Krav Maga Training

Krav Maga training is all about the real world.

When people train in martial arts such as jujitsu or Israeli Krav Maga they sometimes wonder, 'but what about the real world'? 'Would this training really help me on the street?' 'What about Krav Maga reality training

For over two years I had the privilege of training elite security guards of Jerusalem in hand to hand Krav Maga, gun disarms and knife defenses. It was a tough job and the pay wasn't great. I would not trade that experience for anything.

These guys fought for a living, not in the ring but on the meanest streets of Jerusalem. Their opponents were not boxers or wrestlers but knife wielding assassins, drunken thugs and suicide bombers. These guys had to face the real deal. They had to have the right attitude

Just to be accepted as a guard one had to have served in a combat unit in the Israel Defense Forces, many of them also had served in the Russian army. So these guys (women were not accepted for this job)were in the military for a long time and had faced death before. Most had seen friends die in combat or as the result of suicide attacks. They had to take this Krav Maga stuff seriously.

After learning the techniques, it is best to practice them full contact while wearing full protective gear, as we are doing here in Jerusalem, and in the USA.

They came to me at our Krav Maga center in Jerusalem either right before their eight hour shift or right after. So either they were dead tired from being up all night or they were on their way to some of the worst neighborhoods in Jerusalem. This was not your health club type of workout. This was Jerusalem Krav Maga . They knew whatever we did had better work, and under the worst conditions possible.

The qualities they needed to develop included; technique, awareness, the ability to profile ( Krav Maga profiling ), discipline and aggressiveness, and the ability to Improvise, adapt,and survive. .

They also had to learn to deal with pain.

The service they worked for required me to submit a grade for each guard after every workout. A failing grade in Krav Maga meant they would be suspended without pay. Not only were their lives on the line every day but their jobs were at stake as well!

They were to be graded in three categories; technique, discipline and aggressiveness . These are the three criteria that make up a good Krav Maga practitioner on the street. The same is true for Police Training Technique is obviously important. Discipline pertains to following rules and regulations so the job will be done effectively and by strict guidelines. Aggressiveness is vitally important.

Reference source: Moshe Katz www.your-krav-maga-expert.com