CRAIG DOUGLAS - EDGED WEAPONS OVERVIEW 

8 Hour Block

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The Edged Weapons Overview course is a focused overview of knife application methods. Lots of people carry pocket knives for various reasons, but very few people have any training on how to deploy them effectively for self-defense. This course gives students a fundamental understanding of edged weapons. Like all ShivWorks courses, EWO is contextualized and presented through a minimalist framework to give students practical tools they can easily learn, remember, and put to immediate use.

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Overview:

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• Default Position and basic blows

• Tool Survey

• Robust Folder Deployment

• Theory of In-Fight Weapons Access

• In-Extremis application

• Mobility and Zoning Issues of equal initiative encounters

• Plyometric Fighting Platform

• Point Theory, forward and reverse grip

• Conventional Edge introduction

• Refining the narrow-angle

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Equipment:

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• Comfortable clothes

• Wrap-around eye protection

• Mouthpiece and cup

• Preferred carry knives

• Trainer knives (if you have them)

• Positive attitude

• Open mind