Knife defense – Reactive Knife – Download – EN

Description

This is the second of 4 videos about my seminars in France 2025 and the second of 2 from Brest.

In this video I teach knife defense on the base of the Reactive Knife progam.  Basic defense, principle and concepts, transition position, techniques, and training exercises, to practice the knife dfense.

A lot of information was covered and you find the details of the content in the list below.

The video has chapter markers.
If you watch the video with the VLC player, go to playback and then chapter and you can choose the chapters like a menu of a DVD.

Here the content of the video:

00:00  Intro
0ß0:28  Introduction and welcome
00:31  Knife defense – Reactive Knife
00:38  Who created the Reactive Knife system and why
01:55     – The situation
02:12     – Defense (stop or redirect) against attack #1
03:27     – The Reactive Knife principles
05:53     – The transition position
06:39        – Time and distance
08:10        – Details about the transition position
10:18        – Striking the straight ellbow
12:48        – The closer hand principle
13:33        – The palm down principle
14:07     – Defense agaist attack #2
14:51     – Defense agaist attack #5
16:37     – Defense agaist attack #12
17:13        – Using a reference point
20:36  Extrinsic vs. intrisic motivation
23:35  Techniques from the transition position
24:49     – Technique #1: Inside elbow + compression lock
25:49     – Technique #2: Inside elbow + straight armbar
27:47        – Applying the techniques to all attacks
28:28        – How to control the ellbow for the straight armbar
31:03     – Technique #3: wristlock
31:22        – Details about the wristlock
34:18     – Technique #4: returning the knife
36:20        – Be aware of the knife position on the ground
37:24  How to train the techniques
37:50     – Exercise #1
39:28     – Exercise #2
39:59     – Exercise #3
40:37     – Exercise #4
41:13     – Exercise #5
41:58     – Exercise #6
42:34     – Exercise #7
42:52     – Exercise #8
43:27     – Exercise #9
43:49     – Exercise #10
44:57     – How stress changes things
45:42     – How you can use these drills
46:12  The Abanico Academy
49:38  Conclusion
49:45  Info
50:14  End

Not only quick demos on Youtube. Lots of them there. But here you find detailled instruction with “What, why and how”. With many details, that get lost on pure demos
Videos from Abanico: You can really learn from them!

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Grandmaster Datu Dieter Knüttel

Dieter Knüttel, M.A. in sports science is Modern Arnis chief-instructor for der DAV of Germany and European Modern Arnis Representative (1996 -2001) of Professor Remy A. Presas.
He 1received the title of DATU and the rank of Lakan Anim, 6th Dan Modern Arnis from Professor Remy Presas in 1996, as 4th of 6 persons and the only person outside of the USA who has received this title.
After receivinhg his 7th, 8th and 9th Dan in the Philippines,  on Septemer 24th  2016 it was publically announced in Dortmund, Germany, that he has awarded 10th Dan, Lakan Sampu by Grandmaster Roberto Presas, 10. Dan Modern Arnis.

Dieter Knuettel is involved with the Filipino Martial Arts since 1978 and he has been teaching FMA/Modern Arnis seminars since 1980 all over Europe, in Australia, in the USA, in Russia and even in the Philippines.

He is one of the most experienced Modern Arnis Masters worldwide.