The MBC Progressive Knife Skills course also dealt with unarmed methods of responding to a typical attack, such as a swing to your head and how to achieve a po- sition of dominance involving an arm bar and eventual take down and “mobility kill” via a stomp to an ankle.
requires surgical precision, but if you compare the surface area of our arm and leg targets with the torso and neck targets they recommend, you’ll see that there really isn’t much difference in target size. The key principle of MBC’s structural targeting is that when its targets are cut, people stop. That’s
an important distinction,
because killing with a knife is vastly different from stopping an attacker with a knife. Mike has elaborated in his writings
that MBC is grounded in realistic, le- gally justifiable, self-defense methods with the ultimate goal of stopping your attacker. Compared to tradi- tional knife-fighting systems that em- phasize the application of lethal force, MBC tactics are much more ethical, humane and justifiable in a legal set- ting. Some may scoff at introducing a legal concern into the equation, con- sidering that protecting you or loved ones takes precedence over all. No ar- gument that if compelled to use force in defense it must be without hesita- tion; however, don’t delude yourself into thinking that defending your actions in court will not happen. The MBC approach of “structural stop- ping” is extremely effective, produces instantaneous results and doesn’t
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necessarily endanger the attacker’s life. In an arm’s-length struggle, this is actually much more effective than a counter that may ultimately kill an at- tacker, yet leaves him mobile and dan- gerous to you for a significant period of time. The quickest and most effi- cient way to stop your attacker with a knife is to stop the specific body parts that allow him to be dangerous to you. This is accomplished by cut- ting the structures that instantly dis- able those body parts, like muscles, tendons and nerves. To illustrate and quantify the cut-
ting power of a small knife, Mike con- ducted a demonstration with a pork roast tied around a wooden dowel, wrapped in plastic and clothed in up to eight layers of denim. The results dramatically supported his conten- tion that it is the person wieldingv the knife and not the size of knife that matters. Even an innocuous box cutter featuring a 1/4" or 1/2" blade is capable of devastating incapacitating cuts when used properly; a Spyderco Delica with 2-7/8" blade is even more effective, especially when combined with MBC training. MBC is a modern, self-defense-
oriented program designed to teach martial knife skills to security-con-
scious private citizens, law enforce- ment and military personnel. MBC has also been applied successfully in both self-defense and private security situations where, like the arts of its Filipino roots, it proved its effective- ness when called upon. While Mike’s MBC curriculum will certainly re- ward the dedicated student and chal- lenge anyone desiring on-going study, it also offers more immediate reward for the individual attending the first time in being better able to defend yourself if a victim of an attack. Mike Janich’s MBC should definitely be on the consideration list of anyone want- ing to explore training as it relates to their personal security. *
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