Название: Black Belt Krav Maga: Advanced Training In Krav Maga
Автор: John Whitman
Издательство: Amazon.com Services LLC
Год: 2020
Страниц: 151
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf, epub
Размер: 33.95 MB

Learn advanced techniques for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Degree Black Belt training for the Krav Maga Alliance.

Krav Maga (“contact combat” in Hebrew) has become a well-known modern defensive tactics system. From its roots in Israel to its growth in the United States and around the world, Krav Maga is now one of the most preferred self defense systems for civilians, military, and law enforcement agencies because it is easy to learn and easy to remember under stress.

Krav Maga is a comprehensive system. That is, rather than specialize in one area such as ground fighting (like Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu) or stand up fighting (like Muay Thai), Krav Maga tries to be very good in all areas. The system emphasizes simple movements and advocates fewer techniques that work in a broader range of situations, rather than having one technique for each separate variation of an attack. To do this, Krav Maga operates by a set of principles rather than by a set number of techniques.

Minimum Movement In Defense For Maximum Power In Counterattack. By definition, if you are defending yourself, you are going second. The attacker has initiated. Your movement to defend MUST be smaller than his movement to attack, or you will lose that part of the battle. A punch defense must be a smaller, easier movement than a punch. A choke defense must be immediate and explosive in relation to the pressure being applied to the throat. In addition, the movement cannot be so big that it slows down our counterattack. As you will read in the next section, counterattacks are vital! Our defensive movement must be effective, but it must also be minimal, so that we can turn our full attention to offensive movements. Offense wins fights.

The rank of Black Belt is the culmination of years of hard work and dedication. While Black Belt has some new techniques and requirements, it is in many ways simply the test of all previous levels at higher stress and greater degree of difficulty. There’s a popular saying among Krav Maga practitioners: “You never forget your Yellow Belt test or your Black Belt test.” The Yellow Belt test is the first test, and beginners are surprised at how physically and emotionally demanding it is. The subsequent tests are all hard, but by the time they come around you know what to expect. Then the Black Belt tests pushes you to a higher level. You learn more about yourself and your ability to perform under stress. The experience is powerful and enlightening. We also hope it is motivating, because we don’t want Black Belt to be the end of your journey. It should simply be the next step.