Unlike dance-like methods built on flowy drills, the AMOK Tactical Knife Program is fight-based — rooted in broken rhythm, true intention, and realism. We train as close to the fight as possible, because it goes against the very purpose of training to practice in ways that don’t resemble the actual event.

The AMOK Tactical Knife program is the primary weapons-based course, as it provides the tactical foundation that to other programs build on.

What You’ll Learn:

• Tactics – attacking, countering, isolations, and unpredictability in real encounters.

• Dueling – applying tactics under pressure, paying the consequences for mistakes.

• Sparring – adapting through different configurations and contexts.

• Practice – activities designed to sharpen functional skill with the blade.

• Training – physical conditioning to strengthen attributes that support knife survival.

This course strips away the false security of flow drills and replaces them with fight-based training that builds functional skill, pressure-tested tactics, and the ability to adapt under real conditions.

The machete is a versatile and unforgiving weapon — and mastering it requires both precision and control. This course builds on the foundations established in the AMOK Tactical Knife Program, which is a strongly recommended prerequisite. Core Skills develops the tactical framework and movement patterns that the machete program adapts and expands.

What You’ll Learn:

• Attacking Tactics – single strikes, combinations, feints, and close-range disarms.

• Countering Tactics – evasive footwork, parries, holds, takedowns, and blade control.

• Striking Methods – chopping, slicing, thrusting, reinforced cuts, back-cuts, and cross-strikes.

• Defensive Skills – parries, circular redirections, hooks, and counterstrike integration.

• Movement – deep stances, diagonal steps, and controlled transitions under pressure.

• Advanced Applications – hand hunting, disarms, and targeting vital areas in real time.

This course is taught in a progressive format — beginning with core mechanics and evolving into dynamic drills that prepare you for unpredictable, high-risk encounters.

The tomahawk is a compact, versatile weapon that combines striking power with grappling potential. This course develops a full spectrum of tomahawk skills, integrating both traditional techniques and modern combat applications. Like the machete program, it builds on the AMOK Tactical Program, which is a strongly recommended prerequisite. Core Skills provides the tactical foundation and movement patterns that the tomahawk program adapts for axe-head striking, hooking, and control.

What You’ll Learn:

• Weapon Holds – single- and two-handed grips: long, middle, close, over-under, and hand transitions.

• Guard Positions – open, closed, and high guard for offense and defense.

• Striking Methods – slashes, thrusts, backside strikes, pommel strikes, hooking attacks, and combined axe-and-knife tactics.

• Movement Skills – linear, angular, and lateral footwork for controlling range and position.

• Defensive Tactics – blocks and parries using both the handle and the axe head.

• Integrated Combinations – block-and-strike, parry-and-strike, and hook-and-strike tactics that flow into counters and finishes.

This course progresses from fundamental grips and mechanics into advanced combinations that maximize the tomahawk’s unique strengths as both a striking and control weapon.

AMOK!’s Comprehensive Knife Fighting program will teach you how to dominate and gain control in chaos and train you to become functional faster than any other method. This program contains everything in the Core Skills program plus fourteen additional tactical skills.

The course covers the following tactics:

Handling –how to carry, draw, deploy, and handling techniques

Gripping - the pros and cons of different grips             

Striking  - how to strike in forward and reverse hold

Accessing – safely draw & deploy while under attack

Tactics –attacking, countering, isolations, and unpredictability

Dueling – Paying tactical consequences for mistakes

Sparring –dueling in different configurations for adaptation

Practice– activities  to improve your functional skill

Training– activities to improve your physical attributes

Footwork –gaining advantages through counter-footwork

Countering – detailed progression of counter-striking

Reverse Hold– details on the particulars of reverse grip

Impact Striking– adding hand strikes and kicks into your knifework

Quartering– tactics for controlling position: inside/outside, high/low

Set-ups – setting Up functional bridge traps

Timing Traps– exploiting opportunities during free exchange striking

Adaptation– managing a spontaneous environment

Disarming – catching a moving hand and causing them to release the knife

Takedowns– using your knife to assist or effect takedowns