Hey. Ando again from SenseiAndo.com. Have you seen part one of the Nick Drossos
knife defense lesson here on this channel? If you haven't, I'm going to put
that link below. Right now, we're going to move on. Mr. Drossos, I see you have a
belt there in your hand. <<So, I'm going to teach you guys how to use a belt.
Now, the reality is the belt can only be used if you have enough distance.
You've created the distance or you kind of know shit's going to hit the fan and you
managed to pull it. I saw this was like 16 years old, like outside the
clubs, people scrapping it out. Peopple use their belts. And a lot of times people
would do this and use the belt this way or just grab it here and kind of swing.
Now, the way I like to hold it is this way over here.
So, you put your hand in here. You wrap it around two times. Have it here. So, the buckle,
you can see, would hurt. <<Yes. Good belt. << So, against a knife, what do you do? You're trying to
create distance, you're trying to gain range, you're trying to stop momentum,
you're trying to create noise. It's basically, you're trying to evade and escape.
I want to engage the knife as a last resort.
So, if I'm here and you do this, I'm like, you could tell right now.
You see this, you're like thinking, "Shit. Alright, this guy either knows something,
he knows what he's doing." It's already a challenge for you to try to come in.
And the reality is if I go whack... <<Sure. << that shit's going to hurt. And I would
probably aim for the hands, aim for the face. I'd still use my legs and I could
still palm strike. Now, let's say you got the belt. So, let's say boom, and he got it,
what happens is you got to forget about the belt, because it becomes
useless. Now, a lot of times, you see shit like this where I go with the knife and
they do like that. And that stuff's never going to work.
It works in movies because, go really fast. It looks like choreographed and shit, but
in reality, the guy's going to explode forward so fast that you're gonna have
enough time to just start whacking. And as I'm whacking, I'm still using my
footwork and I'm trying to move. I want you to try it and see. <<To try to hit you with
the belt? Fantastic. This got better. What am I doing? So, you wrapped it here.
<<You like to hold it here. <<That's it. <<You wrapped it twice...
<<So, here's the thing.
So, the reason why, when you grab it here, you put it around the
wrist, you have a solid, solid, solid, solid like trap on it. And then you bring it here.
Now, boom. If you grab it now... <<It's solid. <<You can still punch with it.
<<Absolutely. <<And still use the other leg. <<Sure. <<So, you could just move it like that.
So, if I'm here and I'm trying, it's like I'm already, I'm thinking, "Shit."
I don't want to, I don't want to move in. It's keeping me back.
Now, there's a defense to everything. I would probably throw a shirt or my
jacket or anything to stop the belt, and then try to enter, if I was attacked with a belt
without a knife. So, let's say he was attacking with the belt.
If I had anything, I'd just boom. Throw my hat. Try to create that distance and
come in. <<Yes, sir. <<So, again, when you're looking at knife defense, it's about buying
seconds. You got to remember when you're faced with a knife, it's your life.
And you don't need to be a fancy shmancy, like sometimes I look at these
knife videos and they're doing all this. No, no. I'm not scared of these guys.
I'm scared of the crackhead. I'm scared of the fucking kid who has nothing to lose
or the guy, some of these guys I met in clubs, who didn't give a shit about how
they're going to stab you. It wasn't about looking pretty. These guys will
just come behind you and shank you so fast. <<Right. <<So, again the key is awareness,
talked about in the other video, but always think, pick up a weapon and use it.
<<Yes, sir. Yeah. So, that makes your brain the first good weapon. And your brain's
going to tell you to pick up something, get it between you, keep that distance,
and pick your moments to fight back. Don't wait for them to choose the moment.
It's good to find out that the, hopefully, the Filipino masters of Kali and Arnis
are not out mugging people. Hopefully not. So, just the crackheads. Again, thank you
to Mr. Nick Drossos for being here and dropping some truth bombs on us.
I'm gonna put those links below. Please go check out his channel. You're doing great
work over there. Until next time, let's keep building bridges and
keep fighting for a happy life.