Krav Maga Girl | How to Defend Yourself from a Knife Attack

Krav Maga Girl, Lior Bitran, an experienced Krav Maga instructor is explaining how to defense yourself from a knife attack on the street.
Lior is doing a social experiment in which she is looking for regular people in the park, and tries to see how they would react to an actual knife attack.
We met Roni and her baby walking at the park and tried to see how she would defend herself from a sudden attack with a knife.
The attack is performed by Hagai Bitran.

This experiment is a good example of how you can protect yourself even if you don't have any background in martial arts. After learning a few simple moves and knowing where the week points are, you can be more confident about defending yourself in the daily life.

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[iwonalaub]

"I hit him a lot, he is used to it" - ahahah, this made me laugh really hard

[ashleyfuninthesun]

Well...she did pretty much the same thing before instruction as after....good job girl....she was amazing!!

[shaycohen]

Great, Very professional and authentic

[markussteiner]

Against a unprofessional It is possible to defend, but against professional you Need your own Knife. Great Video. I train Kali Knife, Silat Wing tsun, Krav Maga and soon Mma. I learn this things in private Training. It is very hard to use the correct techniques.

[ravenironside]

You're an amazing instructor, your techniques and methods are effective and I enjoy looking at your videos ma'am. Job well done.

[gemreivews]

It's amazing how people don't consider running for their life. If when ever something like this would happen, I doubt the attacker would allow someone to kick him in the balls.

Just don't engage. If you feel a grab, scratch eyes out and run. Also, it helps to not let strange people approach you. My brother learned this the hard way.

[merlinda]

Thank you so much Krav Maga Girl for your channel and video. I just found out today, that a guy I was dating 2 years ago. Has killed his ex girlfriend 2 months ago by stabbing her with a knife on the streets by daylight. When I googled his name, I saw this terrible news.

Like this video, the woman was walking with her 1 year old baby, it was their child. When the guy suddenly attacked her with a knife. As he followed her for a while. And stabbed her many times. In the neck and stomach. And then ran away.

Unfortunately the woman didn’t make it and she died. After the ambulance tried to save her. The guy is still held by the police.

It’s so scary, and it could’ve been me. That girl was the next girl he dated after me.

I was already subscribed to your channel. And checked out for how to defend yourself, when you get attacked with a knife.

I practiced boxing before and Shaolin Kung Fu. And did a couple of Krav Maga lessons too. I’m going to check again on Krav Maga classes. I find it really important to know how to defend yourself. I’m going to rewatch your videos again too!

[chumbaray]

And that's how you get stabbed to death. Take it from a KM black belt. Knife attacks are not that stereotypical, with the attackers repeating the same gesture over and over. If one angle doesn't work, he'll try another one. That's why you have to control the arm as soon as you can, pushing it as far as you can behind the elbow line before kneeing him to the groin. Careful with those sensationalized videos.

[PattyKirsche]

Hi Lior! I am from Brazil and I love your videos. I would like to ask you how to escape if a guy throws me on the floor or on a couch, bed, etc, with my face down. In this position he could grab my arms, for instance. Thanks a lot! Kisses from São Paulo.

[katbailey]

dude stabbed her 4 times before she threw her first kick. in real life, she would have been dead. plus, setting her baby "a side" wouldn't be an option either.

[TJ-odhn]

Having done Thai boxing full contact and now that I am learning Silat
I feel your self defence is actually dangerous
Unfortunately there isn't a quick learnt martial art added the more deadly the art the longer it takes to learn. Making another believe that they can take on a knife attack can only end badly
No offence meant

[kathrinawebb]

You are a amazing strong woman and Thank you for Wanting to show other females they can learn to protect themselves I would so much love to have a female as yourself to teach me What you know

[beccaadolph]

Hello. What can you do in closed situation like in a home and there are family members?

[jamesk]

yes chumbray you are correct shes better off after blocking to use her other arm not to strike but to secure a standing kamora armlock and secure weapon by twisting arm behind back and breaking arm

[AntiPattern]

I appreciate Krav Maga and many martial arts but if a man is attacking a woman, the best thing you can do is run or hope you have a firearm.

1. 99% of the time a man will overpower a woman if it becomes physical.
2. If the man is armed, that is 100x #1.
3. The only option a woman has is to run, get help, anything. Don't give women a false sense of security. Arm them with something and teach them to use it.
4. I have to be real here and state that this guy wouldn't even need the knife and he could steamroll both girls at the same time and throw them on their head on the concrete. This has been proven thousands of times. Even bodybuilder women that weigh 200 lbs get absolutely throttled by a 130 - 140 pound guy straight up 99% of the time.
5. I am not trying to disrespect anyone here. It is just biology.... II do have daughters and below is what I taught them. Pick it apart please and let me know where I can help them more.


When I'm trying to give advice to women on how to use a knife for defense, my main concept is
1. Distance. Never let the man (generally) get close enough to grab you, your arms or your knife and don't let them close enough to hit...
2. Make sure you have a REAL knife that is RAZOR sharp and as they reach or move forward, move back if possible and each time they reach, slash the hands / arms then move back.
3. Never try to stab because it brings you close enough to be overpowered... Only stab if the perp happens to grab you then go nuts!!! Generally, being shorter, aim for the inner thigh or groin. Nothing will ruin a guys day faster!
4. Always be trying to just get away and find help. Don't fight unless you have to. Generally, if you keep distance and slash some hands, wrists, arms a few times, they'll give up the fight unless they are really stupid in which case, you'll need to wait for the opportunity to run or if the deep slashes to arms and hands don't work, you'll have to be ready to stab / kill!!

I'm no knife expert by any means but these are the things I've taught my daughters and female friends. II'd like some input if you could or anyone else with knife fighting experience on my theory. I guess my main thought is slash and move then escape if possible. Girls are quick and it doesn't take strength to deal some serious damage to forearms, hands, etc hopefully to the point they won't want to play anymore and will just go away... Of course, if someone comes up from behind and grabs you, you've got to do anything to get to that knife and from there, the groin, thighs and possibly kidneys could be targets...

If it just so happens the man gets hold of the woman and she can't get to the knife, that's when knees to the groin, headbutt the nose, bite.... This is all to get the arms free. If you can get arms free and can get to your blade, do it and start with #1. If not, use those fingernails and literally stuff them into his eyes as far as you can, fish hook and pull... Punching, more kicking, etc just isn't going to be effective outside of freeing an arm as stated above.

In all seriousness, I think Krav Maga is probably the most useful martial art on the planet and great for everyone to learn but when it comes to women fighting a man, it is like a man going 3 on 1 with other men so the only real way to gain an advantage is to play dirty as possible!!!

Thanks

[stefane]

What will happen if he is not standing still with his knife and cut her down the arm? Then he is standing in front of her and can repeat his attack. It`s better to go into the outside from such an attack. This will only work when the attacker is standing there without repeating his attack.... Sorry guys

[sharikabalaji]

How do u safe ur self when ur around many men

[rychartist]

How would you protect yourself if you were wearing high heels which could make it harder for you to have balance?

[aarjusihag]

Mam are you reading this comment
So please come back

[subhashpawar]

if we stop his knife attack with our hand and he just kick us first so... what can we do....