AGAINST A BLADE: ARE YOU SURE YOU CAN RUN AWAY?
Defensive instructors generally advise running away as the best or maybe the only realistic option when facing a knife. That’s not wrong. But has anybody studying martial arts been trained in how to run away? Most have not. It’s not strictly a physical problem. It’s that we don’t have the right mindset for running away.
In the army, there’s a procedure for orderly and safe retreat. There are
