Reply #37: Using the training I received in martial arts, I may be able to disarm a person ... [View All]

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with a handgun or a knife at close range. If the person who has a knife is an experienced knife fighter, my chances drop dramatically. If the person is armed with a firearm and is smart enough to stay out of my reach, it's necessary to do a judo roll out to get close enough to disarm him. The chances of this being successful are at the best 50%.

Of course there is also an excellent chance that I will be shot or cut in my attempt even if my attacker is at close range.

My instructor was one of the highest ranked judokas in the nation who held a 8th degree black belt in Judo (red and white belt) and a sixth degree black belt in Karate. He often told his class that a man with a .45 auto was a ninth degree black belt.