Seminar - Red Zone Knife Defence
Free for ADF & First Responders Code: ADF100
Seminar - Red Zone Knife Defence
Red Zone Knife Defence – Felipe Grez
“Red Zone Knife Defence” is a modular system of unarmed grappling based defensive tactics verses an edged weapon attack.
It was founded by Jerry Wetzel ( Centreline Gym) as a simple, practical way to understand how to defend yourself and survive an edged weapon attack. Various government agencies in the USA have taught and successfully used it as a no-nonsense, life-saving approach to dealing with the realities of a knife or edged weapon attack.
It complements your Jiu-Jitsu / Grappling-based training to increase your confidence and dramatically improve your self-defence and survival skills against an armed attacker.
Instructor Felipe Grez notes that the RZKD system is the most efficient and realistic approach to defending against edged weapons that he has encountered in over 26 years of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and frontline security work.
Join Felipe with an intro to the system with the team at Training Grounds on the 3rd of May 2025.
This is a perfect seminar to bring a friend. Don’t miss out, as numbers are strictly limited!
All ADF & First Responders use code for free ticket: ADF100 ( ID Required on the day)
All Training Grounds members use code: TG10 For Member discount.
Seminar Agenda & schedule
Location: Training Grounds Gym 460 Pacific Hwy, St Leonards, Sydney
Focus: Real-world self-defence strategies against an edge blade
Agenda: 2-Hour Red Zone Knife Defense Seminar
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Intro to RZKD modular system
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Pre-Incident Indicators & Situational Awareness
- Reality/Ferocity of Edged Weapons Attack
- Protecting Vital Areas
- When do you have to Fight?
- Mindset/Purpose
- 3 Key Principles: Posture, Pressure & Angle
- Posture & Pressure: Very Good but opponent can react and cause problems
- Position & Angle: Potential to be Rag dolled or weapon ripped free
- Pressure & Angle: Both people may get some shots off, and they are armed
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3 Key Positions: The primary RZKD Control Positions that are modular in nature
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Handcuffs
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Two on One
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Lasso
- Push Hands
- Pummelling
- Poo Stick
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How to close the distance and gain control against an aggressive stabbing style attack
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Recognising the difference between a high line and a low line attack/stab
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Entering, Gaining Control of the Weapon Bearing Limb, Nullifying the chance of a secondary attack and Neutralising the Attacker
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Low Line: Dive & Drive
- High Line: Dive & Drive Variation
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How to close the distance and gain control against slashing-style attacks
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Addressing different grips (e.g. Regular knife grip verses reverse or ice pick grip)
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Cycling into the RZKD System (Control Positions)
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Forehand Slash
- Backhand Slash
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Troubleshooting if/when the attacker is able to switch the knife to the other hand
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Frame & Follow
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Regaining Control of the Weapon Bearing Limb
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Utilising the Lasso
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Taking the Attacker to the Ground Safely
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Recognising how a knife is brandished/drawn
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Preventing the Draw
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Jam & Enter
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Feigned Compliance as a tactic
- Jam vs Brandished weapon
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Safety and Control first and taking the opportunity to disarm only if it is available
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1 solid disarming technique from each of the key control positions
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Opportunistic Disarm
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Leg Strip from Handcuff
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Knife Strip from grounded Two on One
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Knife Strip from grounded opponent after Lasso
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Applying RZKD Principles to create Escape/Defence Opportunities
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Dealing with the Grab and Stab
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Feigned Compliance as a tactic
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Getting your Hands to the Weapon bearing Limb
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Teach Backs
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Open Question and Answers from the Group
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