Dietmar Pohl

Ein neues Standardwerk, geschrieben von zwei weltweit anerkannten Experten: Messerdesigner Dietmar Pohl - Fachmann für taktische Einsatzmesser - erläutert, wie ein Kampfmesser aussehen muss und stellt die besten und wichtigsten Kampfmesser der Welt vor. Dazu gehören die verschiedenen Systeme, mit denen man ein Messer am Körper oder Ausrüstung tragen kann. Jim Wagner - amerikanischer Nahkampftrainer und Messerkampf-Guru stellt die dazu gehörenden Kampftechniken vor. In Bildsequenzern und erklärenden Texten werden alle Angriffs- und Abwehrtechniken ausführlich erläutert. Ein einmaliges Buch, das bislang auf dem Markt gefehlt hat.

This comprehensive compendium covers all aspects of self-defense knives, including their history, development, and technology, as well as practice, training, and combat techniques. Learn about the historical development of modern self-defense knives and their various technical systems, designs, and materials. The book covers various possibilities for carrying an SD-knife, answers questions such as whether a folder or fixed blade is the right choice, and gives recommendations on training knives. The most important combat knives and knife combats of Hollywood movies are included. Readers will learn the basics of Wagner’s reality-based training system. Contributions from well-known knife and combat experts such as Sal Glesser, Michael Janich, Frank Metzner, Joachim Friedrich, Dieter Knüttel, and Sohny cover special topics such as butterfly and karambit knives, escrima, and self-defense against dogs.

Knives and military – a topic that interests not just knife collectors and historians. Today many knife manufacturers advertise that their products are used by military forces and special units. With the aid of authentic photos, this book documents for the first time which knives, bayonets and tools are actually carried in action by the soldiers – U.S. Marines and other troops from different countries. The unique photographs that illustrate the book were taken in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Balkans. Dietmar Pohl provides a detailed description of each of the eighty knives that appear in the book, along with technical specs and background information.