By "knife fighting," however, he most likely was talking about sneaking up on a sentry and taking him out before he knows you're there.
Pretty much, hence IIRC the Sykes-Fairbairn dagger. I used to have a download of his knife book several computers ago. Besides lethal points he also included debilitating places on the arms and other places to aim for if it did come down to an actual fight.
I have never even dabbled in knife fighting, no way I ever cared to spend the time to become proficient, especially when handguns are so readily available.
Birdwatcher
"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744
