I came to this from Knuckledraggin.
Matthew brings up some very good points on blade work.
If it came down to brass tacks, could you kill someone with a blade?
Knife work is down & dirty. You will get bloody & it has a distinct smell.
Are you ready for it? Can you do it?
You best make up your mind & quick because practice time is a tick'n away.
Here are the links. Good reads with lots of pertinent info.
Read them more than once, that's how important they are.
PART 1
To what extent are you willing...and capable of saving your life? If no gun were available could you ...would you...are readily capable of doing so with a knife.
Would you slit an attacker's throat?
Could you use a knife to filet three inches of forearm off of a rapist, a serial killer?Can you descend to that primal place of fight at bad breath distance and prevail?
PART 2
Everything about fighting starts inside your head.
Gun, knife, or hands. It makes no difference.
The response that begins in your head flows to your hands