MikeKanarek: “You Can Only Beat One Of Yourself, So If You Face 2 Attackers, Make Sure You Line Them Up In One Line So You Fight Them One At A Time”
- March 29th, 2010
- Posted in HaganaH NUCLEUS
- By Mike Lee Kanarek
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Multiple attackers is always something you have to consider in your training if you want to be prepared for Real Self Defense training.
Often facing one attacker in the street escelades to facing two attackers or even more…multiple attacker training is complex and it involves putting “single attacker street scenarios” together with another one and with all the tactical considerations involved with the combined two scenarios. First let me start by saying this type of training should not happen with students in their first FIGHT rotation. The students should have a Solid understanding with a fluent execution of the regular single street scenarios before putting them together as a multiple attack scenario. Also, the level of control between the 3 students working on the scenario should be good enough to be intense but without sacrificing safety. The amount of contact should be firm but with total control.
On the first level, it should be two empty hand attacks scenarios, giving the student the chance to build up emotionally with 2 attackers coming at him/her at the same time or in a planned sequence of attack. This will allow the student to learn how to read body language first before scanning for weapons. If the student learns how to read the body language of the attackers good at this stage, the student will learn to detect the ignition of the two attackers. That will help in the next stage…the stage of adding a weapon to one of the attackers.
Only after enough repetitions was practiced at the “2 attackers at empty hand stage”, should the FIGHT Instructor move his students up to the next stage. The stage of one attacker un-armed and one with a knife!
At this stage , every little mistake will be amplified to a fatal cut or stab. This stage is Very important in nature and infuses a harsh reality. First this stage should be practice without marking on the training knife, let the student build the proper mechanics and technical skills involved in the drill. Then to elevate stress, introduce marking on the training blade. After the scenario is done, then the Instructor can evaluate the marking, or the none marking , on the defending student.
This week is “Defense From An Under Stab” on the rotation schedule, here at the National Headquarters in Davie FL, we will work this technique as part of a multiple attacker scenario. First without the marking….building up to drilling it with marking.
Its going to be a Gooooooood week of training!!!
I love working multiple attacker scenarios; it not only helps you learn to read body language, but it also gives you a taste of what it feels like in real life. yYou heart rate increases as the adrenaline pumps, your senses become more acute, things are moving fast . . . and all this in a pretend attack with people you know and trust. In real life, it would be a hundredfold.
Mayra…multiple attackers scenarios forces you to be instinctive!
If you good at multiple attackers drills it will make you even better at single opponents!!!
Also, mulitple attackers really bring home the need for great endurance training. Multi attacker training is exciting (for lack of a better word) but leaves you spent after the drill. It wakes you up to the reality of the importance of endurance training. The all important maximizing your attribute before the technique. My humble opinion.
I agree with John. Any attack is very draining due to the massive stress. Totally different than in a controlled environment. Multiple attackers up that stress and energy usage exponentially. Conditioning is key to successfully surviving an attack of multiple people. I am proud to say that type of training we do in combat fitness makes a huge difference in how one is able to handle such attacks.
Multiple attacker training is a great way of sharping your skills. This type of training works great for helping you clean up your single attacker defenses. It is also a good gut check on your fitness level and cardio. This type of training test your endurance. I alway focus on the main danger area first in multiple attacker training and I apply the survival skills I learned from FIGHT!
I can’t wait for tonight’s class…tonight’s 7:30 to 8:30 FIGHT class will review the empty hand street scenario and the knife attack needed for the drill.
And then its time to Rock-n-Roll in the 8:30 to 9:00 Oclock’ class!!!
Multiple attacker drills are awesome, we’ve been rockin’ out with them since the conference, and seminar too!!! Great way to ego-check yourself and improve skills!
Yesterday’s R&D team workout we had 5 guys (incl myself) we distributed the following; 1 gun, 1 knife, 1 stick, 1 long gun, the attackers attacked with that weapon in random order with any threat/attack… big challenge to keep your skill sets seperate! NOT advised for the newer practitioner, building solid muscle memory and confidence in skills is key, sometimes too much too soon ain’t a good thing. I mention this drill bc it’s a blog post and some of you advanced guys might want to try it on for size, so … rock out with your schlock out;)!!!
Stu…
You Rock Sir!
You ROCK too Sir, I know because i see you at all the meetings:)!!!
Tonight’s class was intense. As your brain works through the issues (deal with side or front attack first), and the adrenalin rush hits you, your moves improved with every rotation in harmony with Sir’s instructions. Keep focused on your primary danger, and your moves will rock in place by themselves.
Last night’s class was intense because it combined two elements in one drill…
1, the fact that is was a multiple attack scenario, and 2nd the fact that we marked the training knifes. So at the end of the drill students could see if they got cut or not, making them accountable on the knife defense portion of the multiple attack drill.
Overall students did good with a few mistakes in the beginning of the drill, but by the end of the class things got cleaned up pretty good and those red marks became more rare!
today’s class went deeper into this drill…
today we also worked the drill if the attacker chocking gets behind the defender and starts attacking him at the same time the knife attack is in process.
at this stage it brings you to a disarm when you are tight inside the POR while still dealing with the attacker behind you, this is an advanced technique that is a fine motor skill that traps the knife attacker’s elbow and puts his arm in a lock that will allow you to disarm him and use the knife against both the attackers!
first most of the students struggled with the technique, but as soon as they understood that the placement of their own elbow had to be right beyond the attacker’s elbow and the direction the pressure had to be applied from that point on, they got it…
great class!!!