Krav Maga training encompasses three main elements: technical abilities, physical preparation and mental conditioning. Although each element is independently important for the student’s development, we believe that it is the correct ratio of all three elements that really elevates the student’s prog...
Unlike traditional combat sports where fighters are nearly equally matched in weight, skill level and state of readiness; Krav Maga assumes that the attacker(s) will be bigger, stronger, and will get a jump on their victim and attack when the defender least expects it. This means that the initial de...
Other than real world application, Krav Maga has nearly no benchmarks for personal performance. Although we train to deal with any type of violent altercation, we hope that we will never be forced to use these skills in the real world. The closest true measure of your development is testing for yo...
First let us state the obvious: despite what the media calls this, it is not a game. There is nothing playful about trying to knockout an unaware, unsuspecting victim. In case you do not know what we are referring to, in a nutshell the knockout game is a string of unprovoked attacks that young men...
As we are preparing for our annual visit from Eyal Yanilov, we wanted to discuss an element from a book that he wrote under the guidance of Imi Lichtenfeld, the founder of Krav Maga. The title of the book is “How to Defend Yourself Against Armed Assailants”. It is the only Krav Maga gu...
