Question for Trained Knife Fighters

[FortTom]

You see this a lot with stabbing scenes. Their hands will often slip off the knife and cut themselves in the process. When you hit bone, the stabbing motion tends to stop very abruptly.

Yeah, that was what I was alluding too. Would someone with a lot of training be able to avoid that? Or do you just hope like hell that it doesn't happen?

FT

[UWone77]

Yeah, that was what I was alluding too. Would someone with a lot of training be able to avoid that? Or do you just hope like hell that it doesn't happen?

FT

That's like asking someone for advise on how not to get punched in a fist fight.

You can be given all the advise you want, but typically that only works on a stationary target or under ideal conditions. Such as trying to teach people to hit with an open hand on hard spots on the target, and a closed hand on soft parts. When people are moving and fighting back, it usually doesn't work out.

Just don't stab anyone

[FortTom]

Just don't stab anyone

Well, o.k., dammit! Guess I'll have to find something else to fill in that time slot for today.