If someone is close enough to grab your gun, they're also close enough to be knifed. For me, as I have "special needs" (!) fisticuffs are a LAST resort. My gun is to AVOID contact-weapon distances in an "encounter," but should that happen, my contact-weapon of choice is a knife (as I can't carry my sword legally). Even at the shorter blade-lengths knives must be so they're legal to carry, a few inches of sharp steel is all you need. Why wear yourself out huffing & puffing in a punching/kicking match that you may well LOSE anyway (especially we older guys)? Just cut them. Even a KID with a knife is dangerous...
Besides, if the guy goes for my gun, then I must assume he will use it on me, so I'd have no worries re: justifying my Slicing & Dicing later on. Yes, one cut where I want to make it and it's over. While the guy is bleeding out -- and @ my convenience -- I can retrieve my gun from his cold, dead hands. Hmmm...that phrase sounds familiar somehow. ;-)
Better yet, just leave it in his hands...for "evidence."
So...in addition to our PRIMARY defense tool -- a gun -- we also at least carry a "serious" folding knife, yes? Do we keep it super-sharp? Do we know exactly where we are going to cut? Do we know the expected bleed-out time for a cut in that target area?
We should.
My particular sharp piece of (154CM) steel is a "Gerber 05786 Applegate Covert Double Bevel Titanium Knife, Black." It's carried in my jeans' "coin pocket" on my right side (and it can be opened one-handed). I NEVER use it for anything else -- like opening mail, peeling oranges (that's for my very tiny deep-pocket Swiss Army knife) -- as I want the blade to BE & STAY super sharp. It's ONLY for cutting meat...but using it to trim briskets for the grill is optional (and it's a good "practice session" also).
Any good knife would do, so CARRY one...
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willy1094,
A "judi chop?" Seriously? You expect your GF to do the fighting?
...just kidding...please don't hurt me! ;-)