Everyone has heard the saying “Don't bring a knife to a gunfight” this saying is very true, our empire educated most of the world on this fact.

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Guns have been the most effective and dominant weapon on earth for the last few hundred years, and most people will agree that you can run away from someone with a knife but it's a-lot harder to run away from pieces of metal that travel faster than the speed of sound.

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But in reality if someone is threatening you with a gun this is less dangerous than with a knife.

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Keyword “threatening”.

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If someone wants to take you out with a gun they can do it from miles away obviously.

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But when someone wants to threaten you with a gun it's normally done much closer, in your face most of the time.

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Now a clear distinction needs to be made between how guns and knives work as weapons.

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A knife, sword or any bladed weapon could be discarded and buried for THOUSANDS of YEARS and still remain an effective weapon. 

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It's just a sharp piece of metal, it might even become more effective as it rusts making it more dangerous.

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Whereas all guns (maybe not the Russian ones 😆) are intricate pieces of machinery, with various moving parts that all need to be maintained and clear of rust, dirt and blockages in order to work.

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If you have been taught any gun defence in our class before you know that most gun disarms involve stopping the gun from working by blocking a key function eg, interrupting the slide on a pistol.

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If a gun jams, runs out of ammo or is not maintained it just becomes a lump of metal.

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More like a club.

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Humans used to use clubs but then we invented knives, much more effective.

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If you do it right the threat of a gun can be eliminated pretty quickly evening out the fight.

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Most criminals that use guns are normally pretty weak and feel strong because they have a gun, take it away and they will crumble.

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Whereas a knife is very dangerous to try and take off someone.

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Even if your the one using a knife it's dangerous to you, even just cutting up some cheese you could cut yourself…

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So if you and someone else start fighting over control of a knife it's very dangerous for both of you and probably won't end well for someone.

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You need to be very cautious when taking any weapon off of anyone but especially knives and other bladed weapons.

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Knives are becoming the most common threat you may face, knife crime is rising across the country.

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It's the ultimate coward's choice and unfortunately we have a whole generation of cowards out there threatening the most vulnerable and normal people on the street.

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We are helping people understand and mitigate the risk of knives when forced to defend themselves.

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The first defence against a knife is to run away and if that's not possible give into their demands, your life is worth more than your phone or watch.

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But if they are asking for something more than you are willing to give or aren't threatening you and just attacking you…

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Are you prepared to deal with this?

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Do you have the skills to protect yourself, your family or friends?

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If not, sign up below and we can teach you the skills and give you the confidence to protect yourself and those around you.

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