3 variations of defense against knife attack from above. The first technique is the optimal one and the others are variations that might occur when the attacker tries to resist.
From Moshe Kaitz of Gracie Humaita Israel:
These are real life defense against knife attack, is not as easy as shown in demos and your technique is not going to be “clean”. The opponent will try to resist, release his hand and pull back. you need to do everything to survive. this time we show only the attack “from above”. the first variation is cleaner but the others are not. the attacker tries to straighten his hand out , pull back and escape from the first grip. 99% of knife attacks in Israel this last month where from above.
Moshe Kaitz is a Black Belt under Royler Gracie and David Adiv, and the head instructor of Gracie Humaita Israel.
He has been training a lot in Brazil, in the original Gracie Academy, under Masters Royler and Rolker Gracie and in the USA with Master Royler and Professor Adiv.
He is considered to be one of the best black belts of the self defense aspect, among the Gracie Humaita international association around the world.
Kaitz also has 8 MMA fights(6 wins- 2 decision loses) when in his last fight, that took place in 2010, he had an unprecedented win for an Israeli fighter, over UFC veteran and title contender Hermes Franca.
Moshe Kaitz talked to BJJEE.com about Gracie Jiu-Jitsu as a self defense system and his opinion about Kravmaga.
