In this country you will be facing an armed opponents with guns training for anything else is not dealing with reality. To have a to us a knife in gun fight is suicide, expecially with multi opponents because you know every fight is fair one on one.
Without years of training bladed and blunt weapons using just one kind ie blade against armed and unarmed opponets means you are not even close to adequate. That’s why they used conscripts (farmers) to tire out enemy as fodder in past non fire arm warfare. Read some history.
Have you ever killed something with a blade? The places you strike at to kill inside a body cavity suck in blades and make pulling it out a bitch it get out and body fluids make the handle slick
Your idea that you can learn a little bit and be effective is is dangerous. Ask yourself how long does it take to be proficient in a firearm?how much time to maintain drill level? Do you have to be in top shape? How do you engage an opponent one way
same for a knife fighting…..each type of opponent requires different training to effectively defend and attack, see the problem? Add to that level of physical fitness most here had only in past times, there is a reason why there are very few old warriors.
If you do want to learn practice only a few moves learn them well. How to get out of a knife or gun while bring choked from behind. Arm bar ,rear naked choke, a weapon trap and take away, a hip throw with a head trap
There is years of practice to get the motions right, to understand the minutiae of the weapon system of choice.
Mr miyagi said it know karate yes know karate no know karate maybe you get squashed like grape.
As for losing a gun yeah it happens but rare, only time that happened was i was so concussed i could not have fought a puppy off.