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Tactical Knife Fighting & Defence
The Complete Manual
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Tactical Knife Fighting & Defence
Tactical Knife Fighting & Defence — The Complete Manual is not a collection of flashy techniques or fantasy disarms. It is a reality-based survival text built from decades of training, research, and analysis of how knife violence actually unfolds.
Drawing on history, neuroscience, forensic studies, military and law-enforcement observations, and ninjutsu principles, this book strips knife defence down to what survives stress — and what does not.
Most knife books teach techniques. This one teaches survival.
Doctrine
- Explains how to think, not just what to do
- Sets priorities that survive stress
- Accepts limits, law, and medical reality
- Applies across environments and experience levels
About the Author
Rob Baard is a lifelong martial artist with over thirty-five years of experience and direct study under ninja grandmaster Masaaki Hatsumi in Japan. His work focuses on awareness, distance, angles, gross-motor movement, balance disruption, escape, and the medical reality that follows violence.