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Originally Posted by SatanzBountyHunter
My question is this: Are there any current training techniques/disciplines geared specifically for this type of threat in handgun, knife or impact weapon, or martial arts?
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Yes. The training is hard to find. A good Krav Maga instructor can teach a good deal on this. Writing about this could fill many chapters in a book, however...
Here's the basics-
when faced with multiples at close range, constantly move your body so that you are forcing them to line up. In training, we called it "Break the Circle". That means exactly what it sounds like: Constantly move out of whatever ring your attackers are trying to close up around you, by breaking through between two of your attackers. If one of the attackers is physically small or weak, you can shove and redirect him into the path of the others. Of course the entire engagement, you should be firing. If your weapon has completely failed, you should be using it (or any other improvised weapon) with as much lethal force as you can muster, striking temples, and the top of the skull with the grip, in a pounding motion. Combat at this range is as violent as it comes.
Utilize terrain and surroundings. Back up against a wall if possible. Stay on your feet at all costs. If you lose control of your weapon strike at the eyes as hard as you can; imagine you are trying to drive your fingers through oranges.
The key to surviving in this kind of scenario is to take away the advantage of numbers by never allowing them to surround you, and never going down to the ground, where you can be stomped. Stomping is the most likely way you are going to be killed by an unarmed attacker- outside of having your own weapon used against you.