Sometimes you just have to go ahead and grab the weapon by the blade, because it’s not a light saber after all:
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/its-either-fight-or-die-seattle-woman-fights-off-machete-wielding-man-on-new-years-day/
Fucking hell the attacker had duck tape on him?? They didn’t charge him with nearly enough crimes.