Welcome to the family brother @Christopher425.
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I carried a karambit for a long time, but my son bought me a Reate Exo gravity knife which is unbeliev
able!
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I carry 2 Karambits weak side, but that is a beautiful 
knife.
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In that video you linked, there was a very important point being made at 4 minutes and 46 seconds (4:46) and that point was he used his knife to cut himself free so he could go for his gun.
I didnāt really like some of his technique. As it appeared to be for show rather than effect. On the arm there are 4 really good places. The interior wrist (the part about going down the highway and not across it) in knife fighting, you definitely want to go across. All of the ligaments that allow you to hold something are located there so you want to make your slice as deep as you can. As that takes whatever arm you cut out of the fight.
The next cut is a circular cut, above the elbow, you want to cut the bicep muscle on the back of the arm as thatās where they attach that. If you succeed that takes the arm out from the elbow down. Then you spiral around into the front and take another shot at the ligaments and the artery.
As you continue your attacks up the arm you want to cut the bicep at the shoulder again trying to cut the bicep where it attaches.
Any of those 3 cuts takes the arm out of the fight. If you take the arm out you can go for the 4th attack, which is a stab attack into the armpit. There is a nerve plexus in your armpit which, if hit, will drop you.
Now, me personally, I will go for one of those cuts. But only as a way to buy myself some space to go for my primary weapon. My firearm.
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As a young Infantry Marine I had a platoon Sgt that told me āalways carry a knifeā. He didnāt mean as a weapon and suggested a Boy Scout knife or SAK. He said youāll find use for it every day. That was quite a few years ago but Iāve carried a pocketknife everyday since then (circumstances allowing). My favorite is the Victorinox Sentinel, itās a large SAK with the basic tools and a blade large enough that if I ever needed to use it for self defense I think it would suffice. It universally recognized and is non threatening. I pretty much do use it for something just about everyday. So thanks Sgt F from 2nd Plt. Echo Co. I still remember! S/F
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When I worked for my grandfather he would ask to use my knife for something. If I didnāt have one heād ask why I even bothered to come to work since I didnāt even get dressed! Iāve pretty much carried one every day since. Iām old enough that most of the guys carried a small folding knife to school.
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When I was in school (the wheel was the hot new invention) I carried a Barlow pocket knife ( I really wanted a folding Buck knife I could wear on my belt).
My first big project in my āShopā class was a big honking Bowie that I made for my Shop teacher. Made it from a leaf spring that the older kids, who were rebuilding a car, gave to me.
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Thank you for your service!
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A wise Gunny told me and a group of Marines teasing me, over my knife choice, that Doc could probably cut you up fast, deep, and often. Then bleed you out before you knew there was a knife fight. I carried a hawkbill, razor sharp Barlow folder. That blade was about the length of my index finger. Itās never about the knife, itās more about knowing where to cut. But I do got to say I loved me that Marine K-Bar. 40 years later and I still have one.
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That is a darn nice CRKT or Columbia River Knife N Tool, I have a few of them, not that one unfortunately but I have that Fossil. They are good blades
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I have collected knives for many years and actually have like 300 of them , spydercos ,CRKTs, Cold Steels, Westerns, SOGs , kukris, and even a $ 2,000 one made by Shiva Ki my son carried in Iraq and Asscrackistan, it actually costed like $2,500 but Shiva told him he had a place in his heart for infantrymen lol, but thru the years just like guns Iāve found out you donāt have to buy the most expensive stuff to get good stuff and if you go past SOG or CRKT or Western and knives that cost more than say $50 your just spending money on a name in ā most casesā IMHO. I bought a SOG folder at WallyWorld for $ 40 or $45 and I carried it to work for a work knife and workmates would say ā hey lemmi see that knife for a minute ā and I caught one guy prying a the nails in a pallet apart with it and that little folder has been abused for more than ten yrs and itās still like I bought it except for some scratches on the blade, itās the one with a 3ā blade black handle and tan to point and itās a real nice folder
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Started taking blood thinners in 2012, and i choose to shave my head and that can getā¦ messy sometimes!
I carry a pocket knife all the time, sometimes a larger belt knife or a Leatherman type of tool is added, just depends on what tasks are planned.
Iām probably OCD lol about using anything sharp, i have to think about my moves and wear leather gloves some, Iāve started to research knife fighting more in the past few years and read articles & news stories about knife attacks - i use a cane, walk funny too but Iāll run away from a knife fighting situation as best as i can!
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Running away is good if youāre faster than the BG. BACKING AWAY rapidly after making sure your route of retreat is free of tripping hazards will allow you to possibly mount a defense as you retreat. Caveat 1: in a knife fight, you WILL get cut. Caveat 2: in the Army, we were informed that two steps backward was equal to 1 step forward. IE: If you take 10 steps forward, then take 20 steps backward, you should arrive approximately back to your starting point.
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If I had a cane handy I would probably count that as the next best self defense choice I could go to if I didnāt have or couldnāt get to my firearm. It gives a lot better reach than a knife.
A knife is only a last ditch emergency backup option for me. Though I did just finally find a new EDC option that I like to replace the one I had carried for almost a decade that unfortunately got pulled out of my pocket without me realizing it while I was doing some digging:(
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Get a sword cane at āfashionablecanes.com.ā If you get hassled at the airport just tell them you are handicapped and ask to see the supervisor.
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@Larry130 This is the one I carry at times. No, I would not take it to an airport. :thinking
I paid $89.00 four years ago. 
This Shikoto Rurousha Gentlemanās sword cane offers exquisite details of a truly custom sword cane. The 23" Damascus steel blade was heat-forged and folded 828 times to yield a razor sharp, double edged blade for a maximum cutting edge. The TPU hook cane is wrapped in elegant leather which allows the blade to be wielded in comfort and style. A hidden blade-release mechanism ensures a speedy deployment of the blade in times it is needed.
- 23" Damascus steel blade
- 36-42 HRC; folded 828 times
- Leather wrapped TPU handle
- Hidden blade release mechanism
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These are illegal in some states, so check your local listings.
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My training taught me the same, but it also taught me control of the weapon is control of the fight.
Even open hand against a knife, if you can block and control that knife you have a much better chance of surviving!
Not great, but much better! 
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Folded and hammered 828 times?! Now that has to be sun good Steel. I have a cpl sword canes but they are just cheap ones I got out of those catalogs you get for ever just for ordering something from them, I just toss them anymore without even looking at them cause Iāll just waste money on the stuff in them. The last thing I ordered from one was a box of German Waffen bore cotton 3ā or so cottons snakes and my God I thought it was gonna be a little box of them but itās a huge box of 1000 of them! I gave my son two bags of them for his flint locks and all but my grandson will have many to give to his kids. They are WWII 8 MM bore cottons.
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