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No-Nonsense Personal Defense

Krav Maga was derived from street-fighting skills where you use the most instinctive reflexes of the body to defend yourself in "do or die" situations.

There are no rules in Krav Maga. No televised fights in cages. Why? Because when you've run out of peaceful options (including running away) and your life is at stake, your goal is neutralize the threat and get to safety using ANY MEANS NECESSARY!

This includes punches, kicks to the groin, knees to the face and any weapon at your disposal.

Krav Maga Focuses On Real-Life Situations

Krav Maga teaches realistic fighting and self-defense in real places such as clubs, restaurants, the street and even your car! Here's a video on surviving a car jacking:

The whole idea is to train for situations where losing would be potentially fatal. In fact, these techniques are so devastating, that running away is the best option if you can. In fact, instructors are required to demonstrate how to moderate the techniques to suit the seriousness of the circumstances.

And true to the real-world aspect, students learn in a variety of situations such as sitting down, on the ground, in the dark and so on. And they learn to defend themselves against multiple attackers, knife attacks, baseball bats and gun threats.

There are no set routines and choreographed moves in Krav Maga as in some martial arts. No katas or forms that have very little value in serious hand-to-hand combat. And no flying round-house kicks that could get you killed on the street.

And it doesn't take months or years to get to the practical stuff. You learn real-world fighting techniques against one or several opponents from the first class on.

Because the techniques are based on instinctive body reflexes, you learn very quickly.

Krav Maga is the ideal self-defense method for men, women, young and elderly people of all ages. Of all physical abilities.

The goal of Krav Maga is to respond to an attack with overwhelming force in the quickest time possible. This makes it possible for people who aren't in the best of shape to defend themselves and get to safety.

Krav Maga was developed in Israel and has been tested and improved under real-life conditions. It is the ideal means of defending yourself in the face of extreme danger.

Krav Maga is still used by the Israel Defense Forces and close variations have been used by law enforcement, Mossad, Shin Bet, FBI and United States special operations forces.

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