Edged Weapon and Knife Awareness Defence Webinar Part 1 (diary entry)

21.03.21 The first part of my edged weapon and knife defence webinar looked covered: Edged Weapon Definitions The Nature of Knife Crime Knife Crime Statistics Knife Crime Motivations The Law in Relation in Knife Crime The Law in Reltation to Self-Defence Leigh Simms, a practising solicitor and the author of "UK Self-Defence Law", was a guest teacher on this course. I asked him to deliver a short lecture on the definition of "proportionate" force in self-defence as well as specifics regarding the carrying of knives. This prompted a lengthy and lively discussion in our questions and answers section.