Shockknive

Impact

Impact

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any of you try the shockknives for training ? if so what did you think of them as a training method ?
I had the chance to train with one last week (Krav Maga) and it works pretty well. Add some stress to the exercise especially if the electric shock is set to the max..

thanks

Impact
 
I think the cost of this set up is prohibitive for most.....:(

I can "shock" pretty well with a 39.95 aluminum trainer.....:D

Bill
 
Copis is right...too much $$$...if you are quite honest with yourself during training you will know when you get cut! you also have to realize that depending on the severity, and placement of the cut...it doesn't result in a "shock". some defensive wound victims will grab the blade and actually succeed in defending or escaping.

i too can shock with a $20.00 aluminum training knife...beat that Copis! :)
 
We had the chance to use these knives at Michael Janich's Martial Blade Camp this past weekend. They are pretty cool! Several of us had the shock knife turned up to the "extreme" setting and then volunteered for a jolt. It was not really that bad. It feels like you are being cut!

It certainly made you work harder to avoidt getting zapped when training.
 
I am fairly new to edged weapons training, and have used them a couple of times. I like them but they are extremely expensive. They definitely get your attention and there is no doubt whether or not you got cut.
 
Chris Doner said:
...volunteered for a jolt. It was not really that bad. It feels like you are being cut!
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I'd say that knowing that some unpleasant experience is approaching, it actually brings down on the level of unpleasantness. Which is why they always say "expect to be cut"...
 
saint o'killers said:
Copis is right...too much $$$...if you are quite honest with yourself during training you will know when you get cut! you also have to realize that depending on the severity, and placement of the cut...it doesn't result in a "shock". some defensive wound victims will grab the blade and actually succeed in defending or escaping.
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I agree. Although I see a place for the shock knife...however much of the dis-arms and "returning the blade" concepts we train use the (dull portion of the) blade as a lever. This is my big complaint about the shock knife, it appears to discourage some very effective disarms.

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Overpriced.

Not a pleasant sensation but doesn't really hurt much even on max. I suppose if you were to train in your swim trunks it would liven things up but half the people the instructor "cut" with it in an simunitions drill a few weeks back said they never felt it. That's not to say it didn't work, but it wasn't potent enough to register over their focus on getting rounds on the attacker and "winning" the drill.

At a fraction of the price maybe, but as-is there are much better buys in equipment and training for the money.
 
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