[.ca] Knife Self-Defense for Combat (ISBN 0897500229)

The book is junk and Echanis was a boob:
Following what is taught in this book is a great way to get killed. People who say this book is effective may have dojo training, but have NEVER encountered a real knife attack. Personally I could overlook Echanis's personal history if the book were OK - but it just isn't. Ice pick grip decreases your distance by about 2 inches. Someone with a saber grip and 3 or 4 arnis classes will slice open the arteries in your arms in short fashion. Sacrificing your lead hand is great if you want to bleed to death. An arterial cut to the wrist can kill you in 30 seconds to a couple of minutes. Stupid, stupid, stupid.

Deadly. Incapacitating. And that's for the defender :-P:
Like the other Echanis books this stuff is deadly, for the poor sap who actually tries to use it. The techniques are inefficient, rely on strength, assume the other guy is an idiot moving at the speed of molasses, and put you in a lot of danger. They also violate really basic, and I mean BASIC principles of self defense. Several of them get the attacker in trouble. And then let him out. Others make contact and take control. And then give up both. There are, G-d help us, pictures of him kicking the knife out of the attacker's hand and others where he exposes things most of us REALLY don't want cut to the blade. Save your money. Take a decent course in the Southeast Asian martial arts. Buy Fairbairn or Applegate's books. Learn some police combatives. Get a gun. But if you want to survive an armed attacker DON'T BUY THIS GUY'S BOOKS.

Not too bad:
IN MEMORY OF MARIO PONTILLO Since the late 1970's, I have studied Mr. Lee's "Way of the Intercepting fist." This book is not too bad if you want to learn defense against a knife. I read it last over 20 years ago. Mine is 1st edition 1977. It's Mario's book. Please don't hesitate to check out my book that I published while in the U.S. Navy in 2003: "Under the Rose: Poetry of Tragedy, Essence, and Romance"

Knife Self-Defense for Combat.:
An absolute waste of time. They are fantasy techniques at best. At the worst, they will certainly spell "THE END" for anybody foolish enough to believe that this stuff will work. I will never waste my money again on any of his books.