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During Desert Shield, Saudi Arabian troops laughed at their G.I. counterparts because every American soldier conspicuously carried a big fighting knife, yet none had ever been given formal training on how to use them correctly.

Robert K. Spear has filled this training gap with a manual which goes far beyond the usual. His practical approach to knife fighting covers all the areas needed plus a few most people never think about, for instance having to fight assailants with unequal weapons such as bayonets on rifles or entrenching tools.

Easy to do yet effective are the trademarks of Mr. Spear's unique training methods. No military or tactical police personnel should be without this title in their reference library. Written as a universal approach to knife fighting, this manual especially enhances the use of the Field Fighter Combat Knife series developed by Mr. Spear for military applications.

Contents

Foreword
Chapter 1: Birth of a Fighting Knife
Chapter 2: Fighting Grips and stances
Chapter 3: Targets
Chapter 4: Blocks and Counters
Chapter 5: Serial attacks
Chapter 6: Parallel Attacks
Chapted 7: Knife Grappling
Chapter 8: Sentry Kills
Chapter 9: Knife vs Bayonet
Chapter 10: Knife vs Entrenching Tool
Chapter 11: Knife Throwing
Chapter 12: Training Hints