We make all of our new hires experience being stuck underneath someone while getting punched. Using your hands to access a knife/gun sounds possible, and you may be able to articulate using one, but introducing it will be difficult if the other person is actively swinging at you.
IF a weapon is introduced by the person stuck on the bottom, retention in close quarters is also very challenging and is another issue people don’t usually think about when they say “I would just shoot/stab someone if they were punching me.” A wise former coworker once told me “Everything works, and everything fails.”
Concepts and principals:
If you are stuck on the bottom and someone is trying to hit you, managing the distance is really important. “Winning” from inferior positions often means just surviving them until the top person has less energy. Feet on the hips (when the other person is standing or kneeling) and closed guard (with head and arm control) helps to either fill space or take it away. Also the tripod or hook sweep is typically available when someone is standing over you with a bladed stance. If you’re going to try in uniform, the main thing for safety (after a safety check to remove live weapons) is that the person who is punching has to be able to modulate their intensity depending on the bottom person’s ability to comprehend what is happening.🥋🚔🤙🏽 #police #selfdefense #jiujitsu #graciesurvivaltactics #trainweeklyorfightweakly