What do you do if someone attacks you with a knife?
 

This might sound like a silly question... Any of you know how to protect themselves from a knife attack? What's the best strategy you'd say? Except, you know, running or getting stabbed...

Thanks :)

Shoot them...

Grab it away from them and stab them in the fucking face.

You make it sound so easy :)

Just watched all of blade's vids and feel ready for a knife fight!

So you're going for the self-defense-route and your post here should count as circumstantial evidence for that?

Spit in their face

You should run...

what do you do if someone throws a violin at you and demands a world class solo performance?

No, I stand my ground and fight! Not sure how though...

Your stupidity will get you stabbed even killed.
If you have no weapon to defend yourself or no training on disarming an armed foe then run

Run away to live another day

I think using a shirt/jacket is a common defense technique against a knife attack.

I throw some bacon

While we're on this subject, would you rather be shot or stabbed? Something about the thought of a knife going into my gut makes a little 'ol piece of lead traveling at 1200fps seem very appealing. Also, does it bother anyone else that TV and movie knife attacks seem very unrealistic, especially when the person dies instantly from a stab wound? Wouldn't there be a "hey stop stabbing me!?" then a bunch of screaming during the rest of the stabs and rolling around on the ground for 20 minutes bleeding to death, with lots of wheezing and coughing?

Find a heavy object and cave the attacker's skull in with it.
If you are fast enough, grab his wrist, point the knife away, pivot and slam your elbow into his windpipe as hard as you can -- still holding his wrist -- dig his eyeballs out with your fingers and make him eat them.

When that all fails, you're are bleeding out on the pavement, realize you should have been carrying a hand gun -- if you survive you should move. Firing 3 times into the body mass usually does the trick. A 12ga shotgun at close range is better; #4 buckshot will do the most internal damage, 00 buckshot the most knock down and immediate kill -- however buckshot will penetrate drywall -- Look Honey -- I shot the kids!

We once fended a drama queen wielding a knife by blocking him with a big table.
It had no choreography aesthetics, but it worked, and no one got hurt, and cops took him with the social services. We had no time to think or theorize it though. Whether you run, or disarm, you have to react.

Number 1 rule is to run as fast as you can. Even trained people will have cuts all over their arms when defending against a knife attack.

I say throw your poo at them. Be prepared, and keep a fresh load in your pants at all times...

if he is an adult ,18+ titty attack
http://fuckingnikki.com/gfy/terror.gif

I am 44 years old, I have been in martial arts since I was 10 years old and I am advising you to run unless you are prepared to take some serious damage...there is no reason to fight somebody with a knife if you can run away...if you can not/will not run away and you have no experience with fighting you will probably get stabbed several times...if the guy with a knife is a big dude then you will get extra stabbed...

as for practical advise, run away and find a rock or a big metal pipe...if not be prepared to take a stab/cut in your hand whilst blocking the stab and try to deliver a super human elbow to his head with the other arm, if you land the elbow follow up immediately (less than 1 second) with another elbow to the head and repeat until the opponent drops, your only advantage is the temporary daze from a surprise elbow and it lasts for only a few seconds...season the attack with multiple kicks to the groin, try to lift the opponent off the ground with your kick to the groin, this is how hard you should kick...if/when the opponent falls follow up with jumping on his head until he stops moving...

Dont be a hero.

:2 cents::2 cents:

Yes, even Special forces type guys who have been trained in knife fighting would tell you that. An option to leave? best option.

What is the fight over? a parking space a verbal or keyboard insult? lol

unless they are trying to stab your kids get the hell out of there.

Run Forest, run... or take out your own knife and reduce the chances of attacker to 50/50 :2 cents:

Check if the knife is actually real ...

Hey I saw your instructional video on your Facebook thanks for the tips man!

Ban knives

5 years from now...

"hey, you remember that one guy who started the thread on GFY about what to do against a knife attack that got stabbed to death shortly after?? what was his name?"

Learn krav maga.

tell him, how he shouldn't have brought knife to a gunfight.

then get your gun and shoot him.

at close quarters I would rather face a gun than a knife...much easier to control...

On a distance of 5 meters or less, the guy with a knife has more chances to kill a gunman before he shots.

my partner trained would drop a guy or 2 with knives, personally, he´s taught me movements to disarm knives, guns, pens & other dangerous items, however, whether I could do this or not, i´m not sure...

he´s disarmed people before :thumbsup

Garrrrrrr would resemble a fishnet and be more holes than substance LOL

You have to be in the right range to neutralize a knife. Move in, not out.

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common sense, there are a lot of Dead heroes out there :helpme