The B.S. Knife Defense from the movie "Red Belt" and more:

Alright, this first video is to show the B.S. of the knife defense that appeared in the movie "Red Belt." While it was an entertaining film, this knife defense was absolute horse shit. The terrible thing about it is that I've seen martial arts instructors actually teaching it as a real defense since then. Here's a little bit about why it's bad:

Also, I wanted to show a little bit more of the old "Karate" style B.S. Knife defense. In this video you'll see some mistakes that most martial arts make in teaching knife defense. First, starting the attack from too far away thus allowing any technique to work. Second, using an unrealistic attack and then just sitting there and holding your attack out while the defender performs their defensive sequence. Then we'll how a little bit of how a real attack is going to go down. Here we go:

Now, I know, I didn't provide any better alternatives of better defenses in these videos, that'll be for the upcoming seminar and the upcoming DVD.

So, for now, go and train realistically, train smart and train hard. I'll talk with you more later.

Yours in peace,
Brett Stepan

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