ered even more viable than relying solely on firearms since it provides a broader set of response options. Not every defensive encounter warrants a firearm. More importantly, a firearm may not be readily available either due to close distances or situational constraints, such as a non-permissive environment for firearms (NPE) you may find yourself in. The focus of this article is Michael
Janich, who is a martial artist by any- one’s definition. However, I find Mike unique in his approach to teaching and minimizing the inherent
formalities
of martial arts as derived from most Eastern systems. His Martial Blade Concepts (MBC) training curriculum reflects his experience in studying nu- merous forms of both knife fighting and open-handed techniques. Mike’s ever growing presence in the training community is reinforced by his par- ticipation in several popular television programs and numerous instructional books and DVDs from Stay Safe Me- dia. Don’t believe he is a newcomer, as he has been a leader for decades in hand-to-hand to training.
What Is MBC? Mike is the developer of Martial
Blade Concepts — a comprehensive program that covers all aspects of employing knives as personal-defense tools — and Counter-Blade Concepts (CBC) — a highly effective system of defending against edged-weapons with empty-hand and improvised-
Mike delivered a “cut/check” on the threatening arm as it passed. Mike also demonstrating importance of gaining an “outside” position after an attack combined with controlling the adversary’s threatening arm holding the weapon before delivering “mobility kill” to quadriceps and effectively ending the defen- sive encounter by allowing distance to be established and eventually escape.
weapon tactics. Mike acknowledges even in today’s world of high-tech weaponry, the knife remains one of the most dangerous, deadly and in- timidating weapons in man’s arse- nal. Whether it’s a custom-crafted, purpose-designed combat knife or a cheap, hardware-store box cutter, few things inspire as much fear as the
prospect of facing a determined at- tacker armed with a sharp blade. In Mike’s writings he explains that his interest in knife tactics grew from his desire to learn effective empty-hand defenses against knife attacks. “My (Mike Janich’s) first experience with this special brand of fear came when I was learning empty-hand techniques
Mike not only spoke about but also demonstrated potency of a compact folding knife in the form of the Spyderco’s Delica with sub-3" blade. Mike purposely minimized cutting motion to make sure damage and cut performed by sharp, well-designed blade was illustrated. The structural-targeting system advo- cated by MBC is tailored to not only being the most effective, but also most suitable to likely knife style carried. A 3" blade may not have an immediate disabling effect when applied against a large attacker’s torso. However, the same blade can have tremendous effect on the limbs of just about any size attacker.
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