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If you are close enough to be stabbed by as knife wielder, there is only ONE tactic anyone should use. "Wrist control" (literally grabbing the persons wrist). A close quarters knife fight generally wont involve stabbing; it will be about slicing cuts, lots of them. In a fight like this you can expect to get cut multiple times, but cuts arent generally deadly. You have to fight the wrist thats holding the knife, and that attacker will try to switch hands as you gain "wrist control".This is not a recommendation, just my personal considerations, not supported by sufficient experience.
Most of the techniques against the knife deal with tricky hand moves and grips. In my opinion, this technique is too dangerous and ineffective. To apply such techniques, you need to hone from to automatism and have excellent physical data, no one has time for this.
Meanwhile, the one who attacks with a knife has an obvious weakness. For attacks, he needs to come up to a medium distance. Therefore, I think that the simplest and most effective tactic is to work with feet from a long distance and a constant gap in the distance, retreats back and to the sides.
By the way, once I managed to knock out a knife from the aggressor with my foot. True, it was in childhood, and the attacker had a kitchen knife
Also low kicks can be effective, although I have not tested this. If the enemy burst into a medium distance and you are locked or do not have time to leave, you can try to hit on the legs and at the same time try to neutralize the danger with blows to the hand that hold knife. This can confuse him. I have not tested this but I think that it may work.
True, the enemy can stab in the leg, this is also dangerous. But firstly, the risks are still less than a blow to the torso, secondly, this is unusual for him, and in the third it is difficult for him to hit to fast-flying legs.
At the same time, we cannot throw out a lot of blows, because of this, we can quickly lose strength.
In general, other things being equal, I consider this approach more effective than defense with hands.
PS
of course, throwing improvised means to a knife will also be effective
This video is a good representation of how a knife fight will happen.