What to expect when training Krav Maga at Impact?
Many people wonder what to expect when joining Impact Krav Maga. What will they learn? How are the classes structured? And what other benefits they can expect from learning Krav Maga?
First let’s address the class format and Impact Krav Maga curriculum. Each Krav Maga class we offer at Impact is an independent lesson, where we examine Krav Maga solutions to a particular attack or a set of related attacks one may experience on the street. After teaching the attack, i.e. the problem, instructors will demo and explain the relevant solutions and design a set of exercises for the students that accentuate the key principles of each of these techniques. Students practice and drill these techniques under increasingly more challenging conditions leading up to the last drill. The last drill is a time to test student’s newly acquired skills under challenging, high pace conditions that best mimic the violence and stress of a real street altercation without compromising the safety of the class.
General Impact syllabus covers a wide variety of techniques: effective striking mechanics, combinations, movement and targets; defenses against a variety of punches and kicks; defenses against common chokes, grabs, bear hugs and headlocks; defenses against knife threats and stabs; gun threat defenses, defenses against attacks with club like objects, multiple attacker scenarios and a variety of common ground fighting scenarios, including dealing with falls, dealing with a standing opponent, armed opponent, multiple opponents and chokes and headlocks on the ground. Our goal is for every student after completion of each class to go home with either a new set of life saving, reliable skills or in the case of more experienced students to have perfected and improved upon on the nuances and the principles of the previously learned techniques and fighting tactics. Although the techniques repeat with time, we very rarely recycle classes at Impact. We take the time to review each class, and modify it to constantly challenge our students and improve upon their learning experience.
Our second goal with each Krav Maga lesson is to improve the student’s physical abilities by encouraging students to push themselves harder with each passing class. Physicality and fighting (self-defense) go hand in hand, and it is important to us to ensure that each class will improve the student’s stamina, strength coordination and agility. This in no way means that we will have you do aimless exercises that have no relation to the Krav Maga lesson. You do not want to waste your time with endless pushups, squats or sit-ups while you can be spending that time learning Krav Maga. Instead we carefully integrate the physical aspect of the training with the technical exercises, and give you a challenging workout at the same time as you are learning useful self-defense skills. You will be leaving each class with a drenched shirt, stronger, fitter and safer then when you came in.
Besides focusing on the technical and physical training, we also want to ensure that our students have a fun and enjoyable time in class. We believe that everyone learns better in a fun, supportive and encouraging environment. So we strive very hard to ensure that our school offers this type of setting. Instructors will challenge you and push you to surpass your own expectations with every class, but we do so in a respectful and friendly manner. Furthermore we do not tolerate egos and showmanship. Impact students are always welcoming to beginners and are excited to help, thus adding to the supportive ambiance you will find at Impact Krav Maga.
In fact, amazing personable interactions is another benefit you can plan to have when training at Impact. Our students have developed friendships and incredible relationships over time. And new students do the same when they begin training with us. This is a significant element of training that is very rarely discussed but adds to the wonderful ambiance our students have created at Impact. This combined with the safe, physically challenging, fun, relevant training you will get on a regular basis, as well as a boost in confidence and self-esteem that comes from training Krav Maga, has made some of our students describe training at Impact Krav Maga as one of the most influential decisions they have made in their lives.
