Nobody Wins In A Knife Fight

**crashdive123** · 04-14-2009, 08:09 AM

Several people have said it, and it appears to be true. By the way, is there something in the water in Indy? http://www.whas11.com/justposted/sto....d00b7c82.html

**Rick** · 04-14-2009, 08:12 AM

Sword fight. Not knife fight. We do things in a big way around here. I actually prefer a Briquet when slicing cucumbers but a Katzbalger when peeling carrots. But, hey, that's just me.

**doren** · 04-14-2009, 11:22 AM

I expect teen agers to do something like this but not an old man. Gives a new meaning to the term old school.

**Aurelius95** · 04-15-2009, 06:41 AM

I can almost guarantee that NO alcohol or drugs were involved in this "domestic" disturbence. (Please note poster's use of sarcasm in previous sentence). Seriously, it sounded like a good idea at the time, I'm sure, but this 39 year old killed his uncle and seriously injured his own grandmother. Wow.

**Rick** · 04-15-2009, 06:47 AM

He killed both. Granny died that day. Lessons in swinging on the rigging ropes will be conducted this afternoon at 1:00 p.m. sharp. (Get it? Sword? Sharp?....I slay myself...get it? Sword? Slay....too much!)

**vthompson** · 04-16-2009, 12:26 AM

WOW, I hadn't heard about that. Thank's for the post.

**erunkiswldrnssurvival** · 04-16-2009, 01:56 PM

mabe they should have given one of them a shorter sword.

**Schleprok** · 04-16-2009, 06:25 PM

In the military I received some training involving knife fights, actually it was unarmed against an assailant with a knife. The very first thing we were taught was to know you were going to get cut, the key is to reduce the severity of the cut....
Most often when a preson gets cut they panic. If you're going into battle knowing the cut will happen you're results are much more in your favor.
Works the same in a survival situation, mindset is the key.

**Alpine_Sapper** · 04-16-2009, 07:43 PM

Originally Posted by Schleprok

In the military I received some training involving knife fights, actually it was unarmed against an assailant with a knife. The very first thing we were taught was to know you were going to get cut, the key is to reduce the severity of the cut....
Most often when a preson gets cut they panic. If you're going into battle knowing the cut will happen you're results are much more in your favor.
Works the same in a survival situation, mindset is the key.

Yessir. But the first time you get cut in a knife fight, even knowing that it could happen, there's still a great chance the average person is going to panic.

**Rick** · 04-16-2009, 07:55 PM

Does a blood curdling scream and urinating on yourself classify as panic? 'cause if it does ... never mind.

**Alpine_Sapper** · 04-16-2009, 09:01 PM

Originally Posted by Rick

Does a blood curdling scream and urinating on yourself classify as panic? 'cause if it does ... never mind.

lol. nononononononono NO. Panicing is not stopping at a center mass double tap and emptying the entire mag instead.

**erunkiswldrnssurvival** · 04-16-2009, 09:25 PM

it kind of has me urning for a good stick fighting demo on you tube! doesnt it you .

**Rick** · 04-17-2009, 07:50 AM

As long as I'm not in it. Nothing worse than getting your brains whacked out AND letting the whole world watch. Priceless.

**Alpine_Sapper** · 04-17-2009, 09:09 AM

Originally Posted by erunkiswldrnssurvival

it kind of has me urning for a good stick fighting demo on you tube! doesnt it you .

You volunteering?

**mountain mama** · 04-17-2009, 09:25 AM

I have to disagree with the title of this topic....as my Daddy always said, "only an idiot shows up to a gun fight with a knife." However, I'm kinda curious why these idiots had swords just lying around...and were they drunk or what?

**Rick** · 04-17-2009, 11:36 AM

Hey! We're talking about Hoosiers here, okay? We may be a bit tetched in the noggin' but we're not idiots. Swords are just really long letter openers. Nothing wrong with a letter opener is there?

**trax** · 04-17-2009, 11:42 AM

Originally Posted by Rick

Hey! We're talking about Hoosiers here, okay? We may be a bit tetched in the noggin' but we're not idiots. Swords are just really long letter openers. Nothing wrong with a letter opener is there?

Absolutely, here at the office I just love it when the mail comes in and gets dropped on my secretary's desk and before she can open it, I slice everything open with my trusty saber. Doesn't everyone? Mind you I don't get drunk and get into sword fights that wind up killing relatives, that must be a hoosier thing....

**nell67** · 04-17-2009, 12:20 PM

Originally Posted by trax

Absolutely, here at the office I just love it when the mail comes in and gets dropped on my secretary's desk and before she can open it, I slice everything open with my trusty saber. Doesn't everyone? Mind you I don't get drunk and get into sword fights that wind up killing relatives, that must be a hoosier thing....

hey,hey,don't knock the hoosiers!