Women's Self-Defense: Defense for Knife Attacks

Video Transcript

"Hi this is Sifu Tei continuing our series on womens' self defense. We are going to go through a different defense for a knife attack. So this is a common attack that you get. An attack posture where someone is coming downward with a knife psycho style. So they come down. You go into a bong sau, grab the arm, bring your knee up to the elbow, strike behind the knee. Again I come here I go into a bong sau, a Wing Chun move, back arm is up, grab the arm, come in with your knee to the elbow, strike behind the knee and the joint to the leg. Alright full speed. Good. Ready? Again. That is how you get out of a knife attack that is coming downward, a downward attack from a knife. So we are going to show you the move bong sau that she is using to get out of this knife attack. When I come down with the knife here she is going into a bong sau which is a deflective hand of Wing Chun. The arm is up here. It is exaggerated a little bit higher for a knife attack and you want to bring the back arm a little bit higher as well so you are kind of connecting with both arms, connecting with both arms here so you continue the position, you continue the motion of the knife coming down. So right here I don't stop the motion, I continue the motion with the Bong Sau into the grab and the attack. Again full speed. Slow motion, right here she goes into the Bong Sau, grabs, comes in with the knee and strikes the leg. Defense against psycho style knife attack."