Some things I learnt from being stabbed, remember this is only my experience it may not work for others & im not a self defence instructor, highly trained special forces or anything like that. I'm just a guy who learnt from my own mistakes.
- unless you've got a decent distance between you & the attacker or you're Usain Bolt don't run. That's when he got me when I turned to run.
- if someone pulled a knife to rob you give him what he wants, & be polite.
- if you can, grab a weapon, something/anything. I've had a knife pulled on me 3 times excluding the back stabbing, the only time I didn't get injured was when I was carrying a club & the attacker backed down. If they don't back down use weapon on closest target, this is generally the hand/arm holding the knife. I found it more useful to hit with multiple short sharp wacks than try & hit a home run & miss. Hold the weapon out in front as far as you can while maintaining control/balance, you want to put as much distance between you & the knife as possible. If you hit the knife hand/arm & he drops it, hit him again before running, if he's not disabled he just pick it up again.
- no weapon available, then you're going to get hurt, mentally deal with it, all you can do is minimise the damage as much as possible, best to get it in the limbs than torso. Try to control the arm holding the knife, don't grab them anywhere else. Get a hold of the arm & don't let go, keep your arms as straight as you can to keep distance. If you're strong enough try pulling them off balance to the ground, use your body & legs to pull, don't pull with your arms. Make a lot of noise.
- I've noticed when someone pulls a knife they only think of using that one weapon. You've got multiple weapons, hands, feet, elbows, knees, head, etc. Try using this to your advantage some how, yes theirs is far more dangerous, but it's the only one you've got to worry about. If your not closer enough to grab the knife arm flick out kicks towards their legs wave your arms around a bit, get them looking at something besides where they're going to stab you. You will be surprised how distracting a question can be, I asked this guy how his mum was, in that split second I hit him. I never met his mum, but your brain instinctively searches for an answer when unexpectantly asked a question.
- never ever confront or purposely get involved with someone wielding a knife. The above is only as extreme last resort. If they want something give it to them.
Again I'm no trained knife defence expert, & the people who pulled the knife on me were not trained knife fighters, they had experience in using them but no training. No amount of training should give you confidence to get involved in a knife fight. No matter how many times a knife gets pulled on you, you'll still s*** yourself & 99% of the time you'll get hurt. That's all I can think of off the top of my head