Fine. Here’s a dead-drop email I’ve set up JUST for you. I’m in WA state. I’ve got a training knife (a plastic one made by Cold Steel), and I will demonstrate, personally, for free, why fighting someone with a knife will simply get you killed. All you have to do is email me, set up a time, and show up. Oh, and wear…

Look: knives are fucking scary. I teach self-defense courses, and there’s something that gets taught: the 21 foot rule. It boils down to this: within 21 feet, someone with a knife is the scariest thing you can deal with. An attacker can perform lethal strikes before you could even possibly get a weapon readied. Having…