friends I'm not joking today is I think
the first defensive knife use that I've
ever seen caught on video and it's a
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I'm your host John Korea like I say I
think this is absolutely a first it
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below there's an arm robbery going on in
the retail space of this jewelry store
you see this Jeweler on the right side
is working in a back room the daughter
of the owner is going to bust in here in
just a second trying to get away from
the armed robbers there are two of them
one with a knife and one with a gun done
so we are going to see as the action
begins here she is going to bust in try
to get the door closed but the guy with
the knife is going to get in on her now
watch the Jeweler he is going to go for
a gun and as he tries to get the gun
he's not going to get it but the
daughter actually gets a knife out from
another cabinet and goes after the guy
with it now the the robber with the the
gun shows up too but they run off it's
not for quite a while that they um with
a third accomplice get away in a getaway
vehicle but then they recognize oh no he
is badly stabbed she stabbed him once in
the back on the way out the door too so
the police have said she acted
completely in self-defense that dude
eventually showed up to the hospital to
get all of the stab wounds patched up
through that he is last I saw in
critical condition and they did catch
the other two guys as well they are all
facing charges the one gal that you can
see laying down here in the front who
was put in kind of a rear naked choke
apparently will make a full recovery and
no one else was harmed you know I I got
to be honest with you I think that this
is the first and it shows me why I don't
recommend for most people that they use
a knife as a defensive tool let's talk
about it in the lessons kind of amazing
to me that he didn't hear this commotion
going on outside but maybe he's so
engrossed in his task that he is not
going to do that I will also say that
one of our lessons here he's actually
got a gun you saw that gun come out
towards the end but he gets it out of
the drawer here this video I think shows
why I'm not a fan of leaving guns staged
places rather than having them on your
person and it certainly doesn't help if
you aren't very familiar with the gun
and if it's not staged appropriately and
ready to be used as a defensive tool
because it's not ready enough and it
will actually be a detriment to you now
I do love the woman comes in here and
tries to get out of the danger zone and
tries to get a barrier up I think that's
actually a really good choice it's a
good strategy except for she's not
strong enough to pull it off I think she
pulled that that like the key out from
the other side and was trying to get
this door closed and remember the bad
guy gets a vote too so I do think
getting to safety getting away from the
danger zone is a very good strategy but
only if it works well for you now she
knows she's got a knife staged in here
as well so maybe that's what she's
trying to do and then get to that knife
to be able to get out there although I
don't think a knife against the guy
that's got the gun is going to be a very
useful tool now that guy busts in and
he's got a knife out and I want you to
notice now our dude is going for the gun
that is staged but it sure looks to me
like he doesn't know how to operate the
gun like the gun does does not have a
round in the chamber and that it maybe
has some kind of external safety on it
so maybe you say well we put it that way
so that it's less dangerous to everyone
except for as a defensive tool it really
needs to be ready to go which is why
we'd always say hey we' keep that in a
quick access safe if we were going to do
that keep it holstered something like
that the better choice is just to keep
it on your body because then you just
draw it and go to work with it instead
of having to fuss with it because as
he's trying to fuss with it the guy
drives in and now it's not my gun it's
our gun right now it's not the
defender's gun now he's got got to fight
for it I would recommend for all self-
Defenders yes you need to get your
Square range skills strong and those
things and I get it not everybody's
going to be a Kung Fu Master but doing a
little bit of work at the grappling
gunfighting range once your skills are
good on the flat range I think has some
value I think it definitely is something
you should do of course you know I've
been a martial artist for like 16 years
I love studying I I love to hit the mats
those kind of things so not everybody's
going to do that I get it but having a
little bit of understanding of firearm
retention how to keep that gun out of
his hand how to fight for somebody for
your gun is a very good thing and of
course he's got the doubled up problem
that that guy's got a knife and so now
we're in a real messed up tangle here in
a real fight now she goes and gets a
knife and this is literally the very
first time I've ever seen somebody use a
knife defensively I'm not saying they've
never happen but it's the very first
time I've ever seen somebody get a knife
out and I want to recognize what
incredible level of emotional commitment
it takes to use a knife in defense a gun
is much less emotionally um taxing to
use than a a knife and that knife now
she's got to get close to that guy get
at contact distance to him and start
working him over with it which she is
going to do and I think Kos to her for
her incredible amount of emotional
Fitness in order to do that I also want
you to recognize that she is stabbing
the tar out of him putting him in
critical condition but it's not going to
to incapacitate him that's my problem
with a defensive knife is unless you are
an absolute master of cutting tendons
and stuff like that and almost nobody is
I don't even care if you're Doug maraa
cutting up a guy who's in a coat like
this is going to be difficult and I love
you Kya Doug and I hope you're doing
well but listen Al as well look at our
guy with the gun our robber with the gun
here has a gun pointed at our dude who's
trying to get his gun away from the
other bad guy if that guy wanted you
dead you're dead which is why again gun
on your person ready to go because then
all you got to do is draw it get it in
the fight and you don't got to worry
about everything he's had to worry about
he's a mess as well you notice here he's
going to try to then continue to fuss
with the gun and figure out oh hey what
the heck am I doing with it friends if
you're you're going to have a gun around
for for protection of property you know
of your property I mean the people in
the property is what I mean we don't use
firearms for property protection but to
protect the people on the property you
need to know how to use it even if
you're not a Firearms Enthusiast if it's
going to be in your desk especially uh
or it's going to be accessible to you
you need to at least know the rudiments
of how to use it so that if God forbid
it comes out that day you need to I just
want to say at the end here I think this
this daughter of the owner is an
absolute stud I think she did everything
that she could God bless her for being
willing and able to use a knife
recognize this is the first time I've
seen it done on camera the very first
defensive knife use I have ever seen But
it reinforces to me why I don't
recommend defensive knives for almost
anyone so all those dudes carrying kits
or you know they're carrying a a a you
know fixed blade center line or whatever
got to be honest with you man unless
you're an absolute master and committed
to really training with that sucker
hundreds of hours to really know how to
use it in an incredibly effective way I
think this shows why I'd rather carry a
gun to cover my asp