Street Smarts: Three Levels of Knife Stopping Power with a Small Knife

Stopping power is a term we hear a lot in self-defense. Although it’s mostly used in the context of firearms, it applies to all self-defense tactics and weapons. When it comes to contact-distance weapons like knives, it applies with a vengeance. The reason is simple. If you are defending yourself with a contact-distance weapon, your attacker is probably armed with a similar weapon. At close range, the longer you allow him to continue his attack, the more likely he is to be successful. So, for this episode of Street Smarts, we will focus on knife stopping power.

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