Tueller radius - Dennis Tueller established that if a person is within roughly 21 feet of you and you have a holstered gun - if you stand there and try to draw, you normally cannot make it before your assailant reaches you. A knife wielder will do you in.
There are techniques of movement than can give you an option. Get a copy of Caliber Press' Surviving Edged Weapons.
Backpedaling, falling on the ground - nah!.
FUD, I know I am on your case. Buddy, a lot of stuff you ask can be solved if you take a good weekend long high end tactical course.
Gunsite, Insight, ThunderRanch, FrontSight, etc. Local places in Florida must have some. Don't know the area
Read some Suarez, for example.
A real course from a real pro is worth 1000s of posts.
There are techniques of movement than can give you an option. Get a copy of Caliber Press' Surviving Edged Weapons.
Backpedaling, falling on the ground - nah!.
FUD, I know I am on your case. Buddy, a lot of stuff you ask can be solved if you take a good weekend long high end tactical course.
Gunsite, Insight, ThunderRanch, FrontSight, etc. Local places in Florida must have some. Don't know the area
Read some Suarez, for example.
A real course from a real pro is worth 1000s of posts.