Defensive stabbing and slashing wounds through self-protection can incapacitate and leave the victim vulnerable to fatal wounding.
These wounds can be stabbing, slashing or chopping type targeting of extended extremities.
The above picture shows an axe wound.
While unarmed self-protection methods of edged weapon disarming cannot be guaranteed to eliminate wounding the safest best means of threat neutralisation are a must to increase your chances of preventing wounding and of neutralising the armed threat.
Autonomic reactions or deliberate flawed responses to edged and sharp point weapon threats where ones arms and hands are extended only serve to offer the armed aggressor static closer targets to stab slash or chop.
Minimising target mass and clearing the incoming action by evasive or escape and evasion practices are primary means of risk reduction and threat neutralisation over static extending of extremities.
Obviously in military close combat actions on against a sharp edged weapon employing ones primary weapon in armed lethal threat neutralisation would be the most effective means of threat neutralisation.
For civilian self- protection reducing target mass setting a ready to evade status and utilising an expedient evasive or escape and evasion means of getting out of harm’s way reduces risk over holding ground and being a static target.
In our European military self- defence primary evasive sharp edged weapon disarming counteractions, escape and evasion threat neutralisation or evasive counter action disarming threat neutralisation are primary mil self-defence trade-craft practices. These practices reduce risk and increase safety under threat. Our mil CQC/MSD sharp edged weapon threat neutralisation under incoming assault also include methods of risk reduction and threat neutralisation for emergency situations where the kill zone cannot be cleared.
It is my belief that many defensive wounds are a result of the victim helplessly extending their arms and hands to prevent the weapon from penetrating their face, throat or body.
Unfortunately the reality of exposing tendons and arteries to a razor sharp edged weapon assault can result in the victim being incapable of protecting themselves and leaving their life-support vitals exposed to continued stabbing or slashing type wounds.
To employ static defence against an unarmed formidable aggressor increases the likelihood of contact and against penetrative weapons the risk is increased by considerable.
Our military self- defence sharp edged weapon threat neutralisation packages include primary lethal threat neutralisation along with escape and evasion or evasive disarming counter action threat neutralisation as well as no other option emergency disarming and threat neutralisation, if clearing the kill zone is not possible.
The packages also include last resort tactics and skills to protect major life-support vitals with hard cover tactics and reduce deadly wounding risks as part of enemy threat neutralisation.
Defensive wounds are common through risky tactics and techniques employments or through the victim having no prior training in effective battle proven self- protection under edged weapon threat neutralisation methods.
Always presuming your aggressor is armed even if you cannot see the weapon by reducing your target mass keeping your tendons and arteries tight against your sides and breaking distance followed by escape and evasion will maximise safety.
If unable to escape and evade the employment of primary practices evasive counter action threat neutralisation when the armed enemy is fully committed and beyond the point of no return clearing the kill zone is the best means of maximising your chances of threat neutralisation.
Understanding setting and maintaining a ready to escape/evade reduced compact target mass ready status stance for expedient escape/evasive action is required in preparation to evade and disarm. This evasive disarming ready status combined with fast mapping assessment to decide on the best direction of evasion followed by making the necessary counter action disarming disabling threat neutralisation is the best means to reduce the risk of being wounded if escape and evasion is not possible.
Never outstretch your arms and hands or remain statically fixed in position in the face of an armed aggressor when under sharp edged incoming weapon assault, unless you are prepared to sacrifice your tendons arteries and leave yourself exposed and vulnerable against continued stabbing or slashing.
While many may practice in controlled studio environments static disarming against training partners with training drones, the reality is very different against a calculated formidable aggressor armed with an edged weapon where you will be responding to flashes of blade colour extending and retracting faster than you would or could ever have perceived.
There is no place for the trained CQC combatant in edged weapon disarming to settle for anything less than the best of battle proven disarming capabilities that maximises their safety and chances of safely and effectively disarming and neutralising their armed enemy.
