Combat Knives and Knife Combat: Knife Models, Carrying Systems, Combat Techniques

by Dietmar Pohl and Jim Wagner

Ingrid Elser (Translator)

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This comprehensive compendium covers all aspects of self-defense knives, including their history, development, and technology, as well as practice, training, and combat techniques. Learn about the historical development of modern self-defense knives and their various technical systems, designs, and materials. The book covers various possibilities for carrying an SD-knife, answers questions such as whether a folder or fixed blade is the right choice, and gives recommendations on training knives. The most important combat knives and knife combats of Hollywood movies are included. Readers will learn the basics of Wagner’s reality-based training system. Contributions from well-known knife and combat experts such as Sal Glesser, Michael Janich, Frank Metzner, Joachim Friedrich, Dieter Knüttel, and Sohny cover special topics such as butterfly and karambit knives, escrima, and self-defense against dogs.
  • ISBN13 9780764348341
  • Publish Date 28 July 2015
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Schiffer Publishing Ltd
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 200
  • Language English