Someone puts a knife to your cheek. Hesitant threat response makes you freeze. Will you fight back or let them take their advantage b4 they take off?

A couple of options are available.

1) The classic stretched-arm-wall-choke-disarm. Here's a technique variation of that:

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcQ2Uc0U36Y]

2) The classic choke disarm:

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWXbjirR0d8]

3) Firmly grab his knife hand's wrist with your same hand so that he can't pull it away, then with your other arm, swing it past his knife arm elbow while stretching your hand like an open karate chop but keeping that arm bent, then with that arm, use your wrist to cut his elbow in a pulling 180 degree motion towards the middle of his chest, thus making a swift, unnatural cutting movement on his elbow, twisting his arm and possibly making him fall (you could use the aid of kicking hiss balls with your leg stretched or sweeping him while he's off balance with the swinging cut).
It's important to distract his brain's attention to another area, for the reason being that if you let him focus pain on another area, you will have another area to play with. Kick shin (very hard!), kick balls.. etc.
But if you get the chance.. run away, don't play hero!! Knife fights are the main cause of death.

These techniques require at least months of training but also speed, strength and technique. Fail in any of these three aspects and it will likely not end well.

I think at the point you feel cold steel against your cheek, the advantage has already been taken.

Its a win win :D

I've had knives held to my throat twice..
both times i talked my way out of it..
the first time was a gang of six or seven guys..

I get cut and they die

It's instinctive i suppose. But if someone is already freezes then there is good chance of either taking a swing bcoz of panic(not confident one) or u stay freeze.

I've always heard if someone has a weapon, don't resist.

I think at that stage, unless you have ninja reflexes, ......you are done!

All depends on the sense of heir intent. if it's just for my wallet and I can tell they are just tweekers.. I don't fight. If I see pleasure in their eyes at holding me hostage and it seems like they are into it. I do my best to fight. I'll get cut, but it's worth it I can get hold of the knife or get them n the throat or get a thumb deep in their eye.

I took the knife away from someone holding it against the throat of a woman I know. The fellow and his ex wife were not on the best of terms so he pulled a knife. I pulled it away and about 6 guys jumped the guy with the knife and held him until the police arrived 20 minutes later.

See. RUZHE SYSTEMA. enough said

I swing.

That happened to Rambo when he was captured by the Russians in Vietnam. Let's just say there were upon hundreds of dead or missing Vietnamese and Russian soldiers by the time he was done.

I have no fear. I carry a razor with me everywhere I go. The only problem is finding an electrical receptacle within cord distance of where you're being attacked..

If behind. Wrist twist while backstep bring opponent to front using his arm as a lever. Break the knee. Strike to back of neck. Putting him down.

I'm not a fighter.they can have what they want. I'm not afraid of dying but I'm not too fond of being sliced open

As long as they leave me with my fat wallet and rolex watch

In front or behind ?

I try to fight back