Reply to: Krav Maga

[Churchill]

Essex, yeah im gonna go next week...................

Good luck and have fun.

[NetwkSupport]

Essex, yeah im gonna go next week...................

[Churchill]

Haha no its not, its for fitness. I just want to do something interesting, not run on a treadmill or kick a ball about.

In that case give it a try. Where do you live? Do you have a local club?

[NetwkSupport]

If it's purely for self defence, I would question your lifestyle.

Haha no its not, its for fitness. I just want to do something interesting, not run on a treadmill or kick a ball about.

[Churchill]

i've read up about it, sounds perfect. I have done karate to brown belt but never really got a lot out of it as i felt it was too rigid. Krav maga seems not only to be good for overall fitness but teaches you to be hard as nails in a bad situation.

Are the techniques learned actually useable in real life??? (in a defense situation obviously).

I did karate for years but apart from being good for fitness it would be useless in a real self defense situation...

The first lesson in self-defence is to never put yourself in a position where you're required to use the other 99 lessons.

Krav Maga does instill confidence but it also reminds you of your limitations.

If it's purely for self defence, I would question your lifestyle.

[NetwkSupport]

i've read up about it, sounds perfect. I have done karate to brown belt but never really got a lot out of it as i felt it was too rigid. Krav maga seems not only to be good for overall fitness but teaches you to be hard as nails in a bad situation.

Are the techniques learned actually useable in real life??? (in a defense situation obviously).

I did karate for years but apart from being good for fitness it would be useless in a real self defense situation...

[Churchill]

IQ above 65 should be sufficient - outsmart him

HTH

It was touch and go on that score...

[Diver]

How do you beat a yank?

IQ above 65 should be sufficient - outsmart him

HTH

[BrilloPad]

What do you want to know?

How do you beat a yank?

[Churchill]

Thinking of taking it up, anyone do it? any good?

What do you want to know?

[Dante]

Hey NetwSupport,

I did a bit of Jap-Slappin in my younger days.

Krav Maga is a grown up (i'm even loathe to call it...) martial art. Most clubs play by big boy rules and use full body pads to practice full contact combat. Often in the dark with distractions such as loud music, smoke, more than one attacker etc.

The idea being that it conditions you to appreciate the way real fights usually play out. Plenty of grappling and striking and running away.

History of it comes from Hungary (i think) and was adopted widely by Israeli forces and subsequently taught to a lot of teeth arm forces around the globe.

Proper nasty stuff and not for everyone - No walts need apply.

Cheers.

[BrianSnail]

Do not get hurt

Good advice this.

[Diver]

more extracts from the wiki:


The guiding principles for those performing Krav Maga techniques are:

Do not get hurt
Neutralise your attacker as fast as possible
Go from defending to attacking as quickly as possible
Use the body's natural reflexes
Strike at any vulnerable point
Use any tool or object available to you

Sweeeeeet.

All Females are secretly trained from birth in this art, It's a female conspiracy

[Xenophon]

Do not get hurt
Neutralise your attacker as fast as possible
Go from defending to attacking as quickly as possible
Use the body's natural reflexes
Strike at any vulnerable point
Use any tool or object available to you

Usual night down the local then.

[NetwkSupport]

more extracts from the wiki:


The guiding principles for those performing Krav Maga techniques are:

Do not get hurt
Neutralise your attacker as fast as possible
Go from defending to attacking as quickly as possible
Use the body's natural reflexes
Strike at any vulnerable point
Use any tool or object available to you




Sweeeeeet.