Video: Kung Fu Knife Grips

Having to use a knife is a last resort but if it has to be used the proper grip can make a huge difference. Hold a knife correctly with these tips from a black belt kung fu instructor in this free self defense video.

Video Transcript

Hi my name is Dan Schmidt from the Chinese Martial Arts Center of Seminole and today we are going to be showing you basic knife grips. So it is good to know knife grips for yourself if you ever have to use a knife for yourself in self defense and also if someone is attacking you. The most basic knife grip is just this one and just grabbing the way you grab anything else. Normally if somebody attacks you with this kind of a knife grip they probably don't have too much skill because there is more power in a knife held this way. But in case they do hold it this way if the front hand is forward there are basic things that you can do or they can do. You can stab straight in or you can come straight up and you can slice straight down this way, you can slice out, you can slice in and you can even come backwards. It is very limited. If you grab this way you can put this side actually behind you. You can step in and come around almost like a hook punch. You can step in and come up like an upper cut or you can use combinations, you can come up and then you can stab straight down this way. Then you can stab in and you can stab out. You can go high or you can go low and there are many variations and different possibilities. So this one again you can stab in, up, this way, mainly around, straight up, straight in and straight down. Those are some basic knife grips.

Kung Fu Knife Grips

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