Four Ways To Hold A Knife

[supermanlypunch]

David Bowie with a knife is a far scarier thought than I expected it to be.

[MrBirdMonkey]

Finally an objective look at reverse grip and how it is actually used

[Cheesepuff]

Yeah I’m gonna need some more context on Texan knife fighter David Bowie

[Hylonomus]

The frontier style Bowie grip with the edge facing you and the trailing tip facing your opponent is because true fighting Bowie's had the false edge sharpened, so the trailing tip had two edges. Then they would use the point like a claw, cutting with the tip which was more effective for getting through the tough leather, wool, canvas and denim frontier clothing was made out of. Kind of similar to how a karambit cuts.

[plusdarkness]

Reverse grip’s main strength is that it looks really cool.

[TacCat]

I, too, am a Mass effect Enjoyer. Nice to know others exist.

[joba]

"Don’t teach 'em knife fighting....teach 'rm to kill.

"That way they'll come up against somebody who knows knife fighting....they'll send his soul to hell.

"It's all in the mind, Sargeant...."

Spartan.

[jehutk]

I like to call that fourth grip the serial killer grip

[corny]

"Standard Knife-y Things" is indeed the technical term for this combat discipline.

[LairdCombanite]

Try to remember some of the basics of CQC

[someguy]

Thanks for this, I'm now ready to go to London tomorrow

[lykonic]

One thing I particularly like about reverse grip with a knife aside from powerful overhand stabs is being able to use the blade to hook and catch an opponent's arms to control them non-lethally. It's something I rarely see outside of some of Doug Marcaida's karambit videos, partially because he's really skilled at it and also karambits are particularly good for that sort of thing, but generally speaking even a straight blade can be used for manipulation by making a hook with it and your forearm. It's reminiscent of years ago when I was still in Tang Soo Do and we were taught to use the forearm instead of the hand for techniques like arm bars and such, because that wider area allows for an easier block and catch, even if they try to wriggle out, and you don't have to worry about your comparatively weak wrist and hand being counter-manipulated to make you lose your grip.

[BackYardScience]

That David Bowie movie was awesome! It's called the Labyrinth and I i watched it all the time growing up.

[YonKaWren]

My friend thinks a sword sized kitchen knife would be a good weapon along with a kitchen knife aswell… help me please

[Zel_eo]

I will always default to the wise teachings of the WW2 brit vet from the "fairbairn-sykes fighting knife" video.

[swankierSpy]

You could just use a dagger, it has 2 sides so it has the best of both orientations,
Then you can still hold it upside down as well

[solemnace]

There's only two right ways to hold a knife. Blade facing opponent, tip up, and blade facing opponent, tip down.

[dascommissar]

For Bowie I use a thumb grip where the blade is sideways with the edge pointing out, allows good flick cuts at shallow targets while keeping you out of range.

[bluebeard]

Okay the Bowie knife is designed to have the clip point on it. But the backside of the clip point is sharpened. So is a double-edged knife for just a few inches that gave you the slashing ability that you were talking about especially used against the arms of your opponent. So yeah, Jim Bowie was an expert knife-fighter, especially designed his weapon for that.

[zyourzgrandzmaz]

I hold it between my butt cheeks and crab walk backwards singing the SpongeBob theme.


Never fails.