How Long Does It Take to Bleed to Death? Michael Janich Takes a Look

No one knows knife fighting better than Michael Janich. In the “Street Smarts” column of the January 2010 issue of Tactical Knives, Janich discusses how he became involved with the late Christopher Grosz, a decorated Colorado law enforcement officer and defensive tactics master, to determine how long it takes someone to bleed out when major arteries are severed. In the course of this research, Grosz determined that much of the information in Fairbairn’s Timetable of Death was inconsistent with modern medical data. Grosz decided to document his findings about the widely referenced yet scientifically unsubstantiated timetable in a book and teamed up with veteran martial artist and Paladin author Michael Janich. In the early stages of preparing the book, Contemporary Knife Targeting, Grosz suddenly passed away, and Janich completed the book as a tribute to Grosz and his research. Check out the article and then if you want to know more, read Contemporary Knife Targeting. It will change the way you approach a knife fight—and it may well save your life.