I stumbled into Krav Maga by accident earlier this year and it's been a great experience. Even having zero skills in any sort of self-defense prior I was able to pick up on the techniques very quickly. The cool thing about Krav Maga is that it really is a system designed for all types of people. In my classes theirs everyone from grandmothers to teenagers and everyone in between. It's nice to see the philosophy in action, no better proof of it's effectiveness.
First and foremost, Darren Levine is a "good man" with really good intentions. He is not unfit. I have shook this man's hands and I assure you that he is tremendously fit. I also have the great fortune to work with Darren and he is a good and decent human being with very little regards for money as some of you have said in previous comments.
For example, when defending a knife attack with a KM style parry or 360 degree defense against a silat practitioner will get you severely injured or even killed. They are experts with the knife, e.g. kriss, kerambit, etc and practise lethal combinations - not just extricating oneself from a particular assault scenario, which seems to be the goal of civilian KM. Despite Eyal Yanilov's eviction from the IKMF, I do think he is the best instructor in KM and does teach some good firearm disarms.
Were you actually commenting on these videos over a two year period? Your comments are here from 12 years ago, and another set of your comments are here from 10 years ago. And I haven't even seen all of the comments. What were you trying to accomplish? Didn't seem very professional at all.
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In defence of KM though, if the average citizen did practise the techniques in the KMW 'Complete KM' book by Darren Levine, it would give you a great basis for self defense against untrained assailants. KM provides simple and effective self defense techniques for most contingencies, where the primary objective is to 'stun and run' IMHO. Imi basically created a MMA for general self defense and in that context KM is a good system, but it is not designed to combat skilled martial artists.
Obviously, Imi created KM from a composite of different martial art techniques e.g. judo, boxing & karate, but the problem with a slightly superficial system IMHO, is if your opponent is trained in the counters to your movements then you are in trouble. If you study judo, then there are counters to o goshi, tomoe nage, etc but from what I have seen of KM, these counters are not taught. Fine, if you're fighting someone with no MA experience such as a brawler, but a major problem against
I agree because I was from MMA and I joined a Krav school and the students were very bad in light sparring, kept their chins high, no head movement and the list goes on and on. They don't realize that not all fights are what they say they are. Some people just want to fight you.
It's funny the rando commenters on here talking about MMA like they know better than Bas Rutten who trained with this guy and retired on a 22 fight unbeaten streak.
Having studied numerous traditional arts such as jujutsu, daito ryu aikijujutsu, Iwama ryu aikido, Muay Boran, seni gayung silat, wing chun kung fu, judo, kyokushinkai karate, bjj, combat sambo, western boxing, chin na, etc & military combatives, I do think the techniques in these arts are superior to KM. I think the civilian KM is designed for the average Joe to have basic fighting skills against a brawler on the street. Against a skilled fighter, KM exponents would be in serious trouble.
If you study any martial art system, then you have to be objective of its strengths and weaknesses. If you blindly follow, without rigorously testing the potential deficiencies in the waza that you study, then expect trouble when you get into a real fight.
For example, since most TMA knife defences assume the premise that the leading hand is the striking hand, whether that be thrust, slash, uppercut, overhead, etc. Since KM borrows from TMA, this implies the same methodology in the leading hand attack.The reality is that someone whom is trained in knife fighting will not use the leading hand to stab, but to create openings in your defense, for the rear hand to stab you with. Trust me on this, as I know the jujutsu and aikido knife defences are
@Svittidiu : MMA is great, but remember it's -spectacular- sport (with ring and rules to protect fighters health), while Krav-Maga is "street fight" where there are nor ring nor rules, and where your life may be in danger... If you can't make the difference, you're risking your life... It's im-pos-sible to practice full and real Krav-Maga in MMA or other sport because Krav-Maga include dangerous or deadly techniques that are not allowed in ANY sport (otherwise prepare to have death competitors)
Right, so a trained fighter is going to grab your wrist before he fights or use a unrealistic choke hold. The misunderstanding is that all street fighters swing wild, they don't, they are trained. In fact, they are better trained because they will hit you first, then use tactical moves to hurt you more. Krav is good for beginners, and just that.
Firstly, there is a distinction between military KM and civilian KM. Civilian KM will not work against ANY attacker. That is a dangerous and possibly lethal assumption to posit. For example, what do you do against a grappler whom is an expert in groundwork and takes you to the floor. Do you really think the basic groundwork could counter the leg, ankle locks of combat sambo/bjj, etc.? Alternatively, what if you are fighting an expert with the knife e.g. Silat or Kali. How would a limited and
It wont work against a trained fighter. They don't teach set-ups in this system or how to read them, in MMA they can set you up very easily. I was in Krav Maga and it only teaches basic self defense, not how to read a boxers hand set ups or a MMA fighters tricks. It;s more about, not taking too much punishment and getting away.
prescribed series of KM knife defense counters fare then?It is delusional to say that KM is a one-stop solution for learning to fight. It is an eclectic style which borrows certain techniques from other arts. There are good aspects of KM i.e. realistic scenario training, teaching awareness in terms of logistics, using your environment in terms of weapons, etc. It's not that I'm saying it's a bad system. Quite the contrary, it just has limitations against other skilled martial artists whom
...And a Krav Maga guy is any better, get lost! I am in personal protection, and anything can happen to anyone. I've seen IDF agents get throw over a ship buy pirates with no training, so what happened then. I practice MMA self defense, yes MMA self defense. MMA started in Greece 3200 years ago. I just schooled you kid.
No, it wasn't. It was "basic training." Take an 18 year old kid whose never been in a fight, put him through a few months of basic training, so that he can whack away strikes against him when that kid finds himself patrolling in the Occupied Territories.
