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Even if a man held a knife to my throat I will be faithful.
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What would you do if a man held a knife to your throat?


I would do as he says, until I could get him off guard or distract him and fight for my life.


Berate myself for being so stupid as to let him get that close. My next move depends on what I believe his intentions are (will he try and kill me anyway or is it just to frighten), what they are after, the size and type of knife (razor sharp, serrated, small, large), how skilled and alert I believe the person to be, is he alone or with friends, am I with someone who will be attacked next, and what mood I’m in at the time (fuck that, he’s dead meat or don’t do anything stupid, Paul).

I trained for several years on unarmed combat, using real knives, beer glasses and baseball bats. Scary as fuck if I’m honest and I was never that good at it. However, I did learn the basics. One scenario involved being backed up against a wall with a knife at my throat.

I know what to do but Quora is not the forum to explain, as I don’t want people to get silly ideas. Even for an expert, it’s better than 50:50 that you will get badly hurt. Far better to keep alert at all times and get the hell out of there BEFORE it all goes Pete Tong.


If I wasn’t otherwise restrained, I would react violently enough to make him regret his stupidity. If I had no options at all, I’d ask him to please do it properly and quickly and thank him for his compliance.
I am not suggesting others follow my lead, unless they have proper training and skill… and don’t fear death.


First off, I’d really be mad at myself for letting my situational awareness slip so badly.

Having said that, there are defenses against that situation that work quite well, and they end up with the attacker having a really bad day.


I would probably do something weird, something a man would never suspect. Something so off it would make him feel uncomfortable.

Everybodys answers are very different from mine… Alright let me set up the situation.

So, let's say this corona thing didn't exist, I would probably be on my way home from school or something. Let's say this guy starts to follow me walking home and wants me to go with him.

When he finally grabs me from behind and pulls out a knife up to my throat. It was probably out of sight from anyone else. So I would be alone with him. Now that this guy startled me, I would be frozen in place…

Now that I finally know what's going on. I either

A. Scream bloody murder in hopes of someone coming

B. Fight my way out like a champion and run fast as hell

http://C.Do what he says and get kidnapped

D. Catch him off guard by making him uncomfortable

You have five seconds…..5…..4….3…..2…1

If you said D, you are correct!

I would probably do the thing all the fellow boys do and moan and probably add daddy for extra uncomfort, he would most likely let his grip go a bit so I could escape

Since all of the popular people are doing it

—Tim


I am assuming you mean from behind? A lot of it depends on what part of the knife is touching what part of your throat and what his other hand is doing. Without writing a book it is too long to walk through all of them. To make it shorter I am going to assume he is behind you with the other hand just grabbing our shirt collar here are some ideas.

Pre-ideas: You can have a dialog with somebody with a knife to your throat. If he isn’t stabbing you he has a demand. He is probably making his demand up front. Things like “give me your wallet” or something.

Complying is always a good option. If you feel like you are going to be hurt anyway you want to disguise any counter measure within your compliance. This is where dialog comes in. In addition a person who used a knife to get an item from you is in part feeding off the power he gets from that action. It is not unreasonable to think he won’t stab you anyway after he gets his item. Part of his reward is the high he gets from accosting you with a blade.

Sure buddy my wallet is in my back pocket and whatever you decide to do make it part of “getting the wallet process. A woman may have the demand of something sexual—and it sucks—-but you have to also comply as part of your counter measure.

In addition with any of the answers from behind—even ones that are not mine, you can’t stay in front of him with your hips parallel to his. He has too much of an advantage in that position. All counter measure will involve turning or depending on the hold at least as perpendicular as you can get given that hold.

In addition from behind he can’t see your hands. If you are complying with your words and your actions you can do small things and he has no idea what you are doing if you don’t make them super slow or super obvious.

A couple of ideas—I can put a couple on here to not make this too long. I am going to assume he is right handed for clarity. His left hand is holding your collar from behind. I assume you don’t have skills in joint locking.

Tip to throat from behind. This is actually the most lethal scenario if he uses the knife. You have almost no chance of living if he impales your throat with knife unless it is really really small. As you comply to his demand grab his fist with both hands and rotate it downward while turning your chin. This will rotate the blade off the your Adam's apple. It might flick into your chin even as you turn but that a much smaller injury vs impaled in your neck. When completed his fist should be on your sternum. Start turning. Keep his fist on your sternum (no matter which way you go)
Edge of blade under Adam's apple. Comply with his demands and doing so shoot your right hand straight up using your biceps to rotate his triceps downward. This will rotate and trap his knife arm temporary making it impossible for him to pull it across your throat. Turn away from his blade hand and as you rotate head butt him with the side of your head. If you can pull on his sleeve with your other hand to make the headbutt more effective. Keep your right arm straight up and make him work to get that arm free.
Edge on your jugular your right side his elbow out. A box cutter can kill you in this hold. Even knifes that are dull because the jugular is so close to the surface can be lethal. Same thing comply. Drive his right elbow up (or variation cup it and pull down) This rotates the blade off your jugular. You will get a small paper like cut on your neck —a scrapping cut from pushing his elbow up but not a lethal cut. On this one rotate towards his right arm which during the rotation will make it hard for him to get the blade back into cutting position. It is smarter to knee him in the thigh during the rotation as opposed to hit his face.
If you want supplemental information in the self defense world the topic is called “holding at bay” In this case holding at bay with a knife. I have never actually looked that up and have no idea if you will get a good yield on internet searches for this topic.

On a side note their are some really difficult counters for knife from behind. Many of them involve the person with the knife draping his elbow on your back while holding it to your neck. Lay people probably won’t know those holds but they do exist. I wouldn’t know how to explain any of them in print so I skipped over them for this post.