When They Bring a Knife to a Gunfight: Training for Real-World Weapon Encounters
Saturday 05 Dec / 10:00 AM / Head Coach, SBG Athens
The session
Most counter-edged-weapon systems teach scripted slash-and-block sequences and choreographed disarms that collapse under live pressure. This mat session, with the whole room working in pairs, integrates weapon management into existing standing grappling and hand-fighting frameworks instead of isolating it. A live, unscripted knife enters the clinch, and the defender manages control, weapon suppression, and the transition to cuffing at once, under a strict safety commitment. Attendees leave with a scalable framework for introducing live decision-making and variable complexity into an agency defensive tactics program.
About the presenter
Adam is Head Coach at SBG Athens and a 4th-degree Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt who has trained multiple MMA world champions and consults for professional, collegiate, law enforcement, and military programs. He is co-author of “Applying an ecological dynamics framework to mixed martial arts training.”