ACT WEAPONS:

Empty-Hand solutions

Every violent confrontation is potentially armed combat because we are a tool-using species and live in tool- and object-rich environments. The choice to arm one’s self is natural and therefore common among people who engage in violence. For this reason, we treat all violent conflicts as armed combat.

However, the use of empty hands in combat against armed or unarmed opponents is a reality and does often occur.

To know how to defend effectively against an armed opponent it is important to understand how he fights.

Knife fighting as a practice and skill develops a deep understanding of how one uses a knife to attack and provides superb training grounds for developing the proper mindset and skill set needed to survive such an event.

When engaging in the practice of knife fighting one develops reflexes and responses which are adjusted for the speed and ease with which a knife is used for attacking. These reflexes of evasive body motion and deflections are the very same movements we would use were we facing a knife empty-handed. ACT’s anti-knife work is based on our knife fighting system. The fight algorithm applied in knife fighting serves as the template for our anti-knife curriculum and empty hand vs empty hand work as well.