mercop
01-19-2008, 09:37 PM
There were several things that spawned the evolution of MCS IET (Inverted Edge Tactics). The first was seeing how hard it was for students to get their folders open during the Folder into the Fight Drill. The major problem seemed to be getting the blade open and transferring to a stable grip while being pressed by an attack. While working with a training folder I saw how much easier and faster it was to simply wrap my thumb over the grip instead of transitioning into a saber grip. This puts the knife in a hammer fist grip, with the blade up. Looking at your fist you will see the edge of the blade. The grip is very strong.
The second was that there seemed to be very little that was defensive about the defensive use of the folder. I mean how would most people know when to attack their attacker? Picture this, someone had told you that they plan do bodily harm to you, or worse, you have your knife out and tell them not to come any closer, but they don’t stop. They see your knife but still don’t stop even after verbal warnings. That is depraved indifference. As they get close you attempt to stab them with your inverted blade. Reverting to the intuitive and commonly taught block for a stab the reach for your wrist only to grab the blade. They pull back and you do the same. What they end up with is a very serious laceration across his palm. Speaking to a hand surgeon confirmed that this is the absolute worst cut you can suffer to the hand. At this point the majority of people are going to rethink their actions. If it stops here and the police investigate the first physical evidence they are going to find is the attacker with a laceration showing that he grabbed your knife. I would rather this be the case then my attacker having defensive wounds on the back of his forearms.
You have approximately 30% more power pulling towards you then pushing away. Everyone knows that the way to cause substantial damage to the arms is to cut the inside of them. During force on force we found that the inside of the arms we accessed with easy simply because of the inverted blade and the tendency of the defenders to come down on the top of the forearms pulling into themselves. The drag that is created from them pulling and you pulling is two different directions is massive.
In you end up in a clinch the knife goes around the back of your attackers neck or his ribcage. Even if you loose your balance and fall it is all your body weight dragging through the target.
Now with you on the ground and the attacker still pressing the attack, you hook him behind the knee with the blade and pull. There goes his ability to stand.
For those of you who are saying what no stabbing, consider the power up uppercut stabs using this grip.
Two more plusses here are that you cannot over extend yourself leading to injury and do to the blade position, the techniques take little effort and are accomplished even when exhausted.
MCS doctrine dictates learning to defend against the way the majority of people will attack and to attack the way most people do not know how to defend.
When IET was introduced during a recent class the most common question was how to defend against it. For once I was at a loss for answers.
During the FTF drill many student reverted to it with me as the aggressor. What happened was that with very little effort on their part I took many cuts to the inside of my forearms, hands and ribcage.
Warning- feel free to try opening your folder and going into this grip. However DO NOT even think of attempting any drills with a live blade. I would advise using maybe a butter knife with no edge at all or a trainer if you have one. Let someone try to reach in and grab it.
Look for more on MCS IET as it evolves. Pictures to follow.
The second was that there seemed to be very little that was defensive about the defensive use of the folder. I mean how would most people know when to attack their attacker? Picture this, someone had told you that they plan do bodily harm to you, or worse, you have your knife out and tell them not to come any closer, but they don’t stop. They see your knife but still don’t stop even after verbal warnings. That is depraved indifference. As they get close you attempt to stab them with your inverted blade. Reverting to the intuitive and commonly taught block for a stab the reach for your wrist only to grab the blade. They pull back and you do the same. What they end up with is a very serious laceration across his palm. Speaking to a hand surgeon confirmed that this is the absolute worst cut you can suffer to the hand. At this point the majority of people are going to rethink their actions. If it stops here and the police investigate the first physical evidence they are going to find is the attacker with a laceration showing that he grabbed your knife. I would rather this be the case then my attacker having defensive wounds on the back of his forearms.
You have approximately 30% more power pulling towards you then pushing away. Everyone knows that the way to cause substantial damage to the arms is to cut the inside of them. During force on force we found that the inside of the arms we accessed with easy simply because of the inverted blade and the tendency of the defenders to come down on the top of the forearms pulling into themselves. The drag that is created from them pulling and you pulling is two different directions is massive.
In you end up in a clinch the knife goes around the back of your attackers neck or his ribcage. Even if you loose your balance and fall it is all your body weight dragging through the target.
Now with you on the ground and the attacker still pressing the attack, you hook him behind the knee with the blade and pull. There goes his ability to stand.
For those of you who are saying what no stabbing, consider the power up uppercut stabs using this grip.
Two more plusses here are that you cannot over extend yourself leading to injury and do to the blade position, the techniques take little effort and are accomplished even when exhausted.
MCS doctrine dictates learning to defend against the way the majority of people will attack and to attack the way most people do not know how to defend.
When IET was introduced during a recent class the most common question was how to defend against it. For once I was at a loss for answers.
During the FTF drill many student reverted to it with me as the aggressor. What happened was that with very little effort on their part I took many cuts to the inside of my forearms, hands and ribcage.
Warning- feel free to try opening your folder and going into this grip. However DO NOT even think of attempting any drills with a live blade. I would advise using maybe a butter knife with no edge at all or a trainer if you have one. Let someone try to reach in and grab it.
Look for more on MCS IET as it evolves. Pictures to follow.