Venice Knife Combatives provides martial arts training in Venice, Florida and specializes in teaching empty-hand defense techniques for surviving sudden knife attacks. This niche martial arts training is comprised of a blend of Southeast Asian martial arts styles to include Pencak Silat, Silat Suffian Bela Diri, and Kali. This training reconditions participants' startle flinch response to be able to evade and capture imminent knife attacks from various angles in real time using gross motor skills​ to transition into a takedown before applying submissions and ground control techniques. These pressure-tested techniques are also effective in defeating opponents not armed with edged weapons. Participants must be 16 years of age or older.