Yup, this man is a fraud. i chalanged him to show me his instructor diploma but he never did even after responding to my comments. this man is a fraud.
I don't think it's ineffective I just think it's too brutal which makes it a little useless to anybody who isn't facing life or death situations. Most street fight situations are just meat heads in your face, it's rarely life or death. You don't need to rip out his eye and feed him his balls.
I get you, and I used to be the same. However, the human body is incredibley durable and the claims made by Krav Maga instructors about the potential damage to an assailant is very overstated. Watch an MMA match, a muay thai match, in fact a rugby match is probably the best example, look at what these guys do to each other, how hard they go in, they come out intact. The rare extreme injuries to eyes etc would not land you in prison as long as you can demonstrate the intent of the guy attacking you in court
"Krav Maga is unrealistic and ineffective in a street fight" It's literally designed around the principle of ending a street fight as fast as possible..
@M B Which means it's not useful for self defence. Clearly doesn't adequately teach you to avoid strikes, to land strikes or to control and neutralize the opponent. If Krav maga was effective you should be able to take that with you into a ring and survive, if you're getting belted your training didn't work.
The fact that most of Krav Maga's basic techniques are banned in competitive fights should tell you have effective it is in a real life situation. If its not a competition, you shoudlnt fight fair, Krav Maga is the art of not fighting fair
nimmivids yes a lot of martial arts are like that that's true. But Krav Maga focus's on it. You literally can't use any of Krav's techniques in competition while most martial arts teach the stuff for competition as the main course.
I agree. There are no rules in the street and there are no referees. You either kill/maim a guy and escape alive, or you die. That's what Krav Maga is.
Rolonar Actually it's the opposite... if you can't practice your techniques against a resisting opponent and perfect them in competition good luck applying them in a real life situation where chaos and adrenaline are involved. When I was in Israel I spoke to soldier about Krav... he told me most of his training revolved around accessing one of his firearms which makes sense as it is the most efficient way of defending yourself. If you think about it, training tons of hand to hand techniques is of little value to a soldier because it's ultra rare that he or she will engage in that kind of combat. Perhaps the civilian form of Krav is effective if practiced by athletic dudes that have dedicated their life to it but it is most definitely effective at extracting big bucks from normal people who will benefit very little from it.
I took karate, muay thai, and Krav Maga and I just have to say krav maga is vastly different then any other martial art I have seen or trained. Muay Thai wouldbe themost intense workout but the KM class was psychotic. The mindset km instills in you is just UNBELIEVABLY BRUTAL. Like I could kick vital areas and was training to be ready for a fight but KM trains you for the situation and to not question how much force to use. It trains you like you are in the Cobra Kai dojo from karate kid. Strike first, strike hard, no mercy Sir!
Stephen LaFave I'm a Krav Maga practitioner. I have some little experience in Taekwondo and Boxing as well. Yeah, training is harder than the other two. Every single attack, has to be the strongest one you can give. And it's right, if you have mercy for your enemies, they will see you weak and will counter-attack merciless. I especially liked the fact you mentioned the Kobra Kai Dojo. That's exactly what I tell to my friends what it's like when they ask about it. Not necessarily a beautiful martial art, but the training you need to actually use what you've learnt when the situation is given.
JJ L, if you are looking for self-defence abilities, go for Krav Maga. Techniques are quite simple, and it's easy to learn and also very useful. I also noticed that my physical condition increased drastically after one month of training. But the most important part to practice is aggressiveness, determination and rapid response in situations. However, you won't start disarming people with guns. You'll start throwing straight punches, kicks, knee and elbow strikes, and hammer fists until you do them properly. And the first complex techniques you'll see will be escaping form chokes (all angles), naked chokes, headlocks, etc. But, the harder you practice, the faster you get to see complex stuff. Now, I must say that there's a little loose end, which is full contact and wrestling. There I recommend you to take BJJ or Jiu-Jitsu, apart from Krav Maga. But go first for Krav Maga I can say Taekwondo makes you really agile, fast and flexible, but high kicks are not quite safe to use in real situations, nor would you use complex kicks, and it takes a lot of time and practice to learn all of that. So, my last word: I recommend Krav Maga. Check the school is prestigious, and choose the best one. From there, it'll depend on you how fast you progress.
+Earl Vińbiłco Putinov Hey, you look like you know about that and I had a doubt. I was thinking to choose either Krav Maga or Kali Filipino to start training (I've never had) so what you recommend? I'm interested in self-defense, sh't that works in real life not just good looking (I dont want to enter a fight without knowing I'd be the safest possible). I'm a very tall person but skinny. I dont like kicks but they may be useful for me (because of my lenght). Simple and effective techniques, strictly for self-defense, easy to learn and if possible an evading art. I have a school of Kali next to home so it would be comofrtable for me, but I'm not interested in weapons at all, I dont bring sticks around while on the street... So, which one should I take? Thanks for the help
MrEnric98 Well, thank you for asking. I can't talk about Kali from my personal experience, but I've watched many demonstrations and classes, and I can say it's actually brutal. It doesn't do only weapons, but also hand to hand combat. However, after analysing it carefully, I have seen it does make an emphasis on weapons, and I can see it needs you to memorise movements and convos you couldn't use naturally in given situations. Not only learning it will be difficult, but it will also take time, because you will not take full hand to hand combat classes, you'll train with weapons too. And as you said, you are unlikely to be carrying weapons in a real fight. So, I can say it works, but it needs a lot of time and practise, and it's not quite easy or fast to learn. It could help you if you were going for the armed forces, and not actually training to defend yourself about right now. Krav Maga uses simple movements, but they must be as fast and as strong and you can use them. Kicks won't be a problem, because the highest one we use goes to the floating ribs. We only use 5: groin kick, front push kick, low roundhouse kick (only to be used on quadriceps and floating ribs), side kicks and back kicks. They are ordered from the one you are most likely to use to the ones you would rarely use. We also use knee strikes a lot, but after acquiring the proper form, they won't cause any trouble. From there, we use the whole boxing arsenal, hammer fists and elbow strikes. So, I can say I could recommend Krav Maga again. It's simple and easy, but what you need to practice is to use it properly, and submission-escaping moves. Now, make sure you can afford a certified Krav Maga school, and check their training before doing anything. Make sure training is really exhaustive. If you have any big issue than really won't let you go to a Krav Maga school, Kali is not a bad option. One more advice: if you are going for Krav Maga, and you don't train any sport, start running (sprinting, not jogging), push-ups, sit-ups, squats, burpees, and if possible, jumping the rope and cycling about two or one month before you join. It'll help you a lot to take the class in a better way.
"Martial arts" as a term is relatively new and is widely associated with post-feudal Japan when there was no longer a need to train for actual combat and the practice became more about developing technique and personal cultivation. Most martial arts come from combat systems, but have long ago switched focus away from the grimy shit that ends athletic careers. That grimy shit combined with some basic footwork and grappling and some high percentage strikes is basically every combat system.
The definition of a martial art is a type of fighting that is meant to kill or reduce somebody, and a true martial art is not about wild punches, a martial art have concrete techniques and a mentality. The history and the training of krav maga talks by itself, why then taekwondo is a martial art? it is even younger than krav maga (1955 taekwondo - Krav maga WW2) xDDD
I fully agree with you. Although most consider it a 'martial art', I disagree with that assessment. It is a very brutal self defense system. There is no 'art' in Krav Maga. In fact, when compared to regular martial arts, it is rather ugly. There is no grace, no fluidity like you see in other forms. It is straight forward and brutal. All strikes are designed to be at full power, and powerful as well. Our punches are full, like in boxing. Our kicks our through and powerful, like Muay Thai. Remember Krav is really just a system of the most powerful and devastating defenses from any martial art. Unlike most other 'martial arts', Krav Maga is ever-changing. If something is less effective than something else, the tested and proven new thing is adopted.
+Stefan Dumbrique yea only down side i see from tkd is the time it takes to set up a powerful kick. but if you manage to get one of those fake low kicks followed by a spinning back kick damn that hurts a lot
+A Goat (TheGoat) trust me, i do muay thai and i got hit by one of those tkd kicks when i got careless. i basically flew. yea of course they still arent as scary as the kicks my intructors dish out
I am a retired cop. I received Krav Maga training for a number of years. The basics were perfect for law enforcement as was boxing. Our instructors kept increasing the numbers of techniques that were very complicated and not practical because of complexity. But the basic Krav Maga was easy to learn and the basic of locking and stretching your opponent worked in numerous arrest situations, simple and effective.
I am a 5'3" woman and I took Krav Maga to learn how to defend myself. For women, if we are fighting for our lives, we usually only get one shot, on brief millisecond to get an advantage on our attackers. I don't have the strength or time to waste punching someone in the face, I need to know how to bring someone much bigger than me to their knees with one strike. Krav Maga taught me that. It also gave me the mentality of "no mercy" to fight until the person is not moving or I can get away. I don't think men understand what it is like to be a woman or how powerful and strong men are and what a disadvantage we are at because of it. You MEN don't know what it's like to be afraid to walk to your car in the dark or wonder if the blind date you are on is going to result in rape or assault of some type. Krav Maga has no rules because when you are fighting for your life, there are no rules. I am currently training in kickboxing and I love it, but I keep thinking, I could drop this guy right now with a swift jab to the throat. For those who are in a position where they may need to defend themselves (which is everyone, you never know what might happen) Krav Maga is worth your time to learn.
You can’t say men don’t know that fear, being a man does not make you invincible to stab wounds and gun shots, and if you are being assaulted by another man there is always the chance that they are stronger or more experienced in combat
I agree :) guys have different challenges for sure, but we are the ones who are nearly always going to be waaay smaller than the threat (let's be real, usually a guy). I love krav maga for what, and am learning it with muay thai :) i hope I never have to use it, but at least I can even the playing field a bit by utilizing the taught brutality of KM. I hope you stay safe and still enjoy learning martial arts!
id like the msg if it included both genders I'm only 14 and have constant anxiety of getting jumped or shot just walking around in public and I am a boy that doesnt make me invincible by no means do I hate feminists cause girls used to get treated like shit but these days they dont practice what they preach
Gemma Weber lol never been robbed at gunpoint, never been jumped, never got into a confrontation over something small and escalated, has a man ever plotted on you........woman sheesh
1:15 he gets it. If you cross train in multiple martial arts you begin to see they all overlap. I've mostly trained in Karate my entire life, but our throws are similar to that of Judo or Jitsu. Our defenses are either exactly the same as the ones I've seen in Krav Maga, or a variation of them. Learn as you much as you can and take what works for you. The best martial art is the one you create for yourself.
I think it's because, especially during the 80s and 90s, there were lots of bullshit fake martial arts videos, schools, etc pushing really bad techniques out to the masses so people are really wary when they see something like Krav Maga pop up because on the surface it comes across looking like more of those scam products.
I love Krav Maga, I 've been living the life for about 5 years, testing for level 3 in September. I think KM has not only made me stronger, physically and mentally but I feel more confident. I don't know I love it I think Krav is the best self defense method.
Does it focus you? Have you ever been in a situation in those 5 years where you have had to use it in real like, you posted this 4 years ago so in 9 years even, my apologies, have you ever used the techniques in real life and how effective was it?
I'm not going to lie and pretend like I'm some tuff bad ass that love to fight. Truth is, I'm scurrd to fight and a peaceful non volent guy.. But if I'm attacked by some nut on the street who just bent on fighting me and not letting me walk away. Then i want to be able to protect myself at all cause .i think krav maga is perfect for me to learn Selfdefense.. I not interested in training in mma or kun fu to be some bad ass . i just want to be able to defend myself and possibly a love one if needed, if a situation calls for it some day.. There's alot of nuts & criminals on the street & in public who prey on innocent looking ppl . i just don't want to become another victim
I feel the same way and that's why I took up boxing. I'd like to learn more juijitsu though my knee is banged up from sparring the first class I went too
I've had a few crack heads try to start fights in the streets of denver lol, never thought any of them would he hard to beat, just a kick to the inside of the knee cap would do the trick for most of them. There was this ripped dude that I just stayed whats up to outside a liquor store. He took a few steps tward me and like was spouting off some belligerent shit, and I was feeling pretty intimidated for a second. I mean im a smaller dude and you know his arms were as big as my leg... Luckily his girl jumped in front of him and called his ass down...
@@nathanbruce1992 to be honest, you should take up kravmaga, if that's what you are interested in. I'm doing both and if I am ever in a bad situation, I will rely on my kravmaga training, not my boxing.
What are the odds of you getting into a serious physical fight? Krav maga, karate, muay thai, whatever. Just train, stay safe, have fun and be healthy. That's what matters at the end of the day.
It's just to be safe, that’s all. It all depends on how the person uses the style too tbh. Are they gonna go for the finishing blow? Or are the gonna run after defending themselves? I personally would just run and then defend and then run and defend if they're still chasing me lol. If you're more fit than a person you don't have to beat someone up. I would rather lower my pride and just run and defend myself. And within the process I'll just talk to the person to stop the problem honestly. Unless the person attacking me has gun, then I'm running far away in a zigzag lol
The problem is a lot of martial arts claim to train you on how to defend yourself. Then when you try to do a round kick and get stabbed in the thigh you're fucked. You want to learn how to defend yourself, or learn how to run away.
field tested against unarmed pregnant Palestinian women who husbands have just been run over by a bulldozer ... much like Budo were tested in feudal Japan.
One of the best things about Krav is that it teaches you to avoid using moves that heighten the vulnerability of your soft spots. Clinching, for instance: that’s a good way to get your eyes gauged, your ears assaulted, and your neck bitten; so Krav avoids doing it just as it avoids going to the ground. It’s brilliant in my opinion.
@Al Kamil yes but in a street fight the ground is a horrible place to be because 1 you cant run 2 you can't defend against a second attacker 3 a krav maga fighter won't get take to the ground cause if you try to grab him he will either just run or bash your brains in with a rock or something to that effect
@Al Kamil of course I don't doubt their explosive strength or body conditioning, because that's exactly what they need. But we aren't trained to fight fair. What you said is correct, in the end learning simple techniques is like giving a fish, instead of a fishing rod. Krav maga is not about learning techniques. It only gives an outline of where are weak spots on the body and how to hit them. That's why it is a system.
@@krzysztofguzewicz3777 lol you make it sound like not going to the ground is easy. If someone can wrestle or knows judo, your going to the ground regardless of being "trained not to" like its just a decision you make. If your not grappling or learning how to clinch, how can you avoid it when you cant even get in or out of it? Get tf out of here lol.
@@chillazaraka that’s true but most Krav classes have BJJ or JJ incorporated into them these days. At least in my classes we have a dedicated JJ instructor and that is all he is paid to teach.
Krav maga is like if you are in big big trouble in a street fight you have krav maga How to not get in a fight What to do Stances Techniques It's not ment for attacking, but for defence and escaping
What a lot of people don't understand about martial arts is that they aren't about the Martial Art. If a martial art were ineffective it wouldn't be around. Martial Arts are about the Martial Artist and their overall skill and experience as a fighter.
Most martial art systems aren't even that different anyway. There's only so many different ways we can use our body because we're all limited to just 2 arms, 2 legs, 1 body, and 1 head.
Gakuto ... Straight up. Anyone who knows what they're talking about is saying this. Reality is that most systems have lots of overlap between each other. But there ARE key differences that DO make a huge difference, and in the end some methods of training (not systems, but rather how you train) are going to be far more effective than others.
Karate did not start as a sport. It was orignially a highly effective combat system that worked in the real world, but around the 1900s it started being taught as a watered down sport/fitness activity, and that's most of what you see of karate today. Almost nobody trains it the way it should be trained, many schools today either practice for sport, bullshit "sefl defence", or so someone can make money. But the original karate is very good.
I agree with this sentiment. I generally try to avoid conflict and I never take violence to anyone, but if you come at me I assume you mean to kill me and I'll do whatever it takes to eliminate the threat. I find the confidence you gain from martial arts training is usually enough to get a douchebag to leave you alone. It helps that most people that actually know how to fight respect violence and only utilize it when appropriate.
+fightTIPS for the thumbnail i came expecting some tecnics, some demonstrations, maibe even some correlatives with some science shows, like that one on natgeo that take mesurements of some hits, and explain us how this hits affects the human body, or something like that. look, i'm not saying what u should do, cuz obviouslly this is up to u, i'm just answering what I expected.
My friends who practice “traditional” martial arts: look at all my forms. I am at peace. I am disciplined and strong. Very graceful Me who practices Krav Maga: haha i kick ur balls oop just broke ur ribs lol
@@sofiafelici2961 lmao, no wonder there are so many ufc krav maga champions . 🙄 If it were a real fight and you start hitting nuts and trying to gouge their eye. I'm sure the MMA guy would have no problem doing the same shit to you.
People say that Krav Maga is dirty, ineffective and unrealistic. First of all, it's not dirty when it's designed to end a fight as fast as possible. Second of all, my friend trained in Krav Maga like me, and one day found himself in a street fight with his girls ex. Sure enough, a kick to the groin and he had him on the ground. Thirdly, Krav Maga installs a mindset into you to ensure you do not care about how much force you use against the attacker or care at all about the attackers well being. Overall, you find yourself in a street fight, you don't care about fighting 'dirty', you want the fight over as quickly and effectively as possible. This is what Krav Maga focuses into, and what makes it effective in real life self defence and street fight situations.
Your friend nor you should be proud of the fact that the only way he could take down his girl's ex was with a kick to the balls. If that is the pinnacle of Krav Maga technique... then my 10 year old daughter is practically a black belt.
@@ProperCashFlow I get you, it is not exactly the peak of combat ability, I feel uneasy learning this in KM, but in this story the alternative may have been ending up in hospital or worse. Maybe the guy is no fighter, not everybody is, he has to save his neck somehow. I think KM is really just intended to be a basic strategy that is better than nothing, and can be learned without devoting years to its perfection. Like I say, I agree with you, basically.
Yeah, I have a friend who does Krav Maga too. This one time we were shooting the shit, and he told me to put him in a headlock. I slapped a half-nelson on him, and the next thing I knew he was on top of me and I was dead. Don't fuck with Krav Maga.
@@AdamBlade17 That wasn't your friend, it was me. I was just coming out of my first krav maga lesson and you jumped me, and of course I was so combat ready that in seconds I had you on your back and then I read a page from a Jeffrey Archer novel to you and you died of boredom
What he said at 07:40 is very true: combine Krav Maga with other martial arts training! Either Muay Thai; Boxing or MMA is very good, as you should learn powerful striking and do full contact sparring for being a real good Krav Maga combatant.
Many Krav Maga schools actually incorporate sparring into them. If you really want a martial art without sparring, that would be aikido. But of course, more training is always good, the only question is if you can afford it(either with your time or money).
I don't care whether someone calls Krav Maga or anything else a "real martial art." All I care about is learning techniques that would allow me to avoid being hurt by someone wanting to hurt me.
Krav Maga is a short Army training course: What is the most effictive training I can give a new guy in two weeks? That's not a "martial art" in the sense that you practice an art for years. Doesn't mean that it isn't effective.
Enzo Bertolo um....ww1? Ww2? Vietnam? All involved hand to hand combat. Plus, when youre clearing houses in say, Afghanistan or iraq, there situations where hand to hand can be used.
To be fair, most of the US military isn't involved in hand to hand combat anymore and Krav Maga wasn't a part of US military training during WWI, WWII and Vietnam. I still agree with you though, Krav Maga definitely is effetive.
Maximus Decimus Meridius actually the USMC has its own school of martial arts. And you don't get nearly as much hand to hand training as you do in other military disciplines.
I had a krav maga instructor walk into my jiu jitsu class the other day. he said he got wrecked by a purple belt and wanted to learn. Mad respect for anyone who pursues the art of fighting from multiple perspectives.
Dear Shane, I watched your first video 12 years ago, helped me to deal with a few bullies in high school. So Im thankful for the things you do for people. As for krav, from my experience there are two types of krav maga trainings, one is similar to fit boxing (tecnhniques and fitness) and other is ,,real krav,,. And this ,,real krav,, is rarely to be found cause training is to agressive for many people and few instructors dares to teach that way cause people will probably leave and wont pay monthly fee anymore. So finding ,,real krav,, near your place can be a bit tricky. There are more fit krav schools out there. As for effectiveness of krav, well if man trains krav maga properly and knows also a bit of boxing and bjj, I think he will do fine in most situations. Greetings from Serbia.
Eye opening video. I tried as an older guy to practice JuJitsu. Kept getting injured. My 45+ year old body just can’t hang with the fresh 20-30 year olds in the class. After one night getting my arm injured badly enough that I required surgery; I quit and hung up the Jujitsu Gi for good. Honestly from listening to what this guy was saying, it certainly sounds like Krav Maga is a much better fit me in my stage of life. I might have to give it try.
1. Every martial arts has put out a video at some point including BJJ and MMA. 2. Not everyone lives within travel distance to a gym 3. While the videos might be generic and basic, if you have no other options (no close gyms of any sorts, no instructors around you, no anything) isn't something better than nothing? 4. The videos might also be used as supplemental as in my case. I train 3-4 times a week with an instructor but those days where work prevents me from attending or I get home too late to make the class, I like to practice at home and it allows me to practice some of the moves when I can't make it to the gym.
+Are_You_Serious? supplemental is one thing but people watching videos and then thinking they can fight is dangerous. I don't think there's anybody in the United States that doesn't have access to a gym it's how much you want it
Eata Dick 1. I love the name...that's hilarious! 2. I have been many places that don't have gyms. I appreciate you may have several around you but I've lived throughout the USA and I can tell you that isn't the case everywhere. 3. I agree that training strictly from a video will NOT be sufficient to teach you to fight, but it CAN teach is some basic principals like situational awareness which can help you avoid fights, etc. 4. Please note, I've personally seen examples where a very insecure young person was scared of joining a gym and his mother got him a martial arts video and he learned it front and back and felt confident enough to finally go to the gym and join. The instructors were aware of the situation and helped mold his good habits and correct his bad ones through positive reinforcement and even though he started from a video, he eventually achieved several belts the good old fashioned way and was quite good. He is one of my best friends and he used to tell me that if it wasn't for that cheesy video, he never would have had the confidence to join a gym. I guess what I'm saying is yes, learning from a video will not make you a martial arts master, I agree, but there are a lot of benefits for certain people out there whether confidence booster, supplemental, workout, or just what's available due to where you live. Whatever the reason, I don't think anyone thinks a video will make them a master, but it doesn't mean videos don't have some redeeming qualities.
My father was part of the first ever SRT squad (special response team) and he was taught krav maga. He now teachers all the new agents krav maga. He was once raiding a drug dealers house and he got in a hand to hand combat situation with a biker almost twice his size. Krav maga saved his life in that situation. If the ATF is enforcing krav maga training, it works
I would not recommend Krav Maga as a first/basic martial art to learn. First learn how to strike and kick properly. And get some experience sparring. These things are key for any martial art, but Krav Maga lacks the right emphasize on these basic skills imo. Made it to G-level though (KMG) and love the system. But be sure to train some martial arts like BJJ and thaiboxing on the side to be a complete fighter.
I agree with you on the fact that it takes more time in Krav Maga to learn how to strike and kick properly. I am a G level myself as well and I didn't learn how to strike well until I was P5/G1. And this is partially because you have to learn different techniques to defend against so many things, so there less time to learn to strike. You should definitely do some other martial art on the side, but if you don't have enough time and can only choose one type of martial art, then my choice would still be Krav Maga.
NachoMargahayu I took 4 years of teakwando I don't know how to properly spell it but I now take krav maga and it makes it so much easier to kick and strike along with exercises
Because people are stupid. All they do is sit at home an say that karate doesn't work kung Fu doesn't work when they'll get their asses kicked by any martial art they mention they need to stfu and find something they like we don't care if you don't like Kung Fu or karate pick up taekwondo, Muay Thai bjj and don't hear opinions see for yourself
Yes NCAA Division I wrestlers and Jiu Jitsu black belts can kick the crap out of most everybody but it takes 10 years to get to that level. Krav Maga and the like can work against a regular predator after a year of training.
Krav Maga is very effective, I took it for a little while and I was very surprised at how straightforward it is to defend yourself and others with certain techniques. It literally took me less than half an hour how to learn how to disarm guns and knives. I think it's a very worthwhile martial art to take
All the points I've ever had against MMA have been touched in this video. I'm not opposed to MMA, but I do believe it is a SPORT. And what I love about Krav Maga is that there are no fancy or unnecessary movements. It's all natural and to the point. Sadly, we don't have it that widely here in South Africa. But if I find a place near I'll not hesitate to sign up. And my RUclips partner and I love your vids and trust your content. Thanks, Shane for looking out for us underdogs. You are AWESOME
With all due respect, anyone who says that law enforcement and military would not do things that just waste their time has never been in one of those organizations!
I think Krav is great. But I don't like how 'some' Krav practitioners use its street focus to criticise and ridicule other martial arts (particularly those which form the core of MMA). I think it's a useful tool for those already proficient in arts like boxing and jiu jitsu, to adapt their techniques and mentality for the street. There's no be all and end all answer to an unpredictable street fight however.
Have a look at the instructor here for example. He already has a base in muay thai and mma (which means he has solid reflexes and hand to eye coordination). Krav is just cream on the top
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I do krav maga for almost a year now and even if the guy is a mma fighter I won't disrespect the fact that he can kick my ass. In the end, my point is to end it asap.
It really shouldn't. KM is no martial art, it's a form of aggressive self defense in which you willingly accept permanent damage or even death of your attacker. The techniques have no place in sports. On the other hand, MMA would make you more adept in self defense, if you can keep in mind that a street fight has no rules and your safety is what you want to win.
Other martial artists: *doing fancy kicks and flips* Me: *cant any of that shit but will break several of your bones if you try to sexually assault me*
If you aren't looking to compete, I'd say grappling being your primary focus with Krav Maga on the side would be absolutely fine too as you learn enough striking skills in Krav, and grappling is SO IMPORTANT to learn.
Krav Maga is advance street fighting that's it haha. Good for self defense but not the best for fighting trained fighters. But it's not a traditional art so there's thar
trenton downe Check out that video on yt about two professional mma fighters getting their asses handed to them because they fought like they fight in the ring, and not on the street..
Serious people do serious things. I took krav for a while and there were some folks in the gym that i trained at who were very serious. But something happened with the american krav culture somewhere along the line and now there are a lot of commercial krav gyms that cater to soccer moms and fantasy-fighters. your gym has to have people with real fight experience or else it loses touch with reality. everyone in the gym doesnt have to be a MMA fighter or special forces commando, but theres got to be a few folks around who have really been through some violence in order to keep things in perspective.
and there you have hit the nail on the head Krav probably has the most McDojo's of any martial art there are so many opened up by people Who took Krav Lessons then with in 2 years somehow become certified instructors and open their own school
joe yonATHAN he does also get into some self defense that is bullshit, the reason I brought up joe rogan is because this guy in the video says its not the art its the artist, and in my opinion that is not true and according to what joe rogan has said, I don't think he agrees with this either, but yea krav mega looks bad ass, the tricky part is the practice, I think joe has touched on this to, if you cant spar 100% you cant practice
+fightTIPS Hi i leave near you're Gym and im thinking about attending and at first when i wathed one of you're videos i thought you're gym was somewhere else lol.
+fightTIPS Dude your the best and I don't mean this in an offensive way, but it looks like you're deep in thought and that might be perceived as awkward. I don't care, but I understand how others might see it that way.
IMHO krav maga's biggest flaw is you can't train full contact. I don't see how people can be so confident with an art that they've never ACTUALLY fought with before. Boxing, BJJ, Muay Thai. You're training at full force. You know it works because you've done it before. Krav maga you're just kind of hoping it works when you need it 🤷
pfft....you spare more but it's not FULL FORCE. No one wants to get seriously injured during training. In KM, you wear protective gear and there ARE training scenarios where they go full contact. Might have to go to Israel for that level of training.
Same bullshit is being said about Wing chun as an argument for its absence in the competitive scenery. You guys gotta stop trying to convince people that a martial art (no matter what is it) is effective in a street fight. As if the guy who's gonna rob you with his buddies is a NPC from a video game with the same moving pattern and a standard AI. As if emulating a robbery or a sexual assault attempt in a dojo on a mat with friendly people will teach you how to get away with minimal injury if not uninjured. IMO, you're either threatening enough so thugs do not risk attack you, or clever/focused and fast enough to anticipate the robbery/rape/whatever attempt and run away before it actually happens or clever enough to always be in a well lit place, surrounded by people and not drunk/stoned enough (preferably sober) so you're not vulnerable to harm.
For me personally, it's good to train for the sport AND the real-life stuff like krav or silat or kali. Just an analysis, having the athletic build, training and reflex adds as a bonus to the endurance up in problematic situations to which "fast and quick moves that are meant to end a fight quick" cannot end quickly in practice. It is in my opinion to know the side of sports for the conditioning and then the real life defense types of arts as not only for the situation but also for the mindset. The cardio, reflex and hardening of an athlete plus a mixture of deadly and direct to the point approach of krav or silat or kali or any self defense type is a good one to have.
+Nelson White And you're assuming a BJJ black belt is gonna pull guard in a street fight? Plenty of street fights where BJJ is used in succession consist of basic takedowns or drag downs to an immediate RNC or armbar from people who don't even formally train BJJ.
There is a video of a fight where one guy was doing bjj, the other guy seemed untrained in martial arts but in shape from playing basketball or something. And the bjj guy went down on his back rolling around trying to get a knee bar while the other guy was standing over him. He made it, but he could easily be in a hospital bed drooling for the rest of his life from being stomped on the head now. When you train bjj as a sport long enough shit like this will be normal because it has rules. Your reflexes will kick in when fighting and you will do stupid shit like this.
+ Nelson White Have you ever even rolled with a bjj black belt???? You're not going to fucking groin strike a bjj black belt in the guard. The most basic fundamental of the guard is breaking your attackers posture and controlling their arms. Even fucking white belts should know that. How do you expect to punch someone in the nuts when you're chest to chest? When they have control of your arms with underhooks and overhooks? Most people who walk into the gym I train at don't even know how to establish a half decent base on the top of guard, let alone keep their posture. Untrained grapplers fall over with the most basic hook sweeps by white belts - anyone blue belt and up would wreck you on the ground if you're not well-versed yourself. Period. Don't believe me? Go into your nearest BJJ gym and challenge their guys. None of those dudes are going to break a sweat balling you up and choking you unconscious.
Every martial art works, but the question is in which situation it can work. 20 hours of boxing will be much effectice in a street fight than 20 hours karate
Depends on the style, I know karate styles that have incorporated kali and Jiu jitsu which would make that style of karate much more effective than boxing on my opinion
So what I got from this video is that Marcus honestly *thinks* it's effective otherwise he wouldn't be doing it, right..??? But all I see is sparring with people who play along - like Aikido. Where are the videos of actual sparring against people who fight back and *keep* fighting back? People who do not just use the single attack you trained for and stop fighting once you start your "show" of krav maga? It's hard to find videos of people using KM in a real fight - and the ones I find they are either losing the fight, or they are barely hanging on because they try to do boxing or kicking - none of their fancy KM techniques being used once against an opponent that is not placating them but actually wants to smash their face in. I would love to see a video of you guys having fun with a local Muay Thai, Kickboxing or BJJ Dojo, to see how KM would stand up to that!
The IDF is the least battle tested in the world, all they do is to fight with heavy weaponry and tanks and jets some scattered civilians that are throwing rocks but as soon as they meet an even remotely organized force they get stomped, like in 2006 vs the Hizballah in Lebanon.
Ikr, they use americas military to fight wars for israel, they also use sophisticated weaponry on semi defenseless civilian populations amd call that a war smh, they are a joke
Krav Maga is a hand-to-hand combat that you'd be trained in military, police, spec ops, etc... But the problem is that an Average Joe thinks if he does Krav Maga he'll become a SuperMan ... The truth is that Krav Maga gives an Average Joe an edge over other Average Joe, but Average Joe stands no chance against a decent boxer or kickboxer, Average Joe will get knocked out, his nose, jaw broken before he knows what hit him... You just cannot compare reaction, speed, power and agility that boxer has to what people learn in Krav Maga... Krav Maga is a complementary system that works best for those who are already good in something or, at least, are naturally aggressive and crazy - definitely not an Average Joe... If Average Joe wants to make real fast progress - he'll be better off putting one year in hard training in a good boxing or Muay Thai dojo, - then go to Krav Maga
@@anti1training fighting with krav maga isn't about achieving an honorable victory with rules, it's about winning fights as quickly and as efficiently as possibly using deadly force and "dirty" tactics. It is too dangerous for MMA, without question.
I train in Krav Maga and I love it for its combat practicality. I don't fight in tournaments, the main reason I train is so that if someone was to course me harm on the street I can deal with the threat. It doesn't need to be fair if someone trys to stab you in the street, for example.
Interesting; if your martial art doesn't work: 'it's not the martial art it's the martial artist' If your martial art does work: 'it's not the martial artist, it's the martial art' Very curious logic
an online course? lol ... he did say they do online courses and give qualifications from them? I think when you hear that, it confirms the BS, if not for the art, for the guy being interviewed about it. Shane seems to be saying you can get belts and getting certs to teach... I would think Shane would consider that BS. surprised at that. just rec watched, KM online asks Shane about the arm bar, Shane applied one within a month.. KM online didn't get one on for a year... but then he goes on with his bjj takes ages to get line, as if Shane has not just given an answer that does not contradict KM online's view of BJJ.... KM online here, has not done krav maga any favours here... all this "people don't like being hit in the balls" etc are all vague and general... he's just talking about self defense in general, lots of truisms etc almost nothing really about Km It's a great art for taking people's money from them.. especially women... look out for "learn to defend yourself in a weekend" rubbish, it's the stamp of BS it's all online course... very disappointed to see shane do this, online courses are BS
In the streets, there are no rules, no referees, and no bell. Ignorant people keep comparing Krav Maga to other martial arts. Putting Krav Maga in a mixed martial arts tournament is like bringing a katana sword to a fencing match. The reason why we can't see the actual aftermath of Krav Maga on a person in these videos is also the reason why we can't find an actual video of a chemist showing you the effects of poison or acid on his lab partner. Use your common sense. The practitioners in the videos only show you the options that can be done in certain dangerous situations without actually executing the move in full effect on their training partner. Otherwise, a Krav Maga instructor would be replacing his training partner in every video. Krav Maga is not a martial "art" nor a "sport." it is a pragmatic fighting principle, composed of various moves from other "pure" styles. it collects different things and compiles it to form the most simple and effective move sets in a real life combat scenario. it get's some punches from boxing, kicks from muay thai & taekwondo, throws from judo, holds from jiu jitsu, knife fighting from FMA, etc. that's why you can't hold a tournament with it or put a Krav Maga practitioner in a combat sports ring. it's not a sport, nor is it an artform where you need to perfect a series of graceful movements. many of it's moves are designed for killing or injuring another person. it is direct, pragmatic, and should only be used as a last resort. punching the throat, kicking the balls, gouging the eyes, blocking with an umbrella or a chair, and stabbing with a knife or a broken bottle are some examples of "real life" fighting. Ignorant people who keep saying Krav Maga is bs because they keep comparing it to other martial arts will DIE when faced with a real life-and-death, kill-or-be-killed situation. There's simply no restrictions in Krav Maga and you can't implement that in a ring or an octagon unless you want to turn it into an illegal underground deathmatch arena. we can hardly call Krav Maga an "art" because it's not "pure" or "sporty" or full of rules, and that's what makes it effective. It's never about winning a match, it's about surviving an attack and going home alive.
Ivan Joshua Sadsad takes some punches from boxing, some kicks from muay Thai etc.....well, Bruce Lee did the same thing, and he called it Jeet Kun Do, which is a martial ART...I dont see much difference, have a nice day sir
KRav is good and on par with any TMA but far inferior to the monsters who train in MMA and Muay Thai. The beasts who actually train live MMA are the best
This is one of the most uneducated comments I've seen on here so far. Martial arts for sport compared to martial arts explicitly for trying to kill someone are two different things. Obviously at a sports venue they don't try to kill each other. But to say that no other martial art is used this way is an outright lie. Plain and simple. End of story.
The word martial means war. Martial arts were developed to kill people. It was only added as a sport with scores and bells for entertainment value. If there is "no" other martial art used as the name implies, explain MCMAP or US army combatives? Hell, even in pankration events they would kill each other... Stop acting like KM is the only martial art that can do any damage. Obviously it's different than a sport-adapted martial art...
My issue with people who say KM is superior is that the only "proof" they ever cite is that the Israeli Defense Force uses it (disregarding the the guns, armor, artillery, and air support). "It's supposed to save your life, not get you a UFC belt." Isn't that convenient... Do you REALLY think a Muay Thai or BJJ figher is INCAPABLE of punching/kicking someone in the balls in a street fight...? I've trained BJJ and you know what they teach? Self-defense that includes eye gouging and groin kicks. Stop wasting your money, people.
+GamingBros29 that's what my original post was about. I guess you didn't get the sarcasm. If you need to be taught how to gouge eyes, fish hook, kick dudes in the nuts and pick up random objects and hit/stab people with them, you are already dead. Save yourself a ton of money, skip these stupid classes and, watch a bas rutten self defense tape.
+fightfanian krav maga also teaches defense against firearms and knifes. and I found that the knife training is extremely helpful because in my opinion knifes are a pain in the ass to deal with. everybody is entitled to their opinion and while I'm advocating for krav maga it also has its weaknesses. for example actual fist fighting is not part of the curriculum and is why my instructor has a kick boxing class in order to fill that gap.
there are only 3 real problems I see with krav and one is very sizable. 1. in a first world country, krav will get you arrested for assult. straight up. the general public don't understand what it takes to get in a real fight situation and they will see krav techniques and not consider you using equal force to defend yourself. 2. You can completely and utterly esculate the fight to a degree that you never wanted, just due to people's emotions on what is a dirty fighter. 3. Most krav instructors are TERRIBLE at teaching anti grappling techniques. Most hate the ground so much they won't train a good sprawl or learn how to actually grapple. So if they get mounted...they probably know one technique that they did not put much time in. I feel you need a krav school with someone who is...legally trained as well who has to drill situations with you, where you recognise when you can go for the eyes or the neck and where you should just punch. Then you will probably need a guy who cross trains in some kind of grappling art who can teach you to keep you off the ground. But the problem is, according to him we only have 3 hours on adverage to train....well then what I suggested can limit how much time you have for training in the original krav. Not saying krav is bad. It's one of the martial arts I don't have to see work in competition in order to say it works. I am just saying it's problems in a first world country.
1) not really, no. You can use force and you can even use excessive force, when you are afraid. Legally its okay to neutralize an attacker. In my gym we regularly talk about legal aspects of self defense. You can use kravmaga techniques and if you use them to escape the situation, you wont get charged, even if the attacker is hurt. You don't know, when they would stop attacking. You don't know how hard they want to beat you up. You want to escape the situation. Using force is legal in that case. 2) The idea is to end a fight fast. What is the alternative? Let them hit you, so you don't escalate the situation? I'd rather play "dirty" and end the fight as fast as I can. 3) well that's a personal thing, but we regularly train ground defense and had even a 2 day course on this every year. So I can't speak for everyone but my instructor tells us to avoid the ground, but also tells us how to fight there.
Interesting video. I personally think that Krav Maga is a decent _additional_ martial art. I don't think that it makes for a capable primary training style, in contrast to Muay Thai, western boxing, judo or bjj. But, when it's legitimate krav maga (and there is a *LOT* of BS out there), it's hard to argue with their mentality when it comes to street self-defense. It's vicious and offers little quarter in a serious self-defense situation. I appreciate what Mr. Kowal said about learning enough techniques to be able to get to a weapon. This is one of the most realistic comments I've heard on the matter, if you're serious about self-defense the acronym CCW is more important than MT, BJJ, TKD, or KM.
Bruce Lee is one of the most respected fighters of all time. If you read the Tao of Jeet Kune Do, you'll realize that it is not the martial art, but the martial artists that matter. Miyamoto Musashi, another great warrior, wrote in his Book of Five Rings that "the true science of martial arts is practicing in a way that they will be useful at anytime, and to teach them in such a way that they will be useful in all things." So I guess in order to accomplish whatever goals you have that pertain to martial arts, you have to be the dominant factor in all situations...utilize whatever style meets the occasion. There are some elements that are a must have, such as heavy sparring/rolling, copious amounts of focused training and a solid instructor or partner. Aside from that, whatever style someone uses does not matter...only that it worked, or it didn't.
I do Krav Maga and Muay Thai, ones a self defence technique and the other is a martial art, both are incredibly effective, but all in all comes down to downright goals and where you wanna go, Krav Maga is definitely not bs and Muay Thai definitely shouldn't be taken lightly, but if you down talk any fighting style (particularly Krav Maga for all the haters), you either had a bad trainer teaching you, or you just don't know wtf you're talking about
I have never seen a Krav Maga fighter vs a mma fighter or a boxer who wouldn’t allow you too just continue too attack him while grabbing his wrist. If it’s out there let me know
When you punch someone it can be to either wound(Testicles) or to basically lower stamina or loosen a grip. So if someone got me in a headlock and it was a female i punch for the groin and she loosens her grip then i throw her. but to be honest it is more than likely a man is going to attack you.
@Agnostic Dude Lol I'm sorry random dumbass I'm not sure what your native language is..... but I speak english but thanks for the laughs it's been fun (not really)
@Agnostic Dude editing your own comment just to insult a person you don't know😄 wow you must be bored maybe I should send you my old ps3 with a few games to keep your small brain occupied on something more productive
@Agnostic Dude seriously dude get a hobby internet trolling died in 2012 also you're not funny even though you're so desperately trying to be this is my last reply as talking to you is really boring also you calling me a keyboard warrior is clearly a reflection of yourself as I never claimed to be a tough guy but I promise you wouldn't want to find out who I really am if you knew me personally......in short get lost small fry
I 💯% agree with Mark, he knows what he says. I've started learning krav maga "just in case", to defend myself and people I care about, than at some point my interest for fighting was growing stronger, so I've started learning kick boxing: KM is self- defense, KB is sport. If I would ever be able to defend myself using krav maga depends on me, not on krav maga: the system works if I make it work. KM practitioners knows what I mean.
I'm high but the dude on the left asked like 2 questions and stood there awkwardly for the whole video until the end.
Donkey Booty I’m not high though, but I watched it once more hahaha and yep... it seems akward.
The power of observation through psychedelics 😂 🤣
😂 😂 yup
I'm high I looked at the dude on the right
Yup, this man is a fraud. i chalanged him to show me his instructor diploma but he never did even after responding to my comments. this man is a fraud.
@@rools2roolsproject325 Proof?
I don't think it's ineffective I just think it's too brutal which makes it a little useless to anybody who isn't facing life or death situations. Most street fight situations are just meat heads in your face, it's rarely life or death. You don't need to rip out his eye and feed him his balls.
And how often does that happen?
Didn't make sense.
"Too brutal" lol you have obviously never had to fight for yourself on the street
You're misunderstanding me. If I was to be in a confrontation I would want to end it in a way that doesn't land me in prison for 10 years.
I get you, and I used to be the same. However, the human body is incredibley durable and the claims made by Krav Maga instructors about the potential damage to an assailant is very overstated. Watch an MMA match, a muay thai match, in fact a rugby match is probably the best example, look at what these guys do to each other, how hard they go in, they come out intact. The rare extreme injuries to eyes etc would not land you in prison as long as you can demonstrate the intent of the guy attacking you in court
"Krav Maga is unrealistic and ineffective in a street fight"
It's literally designed around the principle of ending a street fight as fast as possible..
@Hans Random fun fact navy seals uses this krav maga too
@Hans Random I'm not trying to though
IT WAS MADE BY JEWISH PERSON THAT READ BOOKS ABOUT FIGHTING
@@donaldmcfucc2504 okay prove it cos im not going to trust this
just look up who created krav maga
Krav maga is about ending fights, not about winning, about staying alive
@M B it was NOT created for this.
@M B The number one rule of it was that it'd never be turned into a competition. It defeats the purpose of it.
That's good because you're unlikely practitioners aren't likely to take their skills and win any against guys who are taking their training seriously.
@M B Which means it's not useful for self defence. Clearly doesn't adequately teach you to avoid strikes, to land strikes or to control and neutralize the opponent. If Krav maga was effective you should be able to take that with you into a ring and survive, if you're getting belted your training didn't work.
@@Xivulm Because they didn't want customers to experience the reality of it's functionality.
The fact that most of Krav Maga's basic techniques are banned in competitive fights should tell you have effective it is in a real life situation. If its not a competition, you shoudlnt fight fair, Krav Maga is the art of not fighting fair
nimmivids yes a lot of martial arts are like that that's true. But Krav Maga focus's on it. You literally can't use any of Krav's techniques in competition while most martial arts teach the stuff for competition as the main course.
I agree. There are no rules in the street and there are no referees. You either kill/maim a guy and escape alive, or you die. That's what Krav Maga is.
krav maga is def top 3 most deadly art period...anybody who says otherwise is just dumb..
Krav maga is bullshit. Tell an MMA fighter "theres no rules", Boom there you go you just invented Krav Maga.
Rolonar Actually it's the opposite... if you can't practice your techniques against a resisting opponent and perfect them in competition good luck applying them in a real life situation where chaos and adrenaline are involved. When I was in Israel I spoke to soldier about Krav... he told me most of his training revolved around accessing one of his firearms which makes sense as it is the most efficient way of defending yourself. If you think about it, training tons of hand to hand techniques is of little value to a soldier because it's ultra rare that he or she will engage in that kind of combat. Perhaps the civilian form of Krav is effective if practiced by athletic dudes that have dedicated their life to it but it is most definitely effective at extracting big bucks from normal people who will benefit very little from it.
A friend of mine is a mixed fighter i asked him about krav Maga and he said "I hate it when those guys compete I'm always guarding my nuts"
Krav maga is not a sport, its a way of self defense. In the street, if you play by the book you lose. Quit pretending to be all manly.
@@daimyo1178 ok...
@@daimyo1178 I will call...my MUM...she said that..I'm the best...fighter and she said im REALLY STRONG...you dont wanna mess with me..
@@shh2973 dude dont bring your mum it was a joke please bro
@@daimyo1178 YEAH..that's right...your lucky.... I was about to punch you.... in your face... ...OK...
I learned more from the comment section than the video. Thank you keyboard warriors.
Ikr?
_Keyboard warriors hahaha_
I took karate, muay thai, and Krav Maga and I just have to say krav maga is vastly different then any other martial art I have seen or trained. Muay Thai wouldbe themost intense workout but the KM class was psychotic. The mindset km instills in you is just UNBELIEVABLY BRUTAL. Like I could kick vital areas and was training to be ready for a fight but KM trains you for the situation and to not question how much force to use. It trains you like you are in the Cobra Kai dojo from karate kid. Strike first, strike hard, no mercy Sir!
Stephen LaFave I'm a Krav Maga practitioner. I have some little experience in Taekwondo and Boxing as well. Yeah, training is harder than the other two. Every single attack, has to be the strongest one you can give. And it's right, if you have mercy for your enemies, they will see you weak and will counter-attack merciless. I especially liked the fact you mentioned the Kobra Kai Dojo. That's exactly what I tell to my friends what it's like when they ask about it. Not necessarily a beautiful martial art, but the training you need to actually use what you've learnt when the situation is given.
Earl Vińbiłco Putinov I am undecided whether to take up taekwondo or Krav Maga.
Which one is best for self defence?
JJ L, if you are looking for self-defence abilities, go for Krav Maga. Techniques are quite simple, and it's easy to learn and also very useful. I also noticed that my physical condition increased drastically after one month of training. But the most important part to practice is aggressiveness, determination and rapid response in situations. However, you won't start disarming people with guns. You'll start throwing straight punches, kicks, knee and elbow strikes, and hammer fists until you do them properly. And the first complex techniques you'll see will be escaping form chokes (all angles), naked chokes, headlocks, etc. But, the harder you practice, the faster you get to see complex stuff. Now, I must say that there's a little loose end, which is full contact and wrestling. There I recommend you to take BJJ or Jiu-Jitsu, apart from Krav Maga. But go first for Krav Maga
I can say Taekwondo makes you really agile, fast and flexible, but high kicks are not quite safe to use in real situations, nor would you use complex kicks, and it takes a lot of time and practice to learn all of that.
So, my last word: I recommend Krav Maga. Check the school is prestigious, and choose the best one. From there, it'll depend on you how fast you progress.
+Earl Vińbiłco Putinov Hey, you look like you know about that and I had a doubt. I was thinking to choose either Krav Maga or Kali Filipino to start training (I've never had) so what you recommend?
I'm interested in self-defense, sh't that works in real life not just good looking (I dont want to enter a fight without knowing I'd be the safest possible). I'm a very tall person but skinny. I dont like kicks but they may be useful for me (because of my lenght). Simple and effective techniques, strictly for self-defense, easy to learn and if possible an evading art.
I have a school of Kali next to home so it would be comofrtable for me, but I'm not interested in weapons at all, I dont bring sticks around while on the street...
So, which one should I take? Thanks for the help
MrEnric98 Well, thank you for asking.
I can't talk about Kali from my personal experience, but I've watched many demonstrations and classes, and I can say it's actually brutal. It doesn't do only weapons, but also hand to hand combat. However, after analysing it carefully, I have seen it does make an emphasis on weapons, and I can see it needs you to memorise movements and convos you couldn't use naturally in given situations. Not only learning it will be difficult, but it will also take time, because you will not take full hand to hand combat classes, you'll train with weapons too. And as you said, you are unlikely to be carrying weapons in a real fight. So, I can say it works, but it needs a lot of time and practise, and it's not quite easy or fast to learn. It could help you if you were going for the armed forces, and not actually training to defend yourself about right now.
Krav Maga uses simple movements, but they must be as fast and as strong and you can use them. Kicks won't be a problem, because the highest one we use goes to the floating ribs. We only use 5: groin kick, front push kick, low roundhouse kick (only to be used on quadriceps and floating ribs), side kicks and back kicks. They are ordered from the one you are most likely to use to the ones you would rarely use. We also use knee strikes a lot, but after acquiring the proper form, they won't cause any trouble. From there, we use the whole boxing arsenal, hammer fists and elbow strikes.
So, I can say I could recommend Krav Maga again. It's simple and easy, but what you need to practice is to use it properly, and submission-escaping moves. Now, make sure you can afford a certified Krav Maga school, and check their training before doing anything. Make sure training is really exhaustive. If you have any big issue than really won't let you go to a Krav Maga school, Kali is not a bad option.
One more advice: if you are going for Krav Maga, and you don't train any sport, start running (sprinting, not jogging), push-ups, sit-ups, squats, burpees, and if possible, jumping the rope and cycling about two or one month before you join. It'll help you a lot to take the class in a better way.
Krav Maga is not a martial art. This is a combat system.
They're all combat systems
"Martial arts" as a term is relatively new and is widely associated with post-feudal Japan when there was no longer a need to train for actual combat and the practice became more about developing technique and personal cultivation. Most martial arts come from combat systems, but have long ago switched focus away from the grimy shit that ends athletic careers. That grimy shit combined with some basic footwork and grappling and some high percentage strikes is basically every combat system.
The definition of a martial art is a type of fighting that is meant to kill or reduce somebody, and a true martial art is not about wild punches, a martial art have concrete techniques and a mentality. The history and the training of krav maga talks by itself, why then taekwondo is a martial art? it is even younger than krav maga (1955 taekwondo - Krav maga WW2) xDDD
I fully agree with you.
Although most consider it a 'martial art', I disagree with that assessment. It is a very brutal self defense system. There is no 'art' in Krav Maga. In fact, when compared to regular martial arts, it is rather ugly. There is no grace, no fluidity like you see in other forms. It is straight forward and brutal. All strikes are designed to be at full power, and powerful as well. Our punches are full, like in boxing. Our kicks our through and powerful, like Muay Thai.
Remember Krav is really just a system of the most powerful and devastating defenses from any martial art. Unlike most other 'martial arts', Krav Maga is ever-changing. If something is less effective than something else, the tested and proven new thing is adopted.
more of a self defense system
in military of denmark we learn krav maga, and it is very real and brutal
JAEGEREN C are you talking about effectivity in an army composed of gays and manpussies of a liberal country? Yea rite
Truth Be’told how do you explain the fact that conservative leaned countries have the best armies around the world?
Had an out of shape us marine come teach some kind of bjj/krav maga thing to us in rm recruit training
umbrellastation25 u tripping it's the vikings
Denmark military lol
its never the martial arts, its always the martial artist. true words
couldn't have said it any better
Yeah but he also said, mma matches revealed which martial arts are fake, so he contradicted himself there, but i gave him a pass.
yea true
Dont forget, there are martial arts that use chi only, they cant even hurt a fly, so be careful when u use the word "never"
get real kid :)
I love how you let your guest speak and you just listen, that's great
who tf says taekwondo guys dont kick hard? thats probably the dumbest thing ive heard all day
Yeah haha, it's like saying boxers can't punch hard too. TKD guys practice kicks all day long.
+Stefan Dumbrique yea only down side i see from tkd is the time it takes to set up a powerful kick. but if you manage to get one of those fake low kicks followed by a spinning back kick damn that hurts a lot
+A Goat (TheGoat) trust me, i do muay thai and i got hit by one of those tkd kicks when i got careless. i basically flew. yea of course they still arent as scary as the kicks my intructors dish out
And don't they still break boards in taekwondo? That seems to show there must be Some effectiveness to their kicks...
+JayNohh the boards are normally thin and arent really hard to break. muay thai kicks done by pros can easily cause a heavy bag to fly
I am a retired cop. I received Krav Maga training for a number of years. The basics were perfect for law enforcement as was boxing. Our instructors kept increasing the numbers of techniques that were very complicated and not practical because of complexity. But the basic Krav Maga was easy to learn and the basic of locking and stretching your opponent worked in numerous arrest situations, simple and effective.
I am a 5'3" woman and I took Krav Maga to learn how to defend myself. For women, if we are fighting for our lives, we usually only get one shot, on brief millisecond to get an advantage on our attackers. I don't have the strength or time to waste punching someone in the face, I need to know how to bring someone much bigger than me to their knees with one strike. Krav Maga taught me that. It also gave me the mentality of "no mercy" to fight until the person is not moving or I can get away. I don't think men understand what it is like to be a woman or how powerful and strong men are and what a disadvantage we are at because of it. You MEN don't know what it's like to be afraid to walk to your car in the dark or wonder if the blind date you are on is going to result in rape or assault of some type. Krav Maga has no rules because when you are fighting for your life, there are no rules. I am currently training in kickboxing and I love it, but I keep thinking, I could drop this guy right now with a swift jab to the throat. For those who are in a position where they may need to defend themselves (which is everyone, you never know what might happen) Krav Maga is worth your time to learn.
Diana Sperry FEMENIST ALERT! 🚨
You can’t say men don’t know that fear, being a man does not make you invincible to stab wounds and gun shots, and if you are being assaulted by another man there is always the chance that they are stronger or more experienced in combat
I agree :) guys have different challenges for sure, but we are the ones who are nearly always going to be waaay smaller than the threat (let's be real, usually a guy). I love krav maga for what, and am learning it with muay thai :) i hope I never have to use it, but at least I can even the playing field a bit by utilizing the taught brutality of KM. I hope you stay safe and still enjoy learning martial arts!
id like the msg if it included both genders I'm only 14 and have constant anxiety of getting jumped or shot just walking around in public and I am a boy that doesnt make me invincible by no means do I hate feminists cause girls used to get treated like shit but these days they dont practice what they preach
Gemma Weber lol never been robbed at gunpoint, never been jumped, never got into a confrontation over something small and escalated, has a man ever plotted on you........woman sheesh
1:15 he gets it. If you cross train in multiple martial arts you begin to see they all overlap. I've mostly trained in Karate my entire life, but our throws are similar to that of Judo or Jitsu. Our defenses are either exactly the same as the ones I've seen in Krav Maga, or a variation of them. Learn as you much as you can and take what works for you. The best martial art is the one you create for yourself.
Be like water
Martial arts can be such a jealous and insecure world.
Why do you say that?
+thekindman With the existence of this video.
thekindman A small minority of martial artists always try and slam other martial arts. Not sure why, maybe it is insecurity or something.
I think it's because, especially during the 80s and 90s, there were lots of bullshit fake martial arts videos, schools, etc pushing really bad techniques out to the masses so people are really wary when they see something like Krav Maga pop up because on the surface it comes across looking like more of those scam products.
Now you know why vegeta has such an attitude.
I love Krav Maga, I 've been living the life for about 5 years, testing for level 3 in September. I think KM has not only made me stronger, physically and mentally but I feel more confident. I don't know I love it I think Krav is the best self defense method.
Does it focus you? Have you ever been in a situation in those 5 years where you have had to use it in real like, you posted this 4 years ago so in 9 years even, my apologies, have you ever used the techniques in real life and how effective was it?
almost any MA has weaknesses, the only solution is mixing.
I agree in total but it is not a solution it is a strength....
jeet kun do
Yes the more you mix the better. For striking you use Boxing, MT and maybe TKD. For grappling its more BJJ and for general street stuff its Krav.
Every martial art has weaknesses
What is a weakness for one is a strength for another, take what works for you and use it
I'm not going to lie and pretend like I'm some tuff bad ass that love to fight. Truth is, I'm scurrd to fight and a peaceful non volent guy.. But if I'm attacked by some nut on the street who just bent on fighting me and not letting me walk away. Then i want to be able to protect myself at all cause .i think krav maga is perfect for me to learn Selfdefense.. I not interested in training in mma or kun fu to be some bad ass . i just want to be able to defend myself and possibly a love one if needed, if a situation calls for it some day.. There's alot of nuts & criminals on the street & in public who prey on innocent looking ppl . i just don't want to become another victim
I feel the same way and that's why I took up boxing. I'd like to learn more juijitsu though my knee is banged up from sparring the first class I went too
I've had a few crack heads try to start fights in the streets of denver lol, never thought any of them would he hard to beat, just a kick to the inside of the knee cap would do the trick for most of them.
There was this ripped dude that I just stayed whats up to outside a liquor store. He took a few steps tward me and like was spouting off some belligerent shit, and I was feeling pretty intimidated for a second. I mean im a smaller dude and you know his arms were as big as my leg...
Luckily his girl jumped in front of him and called his ass down...
But yes just walk swiftly away from the crackheads
I exactly feel your way too!
@@nathanbruce1992 to be honest, you should take up kravmaga, if that's what you are interested in.
I'm doing both and if I am ever in a bad situation, I will rely on my kravmaga training, not my boxing.
What are the odds of you getting into a serious physical fight? Krav maga, karate, muay thai, whatever. Just train, stay safe, have fun and be healthy. That's what matters at the end of the day.
It's just to be safe, that’s all. It all depends on how the person uses the style too tbh. Are they gonna go for the finishing blow? Or are the gonna run after defending themselves? I personally would just run and then defend and then run and defend if they're still chasing me lol. If you're more fit than a person you don't have to beat someone up. I would rather lower my pride and just run and defend myself. And within the process I'll just talk to the person to stop the problem honestly. Unless the person attacking me has gun, then I'm running far away in a zigzag lol
The problem is a lot of martial arts claim to train you on how to defend yourself. Then when you try to do a round kick and get stabbed in the thigh you're fucked. You want to learn how to defend yourself, or learn how to run away.
Yea, it’s to see what martial art your interested in and why you need, whether to compete, or to actually use for defense
@@ibraheemkhalil7211 And Krav Maga is more self defense than most martial arts I've seen.
Online Krav Maga classes. I'm going to take them and become a true "keyboard" warrior!!
Hmm?
One more thing. You took an online Keyboard Warrior Course. Didn't you?
lol
Keep in mind this is supposed to be the real deal. Yeah fucking right.
Go for the plug!
JEWJITSU
hahaha
+walsallhc1 L.
Jewdo
I'm not condoning that racism that your saying, but that a good one!!!!! LOL!!!
field tested against unarmed pregnant Palestinian women who husbands have just been run over by a bulldozer ... much like Budo were tested in feudal Japan.
One of the best things about Krav is that it teaches you to avoid using moves that heighten the vulnerability of your soft spots. Clinching, for instance: that’s a good way to get your eyes gauged, your ears assaulted, and your neck bitten; so Krav avoids doing it just as it avoids going to the ground.
It’s brilliant in my opinion.
@Kamil S that's why we learn how to not get taken down to the ground and how to counter their tries to do so
@Al Kamil yes but in a street fight the ground is a horrible place to be because 1 you cant run
2 you can't defend against a second attacker
3 a krav maga fighter won't get take to the ground cause if you try to grab him he will either just run or bash your brains in with a rock or something to that effect
@Al Kamil of course I don't doubt their explosive strength or body conditioning, because that's exactly what they need. But we aren't trained to fight fair. What you said is correct, in the end learning simple techniques is like giving a fish, instead of a fishing rod. Krav maga is not about learning techniques. It only gives an outline of where are weak spots on the body and how to hit them. That's why it is a system.
@@krzysztofguzewicz3777 lol you make it sound like not going to the ground is easy. If someone can wrestle or knows judo, your going to the ground regardless of being "trained not to" like its just a decision you make. If your not grappling or learning how to clinch, how can you avoid it when you cant even get in or out of it? Get tf out of here lol.
@@chillazaraka that’s true but most Krav classes have BJJ or JJ incorporated into them these days. At least in my classes we have a dedicated JJ instructor and that is all he is paid to teach.
Krav maga is like if you are in big big trouble in a street fight you have krav maga
How to not get in a fight
What to do
Stances
Techniques
It's not ment for attacking, but for defence and escaping
Stay tuned for next week when we ask the head of pepsi cola if pepsi cola is better then coke.
Lol yeah it was pretty one sided/bias
Lol I'll just stick with Boxing and/or Muay Thai.
Muay thai rocks, so does muay boran. Elbows and knees is where its at. Add wrestling and jiujitsu and its complete.
+azzy mazzy tru I got some bjj under my belt as well.
+Jerry Pena boxing combined with muay thai is devastating. check out burmese boxing if you have a chance...nasty style...
What a lot of people don't understand about martial arts is that they aren't about the Martial Art. If a martial art were ineffective it wouldn't be around. Martial Arts are about the Martial Artist and their overall skill and experience as a fighter.
Most martial art systems aren't even that different anyway. There's only so many different ways we can use our body because we're all limited to just 2 arms, 2 legs, 1 body, and 1 head.
Exactly both of you, Thanks very much.
Gakuto ... Straight up. Anyone who knows what they're talking about is saying this. Reality is that most systems have lots of overlap between each other. But there ARE key differences that DO make a huge difference, and in the end some methods of training (not systems, but rather how you train) are going to be far more effective than others.
I think Karate started as a sport, idk tho. I think it sucks ass.
Karate did not start as a sport. It was orignially a highly effective combat system that worked in the real world, but around the 1900s it started being taught as a watered down sport/fitness activity, and that's most of what you see of karate today. Almost nobody trains it the way it should be trained, many schools today either practice for sport, bullshit "sefl defence", or so someone can make money. But the original karate is very good.
Any fight between two men is life or death, because you never know what's in the other individuals mindset.
Boys fight to win.
Men fight to survive.
I agree with this sentiment. I generally try to avoid conflict and I never take violence to anyone, but if you come at me I assume you mean to kill me and I'll do whatever it takes to eliminate the threat. I find the confidence you gain from martial arts training is usually enough to get a douchebag to leave you alone. It helps that most people that actually know how to fight respect violence and only utilize it when appropriate.
The video starts in 4:40
i'm sorry. the video actually necer begins. it's just a guy reciting his curriculum and saying things...
Not sure what you were looking for, exactly. Sorry brotha.
+fightTIPS for the thumbnail i came expecting some tecnics, some demonstrations, maibe even some correlatives with some science shows, like that one on natgeo that take mesurements of some hits, and explain us how this hits affects the human body, or something like that.
look, i'm not saying what u should do, cuz obviouslly this is up to u, i'm just answering what I expected.
thanks
yep.
and the answer starts in 0:36
"Krav maga is useless"
Other Martial Arts: HEY YOU CANT HIT THE JOINTS!!!! I AM CALLING THE REF!
Krav Maga: haha punch to the balls goes brrrr
Scotland is the best country I've ever visited!
True
My friends who practice “traditional” martial arts: look at all my forms. I am at peace. I am disciplined and strong. Very graceful
Me who practices Krav Maga: haha i kick ur balls oop just broke ur ribs lol
@@sofiafelici2961 lmao, no wonder there are so many ufc krav maga champions . 🙄 If it were a real fight and you start hitting nuts and trying to gouge their eye. I'm sure the MMA guy would have no problem doing the same shit to you.
@@swtoni4464 Scotland is not a country . It's a part of United Kingdom (Uk) in short.
"it's not the martial art that isn't good, it's the martial artist"
*slap jitsu*
People say that Krav Maga is dirty, ineffective and unrealistic.
First of all, it's not dirty when it's designed to end a fight as fast as possible.
Second of all, my friend trained in Krav Maga like me, and one day found himself in a street fight with his girls ex. Sure enough, a kick to the groin and he had him on the ground.
Thirdly, Krav Maga installs a mindset into you to ensure you do not care about how much force you use against the attacker or care at all about the attackers well being.
Overall, you find yourself in a street fight, you don't care about fighting 'dirty', you want the fight over as quickly and effectively as possible.
This is what Krav Maga focuses into, and what makes it effective in real life self defence and street fight situations.
Your friend nor you should be proud of the fact that the only way he could take down his girl's ex was with a kick to the balls. If that is the pinnacle of Krav Maga technique... then my 10 year old daughter is practically a black belt.
@@ProperCashFlow I get you, it is not exactly the peak of combat ability, I feel uneasy learning this in KM, but in this story the alternative may have been ending up in hospital or worse. Maybe the guy is no fighter, not everybody is, he has to save his neck somehow. I think KM is really just intended to be a basic strategy that is better than nothing, and can be learned without devoting years to its perfection. Like I say, I agree with you, basically.
Yeah, I have a friend who does Krav Maga too. This one time we were shooting the shit, and he told me to put him in a headlock. I slapped a half-nelson on him, and the next thing I knew he was on top of me and I was dead.
Don't fuck with Krav Maga.
@@AdamBlade17 That wasn't your friend, it was me. I was just coming out of my first krav maga lesson and you jumped me, and of course I was so combat ready that in seconds I had you on your back and then I read a page from a Jeffrey Archer novel to you and you died of boredom
what a pussy, how is that impressive in the slightest
What he said at 07:40 is very true: combine Krav Maga with other martial arts training! Either Muay Thai; Boxing or MMA is very good, as you should learn powerful striking and do full contact sparring for being a real good Krav Maga combatant.
Many Krav Maga schools actually incorporate sparring into them. If you really want a martial art without sparring, that would be aikido. But of course, more training is always good, the only question is if you can afford it(either with your time or money).
Krav maga is just MMA without rules. Just learn MMA. Fighting is hard to learn, the fouls are easy.
KM is different. You think differently. My thinking is completely different when I spar with MMA rules or with no rules.
krav maga is mma no holds bar and a self defence philosophy
You said that so perfectly man nice
I don't care whether someone calls Krav Maga or anything else a "real martial art." All I care about is learning techniques that would allow me to avoid being hurt by someone wanting to hurt me.
every martial art works is you put time into it
true
Who?
+Bunnyx360 please check my channel and subscribe
I also feel like if it gets taught to multiple military and law enforcement agencies. It fucking works!
Yup
Krav Maga is a short Army training course: What is the most effictive training I can give a new guy in two weeks?
That's not a "martial art" in the sense that you practice an art for years. Doesn't mean that it isn't effective.
They have black belts too. They also do military 2 weeks training
The Military training course is the bare basics, it has hundreds of techniques and multiple versions for many of them mastering it takes a lot of time
this guy says krav maga is the original mma?
totally false-pankration has been around since the ancient greeks
Awesome profile pic, bro.
likewise?
I'm sure there was an MMA long before the greeks too.
+Eastra3 Not as an actual form.
+That Panda1234 it didn't borrow anything...it was made from Fujian White Crane alone...
I mean, the US military teaches krav maga to its soldiers and marines and they seem to be pretty effective at hand to hand combat. So id say it works
They call me squints Dropping long distance bombs really shows how good the US is at hand to hand combat
Enzo Bertolo um....ww1? Ww2? Vietnam? All involved hand to hand combat. Plus, when youre clearing houses in say, Afghanistan or iraq, there situations where hand to hand can be used.
To be fair, most of the US military isn't involved in hand to hand combat anymore and Krav Maga wasn't a part of US military training during WWI, WWII and Vietnam. I still agree with you though, Krav Maga definitely is effetive.
been in the military over 2 years, never even got to flick a terrorist.
Maximus Decimus Meridius actually the USMC has its own school of martial arts. And you don't get nearly as much hand to hand training as you do in other military disciplines.
I had a krav maga instructor walk into my jiu jitsu class the other day. he said he got wrecked by a purple belt and wanted to learn. Mad respect for anyone who pursues the art of fighting from multiple perspectives.
Dear Shane, I watched your first video 12 years ago, helped me to deal with a few bullies in high school. So Im thankful for the things you do for people. As for krav, from my experience there are two types of krav maga trainings, one is similar to fit boxing (tecnhniques and fitness) and other is ,,real krav,,. And this ,,real krav,, is rarely to be found cause training is to agressive for many people and few instructors dares to teach that way cause people will probably leave and wont pay monthly fee anymore. So finding ,,real krav,, near your place can be a bit tricky. There are more fit krav schools out there. As for effectiveness of krav, well if man trains krav maga properly and knows also a bit of boxing and bjj, I think he will do fine in most situations. Greetings from Serbia.
Do you have any examples or recommendations of gyms that would be considered “real Krav”?
Eye opening video. I tried as an older guy to practice JuJitsu. Kept getting injured. My 45+ year old body just can’t hang with the fresh 20-30 year olds in the class. After one night getting my arm injured badly enough that I required surgery; I quit and hung up the Jujitsu Gi for good. Honestly from listening to what this guy was saying, it certainly sounds like Krav Maga is a much better fit me in my stage of life. I might have to give it try.
Was it bicep tendon surgery??
Really? people learning martial arts and getting degrees through online videos?
isn't it sad
😂😂😂
1. Every martial arts has put out a video at some point including BJJ and MMA.
2. Not everyone lives within travel distance to a gym
3. While the videos might be generic and basic, if you have no other options (no close gyms of any sorts, no instructors around you, no anything) isn't something better than nothing?
4. The videos might also be used as supplemental as in my case. I train 3-4 times a week with an instructor but those days where work prevents me from attending or I get home too late to make the class, I like to practice at home and it allows me to practice some of the moves when I can't make it to the gym.
+Are_You_Serious? supplemental is one thing but people watching videos and then thinking they can fight is dangerous. I don't think there's anybody in the United States that doesn't have access to a gym it's how much you want it
Eata Dick
1. I love the name...that's hilarious!
2. I have been many places that don't have gyms. I appreciate you may have several around you but I've lived throughout the USA and I can tell you that isn't the case everywhere.
3. I agree that training strictly from a video will NOT be sufficient to teach you to fight, but it CAN teach is some basic principals like situational awareness which can help you avoid fights, etc.
4. Please note, I've personally seen examples where a very insecure young person was scared of joining a gym and his mother got him a martial arts video and he learned it front and back and felt confident enough to finally go to the gym and join. The instructors were aware of the situation and helped mold his good habits and correct his bad ones through positive reinforcement and even though he started from a video, he eventually achieved several belts the good old fashioned way and was quite good. He is one of my best friends and he used to tell me that if it wasn't for that cheesy video, he never would have had the confidence to join a gym.
I guess what I'm saying is yes, learning from a video will not make you a martial arts master, I agree, but there are a lot of benefits for certain people out there whether confidence booster, supplemental, workout, or just what's available due to where you live. Whatever the reason, I don't think anyone thinks a video will make them a master, but it doesn't mean videos don't have some redeeming qualities.
You lost me at 'get a belt online'.
My father was part of the first ever SRT squad (special response team) and he was taught krav maga. He now teachers all the new agents krav maga. He was once raiding a drug dealers house and he got in a hand to hand combat situation with a biker almost twice his size. Krav maga saved his life in that situation. If the ATF is enforcing krav maga training, it works
Even if that did happen, fuck the ATF anyway
I would not recommend Krav Maga as a first/basic martial art to learn. First learn how to strike and kick properly. And get some experience sparring. These things are key for any martial art, but Krav Maga lacks the right emphasize on these basic skills imo.
Made it to G-level though (KMG) and love the system. But be sure to train some martial arts like BJJ and thaiboxing on the side to be a complete fighter.
you learn how to strike and kick in krav maga and you do spar in krav maga even tho you are right its always good to learn 2 or more mratial arts
Yeah you say so right man. We need to know to fight on the ring and on the street tô
NachoMargahay
I agree with you on the fact that it takes more time in Krav Maga to learn how to strike and kick properly. I am a G level myself as well and I didn't learn how to strike well until I was P5/G1. And this is partially because you have to learn different techniques to defend against so many things, so there less time to learn to strike. You should definitely do some other martial art on the side, but if you don't have enough time and can only choose one type of martial art, then my choice would still be Krav Maga.
NachoMargahayu I took 4 years of teakwando I don't know how to properly spell it but I now take krav maga and it makes it so much easier to kick and strike along with exercises
Why can't we just say any style learned makes a fighter that much better and move on?
Because there are some that aren’t
Any training is perhaps better than nothing at all..
Because people are stupid. All they do is sit at home an say that karate doesn't work kung Fu doesn't work when they'll get their asses kicked by any martial art they mention they need to stfu and find something they like we don't care if you don't like Kung Fu or karate pick up taekwondo, Muay Thai bjj and don't hear opinions see for yourself
Egos
If Krav maga could teach backflips they'd listen to you. A lot of them here have taught Bruce Lee.
Yes NCAA Division I wrestlers and Jiu Jitsu black belts can kick the crap out of most everybody but it takes 10 years to get to that level. Krav Maga and the like can work against a regular predator after a year of training.
There will always be people who disagree because everyone has there own idea of how a fight plays out.
It’s far too brutal. I’m signing up right now
Krav Maga is very effective, I took it for a little while and I was very surprised at how straightforward it is to defend yourself and others with certain techniques. It literally took me less than half an hour how to learn how to disarm guns and knives. I think it's a very worthwhile martial art to take
All the points I've ever had against MMA have been touched in this video. I'm not opposed to MMA, but I do believe it is a SPORT. And what I love about Krav Maga is that there are no fancy or unnecessary movements. It's all natural and to the point. Sadly, we don't have it that widely here in South Africa. But if I find a place near I'll not hesitate to sign up. And my RUclips partner and I love your vids and trust your content. Thanks, Shane for looking out for us underdogs. You are AWESOME
With all due respect, anyone who says that law enforcement and military would not do things that just waste their time has never been in one of those organizations!
Yeah it's not a very solid argument, as if no one has ever wasted their time
I think Krav is great. But I don't like how 'some' Krav practitioners use its street focus to criticise and ridicule other martial arts (particularly those which form the core of MMA). I think it's a useful tool for those already proficient in arts like boxing and jiu jitsu, to adapt their techniques and mentality for the street. There's no be all and end all answer to an unpredictable street fight however.
Have a look at the instructor here for example. He already has a base in muay thai and mma (which means he has solid reflexes and hand to eye coordination). Krav is just cream on the top
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I do krav maga for almost a year now and even if the guy is a mma fighter I won't disrespect the fact that he can kick my ass. In the end, my point is to end it asap.
Christian Iulian good, idea. I've done it for nearly 10 years now, keep that thought
Died 2002 yes someone who gets it people at my krav studio get mad when people call it a martial art😂
Krav Maga can be used with MMA and very effective if you're trained properly
It really shouldn't. KM is no martial art, it's a form of aggressive self defense in which you willingly accept permanent damage or even death of your attacker. The techniques have no place in sports. On the other hand, MMA would make you more adept in self defense, if you can keep in mind that a street fight has no rules and your safety is what you want to win.
it shouldn't, krav maga is too deadly
Moti "The Hammer" Horenstein a former israeli commando used it, he was like 0 - 6.
You can't compete against people in MMA with KM trust me, most of the skills will be uncompleted.
@@ALuskin0 more like forbidden
Mike Tyson: "I'll knock your lights out"
krav Maga: "I'll end your whole life"
this man is a certified fraud.
I don't care how old he is, I don't care what I may know. But if Tyson wants to hurt you, it's happening.
LOVE this comment😂
Other martial artists: *doing fancy kicks and flips*
Me: *cant any of that shit but will break several of your bones if you try to sexually assault me*
@@sofiafelici2961 won't be able to do it if u don't train 😂
If you aren't looking to compete, I'd say grappling being your primary focus with Krav Maga on the side would be absolutely fine too as you learn enough striking skills in Krav, and grappling is SO IMPORTANT to learn.
Krav Maga is advance street fighting that's it haha. Good for self defense but not the best for fighting trained fighters. But it's not a traditional art so there's thar
not the best for fighting trained fighters in the ring*
trained fighters aren't good in the street.
jiN khan that makes no sense if im trained in fighting why would i be bad in fighting?
trenton downe Check out that video on yt about two professional mma fighters getting their asses handed to them because they fought like they fight in the ring, and not on the street..
altec.gs thats MMA its not meant to be fought on the street its sport that doesnt surprise me
With the "if your a female no ground work" I think it's still valuable to learn groundwork, for any situation you may encounter
Serious people do serious things. I took krav for a while and there were some folks in the gym that i trained at who were very serious. But something happened with the american krav culture somewhere along the line and now there are a lot of commercial krav gyms that cater to soccer moms and fantasy-fighters. your gym has to have people with real fight experience or else it loses touch with reality. everyone in the gym doesnt have to be a MMA fighter or special forces commando, but theres got to be a few folks around who have really been through some violence in order to keep things in perspective.
and there you have hit the nail on the head Krav probably has the most McDojo's of any martial art there are so many opened up by people Who took Krav Lessons then with in 2 years somehow become certified instructors and open their own school
Krav Maga is legit it's arrogant MMA and muay thai say it's not
this guy needs to talk to Joe rogan
+Julian Bonilla he's referring to Joe Rogan calling bs on fake martial arts
Nah the Arts Joe rogan roasted are completely bullshit. Krav Maga is basically street mma.
J Dubbleu that's right
joe yonATHAN he does also get into some self defense that is bullshit, the reason I brought up joe rogan is because this guy in the video says its not the art its the artist, and in my opinion that is not true and according to what joe rogan has said, I don't think he agrees with this either, but yea krav mega looks bad ass, the tricky part is the practice, I think joe has touched on this to, if you cant spar 100% you cant practice
We do spar 100% (at least, where I learn it). Not every move is used during sparrings though, obviously for security reasons.
Shane looks so awkward in this video man
Haha why do you say that? Marcus is my man!
+fightTIPS Hi i leave near you're Gym and im thinking about attending and at first when i wathed one of you're videos i thought you're gym was somewhere else lol.
+fightTIPS I live near you're Gym i meant to say
That's called listening, a skill hard to master.
+fightTIPS Dude your the best and I don't mean this in an offensive way, but it looks like you're deep in thought and that might be perceived as awkward. I don't care, but I understand how others might see it that way.
IMHO krav maga's biggest flaw is you can't train full contact. I don't see how people can be so confident with an art that they've never ACTUALLY fought with before.
Boxing, BJJ, Muay Thai. You're training at full force. You know it works because you've done it before. Krav maga you're just kind of hoping it works when you need it 🤷
pfft....you spare more but it's not FULL FORCE. No one wants to get seriously injured during training. In KM, you wear protective gear and there ARE training scenarios where they go full contact. Might have to go to Israel for that level of training.
@@mxu111 Actually, some places do full contact here in the US. Occasionally, of course
As a kid I always did martial arts, when I got older I started to do krav maga and I've been doing it for 15 years now.
Wow i wish here in my country there is a school that teaches that
Same bullshit is being said about Wing chun as an argument for its absence in the competitive scenery. You guys gotta stop trying to convince people that a martial art (no matter what is it) is effective in a street fight. As if the guy who's gonna rob you with his buddies is a NPC from a video game with the same moving pattern and a standard AI. As if emulating a robbery or a sexual assault attempt in a dojo on a mat with friendly people will teach you how to get away with minimal injury if not uninjured.
IMO, you're either threatening enough so thugs do not risk attack you, or clever/focused and fast enough to anticipate the robbery/rape/whatever attempt and run away before it actually happens or clever enough to always be in a well lit place, surrounded by people and not drunk/stoned enough (preferably sober) so you're not vulnerable to harm.
krav maga is just MMA with cheap shots lol how can anyone say its ineffective
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Couldn't of said any better my man
Cause you dont spar..
Nobody lol wtf shut your mouth ...google before you talk
Just google ONES - the very essence of krav training is sparring hard every time
For me personally, it's good to train for the sport AND the real-life stuff like krav or silat or kali. Just an analysis, having the athletic build, training and reflex adds as a bonus to the endurance up in problematic situations to which "fast and quick moves that are meant to end a fight quick" cannot end quickly in practice. It is in my opinion to know the side of sports for the conditioning and then the real life defense types of arts as not only for the situation but also for the mindset. The cardio, reflex and hardening of an athlete plus a mixture of deadly and direct to the point approach of krav or silat or kali or any self defense type is a good one to have.
This dude is legit. Said it straight and true. You can't expect to have to be an athlete just to be able to defend yourself.
If Krav Maga is not, how could Karate, Jujitsu, Kung Fu, or any other type of martial arts be defective?
combat system
+Nelson White And you're assuming a BJJ black belt is gonna pull guard in a street fight? Plenty of street fights where BJJ is used in succession consist of basic takedowns or drag downs to an immediate RNC or armbar from people who don't even formally train BJJ.
You sure made a lot of false assumptions about bjj fighters...
There is a video of a fight where one guy was doing bjj, the other guy seemed untrained in martial arts but in shape from playing basketball or something. And the bjj guy went down on his back rolling around trying to get a knee bar while the other guy was standing over him. He made it, but he could easily be in a hospital bed drooling for the rest of his life from being stomped on the head now.
When you train bjj as a sport long enough shit like this will be normal because it has rules. Your reflexes will kick in when fighting and you will do stupid shit like this.
+ Nelson White
Have you ever even rolled with a bjj black belt???? You're not going to fucking groin strike a bjj black belt in the guard. The most basic fundamental of the guard is breaking your attackers posture and controlling their arms. Even fucking white belts should know that.
How do you expect to punch someone in the nuts when you're chest to chest? When they have control of your arms with underhooks and overhooks? Most people who walk into the gym I train at don't even know how to establish a half decent base on the top of guard, let alone keep their posture. Untrained grapplers fall over with the most basic hook sweeps by white belts - anyone blue belt and up would wreck you on the ground if you're not well-versed yourself.
Period.
Don't believe me? Go into your nearest BJJ gym and challenge their guys. None of those dudes are going to break a sweat balling you up and choking you unconscious.
Every martial art works, but the question is in which situation it can work. 20 hours of boxing will be much effectice in a street fight than 20 hours karate
Depends on the style, I know karate styles that have incorporated kali and Jiu jitsu which would make that style of karate much more effective than boxing on my opinion
So what I got from this video is that Marcus honestly *thinks* it's effective otherwise he wouldn't be doing it, right..???
But all I see is sparring with people who play along - like Aikido.
Where are the videos of actual sparring against people who fight back and *keep* fighting back?
People who do not just use the single attack you trained for and stop fighting once you start your "show" of krav maga?
It's hard to find videos of people using KM in a real fight - and the ones I find they are either losing the fight, or they are barely hanging on because they try to do boxing or kicking - none of their fancy KM techniques being used once against an opponent that is not placating them but actually wants to smash their face in.
I would love to see a video of you guys having fun with a local Muay Thai, Kickboxing or BJJ Dojo, to see how KM would stand up to that!
actually it depends on how you really use it
The IDF is the least battle tested in the world, all they do is to fight with heavy weaponry and tanks and jets some scattered civilians that are throwing rocks but as soon as they meet an even remotely organized force they get stomped, like in 2006 vs the Hizballah in Lebanon.
this^
Ikr, they use americas military to fight wars for israel, they also use sophisticated weaponry on semi defenseless civilian populations amd call that a war smh, they are a joke
Why were you holding in a laugh at the beginning when he was talking 😂😂
Because he disagrees with what the other guy issaying about krav
+Matthew Schultz
uh.... no what?
+TheEverlastingMortal he's replying to the other guy
Watching three years later. God, I'm glad Shane got rid of that ridiculous hair!
Krav Maga is a hand-to-hand combat that you'd be trained in military, police, spec ops, etc... But the problem is that an Average Joe thinks if he does Krav Maga he'll become a SuperMan ... The truth is that Krav Maga gives an Average Joe an edge over other Average Joe, but Average Joe stands no chance against a decent boxer or kickboxer, Average Joe will get knocked out, his nose, jaw broken before he knows what hit him... You just cannot compare reaction, speed, power and agility that boxer has to what people learn in Krav Maga... Krav Maga is a complementary system that works best for those who are already good in something or, at least, are naturally aggressive and crazy - definitely not an Average Joe... If Average Joe wants to make real fast progress - he'll be better off putting one year in hard training in a good boxing or Muay Thai dojo, - then go to Krav Maga
Agreed. That's why I'm training in Boxing and Kickboxing now. Then I will do krav maga when I'm proficient in striking.
That "to dangerous for mma" bullshit is the same excuse kung fu masters give for their Martial art, just saying.
But it's actually true though.
@@clanofclams2720 it's not tho
@@berserkemblem2091 No its not. If you can't fight with rules on, it means you don't know how to fight
@@anti1training not necessarily bro
@@anti1training fighting with krav maga isn't about achieving an honorable victory with rules, it's about winning fights as quickly and as efficiently as possibly using deadly force and "dirty" tactics. It is too dangerous for MMA, without question.
I train in Krav Maga and I love it for its combat practicality. I don't fight in tournaments, the main reason I train is so that if someone was to course me harm on the street I can deal with the threat. It doesn't need to be fair if someone trys to stab you in the street, for example.
I love how he explained ❤️, i do mma as a sport and i wanna start doing krav maga for real life or death situations
Interesting; if your martial art doesn't work: 'it's not the martial art it's the martial artist'
If your martial art does work: 'it's not the martial artist, it's the martial art'
Very curious logic
jimmy alderson late reply but I’d say that when that logic is used is for when the martial art does not suit that person.
"Everything changes when you get punched in the head." **nods wisely**
krav maga is like a crossfit
thats bullshit tbh
Who?
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The British SAS do it and there the best special forces on the entire planet so it’s definitely legit.
Don’t think they do all the books i read when it. comes to hand to hand in them it’s very similar to Krav Maga tho cause it’s life or death
Moti Horenstein
3-time Isreali Krav Maga Heavyweight champion
Instructor for Isreali Special Forces and Commando units
MMA record:
1 win, 6 losses
Lol
as they said cannot kill the opponent so lose...
you cant use krav maga in competition... why dont you listen
like the T-shirt says... nothing works unless you do.
an online course? lol ... he did say they do online courses and give qualifications from them? I think when you hear that, it confirms the BS, if not for the art, for the guy being interviewed about it. Shane seems to be saying you can get belts and getting certs to teach... I would think Shane would consider that BS. surprised at that.
just rec watched, KM online asks Shane about the arm bar, Shane applied one within a month.. KM online didn't get one on for a year... but then he goes on with his bjj takes ages to get line, as if Shane has not just given an answer that does not contradict KM online's view of BJJ....
KM online here, has not done krav maga any favours here... all this "people don't like being hit in the balls" etc are all vague and general... he's just talking about self defense in general, lots of truisms etc almost nothing really about Km
It's a great art for taking people's money from them.. especially women... look out for "learn to defend yourself in a weekend" rubbish, it's the stamp of BS
it's all online course... very disappointed to see shane do this, online courses are BS
the IDF has a krav maga competition every year , the sparring is just like mma with some exceptions !
In the streets, there are no rules, no referees, and no bell. Ignorant people keep comparing Krav Maga to other martial arts. Putting Krav Maga in a mixed martial arts tournament is like bringing a katana sword to a fencing match. The reason why we can't see the actual aftermath of Krav Maga on a person in these videos is also the reason why we can't find an actual video of a chemist showing you the effects of poison or acid on his lab partner. Use your common sense. The practitioners in the videos only show you the options that can be done in certain dangerous situations without actually executing the move in full effect on their training partner. Otherwise, a Krav Maga instructor would be replacing his training partner in every video. Krav Maga is not a martial "art" nor a "sport." it is a pragmatic fighting principle, composed of various moves from other "pure" styles. it collects different things and compiles it to form the most simple and effective move sets in a real life combat scenario. it get's some punches from boxing, kicks from muay thai & taekwondo, throws from judo, holds from jiu jitsu, knife fighting from FMA, etc. that's why you can't hold a tournament with it or put a Krav Maga practitioner in a combat sports ring. it's not a sport, nor is it an artform where you need to perfect a series of graceful movements. many of it's moves are designed for killing or injuring another person. it is direct, pragmatic, and should only be used as a last resort. punching the throat, kicking the balls, gouging the eyes, blocking with an umbrella or a chair, and stabbing with a knife or a broken bottle are some examples of "real life" fighting. Ignorant people who keep saying Krav Maga is bs because they keep comparing it to other martial arts will DIE when faced with a real life-and-death, kill-or-be-killed situation. There's simply no restrictions in Krav Maga and you can't implement that in a ring or an octagon unless you want to turn it into an illegal underground deathmatch arena. we can hardly call Krav Maga an "art" because it's not "pure" or "sporty" or full of rules, and that's what makes it effective. It's never about winning a match, it's about surviving an attack and going home alive.
Ivan Joshua Sadsad takes some punches from boxing, some kicks from muay Thai etc.....well, Bruce Lee did the same thing, and he called it Jeet Kun Do, which is a martial ART...I dont see much difference, have a nice day sir
KRav is good and on par with any TMA but far inferior to the monsters who train in MMA and Muay Thai. The beasts who actually train live MMA are the best
Derrrrrrrp
This is one of the most uneducated comments I've seen on here so far. Martial arts for sport compared to martial arts explicitly for trying to kill someone are two different things. Obviously at a sports venue they don't try to kill each other. But to say that no other martial art is used this way is an outright lie. Plain and simple. End of story.
The word martial means war. Martial arts were developed to kill people. It was only added as a sport with scores and bells for entertainment value. If there is "no" other martial art used as the name implies, explain MCMAP or US army combatives? Hell, even in pankration events they would kill each other... Stop acting like KM is the only martial art that can do any damage. Obviously it's different than a sport-adapted martial art...
My issue with people who say KM is superior is that the only "proof" they ever cite is that the Israeli Defense Force uses it (disregarding the the guns, armor, artillery, and air support). "It's supposed to save your life, not get you a UFC belt."
Isn't that convenient...
Do you REALLY think a Muay Thai or BJJ figher is INCAPABLE of punching/kicking someone in the balls in a street fight...? I've trained BJJ and you know what they teach? Self-defense that includes eye gouging and groin kicks.
Stop wasting your money, people.
eye gouges, fish hooks, and nut kicks. Thank God there is someone out there teaching this "martial art".
it is more of a system than a martial art.
+GamingBros29 whatever it is its kinda silly.
how?
+GamingBros29 that's what my original post was about. I guess you didn't get the sarcasm. If you need to be taught how to gouge eyes, fish hook, kick dudes in the nuts and pick up random objects and hit/stab people with them, you are already dead. Save yourself a ton of money, skip these stupid classes and, watch a bas rutten self defense tape.
+fightfanian krav maga also teaches defense against firearms and knifes. and I found that the knife training is extremely helpful because in my opinion knifes are a pain in the ass to deal with. everybody is entitled to their opinion and while I'm advocating for krav maga it also has its weaknesses. for example actual fist fighting is not part of the curriculum and is why my instructor has a kick boxing class in order to fill that gap.
there are only 3 real problems I see with krav and one is very sizable.
1. in a first world country, krav will get you arrested for assult. straight up. the general public don't understand what it takes to get in a real fight situation and they will see krav techniques and not consider you using equal force to defend yourself.
2. You can completely and utterly esculate the fight to a degree that you never wanted, just due to people's emotions on what is a dirty fighter.
3. Most krav instructors are TERRIBLE at teaching anti grappling techniques. Most hate the ground so much they won't train a good sprawl or learn how to actually grapple. So if they get mounted...they probably know one technique that they did not put much time in.
I feel you need a krav school with someone who is...legally trained as well who has to drill situations with you, where you recognise when you can go for the eyes or the neck and where you should just punch.
Then you will probably need a guy who cross trains in some kind of grappling art who can teach you to keep you off the ground.
But the problem is, according to him we only have 3 hours on adverage to train....well then what I suggested can limit how much time you have for training in the original krav.
Not saying krav is bad. It's one of the martial arts I don't have to see work in competition in order to say it works. I am just saying it's problems in a first world country.
1) not really, no. You can use force and you can even use excessive force, when you are afraid.
Legally its okay to neutralize an attacker. In my gym we regularly talk about legal aspects of self defense.
You can use kravmaga techniques and if you use them to escape the situation, you wont get charged, even if the attacker is hurt.
You don't know, when they would stop attacking. You don't know how hard they want to beat you up. You want to escape the situation. Using force is legal in that case.
2) The idea is to end a fight fast. What is the alternative? Let them hit you, so you don't escalate the situation? I'd rather play "dirty" and end the fight as fast as I can.
3) well that's a personal thing, but we regularly train ground defense and had even a 2 day course on this every year. So I can't speak for everyone but my instructor tells us to avoid the ground, but also tells us how to fight there.
Krav maga is not a SPORT or a MARTIAL ART...
Its a system for pure self defence
Interesting video. I personally think that Krav Maga is a decent _additional_ martial art. I don't think that it makes for a capable primary training style, in contrast to Muay Thai, western boxing, judo or bjj. But, when it's legitimate krav maga (and there is a *LOT* of BS out there), it's hard to argue with their mentality when it comes to street self-defense. It's vicious and offers little quarter in a serious self-defense situation. I appreciate what Mr. Kowal said about learning enough techniques to be able to get to a weapon. This is one of the most realistic comments I've heard on the matter, if you're serious about self-defense the acronym CCW is more important than MT, BJJ, TKD, or KM.
Bruce Lee is one of the most respected fighters of all time. If you read the Tao of Jeet Kune Do, you'll realize that it is not the martial art, but the martial artists that matter. Miyamoto Musashi, another great warrior, wrote in his Book of Five Rings that "the true science of martial arts is practicing in a way that they will be useful at anytime, and to teach them in such a way that they will be useful in all things."
So I guess in order to accomplish whatever goals you have that pertain to martial arts, you have to be the dominant factor in all situations...utilize whatever style meets the occasion. There are some elements that are a must have, such as heavy sparring/rolling, copious amounts of focused training and a solid instructor or partner. Aside from that, whatever style someone uses does not matter...only that it worked, or it didn't.
I do Krav Maga and Muay Thai, ones a self defence technique and the other is a martial art, both are incredibly effective, but all in all comes down to downright goals and where you wanna go, Krav Maga is definitely not bs and Muay Thai definitely shouldn't be taken lightly, but if you down talk any fighting style (particularly Krav Maga for all the haters), you either had a bad trainer teaching you, or you just don't know wtf you're talking about
The first mixed martial artist to finally tell the truth about self defense and other martial arts I like this video.
yes like many others
I have never seen a Krav Maga fighter vs a mma fighter or a boxer who wouldn’t allow you too just continue too attack him while grabbing his wrist. If it’s out there let me know
what if the person who keeps beating me up is my ex girlfriend and doesnt have balls i can punch, strike, elbow, fondle or suck?
When you punch someone it can be to either wound(Testicles) or to basically lower stamina or loosen a grip. So if someone got me in a headlock and it was a female i punch for the groin and she loosens her grip then i throw her. but to be honest it is more than likely a man is going to attack you.
The groin is always a weakspot. It is doesn't matter if your opponent is a woman. You can still strike other pressure points, like the eyes.
give her some of that "krave maa attention" .. use an iphone too if you could ...
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bruh mayweather has absolutely no idea how to throw an elbow, sprawl or throw a head kick mayweather would die dude.
+Scott Leonard he's not meant to, he's a boxer lol
I 💯% agree with Mark, he knows what he says. I've started learning krav maga "just in case", to defend myself and people I care about, than at some point my interest for fighting was growing stronger, so I've started learning kick boxing: KM is self- defense, KB is sport. If I would ever be able to defend myself using krav maga depends on me, not on krav maga: the system works if I make it work. KM practitioners knows what I mean.