Venice Knife Combatives specializes in teaching empty-hand defense techniques for surviving sudden knife attacks. This martial arts training reconditions participants' startle flinch response to be able to evade and capture imminent knife attacks from 9 different angles in real time using gross motor skills​ before transitioning into a takedown or off-balancing technique. These techniques are also useful against assailants not armed with edged weapons. Participants must be 18 years of age or older.