is a hard pass for me
It takes several years of practice and learning to get where he is. I have taken marshal arts for several years in many different disciplines. Many years are spent where it seems all you do is get bruises. So I give him a lot of credit.I get where you are coming from. He's collaborated with several knife companies to make signature blades, which gives that appearance. I met him this year at the SHOT Show and took one of his classes/demonstrations. I had the opportunity to talk with him and see his skills in action. In my opinion, he is a very humble person and a warrior. Does it make him a bad person for benefitting from his expertise as a warrior? To me no, it's not any different than Kyle Lamb, Pat McNamara, and even our own Combat Diver. Warriors have to make a living too and if there is a market for your special skills why not take advantage of your abilities. That doesn't mean I will take everything he says as the gospel on knives and fighting, but the dude is amazing to watch in person. I would like to study at his martial arts school.