Grappling with fingers, "little grapples". The key point here is, however, the circular motion. While it can be done with direct and linear movements, going it straight and direct would prevent you from following up if the opponent slipped out and resisted unexpectedly. Straight and direct is easy to learn and intuitive, and that's why many are taught in this way, but it is less effective in terms of control.
Being in control, i.e. taking the initiative over the opponent and keeping it, is the key element.
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Going unarmed against a knife is very difficult and dangerous, so run unless you really need to fight to protect yourself and others.
The takeaway and ground control movements here are all improvised, and the teaching point here is actually not fighting against a knife but how to connect with the opponent, because even the same person doesn't react the same way every time.
As to knife fighting, I am not going to go into details here, because I don't want the wrong kind of people picking this up. The important point is to find the right tempo to launch a counter attack. The rest is just grappling and wrestling.
