Posted on 03/17/2015 6:32:30 PM PDT by w1n1
The Karambit knife is becoming more popular in the U.S. thanks to Doug Marcaida as one of the pioneers to spearhead the knife through training law enforcement with various government and local agencies.
In this segment Doug demonstrates the use of the Karambit to control by using the hooking motion to trap and counter with a strike or maintain control. In the Filipino Martial Arts style of training once a technique is learned, it is then applied to a flow drill such as the hubbad.
This drill is used at the close quarter range. This segment Doug highlights the function of using the karambit natural blade curvature to hook (capture), deflect a limb and using the point on the top blade for pressure point in joint locks control. The pressure point control demonstrated in this video is used to temporarily control to get the arms out of the way, its not meant to hold the attacker in their place. View the demonstration here.
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I don’t like the finger ring, and doubt that my large hands could utilize it very well, if at all.
Not my choice either, but it is an important part of the Karambit. If you watch one of Doug Marcaida videos, you will see he uses it for more than just enhanced grip.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl_XSzJur5w
I’ll stick with my current knives, they fit my style.
Spyderco makes great knives.
That knife is sweet and deadly in the right hands though.
Yep, enough training and devotion and the right person willing to devote the time, and it becomes quite a weapon.
Spyderco Harpy here. Excellent knife. Wouldn’t leave home without it.
Although at the right time I will go back to carrying the Civilian that I carried for years, right now I carry the Benchmade Rukus 610 as my primary knife, and the Spyderco ladybug plain, as my key chain knife.
Spyderco...had one...firm grip caused the blade to unlock.
Cool. I just Googled the Rukus 610—nice choice.
Not a big fan of the knife or the style. These blades are designed to cut. Cuts do not stop fights well. This design is very poor for stabs and with small knives stabbing is how you stop fights.
With a larger and properly designed knife, like a large, well made, Bowie, you have vastly superior reach, the ability to stab deeply and sever large cross sections, and the ability to remove limbs and heads with a single blow. That will stop a fight.
IMHO the serrated design is borderline useless and a non-serrated version would be good for neck attacks and little else.
All that said, almost any training is better than no training - so whatever trips your trigger...
I was being too generous - they would suck for neck attacks also.
I have to disagree.
Sometimes the most effective blade is the very small blade that your opponent never saw and never knew you had until he was cut by it.
The harpy is a perfect example of this. It’s tiny 2.5 inch blade can be held and concealed perfectly behind an extended index finger.
This can allow you to get close to an opponent without them knowing that you are armed, and all it takes is a pulling cut across the inside of the thigh to end that opponent.
Stabbing does work well, I won’t deny, but I can’t really walk around with my Seal Team Elite without drawing attention to its presence. Cutting, if you know what parts of the body to cut, is just as effective, and can be done with a much smaller blade.
My favorite knife. What this blade can do. https://flic.kr/p/rjiRPL
Makes me want to run out and learn close-quarter, hand-to-hand combat with one of those, especially at my age.
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