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Knife Dangers
Posted in Concealed Carry, Deadly Force, Edged Weapons, Personal Defense, Self Defense Law, tagged blades, Deadly Force, defending against a knife attack, drawing from concealment, edged weapon attacks, Edged Weapons, grave bodily harm, gun defense, guns versus knives, John Farnam, justification for use of deadly force, knife attacks, knife injuries, knife wielding assailant, lethality of knives, tissue damage, Tueller study on May 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Stay sharp to avoid getting cut! Any person wielding a knife in an aggressive manner represents an imminent threat of death and grave bodily harm. Beware of anyone wielding a knife within 21 feet. Even an ambulatory elderly, physically compromised person can traverse 21 feet (7 yards) in under three seconds; let alone a physically fit [...]
Training for Close Encounters of the Worst Kind
Posted in Armed Senior Citizen, Campus Security, Concealed Carry, Crime Prevention, Edged Weapons, Empty Hands Defense, Personal Defense, Tactics, Training, Women's Self Defense, tagged Armed Senior Citizen, disarming guns, disarming knives, disarms, Dr. Richard Wigginton, Dr. Rick Wigginton, Dr. Rick Wigginton video, Dr. Wigginton video, edged weapon defense, elderly personal defense, elderly self defense, empty hand defense, empty hand techniques, fight training, fight video, gun disarms, knife defense, knife disarms, learn to fight, personal defense video, refuse to be a victim, Richard Wigginton, Rick Wigginton, senior citizen, Sensei Rick Wigginton, training to fight, training video, video of Dr. Rick Wigginton, weapon disarming, weapon disarms, weapon retention, Women's Self Defense on May 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a three-minute demonstration of a “little middle aged man”, Dr. Richard Wigginton, employing empty hand techniques in response to attacks by younger and stronger assailants armed with knives or handguns. This short video clip of empty hand self-defense techniques was filmed at a class taught by Dr. Wigginton who is an internationally respected [...]
