My previous drawings/notes on Bob Kasper's Kni-Com in case you missed them:
- Inktober Day #4 - Bob Kasper's/Kni-com's knifefighting stance
- Inktober Day #5 - Bob Kasper's/Kni-Com's "Passata Sotto"
- Inktober Day #10 - Bob Kasper's/Kni-com's In-Waist Band Carry
- Inktober Day #12 - Bob Kasper's 'palm push'
- Inktober Day #17 - Bob Kasper's 5th Principle of Knifefighting - "Stay in the box."
Today's drawing is an idea for entry in knifefighting.
"Bob Kasper's Tactical Knives" (2011)
by Bob Kasper/Kni-Com
Page 180
(Originally published Tactical Knives March 2000)
"Marines are also taught to use World War II unarmed tactics to supplement their weapon techniques. Here a "Tiger Claw" is used as an entry technique, to be followed by a #4 thrust to the abdomen."
Some thoughts:
- "One mind, many weapons."
Do not fixate on the knife in hand. If one is armed with a knife, then they are not armed with only one tool. They are many other tools available e.g. their non-tool hand, elbows, knees, headbutts, shoulder bumps, hip bumps, etc. Do not fixate on the tool in hand! - Combatives
Do not dismiss the simple but effective combative strikes such as the tiger claw, chin jab, edge of hand, etc. There's a reason most military around the world are taught combatives. - Face touched
Being touched in the face can be disconcerting in a non-consensual setting. Getting a tiger claw or even the face being palmed will generally disencombulate you. Something about the nerves in the face ... I've heard that in Silat, there are moves specifically targeting the face with the idea of disrupting the opponent's system via the nerves in the face. - Alive Hand
In Filipino Martial Arts, the non-dominant hand is called the "Alive Hand". Despite the Alive hand being unarmed at times, it's considered the more important of the two hands. The late Grandmaster Floro Villabrille is said to have fought over 100 full contact death matches with hardwood sticks and no armor/protection. Many of GM Villabrille's knockouts were scored with his Alive Hand! - Distraction to Draw
As the alive hand is doing its thing in striking/distracting the opponent, the dominant hand is drawing the knife. As the complementary side of the body extends into the Tiger Claw (or any strike), the dominant side of the body rotates back facilitating deployment of the knife, hence a strong-side carry is advised.
I truly hope my drawings and notes have helped you in your Sojourn of Septillion Steps!
My drawings for Inktober 2017 - drawing at least 1 pic each day in October:
- Inktober Day #1 - Taiji's "Snake creeps down"
- Inktober Day #2 - DBMA's Chupacabra knifefighting stance
- Inktober Day #3 - Peacock Pose/Mayurasana/Kujaku
- Inktober Day #4 - Bob Kasper's/Kni-com's knifefighting stance
- Inktober Day #5 - Bob Kasper's/Kni-Com's "Passata Sotto"
- Inktober Day #6 - "Grab & Stab" vs. "C" Grips
- Inktober Day #7 - Richard Ryan's/DCM's Knifefighting Stance
- Inktober Day #8 - Michael Janich's/MBC's Knifefighting Stance
- Inktober Day #9 - Michael Janich's/MBC's "The Filipino Grip"
- Inktober Day #10 - Bob Kasper's/Kni-com's In-Waist Band Carry
- Inktober Day #11- Trapping's "Pak Sao"
- Inktober Day #12 - Bob Kasper's 'palm push'
- Inktober Day #14 - Michael Janich's Vascular Knife Targets
- Inktober Day #15 - John Styers' On-Guard Stance
- Inktober Day #16- "Box Theory" by Terry Trahan
- Inktober Day #17 - Bob Kasper's 5th Principle of Knifefighting - "Stay in the box."
- Inktober Day #18 - Dwight McLemore's/American Fighting Congress' "Window of Combat"
- Inktober Day #19 - Beware the hidden knife!
- Inktober Day #20 - Richard Ryan's Tactical Concealment/Deceptive Carry Methods
- Inktober Day #21 - Lee Morrison's/Urban Combatives' Body Language Cues
- Inktober Day #22 - Lee Morrison's/UC's The 3 Es
- Inktober Day #23 - John Styers' In-Quartata (or Out-of-Line)
- Inktober Day #24 - John Styers' Passato Sotto
- Inktober Day #25 - John Styers' Targets
- Inktober Day #26 - Amante Marinas'/Pananandata's 12 Targets
- Inktober Day #27 - Fernan Vargas'/Raven Combatives' Fairbairn Vital Template
- Inktober Day #28 - Bloody Brazilian Knife Fighting Techniques' Immobilizing Targets
- Inktober Day# 29 - Hank Reinhardt - Old fencing trick
- Inktober Day #30 - Michael Janich's/MBC's Abanico
- Inktober Day #31: Craig Douglas' Pikal: Some points and stance
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