There is a common misconception that military Krav Maga training is more advanced and more serious than Krav Maga that is being taught to civilians. The reality is that both deal with serious life threatening situations and dealing with an enemy combatant in a war zone versus a knife wielding attack...
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...
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...
Every Krav Maga practitioner talks about his or her rank. But will our patches, diplomas and belts fight for us when we are confronted with attackers intent on causing severe harm to us and loved ones or even worse, intent on taking our lives? Will an Expert handle himself better then a Practition...