Ahahaha. Love that video. The footwork the strikes the throw all within 3 feet the speed is great. My kind of working. RomanianRambo!! Will get cash in. And get this. Thx.
Brother cut the bullshiet weapons - tools gave shape to the world in the battlefields did you see any war fought buy a martial art an buy hand, what are you going to do with krav maga when a person that is twice your size grab you from behind or stab you from behind or ram you with a car. All this martial arts is good for show when it comes to pure murder you better hold a weapon on you.
I really enjoyed the video. Could you provide one on debugging cars, homes and phones. I seem to have run a foul of a click at my health club and pool. They will do anything to get me out of both. I bought a scanning device and I can see the signals. Putting hands on it is tough. You've been a great help with your videos. Thanks.
Krav Maga, as I was taught, was essentially two things: 1) it's better to avoid than to de-escalate, it's better to de-escalate than to run, it's better to run than to fight, it's better to fight than to die and 2) when it's on, it's *_on._* Don't hesitate, don't think about the other guy's family or what he's got going on, don't give him any benefit of any doubt- in fact don't have any doubt at all- be aggressive, do the dark work and leave if you can. We went over a _lot_ of like "choke defenses" and all that, but my instructor was so straight forward, he would say as we were practicing "pain compliance is everything, if his hands are at your throat and they're not protecting his face, punch him in the face." It was the most no nonsense instruction I've ever had. Every time I see these guys talk about what I call "Captain Krav" techniques, I just think "that's not the essence of the "style" though." Krav Maga didn't teach me much in technique (it did teach me _something_ to be fair) but it did teach me something more important; how to be aggressive.
Yeah my Krav instructor was similar. Avoid, de-escalate, run away. Try all these first. He would always say “But if he’s in your home and he’s done nasty things to your family, then this is how you go to town on him” Great instructor. Krav is simple, it’s instinctive, it’s the same moves and techniques over and over, and that’s its strength.
It’s not always about avoiding fights because some fights can’t be avoided because some people won’t leave you alone and won’t stop following you until you put them to sleep. And some people can target you for strong arm robbery as well.
Interesting and valuable viewpoint. This is exactly what I tell my students: Your self-defense has to be easy to learn and use, effective at saving your butt, and defensible in court. We cover everything in 10 90-minute sessions. Basic principles: speed overcomes strength, action is faster than reaction, the ground is your enemy, distance is your friend. Oh, and ears, eyes, nose and throat are not just medical specialties but also a target list. Also: if you can flee that's fine, if you can fight, that's fine, but you can't freeze - that's lethal.
Great advice. You can tell who the good teachers are in the comments by who understands the value of simplicity, no dogma, and emphasis on principles learning. That Jason Hanson does this indicates he knows what he is talking about. It's sad that this is uncommon in [name your self-defense, MA, or military acronym] the industry.
@@JasonHansonSpyBriefing I work in a dangerous profession, so I have been looking at self defense systems. With all of your experience and training I was curious what you think about these two self defense systems: * Rapid Assault Tactics with Paul Vunak * The Approach with Eddie Quinn Thank you for your time.
Although I have received extensive training in various forms of both offensive and defensive techniques mostly at the expense of the American taxpayers I can say with a high degree of confidence that I have used tactical psychological techniques to prevent having to fight more than I have used martial arts in a fight
I used to bounce, the area surrounding the pool hall I worked at had a lot of homeless, one of them (mentally Ill) tried to fight me, I had zero desire to hurt a mentally Ill person. So I looked him right in the eyes and acted like I was telling him some secret knowledge. I told him that green eels only swim at midnight. The guy forgot all about fighting and walked away confused. The cooler (head bouncer) said I Jedi mind tricked him. So he called me Skywalker after that. It was funny and everyone was safe.
Why do my tax dollars go to that? You don't need a military and we don't need police. Same with those cowardly fire department and emergency medical personnel.
This is exactly what my veteran WWII father said to me: "Self defense has to be quick (surprising), easy (response) and effective (lethal)", and I saw him applying this principle a couple of times. Thank you Mr. Hanson.
I’m glad someone finally said something like this. I was a bouncer and one day I found myself in a fight with a dude who done this MMA, he got me in this arm bar where my hand was at his crotch and feet was at my head…….. I grabbed a hand full of nuts he screamed and thin saw things my way and he left muttering to himself
I thought it was designed/taught for the "quick and dirty" way to get yourself out of harm's way. No rules in a street fight. Great clarification, Jason.
It is, we insist on saying it's not a martial art because it's not an art, it's a combat technic that is meant to take down your opponent as fast and as simply as possible. You will never see beautiful moves like taekwondo style high kicks because it's not easy and not the most effective way to take down your opponent. It's very aggressive you want to attack not just defend yourself in order to finish the fight as quickly as possible.
@@yoanperez172 'finish the fight as quickly as possible" is the philosophy and motto of Silat, the ancient combat system of Indonesia and Malayan archipelago.
Been training in Taekwondo for 39 years. Have taken many Kung Fu, Aikido and Krav Maga seminars. I tell my students three things: 1. Keep it simple. 2. Basics are best. 3. Understand that you may be shot or stabbed. That way you won't be surprised if it happens.
@@elpacho....9254 I grew up in a predominantly Hispanic Neighborhood I Learned the most effective Martial Art ever created MEXICAN JUDO JUDO KNOW IF I HAVE A KNIFE JUDO KNOW IF I HAVE A GUN JUDO KNOW AND WHILE YOU TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT I DO KNOW AND YOU ARE STILL GUESSIN I'M GONNA PULL OUT MY SMITH AND WESSON
I had three years of Krav Maga training. It is one of many things including RAT that I use. I agree that what is fast and simple is the best. Elbow strikes, punches, knees and kicks all have a place in Close combat. So does eye pokes and bites. Time is very short in combat so resolve it fast and permanently,
Hi Jason. I have been a Krav Maga Instructor since 10 years. I totally agree with you. When I first started teaching I have a variety of unnecessary techniques that I have learned up until then. I also replaced the knife defense techniques with a more effective method from Jim Wagner. Many thanks for your Video
I have a Muay Thai background, I've never done any knife defence training but from what I've seen online it looks terrible. My first thought is always that my head and torso will not react well to the stabby thing, neither will the delicate tendons and nerves in my hands so teep them to the shadow realm so I can keep distance between me and the stabby thing.
My teacher specialized in kung fu. He did two tours in vietnam as marine force recon and then went in to law enforcement. He tailored what he learned to “what works and what doesn’t.” He said and taught the same things your talking about. Very nice. Subscribed.
I am a 5th degree black belt in staying away from people and places where I might end up in a fight. I am undefeated in beating my couch into submission with my butt, and a master in 6 different types of remote controls.
I was a paratrooper in the IDF. I remember Krav Maga being more about aggression, empty handed threat management and physical fitness. There wasn’t a whole lot of actual (techniques) save for a few I recall. Basically as stated in the video, if you only had a few weeks to devote to a combat soldier learning hand to hand combat. I’ve learned overtime from being a wrestler in HS to a soldier to practicing BJJ that martial arts do not equate to self defense. If I go to the ground with someone who pulls a knife, I’m probably going to die. I think most of the time being able to wrestle and box effectively is generally enough to protect yourself from an aneurysm handed street altercation.
Ive had PTSD most of my life, I'm very bad things happen I freeze, taking Krav has helped me so much! Just being able to the more level-headed and react appropriately, it has helped me not walk around in fear because I had no way to protect myself. Trust me I will do anything I can not to fight I have learned that as well LOL. I sure wish I would have had these classes when I was a teenager
At 50 years old, I joined a very serious Krav Maga studio in Orange County, CA. I was in shape and frequently went home with plenty of bruising. I stopped just short of the Orange Belt because of a back injury I received while sparring resulting in surgery. The Yellow Belt test was brutal. The skills learned just for that test were very useful although basic. You are absolutely right about the pitfalls of over complication.
That's why I just stick to lifting weights, cardio and pistol with minimal self defense training. Injuries aren't worth it to me. If you're young and the worst that'll happen is you miss some school classes it's not as big of a deal if it's an injury you can heal from and get back into training. When you're an adult with things that must be done an injury can mean you end up homeless.
@@yoanperez172 Studio culture can make a big difference. My son's ju jitsu studio's members were very safety oriented. Not my Krav Maga studio. I was paired up with someone 3X my size for sparing. He should have pulled back some on power. We were supposed to only work on punches and slips. He gave me a full power front kick to the abdomen. It damaged my spine and I was partially paralyzed.
I've been training, to the best of my knowledge, in the right martial arts for my intentions for 13 something years now and I did know all of that.. but man... It is so refreshing to see a video where someone just lays it all out without the bullshit. Thank you, sir. Doing the internet a service, right here
I love your take on this. I've taken krav for years and finding what works for you is critical. As a woman, there are some things I'm not going to try against a man. I leverage my lower body strength and flexibility a lot more than arm strength.
I took Krav Maga lessons a few years ago. It was the best fight training I've ever received. My particular instructor was a First Sergeant in the IDF, and a Golden Gloves boxing champion. The way he taught was a particular technique for that lesson, and once executed, whatever you had to do to stop the attack. And the other thing that was never taught elsewhere... once the threat has been handled, RUN! Ever time we had to head for an exit as the last thing, and it had to be a legit exit, because you don't know if the enemies friends as going to show up. Anyhow, I loved it, as it was based on real situations. They had a seminar on self defense in a nightclub once (adults only). The lights were dimmed, a disco light put up, and everyone had 2 drinks. Because nightclub, right?
I had a similar Krav experience. Very simple and to the point. No belts, just trying to simulate real world experiences. They switched to Russian System and I didn't care for that. Looked for another Krav school and all the others were more "dojo-esque" and felt more stylized than substance. 😢
You are right on Jason, that’s why about 30 years ago I developed my own version of self defense which I named it American Combat Street Fighting. Being from NY you needed some type of self defense. Love your videos.
I also remember learning Krav Maga when it was still just the quick and dirty. I will still go for the eye jab or ball kick first if the situation arises... And I've trained in multiple martial arts across the world. It's the mentality that stayed with me... same as Wing Chun, people think it's used the way it's shown in movies and internet videos... it's not. The difference between demos and real world use should be obvious, but it slips past so many people, including those who should know better. Same thing I took from Krav Maga was the same thing I took from Wing Chun... mentality and principles. In both cases, the center line- All the weak spots of he human body are right down the middle: Eyes, nose, throat, solar plexus, groin. There aren't many people left standing when you hit all of those in rapid succession. IDC how big you are, or how tough you are. I've seen heavyweights crumble from a glancing ball shot, people choke from laughing too hard, and world class boxers lose from eye cuts WHEN THEY CAN STILL SEE. You mean to tell me that poking them directly in the eye or driving your knee full force intentionally into the groin isn't going to have the same effect? GTFO.
All those anecdotes come from seeing stuff, have you had a single full contact fight in your life? lmao. Sure, nobody stands after receiving all those hits to their weak spots, assuming they just let you do your ''dangerous'' little moves and are compliant. Any good conditioned combat sport athlete won't let you hit any of those and ends you in maximum 30 seconds if Krav is all you had. Krav maga works against thugs but always comparing it to combat sport athletes is shootimg themselves in the foot.
@@kaen4299 If there are two similarly built guys in a fight to the death, one trained 10 years in MMA, the other 10 years in Krav maga, I would pick the Krav maga guy to live
@@kaen4299when you're talking real world fights you're not going to be up against well-trained sports combat athletes. You're not talking about tournaments or competitions. You're talking about real life against an opponent who will have no qualms about severely hurting you and there's nobody to call them off. Most people have the most trouble in self-defense with learning the mindset of a life-or-death fight situation. That's why that is one of the biggest takeaways that they try and instill in you in krav maga.
@@thefairguin and they still get beaten up by the tournament guys on the street, gg i guess. All they do instill is how to do B when other person does A without resistance, but that's now how it works.
As someone who was trained by the IDF instructors, I would like to add, that you are on the point. "Civilian" Krav Maga as we like to called it, need to be innovative, with belts and everything, because it is a business, and you need to keep people to come to the training. To everyone who is watching this, I will just say what our IDF instructors explained, any technique that is to complex to preform for a fully armed soldier is not Krav Maga. Imagine 20 kg of equipment on you, uniform, boots, combat vest, armor, and try to kick someone with an high kick - impossible. Krav Maga is easy to learn, simple and straight forward system. Technique is simple, but the method of training is hard.
Thanks for your insights. So essentially, one must train to have the speed and strength to perform a relatively small set of techniques to either win a fight or evade multiple attackers.
I'm training self defence myself but I never understood the logic of training so hard that you are more destroyed from your training than from an attack that may never come. I train Wing Tsun and Krav Maga and you learn so many techniques that will never come to your mind when you are under stress. Some of the trainers admit: you only need a few techniques but schools would not make much money for teaching only these. By the way: I am glad you admitted that even you have no black belt in what ever martial art (and that as a former CIA-Agent). Takes a lot of pressure from us "normal" guys!
This! I've always wondered about this. If you are not subject to daily real-life violence, why on Earth would you almost certainly break yourself learning not to break yourself in a very unlikely scenario.
A good Training includes stress situations. We called it zombie game. Two lines with guys with pads and you have to fight your way through while getting pushed punched or blocked. Or multiple attackers. Tactical movement in this situations. Real bats, pain, noise, screaming and yelling. As realistic as it can be... to be prepared and not panicqhen it comes to a real situation. This training saved my a** two times already because i know what is coming, how it feels. I'm used to it and my mind is clear to remember what to do.
I served in the IDF and Krav Maga is quick, dirty, effective and impactful with a minimum amount of time. It's as effective on the street as on the battlefield. It's not a real martial art and it doesn't take years to master.
I'm very much a beginner at Krav Maga, but I find the greatest benefit so far is just the experience of the feeling of what it's like to be 'sort of' in a fight. It helps to reduce that sense of utter panic and 'this is so wrong!' that causes many people to freeze. If one is used to being put in headlocks, it's easier to remember: Ah - smash the groin, reach up to face, force head back, punch in throat, LEG IT.
Nick, that's a great response and I think you're pretty much dead on. The problem is that most people have no idea what predatory asocial violence "feels" like. You're getting a taste of what it kind of feels like. Of course it's a simulation - we can't really train any other way - but you have some familiarity with with it feels like to be attacked, choked, etc. Most people simply do not have that which means the brain is susceptible to short-circuiting under stress.
@@VillageTechnologies Completely agree. What's needed in combat is either the strategic part of the mind, that calmly but rapidly analyses the situation and produces and executes a plan to inflict the minimum of damage necessary to flee, AND/OR the combat trained part, that thoughtlessly enacts a series of programmed drills to achieve the same. However the vast majority of the populace would clam up.
I trained in several martial arts styles in my life. I’ve come to the conclusion that like golf or painting, just because you study something doesn’t necessarily mean you’re good at it. I’ve got 30 years of martial arts training and I am no Jason Born. I’m older now with a boatload of arthritis. The idea of someone trained in fighting for a few months is now a killer is all Hollywood.
Great video. I've been doing Krav now for 23 years! Still learning. You know, that adapt what is useful, discard what isn't, constantly review. But I do love the simplicity of the system. It's just that constant practice. "I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks. I fear the man who has practice one kick 10,000 times" vibe. It's probably also the nearest thing to the original W E Fairbairn training, and I'm a big fan of Fairbairn (and Sykes)
I'm a full instructor in PFS JKD/Kali under both Paul Vunak and Guro Dan Inosanto. Definitely my go to mindset and techniques for law enforcement (me being a LEO and LEO defensive tactics instructor myself) and self defense as a whole. We train MMA and think street.
That is so true! Simple quick and easy. Unless you train for years, days and hours, when the bell goes off, you aren't going to remember 27 steps to do anything. Even then, "Everyone has a plan until they get hit in the mouth.", Mike Tyson.
So 15 years ago, I started training to be an MMA fighter. I had already had around six years of training in Muaythai, as well as some karate in my younger years. A guy at the gym recommended I reach out to someone he knew about Krav Maga, and the trainer told me it’s great to know how to use, but in a cage With strict rules, he wouldn’t recommend it. I still ended up training for about a year with him.
I love when I hear someone say they invented a technique. I've been in the martial arts long enough to realize that anything that is new or newly invented is merely a rediscovery. There is very little if anything that is new when it comes to hand-to-hand combat.
Good stuff. I’ve trained filipino martial arts (sticks, blades, boxing, throws, wrestling) for most of my life. We’ve cross trained a ton with krav maga guys a lot over the years and have nothing bad to say about them. They enjoy knuckling up, putting in work and are quick to discard superfluous techniques. Keep at it, sir!
I remember an Aikido master I met who'd trained in Tokyo. He was at this point old and crippled. He had me in a submission move so fast I didn't have time to think (other than that I'd like to keep my wrist, please and thank you...). I think for some disciplines the extra time and effort does pay off...mind you he (and he was American born - Navy as I recall) did tell me he had found North Americans wouldn't take the punishment it took to learn how to do it right....another Aikido master I met I asked how a certain move worked with someone tall and powerfully built. He said, "Oh, you just do this first.." then hit some nerve in my shoulder that automatically doubled me over. Indeed at that point the move he had been demonstrating would have worked fine LOL. I have actually never studied Aikido but I have learned to respect those who did (and were several black belts up in Japan). Those moves were not simple though I completely agree with Mr. Hanson that simple and easy to learn self defense is the best for most of us - myself included.
I trained in Krav Maga for about 8 years and I LOVED it. Straight to the point but VERY strenuous.....even our warm ups used to have people throwing up on the side
I picked up my basic fighting stance and blocking technique from krav maga, using elbows to block and strike back with. Super simple idea, easy to execute, extremely effective and I learned it from one mini documentary about krav maga, then adapted it in sparring sessions and it works. Much like you said, it didn't need a multi-year belt system to get the point across. Everyone should steal as many good techniques from as many martial arts as you can and develop a "system" that is comfortable for YOU to use should you ever need to.
Following my brother started young because ”friendly” fights occurred in my elementary school if not daily, atleast weekly. Have done all sorts of martial arts but by far my favorite was Krav Maga because it was so comprehensive and focused on the usual situations and when more advanced it got even more interesting (defending inside a car, elevator). They taught simple, effective techniques that worked on anyone, no matter if the assailant bench pressed 200kg he would still feel the agony when you would grab his tit or balls. Lot of the training was against multiple opponents. Our main instructor was this huge Hulk guy who always reminded us that there are no rules when it comes to survival and if someone takes a boxer´s stance in front of you get away, run if you have to :) Anyways, all those fancy moves Taekwondo I dont even remember anymore, but most of the techniques from Krav Maga I still remember from 18 years ago.
Took a dozen different martial arts, boxed, wrestled, and spent a year training one on one with a guy who trained LE in the DC area. I took the few techniques from each skill that worked for me and that I could reliably do without thinking or straining my physical limitations ... I'm not ever going to waste my time practicing flips, flying kicks, or kicking someone above the knee ... there is no point. I ended fights with guys a foot taller and 100 pounds heavier than me with a simple kick to the side of the knee or by wrenching their neck when they shot for my legs. Stopped a guy attacking a girl in a parking lot with a few strikes to the throat, ended a school bully with a spearhand to the sternum. Dropped a guy with a straight punch counter between the eyes and a drunk with a left hook to the liver. At the end of the day, it's fight IQ that matters. NO martial art is complete.
A 16yr old kid who worked with me needed a ride home from work one day, so I took him home and he invited me in. Somehow, the conversation turned to martial arts and he told me his older brother was studying Krav Maga for years. I had never heard of it so I joked "Krav Maga? Sounds like a Hawaiian beverage." His older brother (around 28yrs old at the time) heard me say that when he was in the other room. He got offended and came out and asked if I wanted a demonstration and then I could see if I thought it was a joke. The kid I worked with tried to tell his brother not to do anything, but his brother was like "I won't hurt him." Long story short: He grabbed me, I took him down and made him submit in less than 15 seconds. Because......wrestling. (I was 50 at the time)
You can thell the guy never learned anything from Krav Maga. Deescalation is actually one of the first things you do, and actively starting a fight as the aggressor over a beverage joke is the complete opposite.
I'd say KM is heavily dependent on how good the gym / instruction set is. The Krav Maga gym I joined teaches in "levels" (no belt system), the levels are there to try and group people with skill level for training purpose. It's a very simplified move set designed for if you can't escape (and you do train escaping / fleeing), with emphasis on fast aggression to end a fight as quick as possible, which is contrary to many "Martial Arts" which are designed for flare/style and scoring points. The gym broke away from the KravMaga Worldwide curriculum to focus on the practical applications. In lieu of the belt system, the way they keep people coming is with fitness / cardio based classes (kickboxing, HIIT, etc.), weapons (knife or firearms, offense/defense), and the ability to train other disciplines like grappling / No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu for expanding on your skillset if you desire. I think that is the optimal setup so you don't get stuck in an intentionally slow-progressing class set.
My personal xperience with Krav came at the hands of one of Israel's foremost instructors about a half century ago. I've never forgotten his admonition to never stray from the mindset of the "4 R's": "NO RING; NO ROUNDS; NO REF; NO RULES". Both Israel and the U.S. were at war back then and substantial cross-training was taking place. As Mr. Hanson has observed, and I can attest, today's "Krav Maga", especially in the U.S. bears little resemblance to what was literally beaten into me back then. One question I have for Hanson, were you a Case or Ground Branch Officer? I encountered both.
This is a bit of info that I learnt decades ago during a training course I was taking: In the 1930s there was a young Ukrainian immigrant who was an electrical engineer and a physicist who also happened to be the first (or one of the first) Westerners to earn a black belt in Judo, and who actually started the first Western Judo Dojo in Paris France in the 1930s. His name was Moshe Feldenkrais (look him up, he's a very interesting character who was involved in all sorts of clandestine stuff during WWII). Anyway, forward a couple decades to after WWII and he's living in Israel now and is approached by 'powers that be' to help in devising a martial arts training program for the Army. In his observations over the years, he had noticed an interesting phenomenon that even his Judo experts all had a similar reaction when being attacked: the very first 'subconscious reflex' was to 'shy away' into a defensive stance from the attacker. He postulated that this was not only ineffective, but also a huge waste of energy, and spent a great deal of time figuring out how to change this up and 're-program' his students so that rather than 'shy away' they would instead react by 'moving straight in for the kill', so to speak, utilizing all of that powerful reflexive energy for attack purposes rather than for defensive purposes. Apparently it took quite a bit of re-orienting of training, muscle memory and reflexive habit to achieve this, but after a while the results began showing that by harnessing/reorienting the reflexive/defensive movement into an unconscious direct attack response, the results were dramatically improved. This all later evolved into advanced studies on "Neuro Plasticity in Modern Brain Research". And this is what I was told was the very beginnings of the Krav Maga philosophy and style of fighting. I don't know for sure how accurate it is, but it was recounted to me by a retired combat veteran who had been an Israeli paratrooper back in the 60s; quite a formidable fellow, who was working now as a very highly regarded Feldenkrais-Method Trainer and Practitioner, and who seemed to be very credible. (Feldenkrais-Method is a sort of physical therapy/yoga/movement training discipline that is very popular overseas, especially in Australia and Europe, among physical therapists, trainers, and other rehab-type and movement-study (dancers, athletes, performers, chiropractors, etc) professionals. It's all very advanced; scientific, somatic, psychological, and just plain outright fascinating!) I'd be interested in hearing anyone's thoughts or responses to all this, as I've never had a chance to research it in any way, aside from knowing that Mr Feldenkrais was indeed a very early western advocate and practitioner of Judo, and who also happened to be involved with all sorts of other historical people and events, including Madame Curie and also the early days of Manhattan Project! I don't know how much of this is common knowledge at this point, because I heard it all during private conversations 25+ years ago in NYC when I was studying the Feldenkrais-Method professional training/certification program myself.
Attack an attack works. Very hard to train for. As an Israeli I've never heard of this but as a student of history and martial arts , I'm going to check.
People have been killing each other since time began. Ancient warriors didn't use the Feldenkrais-Method. The problem if we can call it that is we are becoming more civilized.
@@PaisleyPatchouli Feldenkrais is an awesome dude. I think there's a little bit of woo in some of his stretching and other concepts but his judo is as legit as it gets.
The biggest problem with KM (and other systems that rely on "deadly techniques") is you can't train the way you fight. You can't poke someone's eyes out or smash them in the b8lls when you're training - so you don't really get the advantage of true muscle memory. Fight how you train and train how you fight.
If you don’t have the fundamentals of distance, timing, rhythm, speed, and training of techniques, I pokes and groin strikes will be of little use against Someone who does
All of those things you mentioned happening above would result in me yelling "break!" Then deduct a point; and or, disqualify you. Oh yeah... this isn't Pro Boxing, or UFC! 😁
@@retiredboxingref7620 None of what you said has anything to do with sport fighting. If you can’t reliably land a punch to the face, you can’t reliably land a punch to the throat, or jab to the eye.
Best art I learned was something called Jailhouse Rock. I learned it from a guy who was incarcerated for over 20 years. The guy was bad ass. I'm an ex professional fighter and this art is basically boxing(Tyson style) with elbows, knees, low kicks, head buts.
I remember while studying Tae Kwon Do a fellow student and I were talking about the belt system and when to go to competitions. I felt that while the system is something to be inspired, in the real world there is no time for forms and the like. Especially, in a street fight scenario. The thing about Krav Maga that I have read was how practical it is for the real world. It’s nothing too fancy, but a way to defend yourself against a knife or a gun in close quarters, which is a real world scenario. As Bruce Lee said in Return Of The Dragon, “If it works for you, use it.” Even boxing can be used in self defense because of blocking and punching. A well placed punch can bring someone down. I would like to give Krav Maga a try.
Jason, I Respect what you have done for our nation and on a ton of what you put out, thank you. My 2 cents here is that the issue with Krav and any system that does not include real pressure testing a majority of the time is only providing people with a false sense of security. The combat sports model, wrestling, JiuJitsu and boxing coupled with plugging in weapons with realistic pressure is superior to any other method. I see folks on her commenting about pressure points, eye gouges, twisting balls, RAT technique (convenient it’s on RUclips adds), that seem to disparage MMA, likely too fat to walk a half mile. The reality is that those of us with solid grappling and striking skills can easily plug in “dirty” techniques against people that train in these non resisting opponent systems with ease. We do it all the time with Force on Force training.. Why because we control people daily on the mats and in real sparring. Folks should get into JiuJitsu, get a boxing coach and then find a Shivworks ECQC class to test themselves for real. They will find out where their real focus should be. The other reality is that most talking about “dirty” techniques that you “can’t train in a dojo” nonsense will never do that.
@@Antipodean33 Jason as an individual. But the clandestine service and paramilitary side of the CIA certainly has a major roll in keeping us more free. Now the leftist tyrant DC desk pushers that weaponized the CIA to prop up Biden… that is another damn story all together.
Krav Maga DOES have a lot of pressure testing. This includes a ton of sparring that usually ends up as basically kick boxing. The knife and pistol disarms are also heavily pressure tested. Look up Ryan Hoover and his channel Fit 2 Fight. The guy is legit and has Eli Knight of Knight Jiu Jitsu as a regular collaborator. Side note to a point this guy made here: there are no spinning kicks/ techniques in KM. As this guy said, it’s about simplicity and lowest risk techniques. There are also no flying techniques for the same reason. We were strongly discouraged from kicking above lower abdomen height in keeping with the KM principles.
@@wattlebough In that sense so does Tae Kwon Do and every other art. There aren't people going at you with all of their force in Krav Maga, at least that's what all the millions of social media black belts tell me, b/c if they did, they'd kill people and their art is sooo dangerous you can only spar. After all it's too dangerous to use in a cage. Which is all a big rationalization but I digress.
I’ve learned that most martial arts teach “forms” or “katas” as the primary way of defending one’s self. In my opinion that almost never equates into real life situations. Krav Maga is definitely a more real life self defense program. As for the belt system of advancement, only the younger students were awarded belts for their advancements. Grownups were given paper certificates only, with level 6 being the highest rank. Each level took around a year to acquire, give or take. What I’ve noticed is that like with most martial arts, people generally will go until they either bore of it or feel that they’ve learned as much as they wanted, and quit. Martial arts training is obviously a money making proposition for the master instructor and therefore keeping and recruiting students is always their priority. For that reason, I think some become disenfranchised with continuing. Thanks for another informative video.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Sorry mate but kata is not taught as a primary defence. It teaches balance, timing, focus ect. Call it a moving meditation if you will. Yes it uses martial movement but you already need to have intimate knowledge of fighting techniques to even understand how it relates to a real fight. Kata is one small part to a whole.
I'm a civilian who's earned a brown belt in Japanese Ju Jutsu and a green belt in Sport Judo. I've also competed in amateur kickboxing for a little while, when I was much younger. No similar credentials would make me, or anyone else infallible in any way, shape or form. I'm aging and my physical conditioning has gone so far South that I'm spotting penguins. Even though I've kept up the practice, I'd probably end up giving myself a heart attack in a prolonged hand to hand fight. If my assailant doesn't kill me, first. There are a lot of other reasons someone could end up in the ground, too. People do not take fighting seriously enough, anymore. The one thing I've learned during my own studies is simple: Avoid fights outside of the ring unless it's truly unavoidable. Bravado kills.
I trained Krav for seven years. Back when I was training there was no belt system. We broke the classes up by skill level and experience. From what I have observed, an athletic military aged male with intense/aggressive IDF style Krav training will be very well equipped mentally and physically for violence… We trained in a facility where there were others who were highly trained black belts etc in various other disciplines. We would spar with these other practitioners regularly and the top Krav students were so much more aggressive and dominant it wasn’t even comparable. A lot of my friends realized that in a real fight their high levels of training in other martial arts fell short. This is just my narrow personal experience. I love Krav and am currently teaching it to my children…
I worked at The Double Deuce with Dalton and I used Krav Maga on Brad Wesley’s boys. I agree that the belt system was designed to get your money. Forms and katas are like choreographed dancing.
The gun disarm I learned in Krav Maga is similar to the one you teach. They just added a groin kick after you got the gun off line. Then you twist and pull it away.
I went to one Krav Maga demonstration. The instructor demonstrated how to disarm an attacker at the ATM when they put a gun into your back. After his cute little choreographed Ninja dance display I asked him, "what about the other guy?" He asked me what I meant. "There were two of them. You didn't even check. While you were disarming the first one, the second guy shot you in the face." He had no answer for that. Then he had me hold a gun out so he could demonstrate a gun disarm. I have a brown belt in Judo. When he grabbed ahold of my arm I did a hip throw and sent him face flying. He didn't understand why his moves weren't working.
I think there are pros and cons with rank systems. The cons are that some folks make it their focus and there are schools more than happy to take their money. Consequently I’ve seen quite a number of black belts (even 3, 4, 5th degree) who couldn’t fight their way out of a wet paper bag. That said, the ranks are useful from the standpoint of organizing a curriculum as well as giving and indicator what a student knows, alerting upper belts to be more gentle. Great video!
I did the Military version of Krav in the military, then later in life joined a club run by ex military. The problem, as mentioned, is the civilianised version thats adds in 4 years of parttime karate training
I've done martial arts most of life, had to quit to many injuries 10 major surgeries including 2 back 3 leg 3 foot. So needless to say if I were to get into a fight it needs to end quickly. I am not sure if Krav Maga is the correct one for me personally but I just know the fight needs to end in under 30 seconds. When I was younger I did wrestling for a couple years and taekwondo for a few years. I learned some boxing from my dad in secret as my mother disapproved. My dad boxed in the Navy did 23 amateur fights won all by KO. My dad also did things in the Navy that he didn't even share with mom for 40 years. An example being I was taught by my dad to disarm someone proficiently by the time I was 14 years old. I practiced using air pistol, just to be clear it was never loaded. I was also taught to fight in the Army. I was a Military Policeman. I was level 2 in there combat system. To me it seemed like a heavy emphasis on BJJ. I never had to use anything I learned into a fight, I've managed to deescalate tense situations on construction sites. I am not sure which is best as long as I can win quickly bc even at 35 I am very much disabled like I said 10 plus surgeries need to find a way to win quickly if the situation arises. I like to think I am a respectful Messianic Jew but I need to be ready for anything.
My dad introduced me to Krav Maga he said it’s more realistic now I see what he means I’ve use it in fights and self defense I don’t regret learning it
Real Krav Maga is simple fast and direct using target mapping. Striking the most vulnerable targets on the human body then get the hell out of there. Nothing fancy looking, just brutal and ugly using what works. Great video thanks for the upload. You're spot on with the different type of Krav Maga being taught. Some are great schools and some not so good.
I remember when i joined a Wushu school i talked to my Sifu about his belt system, and he was extremely honest. He said (I’m paraphrasing of course) that the belts just showed how long you’ve been at the school. When we had sparring days, and we did Sanda/Sanshou, i was a green/blue at his school going against black belts and brown belts. Obviously they were better because they had been practicing much longer, but we all knew the same stuff. I respected his mindset of teach everything and practice as long as you want to be a student. I know Wushu isn’t really self defense, and he was also honest about that, but we also brought in Hapkido instructors and Eskrima instructors to teach the actual self defense classes. So i don’t 100% but into belt systems, but i don’t think they are necessarily a “bad” thing as much as i think they are there for 1-money and 2-muscle memory
Tend to prefer Krav Maga, being former MI, due to it being a survival style vs a sport martial art. Unfortunately Vietnam doesn't have much to keep up with it here, but I've been toying with the idea of a summer in the Philippines to study some Kali. Have a PsyOps friend that swears by BJJ as well.
I really like your no nonsense approach. I live in canada where we are not allowed to use our guns for self defense, only for range shooting. Given the increasing number of criminals on our streets over here, I have considered krav maga. In my younger days I had a background in jujitsu, but I haven't trained in 25 years. * Do you think I am too old to learn krav maga for the first time at age 63? I have some injuries accumulated during the course of my lifetime but still have my mobility. I also have no interest in a belt system just the basics. Thanks.
Great explanation about Krav Maga. I have been teaching for many years, but also am a karate instructor and study Pak Mei Kung Fu. Everything that you are saying is the best way, is really what Krav Maga is about. Keep it simple. If I am in a confrontation with someone stronger and faster than I am, I just have to be stronger and faster for 10 seconds, neutralize and go home. Does Krav Work? I have 2 knives that I kept from terrorists that attacked me while serving in the IDF. It worked. I like the explanation that there a a million ways to do the same defense. I alway teach that similar to change of a dollar bill. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar, and same with defense. If I teach one way, there can be so many more. It all has to be intuitive and muscle memory.
During the first Gulf War I was employed by the Sydney Board of Jewish Deputies to protect some synagogues and rabbis. There was this allegedly ex-Mossad bloke teaching the 18 year old high school seniors, who helped out as security volunteers, 'Krav Maga' that looked like karate with a kippa on. As a former Aussie Military Police CPP operative I was, lets say, mildly amused. More amused was one of my partners who happened to be the real deal ex-MOSSAD operator. The team were itching to watch him sort the pretender out but it never happened however he did tell us exactly what you said; the real stuff has to be learned in weeks, even days because there is just too much other stuff to learn.
Thank you Jason for all your videos and tactical insight. You always come across as a capable professional but, perhaps even more importantly as a good, caring and humane person. You show the wisdom that many lack and the experience to back it up.
I am 76. I began Karate at age 10 in Chicago in 1957. Shoryn Ryu. Got my first black belt at age 15. There was only white belt and black belt back then. No promotion fees. Went from 10th Kyu to 1rst Dan. Had to learn all the katas and weapons. No kids got a black belt till age 16. I was a rare exception. Lots of light contact sparring. Started Japanese Jiu Jitsu at age 14. The Jiu Jitsu I learned was not a grappling sport. It was sort of a violent Aikido…. the object was to break bones and tear ligaments as you moved through your opponents. It fit perfectly with the karate I was studying. I later went into Shoto Kan and eventually settled into a no nonsense combat style called Sho Bo Kan. By the time I joined the Navy at age 17 I could do 50 to 60 knuckle push ups on cement. I was in dozens of fights in grammar school and high school. My stuff worked. It was a time before the martial art# culture became popular. I was never a bully or a fight picker. I fought a lot of bullies. Took some good hits but I never lost. The trick to fighting is learning to stay in it. To concentrate in getting the job done in the maelstrom of violence. That’s why you see supposed martial arts masters get their ass kicked… they know techniques but they don’t know how to fight. Timing, distance, fakes, knowing how to extend but keep your balance… all essential fighting tools… and intent! You have to have the intent to injure, to disable. After a while it comes natural. My Vietnam combat experience added firearms to the personal arsenal. Last… any time you see a technic where the defender is working on one hand of the attacker while the attacker’s off hand is just hanging limp… realize that in a real fight that limp hand is going to be punching the side of your face or gauging your eye or stabbing your gut. In my late 20’s I fought bare knuckle about a dozen times. For money. Nothing but a crotch cup permitted. Later mouth guards were permitted… to protect a fighters hands from osteomyelitis after punching dirty teeth. I always won. Always got hurt. Fights were in a deserted factory building on west Ogden Ave. in Chicago. Made about 5 G’s per night. Quit when I had to shoot some guy in the parking lot after a fight night cause he insisted on being my manager. I was in law school at the time. I didn’t need a manager. Got cut up by three guys at age 30 in a foreign county. Dispatched two handicapped one for life. I spent ten days in the hospital. Cost me a mint not to get charged. My last gun fight was in 2007 at age 60. Avoided a kidnapping in Juarez, Mexico. I have never picked a fight in my life and I am not a tac guy. I wear a suit and preppy clothes and I look like a mild mannered accountant. I have apologized to people getting in my face over a parking incident while being armed to the teeth. For some time I did some gov contracting but I found it too restrictive. Better money and less bosses in private work. Worked in a couple of “no prisoners taken” shitholes.
I love taking the principles of krav maga and mixing them with Hapkido. They're definitely some things I don't like about Krav, but overall it's way better than a lot of others.
There are stories in traditional martial arts where people are only shown a couple of the most basic moves of a system and forced to practice JUST that one simple move. Those guys always end up being the best fighters.
I was introduced to krav maga when in Israel. Was new to it found it useful the elbow strike were good however I got that in Thailand as well. Never pass up the opportunity to learn something new especially if it's free. Add to the arsenal. The idf guys and their mosaad counter parts broke it down for aggressive actions. That was priceless.
Jason, you just summed up why Law Enforcement and the DOD use S.C.A.R.S, Target Focus Training (TFT) and Performance Fighting Concepts instead of martial arts. Having mentored former students in North Richmond, CA over a period of 3 years I found that having a green belt in kempo was useless in dealing with street gangs, killing/shootings in the neighborhood and quelling the fear in my stomach when I would drive into the neighborhood at least 50% of the time. I will be taking live training in TFT this year.
I’m a Krav Maga instructor and train in Jeet Kune Do, Kali, Boxing etc. It was refreshing to see an objective video as Krav Maga attracts so many haters. You hit the nail on the head, it is for military personnel who also have to learn shooting, map reading, surveillance, field craft etc, etc, etc……….. Or civilians who have to go to work, take their kids to school/football practice, go shopping live their life. There’s no doubt someone who dedicates their entire life to MMA will win a fight but Krav Maga gives your ordinary person a chance on the street (not the Octagon). A lot of the training emphasises mind set and aggression to get you out of trouble as we are aware that someone will 6 months training has a long way to go.
I really liked his honesty. In Karate (Empty Hand) no matter what style. You have to put in work. Everything is perishable. When you have to execute against someone you have to think they maybe better so execute quick fast and in a hurry. Be practical!
I really like krav maga, and I totally agree what you said here. I've only had to use krav maga once, most of the time I can just talk my way out of situations... but there was this one time a drunk guy grabbed me by the throat and pushed me against a glass panel on a balcony. Training I had resolved the situation without anyone getting hurt (sure I could have hurt him, but instead used moves that only felt uncomfortable to him and it was enough). Without some basic knowledge of what I was doing, the situation probably would have lasted a lot longer and would have ended up with injuries on both sides. I highly recommend krav maga to anyone, especially women, to give a basic understanding of hand to hand combat and self defence. It's not perfect, but hell a lot better than no training at all :)
Also, there's a difference between military combat and self defense. Self defense means you don't want to get hurt (or get hurt as little as possible). Quick, fast and easy is a good place to start there, because if you get into a physical confrontation as a civilian, you want to end it qickly, efficiently and safely. But fighting as a civilian is always plan B. Plan A as a civilian is to move away from the danger and get help if necessary. Fighting when you don't have to as a civilian increases the likelyhood of injury or even death and even if you win the fight, you might face legal consequences or maybe even retaliation from your opponent's affiliates.
As a certified krav maga instructor I can also say the same for bjj as a certified bjj instructor some krav maga is for combat and some for the streets. Such as in bjj there is bjj then there is combatives for non sport. As with Sambo there is Sambo then there is combat Sambo.
Mister Hanson, I served 12 years in Norway’s Jaegerkommandoen. One of the techniques we were taught as a component of our training among others was Krav Maga. Basic training for Kostalmarinen is generally eight months going hard and deep. A large percentage of those who tackle the program wash out, sometimes 60 to 80 percent. I will speak now only of Krav Maga. We were instructed by men who originally were trained by Imi Lichtenfeld. Also we were not given the usual few weeks of fast most basic training other military entities used. Our Krav Maga instruction along with other methods of defense and attack was given to us all along the eight months of basic with gaps in the training when we focused on other areas of training. After graduating from basic I further extended my training by another eight months going deeply into other matters. I was also given language training which was extremely difficult as I had to master various languages that might be useful. These included of course Swedish and Danish which were so easy for a Norwegian to learn. Most of us already were fluent in English from our general education growing up. I was taught German, Russian, Chinese (Mandarin)+ which was my worst language, I was also taught French in which I was already fluent, and then Spanish, and Continental Portuguese and the Brazilian version. My Krav Maga training also continued. There was nothing pretty or elegant for us in the Krav Maga we were taught. It was though amzingly efficient and shockingly deadly which was the point after all. We were taught that no quarter was given, end an aggressive interaction before the enemy can begin any action. This method was maximum deadly. Obliterate the aggressor before he has a chance to kill you and by whatever means one has at hand. Once engaged there was no such thing as so-called “flight or fight”; it did not exist. There was only one option move forward and kill or completely disable the enemy. These days when I see a belt system and tournaments and rankings I find it all artificial and useless. Whatever this form of Krav Maga has become it is not Krav Maga. It is a game of fakery and foolishness. I don’t know what else to say about this. I even recently visited two Krav Maga gyms in the Dallas Texas area. I watched and asked questions as if I was looking for help in self defense. What I was told was complete nonsense. It is the same I fear in those very popular Karate gyms and training schools for children. These “schools” are a waste of money for the parents and may actually end up getting the kids badly hurt or worse. I have one daughter who is an adult. I trained her in a. More casual but effective manner the basics of Krav Maga and other techniques so she may be able to defend herself effectively in the worse situations. First and foremost it was common sense of avoiding areas where she might be vulnerable and to run away or call attention to other members of the public or law enforcement. If a situation goin is not able to be avoided I developed in her the skills she would need to survive. You are an e pert in self defense and karate and probably other methods and ways of training. I am not. I am seventy years old this month. I have bad arthritis, heart failure and heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes and more but even at my age and with the health challenges I face. The so-called instructors of Krav Maga and karate I have met would not do well in a real world fight with me. First of all I do not know how to fight. I do know how to survive. Sparring is something I have not done except during my Jaegerkommandoen training days. There is no way I would begin to know what to do in a tournament battle. Only surviving is what I know. I have not needed it all these years. But even now if I needed it it would be there. You have an excellent channel. Thank you so much for the interesting videos and information. Excellent and well done. Forgive any typos or autocorrects.
I was with a well-trained military friend in Cali, Colombia. He told me how he came out of his apartment with his iPhone in his hand, paying attention to it instead of the street. A guy with a gun told him to give him his new phone. He was very upset and said that if the guy hadn't been 6 feet away, he would have known what to do. But it's 6 feet, all he could do is put his phone down and walk away.
Krav maga is about the mindset. In 2015 I decided to up and travel from Ireland to Israel to firstly visit holy land but as in law enforcement I trained in krav maga in Israel within credited association and man I left after week bruised,sore,tired and with the main ingredient which is intent ! Israeli mindset makes the difference.
I would still call Krav Mega a martial art, as martial means war. It's interesting how similar Dragon Kung Fu, Niten ichi Ryu, some older styles of karate and Filipino martial arts look very similar to Krav mega. They all just call the principles different names and different "costumes "
I just recently found your channel, and I have to say it's really good stuff! I've had a few different kinds of different training. The stuff that always stuck with me was the fast simple effective easy stuff. Man your gun disarm is awesome! Probably the best method I've seen. Thanks for everything you're doing and sharing!
Street fighting is best. What you would likely face in a STREET fight/bar. I would combine 3 disciplines; boxing (for strikes to the head AND body and, the offensive/defensive moves), real wrestling (in public, fights usually go the the ground with the bigger person on top. The old ground and pound) and Aikido (for the joint locks/breaks).
So I’ve trained in a few different Martial Arts to include wrestling, the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP), Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and Krav Maga. My issue with Krav is that if you train it incorrectly it’s a detriment more than anything else. Most gyms that offer it in the United States will have you kicking and punching a bag over and over again and practicing theoretical eye gouges and you’ll never actually practice the techniques full speed against someone who is resisting. You can’t be good at something you’ve never actually done. Fighting is a perishable skill that you need to constantly work at. Therefore your best bets for self defense are the disciplines that are fun and that you want to practice and that you can actually do live. Boxing, Muay Thai, and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu all give you that. Learning the techniques and even memorizing them is one thing, but that doesn’t mean you’ll actually be able to slap a rear naked choke on an opponent who’s squirming around and defending against the technique. You have to do it live in sparring in order to actually learn it. You just can’t replicate that experience you get from going live. If you’re looking to survive a street fight or an attack make a sport martial art like the ones I mentioned your hobby, but also learn some of the key concepts of Krav. Furthermore, Imi Lichtenfeld, the founder of Krav, was an Olympic boxer and wrestler, so those sport martial arts are the meat and potatoes of Krav anyways.
Hi Jason Not sure if you know this answer or not. Can a secrets service agent, that protects the president take on a trained MMA fighter or is it two different dynamics? I've always been fascinated with hand-to-hand combat. I really enjoy your videos and information that you provide. Thank you.
I’m not Secret Service, but I have fought pro MMA fighters. At that level they really do have amazing talent. It would kind of depend on the agent’s talent, but also consider pro mma guys don’t train to break bones or permanently injure.
Why would a Secret Service bodyguard want to take on a MMA fighter? Do you envisage them rolling around on the ground together? The bodyguard will be armed with a firearm. The president has a team of bodyguards protecting him, at least 2 of them would be on top of the MMA fighter very quickly.
@@RobertsIslandLivingAdventures Go count how many arms and legs have been intentionally broken in professional fights because the other guy refused to tap.
The unshakeable clarity of truth. It also applies to the multi-level combatives system the US military teaches. Actual military combatives systems are Simple, Direct, Effective, and assimilated quickly. It is about more than just techniques-Mindset, Attitude and Ferocity, the mental and psychological aspects are far more important. The small but active international combatives communities have the right idea. McCann, Dimitri, Morisson, Coup, Zak a.s.o.
Krav is indeed a martial art in that it borrows elements from other martial arts. My experience was limited and taught as a defensive techniques to evade one and sometimes many attackers so the emphasis on my training was never intended as a sport.
@@negativeionz The founder mentions nothing about Aikido, Judo, or Karate. Wikipedia is not correct on this issue. The Jews in Czech were getting brutalized by Nazis, they had no time to "study a martial art". The founder created a self-defense system, not a martial art.
@@muskegontribune Well I can only tell you there is for sure Japanese influence in the systems that have been taught in my lifetime. Maybe that is a bacterized version of how it evolved, I cannot say. But I do know it doesn't take longer to learn judo than western wrestling. Grappling is grappling. And that's true of striking as well. And you're splitting hairs about what is self-defense and what is martial arts. Clearly there are martial arts in self-defense. And wrestling and boxing are martial arts.
It’s the same thing with jiu jitsu. A blue belt is really all you need to defend yourself on the street. Purple, brown and black are just for sport these days
So, for some perspective: I was able to train some Krav Maga about 30 years ago by chance, very simplistic, and direct, guy had been in military, etc. I thought it had some good stuff. It is direct with little fluff. Like most martial arts, it hasn't really been tested en masse simply because most serious battle situations involved weaponry. But the Krav Maga being marketed to soccer moms here is mostly made up and unworkable beyond very basics. Basically to make it more complex, with belts, etc. they have included unworkable techniques. The ground stuff was almost non-existent back then and then of course, to make it workable, they stole from BJJ in the 1990s, etc. One would think if it was regularly battlefield and street tested it would have discovered that years ago. The one guys I know who can make any of it work are guys who train MMA, etc. And that is its problem; it really is only effective with other combative resistance arts like any other "traditional" art/method. But I think it is good for being quick and direct right off the bat. Some of its techniques, like knife defenses are truly garbage and terrible. Some have better ones (varies school to school). Also, it is interesting that quite a few of the older KM guys here claimed to be Israeli Special Forces, etc. and when investigated, their claims seem dubious at best. It's a whole industry now. Just train some boxing and grappling with a few strategies against weapons and that will serve you much better as an average person.
I think it depends what you plan on using it for. A soccer mom who wants to be able to break holds and escape from the the rapist hiding in her van is well served by Krav Maga. Evander Holyfield will probably be OK without it and it doesn't have the depth of moves that a serious far eastern discipline. I remember a Judo guy explaining that when you drove the other fellow's head into the pavement you had to be aware of how deeply/long you did it for as the lowest level was to render short-term unconsciousness, the next depth/time was to render unconscious for a relative number of hours and the final level was to kill. You don't get that level in most McDojos...... Nothing against KM which fills a great gap in self-defense/hand to hand needs for many people. Everybody's different.
Been training shotokan karate and Gracie jiujitsu for 20 years. Training others as well seen some BS. It is the instructor not the art that counts. Thanks for the video. Stay safe
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Brother cut the bullshiet weapons - tools gave shape to the world in the battlefields did you see any war fought buy a martial art an buy hand, what are you going to do with krav maga when a person that is twice your size grab you from behind or stab you from behind or ram you with a car. All this martial arts is good for show when it comes to pure murder you better hold a weapon on you.
@@PRIMAL_HUNTER1988 No not at all Always armed and carrying without question. But do like to learn new techniques
I really enjoyed the video. Could you provide one on debugging cars, homes and phones. I seem to have run a foul of a click at my health club and pool. They will do anything to get me out of both. I bought a scanning device and I can see the signals. Putting hands on it is tough.
You've been a great help with your videos. Thanks.
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Krav Maga, as I was taught, was essentially two things: 1) it's better to avoid than to de-escalate, it's better to de-escalate than to run, it's better to run than to fight, it's better to fight than to die and 2) when it's on, it's *_on._* Don't hesitate, don't think about the other guy's family or what he's got going on, don't give him any benefit of any doubt- in fact don't have any doubt at all- be aggressive, do the dark work and leave if you can. We went over a _lot_ of like "choke defenses" and all that, but my instructor was so straight forward, he would say as we were practicing "pain compliance is everything, if his hands are at your throat and they're not protecting his face, punch him in the face." It was the most no nonsense instruction I've ever had. Every time I see these guys talk about what I call "Captain Krav" techniques, I just think "that's not the essence of the "style" though." Krav Maga didn't teach me much in technique (it did teach me _something_ to be fair) but it did teach me something more important; how to be aggressive.
Thanks for sharing. Keep safe and God bless!
This.
You had a good instructor.
Interesting. I was taught this a "dirty infighting".
@@Exxeron-ob3tv when you are fighting for your life there ain't a thing called "dirty fighting". You just use any method that could save you.
Yeah my Krav instructor was similar. Avoid, de-escalate, run away. Try all these first.
He would always say “But if he’s in your home and he’s done nasty things to your family, then this is how you go to town on him”
Great instructor.
Krav is simple, it’s instinctive, it’s the same moves and techniques over and over, and that’s its strength.
The best self defense is learning to avoid fights, because lawyers and doctors are both really expensive...
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Then you have to avoid trouble makers, and get restraining orders.
It’s not always about avoiding fights because some fights can’t be avoided because some people won’t leave you alone and won’t stop following you until you put them to sleep. And some people can target you for strong arm robbery as well.
@@animallover7072 For real. I totally agree.
Yeah no shit. But some trouble keeps looking for you, even if you want to or not. You need to be prepared just in case
Interesting and valuable viewpoint. This is exactly what I tell my students: Your self-defense has to be easy to learn and use, effective at saving your butt, and defensible in court. We cover everything in 10 90-minute sessions. Basic principles: speed overcomes strength, action is faster than reaction, the ground is your enemy, distance is your friend. Oh, and ears, eyes, nose and throat are not just medical specialties but also a target list. Also: if you can flee that's fine, if you can fight, that's fine, but you can't freeze - that's lethal.
Excellent advice!
Glad you find it interesting! Thanks for the advice as well. God bless!
Great advice. You can tell who the good teachers are in the comments by who understands the value of simplicity, no dogma, and emphasis on principles learning. That Jason Hanson does this indicates he knows what he is talking about. It's sad that this is uncommon in [name your self-defense, MA, or military acronym] the industry.
That was dope
@@JasonHansonSpyBriefing I work in a dangerous profession, so I have been looking at self defense systems. With all of your experience and training I was curious what you think about these two self defense systems:
* Rapid Assault Tactics with Paul Vunak
* The Approach with Eddie Quinn
Thank you for your time.
Although I have received extensive training in various forms of both offensive and defensive techniques mostly at the expense of the American taxpayers I can say with a high degree of confidence that I have used tactical psychological techniques to prevent having to fight more than I have used martial arts in a fight
I used to bounce, the area surrounding the pool hall I worked at had a lot of homeless, one of them (mentally Ill) tried to fight me, I had zero desire to hurt a mentally Ill person. So I looked him right in the eyes and acted like I was telling him some secret knowledge. I told him that green eels only swim at midnight. The guy forgot all about fighting and walked away confused. The cooler (head bouncer) said I Jedi mind tricked him. So he called me Skywalker after that. It was funny and everyone was safe.
@@roycesjourney37 Awesome. You Rock Sir!
@@roycesjourney37 Haha that's quite cool :)
Why do my tax dollars go to that? You don't need a military and we don't need police. Same with those cowardly fire department and emergency medical personnel.
@@roycesjourney37 so you are safe and educational, kind of like sesame Street minus Elmo
Grab something heavy and hit them with it until they stop moving. This is my own system I developed.
😂 That was funny.
This is exactly what my veteran WWII father said to me: "Self defense has to be quick (surprising), easy (response) and effective (lethal)", and I saw him applying this principle a couple of times.
Thank you Mr. Hanson.
Exactly
I’m glad someone finally said something like this. I was a bouncer and one day I found myself in a fight with a dude who done this MMA, he got me in this arm bar where my hand was at his crotch and feet was at my head…….. I grabbed a hand full of nuts he screamed and thin saw things my way and he left muttering to himself
Lmao 🤣 the famous nut grabber
LOOOOOOOOOL 😂
😂😂😂. Well done
As a bouncer how did you end up finding yourself in such a situation?
@@MaharlikaAWA I’m a pussy and don’t know how to fight
I thought it was designed/taught for the "quick and dirty" way to get yourself out of harm's way. No rules in a street fight. Great clarification, Jason.
It is, we insist on saying it's not a martial art because it's not an art, it's a combat technic that is meant to take down your opponent as fast and as simply as possible. You will never see beautiful moves like taekwondo style high kicks because it's not easy and not the most effective way to take down your opponent. It's very aggressive you want to attack not just defend yourself in order to finish the fight as quickly as possible.
@@yoanperez172 'finish the fight as quickly as possible" is the philosophy and motto of Silat, the ancient combat system of Indonesia and Malayan archipelago.
@@vtino4825 same for lerdrit, I hear. Used by Thai royal army
Been training in Taekwondo for 39 years. Have taken many Kung Fu, Aikido and Krav Maga seminars. I tell my students three things: 1. Keep it simple. 2. Basics are best. 3. Understand that you may be shot or stabbed. That way you won't be surprised if it happens.
I know judo, taekwondo, jujitsu, and a few other Asian words.
You left one out:
4. For effective self defense, train in almost any martial art other than Taekwondo.
There you go. Fixed it.😁
@@radiantmind8729 you’re a bad person 🤣
@@elpacho....9254 I grew up in a predominantly Hispanic Neighborhood
I Learned the most effective Martial Art ever created
MEXICAN JUDO
JUDO KNOW IF I HAVE A KNIFE
JUDO KNOW IF I HAVE A GUN
JUDO KNOW
AND WHILE YOU TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT I DO KNOW AND YOU ARE STILL GUESSIN
I'M GONNA PULL OUT MY SMITH AND WESSON
@@maddmike6100 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I had three years of Krav Maga training. It is one of many things including RAT that I use. I agree that what is fast and simple is the best. Elbow strikes, punches, knees and kicks all have a place in Close combat. So does eye pokes and bites. Time is very short in combat so resolve it fast and permanently,
is it better to taunt your enemy, or no?
@@sbprime2483 give it a go and fínd out my friend
@@sbprime2483
No.
Also add wrestling and European boxing to this. See what comes out of it!
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Hi Jason. I have been a Krav Maga Instructor since 10 years. I totally agree with you. When I first started teaching I have a variety of unnecessary techniques that I have learned up until then. I also replaced the knife defense techniques with a more effective method from Jim Wagner. Many thanks for your Video
I have a Muay Thai background, I've never done any knife defence training but from what I've seen online it looks terrible.
My first thought is always that my head and torso will not react well to the stabby thing, neither will the delicate tendons and nerves in my hands so teep them to the shadow realm so I can keep distance between me and the stabby thing.
All about adaptation. I love it
My teacher specialized in kung fu. He did two tours in vietnam as marine force recon and then went in to law enforcement. He tailored what he learned to “what works and what doesn’t.” He said and taught the same things your talking about. Very nice. Subscribed.
I am a 5th degree black belt in staying away from people and places where I might end up in a fight. I am undefeated in beating my couch into submission with my butt, and a master in 6 different types of remote controls.
That's great for you! Thanks for sharing!
I was a paratrooper in the IDF. I remember Krav Maga being more about aggression, empty handed threat management and physical fitness. There wasn’t a whole lot of actual (techniques) save for a few I recall. Basically as stated in the video, if you only had a few weeks to devote to a combat soldier learning hand to hand combat.
I’ve learned overtime from being a wrestler in HS to a soldier to practicing BJJ that martial arts do not equate to self defense. If I go to the ground with someone who pulls a knife, I’m probably going to die.
I think most of the time being able to wrestle and box effectively is generally enough to protect yourself from an aneurysm handed street altercation.
Kida!
Thanks for sharing! God bless you and your family!
Handy to use against Palestinian children and unarmed adult males with one leg...how many medals did you get for shooting kids?
boxing + wrestling is all you need
I did thai boxing for 20 years but nobody showed me get-ups. Krav get-ups are important.. 🙂
Ive had PTSD most of my life, I'm very bad things happen I freeze, taking Krav has helped me so much! Just being able to the more level-headed and react appropriately, it has helped me not walk around in fear because I had no way to protect myself. Trust me I will do anything I can not to fight I have learned that as well LOL. I sure wish I would have had these classes when I was a teenager
Thank you for sharing Dena! God bless you
At 50 years old, I joined a very serious Krav Maga studio in Orange County, CA. I was in shape and frequently went home with plenty of bruising. I stopped just short of the Orange Belt because of a back injury I received while sparring resulting in surgery. The Yellow Belt test was brutal. The skills learned just for that test were very useful although basic. You are absolutely right about the pitfalls of over complication.
That's why I just stick to lifting weights, cardio and pistol with minimal self defense training. Injuries aren't worth it to me. If you're young and the worst that'll happen is you miss some school classes it's not as big of a deal if it's an injury you can heal from and get back into training. When you're an adult with things that must be done an injury can mean you end up homeless.
Hard training catches up to you and if you're injured, you aren't going to be able to defend yourself very well
Yes you will get bruises, it's hard and not for everyone
@@yoanperez172 Studio culture can make a big difference. My son's ju jitsu studio's members were very safety oriented. Not my Krav Maga studio. I was paired up with someone 3X my size for sparing. He should have pulled back some on power. We were supposed to only work on punches and slips. He gave me a full power front kick to the abdomen. It damaged my spine and I was partially paralyzed.
May I ask which school in OC?
Great video. Krav Maga is meant to be straight to the point and ruthless. When your life’s on the line you have seconds between life or death.
I've been training, to the best of my knowledge, in the right martial arts for my intentions for 13 something years now and I did know all of that.. but man... It is so refreshing to see a video where someone just lays it all out without the bullshit. Thank you, sir. Doing the internet a service, right here
Your Welcome.God bless
I love your take on this. I've taken krav for years and finding what works for you is critical. As a woman, there are some things I'm not going to try against a man. I leverage my lower body strength and flexibility a lot more than arm strength.
Seriously. At the end of the day:
1. A kick is a kick
2. A punch is a punch.
2. Practice & Speed are King.
Thanks for watching!
I took Krav Maga lessons a few years ago. It was the best fight training I've ever received. My particular instructor was a First Sergeant in the IDF, and a Golden Gloves boxing champion. The way he taught was a particular technique for that lesson, and once executed, whatever you had to do to stop the attack. And the other thing that was never taught elsewhere... once the threat has been handled, RUN! Ever time we had to head for an exit as the last thing, and it had to be a legit exit, because you don't know if the enemies friends as going to show up.
Anyhow, I loved it, as it was based on real situations. They had a seminar on self defense in a nightclub once (adults only). The lights were dimmed, a disco light put up, and everyone had 2 drinks. Because nightclub, right?
Great! Thanks for sharing, Rex. God bless!
Did he also cry out in pain as he struck you?
@@jjryan1352 Nah. Pain was just last is the deal. The knife fighting seminar... oye, veh.
I had a similar Krav experience. Very simple and to the point. No belts, just trying to simulate real world experiences. They switched to Russian System and I didn't care for that. Looked for another Krav school and all the others were more "dojo-esque" and felt more stylized than substance. 😢
You are right on Jason, that’s why about 30 years ago I developed my own version of self defense which I named it American Combat Street Fighting. Being from NY you needed some type of self defense. Love your videos.
I also remember learning Krav Maga when it was still just the quick and dirty. I will still go for the eye jab or ball kick first if the situation arises... And I've trained in multiple martial arts across the world. It's the mentality that stayed with me... same as Wing Chun, people think it's used the way it's shown in movies and internet videos... it's not. The difference between demos and real world use should be obvious, but it slips past so many people, including those who should know better. Same thing I took from Krav Maga was the same thing I took from Wing Chun... mentality and principles. In both cases, the center line- All the weak spots of he human body are right down the middle: Eyes, nose, throat, solar plexus, groin. There aren't many people left standing when you hit all of those in rapid succession. IDC how big you are, or how tough you are. I've seen heavyweights crumble from a glancing ball shot, people choke from laughing too hard, and world class boxers lose from eye cuts WHEN THEY CAN STILL SEE. You mean to tell me that poking them directly in the eye or driving your knee full force intentionally into the groin isn't going to have the same effect? GTFO.
eye jab often leaves an opening for knee to the face
All those anecdotes come from seeing stuff, have you had a single full contact fight in your life? lmao. Sure, nobody stands after receiving all those hits to their weak spots, assuming they just let you do your ''dangerous'' little moves and are compliant. Any good conditioned combat sport athlete won't let you hit any of those and ends you in maximum 30 seconds if Krav is all you had. Krav maga works against thugs but always comparing it to combat sport athletes is shootimg themselves in the foot.
@@kaen4299 If there are two similarly built guys in a fight to the death, one trained 10 years in MMA, the other 10 years in Krav maga, I would pick the Krav maga guy to live
@@kaen4299when you're talking real world fights you're not going to be up against well-trained sports combat athletes. You're not talking about tournaments or competitions. You're talking about real life against an opponent who will have no qualms about severely hurting you and there's nobody to call them off. Most people have the most trouble in self-defense with learning the mindset of a life-or-death fight situation. That's why that is one of the biggest takeaways that they try and instill in you in krav maga.
@@thefairguin and they still get beaten up by the tournament guys on the street, gg i guess. All they do instill is how to do B when other person does A without resistance, but that's now how it works.
As someone who was trained by the IDF instructors, I would like to add, that you are on the point. "Civilian" Krav Maga as we like to called it, need to be innovative, with belts and everything, because it is a business, and you need to keep people to come to the training.
To everyone who is watching this, I will just say what our IDF instructors explained, any technique that is to complex to preform for a fully armed soldier is not Krav Maga. Imagine 20 kg of equipment on you, uniform, boots, combat vest, armor, and try to kick someone with an high kick - impossible.
Krav Maga is easy to learn, simple and straight forward system. Technique is simple, but the method of training is hard.
Thanks a lot for sharing sir! Stay safe and God bless!
Soooo thats basically what he said in this video....
Pretty easy to kick somebody in the nuts and gouge them in the eyes.
Thanks for your insights. So essentially, one must train to have the speed and strength to perform a relatively small set of techniques to either win a fight or evade multiple attackers.
@@ShadowMind312 Ancient Hebrew proverb: “He who striketh the loins first, will triumph.”
I'm training self defence myself but I never understood the logic of training so hard that you are more destroyed from your training than from an attack that may never come. I train Wing Tsun and Krav Maga and you learn so many techniques that will never come to your mind when you are under stress. Some of the trainers admit: you only need a few techniques but schools would not make much money for teaching only these.
By the way: I am glad you admitted that even you have no black belt in what ever martial art (and that as a former CIA-Agent). Takes a lot of pressure from us "normal" guys!
Thanks for sharing! Stay safe and God bless!
This! I've always wondered about this. If you are not subject to daily real-life violence, why on Earth would you almost certainly break yourself learning not to break yourself in a very unlikely scenario.
@@KeljuIvan I'm absolutely with you!
Be careful, the guy is cia, so probably a lowkey red belt
A good Training includes stress situations. We called it zombie game. Two lines with guys with pads and you have to fight your way through while getting pushed punched or blocked.
Or multiple attackers. Tactical movement in this situations. Real bats, pain, noise, screaming and yelling.
As realistic as it can be... to be prepared and not panicqhen it comes to a real situation.
This training saved my a** two times already because i know what is coming, how it feels. I'm used to it and my mind is clear to remember what to do.
I served in the IDF and Krav Maga is quick, dirty, effective and impactful with a minimum amount of time. It's as effective on the street as on the battlefield. It's not a real martial art and it doesn't take years to master.
Thanks for sharing. God bless!
I'm very much a beginner at Krav Maga, but I find the greatest benefit so far is just the experience of the feeling of what it's like to be 'sort of' in a fight. It helps to reduce that sense of utter panic and 'this is so wrong!' that causes many people to freeze. If one is used to being put in headlocks, it's easier to remember: Ah - smash the groin, reach up to face, force head back, punch in throat, LEG IT.
Thanks for sharing! God bless!
Nick, that's a great response and I think you're pretty much dead on. The problem is that most people have no idea what predatory asocial violence "feels" like. You're getting a taste of what it kind of feels like. Of course it's a simulation - we can't really train any other way - but you have some familiarity with with it feels like to be attacked, choked, etc. Most people simply do not have that which means the brain is susceptible to short-circuiting under stress.
@@VillageTechnologies Completely agree. What's needed in combat is either the strategic part of the mind, that calmly but rapidly analyses the situation and produces and executes a plan to inflict the minimum of damage necessary to flee, AND/OR the combat trained part, that thoughtlessly enacts a series of programmed drills to achieve the same. However the vast majority of the populace would clam up.
I trained in several martial arts styles in my life. I’ve come to the conclusion that like golf or painting, just because you study something doesn’t necessarily mean you’re good at it. I’ve got 30 years of martial arts training and I am no Jason Born. I’m older now with a boatload of arthritis. The idea of someone trained in fighting for a few months is now a killer is all Hollywood.
Great video. I've been doing Krav now for 23 years! Still learning. You know, that adapt what is useful, discard what isn't, constantly review. But I do love the simplicity of the system. It's just that constant practice. "I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks. I fear the man who has practice one kick 10,000 times" vibe. It's probably also the nearest thing to the original W E Fairbairn training, and I'm a big fan of Fairbairn (and Sykes)
That's great! Thank you for sharing!
I often watch videos given by Avivit Cohen, 6. Dan krav maga, Israel.
I'm a full instructor in PFS JKD/Kali under both Paul Vunak and Guro Dan Inosanto. Definitely my go to mindset and techniques for law enforcement (me being a LEO and LEO defensive tactics instructor myself) and self defense as a whole. We train MMA and think street.
Trained JKD with Steve Grody many years ago in his downtown LA studio.
Thanks for sharing! Stay safe and God bless!
That is so true! Simple quick and easy. Unless you train for years, days and hours, when the bell goes off, you aren't going to remember 27 steps to do anything. Even then, "Everyone has a plan until they get hit in the mouth.", Mike Tyson.
So 15 years ago, I started training to be an MMA fighter. I had already had around six years of training in Muaythai, as well as some karate in my younger years. A guy at the gym recommended I reach out to someone he knew about Krav Maga, and the trainer told me it’s great to know how to use, but in a cage With strict rules, he wouldn’t recommend it. I still ended up training for about a year with him.
The Best thing he said was “Find out what works Best for YOU.”
Glad you got something from the video. Thanks for watching!
I love when I hear someone say they invented a technique. I've been in the martial arts long enough to realize that anything that is new or newly invented is merely a rediscovery. There is very little if anything that is new when it comes to hand-to-hand combat.
Good stuff. I’ve trained filipino martial arts (sticks, blades, boxing, throws, wrestling) for most of my life. We’ve cross trained a ton with krav maga guys a lot over the years and have nothing bad to say about them. They enjoy knuckling up, putting in work and are quick to discard superfluous techniques. Keep at it, sir!
Thank you! God bless!
I remember an Aikido master I met who'd trained in Tokyo. He was at this point old and crippled. He had me in a submission move so fast I didn't have time to think (other than that I'd like to keep my wrist, please and thank you...). I think for some disciplines the extra time and effort does pay off...mind you he (and he was American born - Navy as I recall) did tell me he had found North Americans wouldn't take the punishment it took to learn how to do it right....another Aikido master I met I asked how a certain move worked with someone tall and powerfully built. He said, "Oh, you just do this first.." then hit some nerve in my shoulder that automatically doubled me over. Indeed at that point the move he had been demonstrating would have worked fine LOL. I have actually never studied Aikido but I have learned to respect those who did (and were several black belts up in Japan). Those moves were not simple though I completely agree with Mr. Hanson that simple and easy to learn self defense is the best for most of us - myself included.
Thanks for sharing, David. Keep safe and God bless!
I trained in Krav Maga for about 8 years and I LOVED it. Straight to the point but VERY strenuous.....even our warm ups used to have people throwing up on the side
Great DJ.God bless you
I picked up my basic fighting stance and blocking technique from krav maga, using elbows to block and strike back with. Super simple idea, easy to execute, extremely effective and I learned it from one mini documentary about krav maga, then adapted it in sparring sessions and it works. Much like you said, it didn't need a multi-year belt system to get the point across. Everyone should steal as many good techniques from as many martial arts as you can and develop a "system" that is comfortable for YOU to use should you ever need to.
Thanks for sharing Ron.God bless you
Following my brother started young because ”friendly” fights occurred in my elementary school if not daily, atleast weekly. Have done all sorts of martial arts but by far my favorite was Krav Maga because it was so comprehensive and focused on the usual situations and when more advanced it got even more interesting (defending inside a car, elevator). They taught simple, effective techniques that worked on anyone, no matter if the assailant bench pressed 200kg he would still feel the agony when you would grab his tit or balls. Lot of the training was against multiple opponents. Our main instructor was this huge Hulk guy who always reminded us that there are no rules when it comes to survival and if someone takes a boxer´s stance in front of you get away, run if you have to :) Anyways, all those fancy moves Taekwondo I dont even remember anymore, but most of the techniques from Krav Maga I still remember from 18 years ago.
Thanks for sharing your story! God bless you and your family!
Avivit Cohen, Israel, 6. Dan Krav Maga
SO very true I trained in Krav years ago wanna get back into it but your right. On the streets it's gotta be quick violent and easy to complete.
Thanks for the support. God bless!
Took a dozen different martial arts, boxed, wrestled, and spent a year training one on one with a guy who trained LE in the DC area. I took the few techniques from each skill that worked for me and that I could reliably do without thinking or straining my physical limitations ... I'm not ever going to waste my time practicing flips, flying kicks, or kicking someone above the knee ... there is no point. I ended fights with guys a foot taller and 100 pounds heavier than me with a simple kick to the side of the knee or by wrenching their neck when they shot for my legs. Stopped a guy attacking a girl in a parking lot with a few strikes to the throat, ended a school bully with a spearhand to the sternum. Dropped a guy with a straight punch counter between the eyes and a drunk with a left hook to the liver. At the end of the day, it's fight IQ that matters. NO martial art is complete.
A 16yr old kid who worked with me needed a ride home from work one day, so I took him home and he invited me in. Somehow, the conversation turned to martial arts and he told me his older brother was studying Krav Maga for years. I had never heard of it so I joked "Krav Maga? Sounds like a Hawaiian beverage." His older brother (around 28yrs old at the time) heard me say that when he was in the other room. He got offended and came out and asked if I wanted a demonstration and then I could see if I thought it was a joke. The kid I worked with tried to tell his brother not to do anything, but his brother was like "I won't hurt him." Long story short: He grabbed me, I took him down and made him submit in less than 15 seconds. Because......wrestling. (I was 50 at the time)
You can thell the guy never learned anything from Krav Maga. Deescalation is actually one of the first things you do, and actively starting a fight as the aggressor over a beverage joke is the complete opposite.
@@kaen4299 Yeah well, he was a little unhinged. I found out he got arrested for chaining his wife up in the basement and raping her.
@@JoeR203 Damn that's tough, and quite ironic because those are the type of guys you learn Krav Maga for in the first place.
Have to renew my glasses. Took about 3 min i realized at your side is a mannequin.
Great video!
Glad you like it! Thanks for watching!
I'd say KM is heavily dependent on how good the gym / instruction set is. The Krav Maga gym I joined teaches in "levels" (no belt system), the levels are there to try and group people with skill level for training purpose. It's a very simplified move set designed for if you can't escape (and you do train escaping / fleeing), with emphasis on fast aggression to end a fight as quick as possible, which is contrary to many "Martial Arts" which are designed for flare/style and scoring points. The gym broke away from the KravMaga Worldwide curriculum to focus on the practical applications.
In lieu of the belt system, the way they keep people coming is with fitness / cardio based classes (kickboxing, HIIT, etc.), weapons (knife or firearms, offense/defense), and the ability to train other disciplines like grappling / No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu for expanding on your skillset if you desire. I think that is the optimal setup so you don't get stuck in an intentionally slow-progressing class set.
Thanks for sharing your insight. Stay safe and God bless!
Where was this KM place at??? Do you know if there are any worthy ones in Michigan???
My personal xperience with Krav came at the hands of one of Israel's foremost instructors about a half century ago. I've never forgotten his admonition to never stray from the mindset of the "4 R's": "NO RING; NO ROUNDS; NO REF; NO RULES". Both Israel and the U.S. were at war back then and substantial cross-training was taking place. As Mr. Hanson has observed, and I can attest, today's "Krav Maga", especially in the U.S. bears little resemblance to what was literally beaten into me back then. One question I have for Hanson, were you a Case or Ground Branch Officer? I encountered both.
This is a bit of info that I learnt decades ago during a training course I was taking: In the 1930s there was a young Ukrainian immigrant who was an electrical engineer and a physicist who also happened to be the first (or one of the first) Westerners to earn a black belt in Judo, and who actually started the first Western Judo Dojo in Paris France in the 1930s. His name was Moshe Feldenkrais (look him up, he's a very interesting character who was involved in all sorts of clandestine stuff during WWII). Anyway, forward a couple decades to after WWII and he's living in Israel now and is approached by 'powers that be' to help in devising a martial arts training program for the Army.
In his observations over the years, he had noticed an interesting phenomenon that even his Judo experts all had a similar reaction when being attacked: the very first 'subconscious reflex' was to 'shy away' into a defensive stance from the attacker. He postulated that this was not only ineffective, but also a huge waste of energy, and spent a great deal of time figuring out how to change this up and 're-program' his students so that rather than 'shy away' they would instead react by 'moving straight in for the kill', so to speak, utilizing all of that powerful reflexive energy for attack purposes rather than for defensive purposes. Apparently it took quite a bit of re-orienting of training, muscle memory and reflexive habit to achieve this, but after a while the results began showing that by harnessing/reorienting the reflexive/defensive movement into an unconscious direct attack response, the results were dramatically improved. This all later evolved into advanced studies on "Neuro Plasticity in Modern Brain Research". And this is what I was told was the very beginnings of the Krav Maga philosophy and style of fighting.
I don't know for sure how accurate it is, but it was recounted to me by a retired combat veteran who had been an Israeli paratrooper back in the 60s; quite a formidable fellow, who was working now as a very highly regarded Feldenkrais-Method Trainer and Practitioner, and who seemed to be very credible. (Feldenkrais-Method is a sort of physical therapy/yoga/movement training discipline that is very popular overseas, especially in Australia and Europe, among physical therapists, trainers, and other rehab-type and movement-study (dancers, athletes, performers, chiropractors, etc) professionals. It's all very advanced; scientific, somatic, psychological, and just plain outright fascinating!)
I'd be interested in hearing anyone's thoughts or responses to all this, as I've never had a chance to research it in any way, aside from knowing that Mr Feldenkrais was indeed a very early western advocate and practitioner of Judo, and who also happened to be involved with all sorts of other historical people and events, including Madame Curie and also the early days of Manhattan Project! I don't know how much of this is common knowledge at this point, because I heard it all during private conversations 25+ years ago in NYC when I was studying the Feldenkrais-Method professional training/certification program myself.
Attack an attack works. Very hard to train for. As an Israeli I've never heard of this but as a student of history and martial arts , I'm going to check.
People have been killing each other since time began. Ancient warriors didn't use the Feldenkrais-Method. The problem if we can call it that is we are becoming more civilized.
@@insidethevelvetglove3919 "Ancient warriors didn't use the Feldenkrais-Method." That's what you got from my comment? Too funny...
@@PaisleyPatchouli Feldenkrais is an awesome dude. I think there's a little bit of woo in some of his stretching and other concepts but his judo is as legit as it gets.
@@PicaPauDiablo1 "I think there's a little bit of woo..." Haha, right on! :)
The biggest problem with KM (and other systems that rely on "deadly techniques") is you can't train the way you fight. You can't poke someone's eyes out or smash them in the b8lls when you're training - so you don't really get the advantage of true muscle memory. Fight how you train and train how you fight.
If you don’t have the fundamentals of distance, timing, rhythm, speed, and training of techniques, I pokes and groin strikes will be of little use against Someone who does
All of those things you mentioned happening above would result in me yelling "break!"
Then deduct a point; and or, disqualify you.
Oh yeah... this isn't Pro Boxing, or UFC! 😁
@@retiredboxingref7620 None of what you said has anything to do with sport fighting. If you can’t reliably land a punch to the face, you can’t reliably land a punch to the throat, or jab to the eye.
Best art I learned was something called Jailhouse Rock. I learned it from a guy who was incarcerated for over 20 years. The guy was bad ass. I'm an ex professional fighter and this art is basically boxing(Tyson style) with elbows, knees, low kicks, head buts.
Sounds like what 80% of Muay Thai is.
That's great! Thanks for sharing!
I remember while studying Tae Kwon Do a fellow student and I were talking about the belt system and when to go to competitions. I felt that while the system is something to be inspired, in the real world there is no time for forms and the like. Especially, in a street fight scenario. The thing about Krav Maga that I have read was how practical it is for the real world. It’s nothing too fancy, but a way to defend yourself against a knife or a gun in close quarters, which is a real world scenario.
As Bruce Lee said in Return Of The Dragon, “If it works for you, use it.”
Even boxing can be used in self defense because of blocking and punching. A well placed punch can bring someone down.
I would like to give Krav Maga a try.
Thanks for sharing! God bless!
Jason, I Respect what you have done for our nation and on a ton of what you put out, thank you.
My 2 cents here is that the issue with Krav and any system that does not include real pressure testing a majority of the time is only providing people with a false sense of security. The combat sports model, wrestling, JiuJitsu and boxing coupled with plugging in weapons with realistic pressure is superior to any other method. I see folks on her commenting about pressure points, eye gouges, twisting balls, RAT technique (convenient it’s on RUclips adds), that seem to disparage MMA, likely too fat to walk a half mile. The reality is that those of us with solid grappling and striking skills can easily plug in “dirty” techniques against people that train in these non resisting opponent systems with ease. We do it all the time with Force on Force training.. Why because we control people daily on the mats and in real sparring. Folks should get into JiuJitsu, get a boxing coach and then find a Shivworks ECQC class to test themselves for real. They will find out where their real focus should be. The other reality is that most talking about “dirty” techniques that you “can’t train in a dojo” nonsense will never do that.
eric davis do you mean you respect what the cia has done for the US, or this individual?
@@Antipodean33 Jason as an individual. But the clandestine service and paramilitary side of the CIA certainly has a major roll in keeping us more free. Now the leftist tyrant DC desk pushers that weaponized the CIA to prop up Biden… that is another damn story all together.
Krav Maga DOES have a lot of pressure testing. This includes a ton of sparring that usually ends up as basically kick boxing. The knife and pistol disarms are also heavily pressure tested. Look up Ryan Hoover and his channel Fit 2 Fight. The guy is legit and has Eli Knight of Knight Jiu Jitsu as a regular collaborator.
Side note to a point this guy made here: there are no spinning kicks/ techniques in KM. As this guy said, it’s about simplicity and lowest risk techniques. There are also no flying techniques for the same reason. We were strongly discouraged from kicking above lower abdomen height in keeping with the KM principles.
@eric davis You cannot be this Dumb respect the CIA WOW+_+_+
@@wattlebough In that sense so does Tae Kwon Do and every other art. There aren't people going at you with all of their force in Krav Maga, at least that's what all the millions of social media black belts tell me, b/c if they did, they'd kill people and their art is sooo dangerous you can only spar. After all it's too dangerous to use in a cage. Which is all a big rationalization but I digress.
I’ve learned that most martial arts teach “forms” or “katas” as the primary way of defending one’s self. In my opinion that almost never equates into real life situations. Krav Maga is definitely a more real life self defense program. As for the belt system of advancement, only the younger students were awarded belts for their advancements. Grownups were given paper certificates only, with level 6 being the highest rank. Each level took around a year to acquire, give or take.
What I’ve noticed is that like with most martial arts, people generally will go until they either bore of it or feel that they’ve learned as much as they wanted, and quit. Martial arts training is obviously a money making proposition for the master instructor and therefore keeping and recruiting students is always their priority. For that reason, I think some become disenfranchised with continuing. Thanks for another informative video.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Sorry mate but kata is not taught as a primary defence.
It teaches balance, timing, focus ect. Call it a moving meditation if you will. Yes it uses martial movement but you already need to have intimate knowledge of fighting techniques to even understand how it relates to a real fight.
Kata is one small part to a whole.
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The Jason Smith, gun disarm, spinning flipkick thing, is badass move
I'm a civilian who's earned a brown belt in Japanese Ju Jutsu and a green belt in Sport Judo. I've also competed in amateur kickboxing for a little while, when I was much younger.
No similar credentials would make me, or anyone else infallible in any way, shape or form. I'm aging and my physical conditioning has gone so far South that I'm spotting penguins. Even though I've kept up the practice, I'd probably end up giving myself a heart attack in a prolonged hand to hand fight. If my assailant doesn't kill me, first.
There are a lot of other reasons someone could end up in the ground, too. People do not take fighting seriously enough, anymore. The one thing I've learned during my own studies is simple: Avoid fights outside of the ring unless it's truly unavoidable. Bravado kills.
Thank you for sharing your story! God bless you.
I trained Krav for seven years.
Back when I was training there was no belt system. We broke the classes up by skill level and experience.
From what I have observed, an athletic military aged male with intense/aggressive IDF style Krav training will be very well equipped mentally and physically for violence…
We trained in a facility where there were others who were highly trained black belts etc in various other disciplines. We would spar with these other practitioners regularly and the top Krav students were so much more aggressive and dominant it wasn’t even comparable.
A lot of my friends realized that in a real fight their high levels of training in other martial arts fell short. This is just my narrow personal experience. I love Krav and am currently teaching it to my children…
That's wonderful! Thanks for sharing!
Where did you train?
Where is it possible to learn IDF style Krav Maga?
0:10 The snippet from the morning show was all I needed to see ...
I worked at The Double Deuce with Dalton and I used Krav Maga on Brad Wesley’s boys. I agree that the belt system was designed to get your money. Forms and katas are like choreographed dancing.
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My teacher liked to show many "belt" specific moves are blibber-blabber in the real world.
If it works, it works.
If it works, it works.
The gun disarm I learned in Krav Maga is similar to the one you teach. They just added a groin kick after you got the gun off line. Then you twist and pull it away.
I went to one Krav Maga demonstration. The instructor demonstrated how to disarm an attacker at the ATM when they put a gun into your back. After his cute little choreographed Ninja dance display I asked him, "what about the other guy?" He asked me what I meant. "There were two of them. You didn't even check. While you were disarming the first one, the second guy shot you in the face." He had no answer for that. Then he had me hold a gun out so he could demonstrate a gun disarm. I have a brown belt in Judo. When he grabbed ahold of my arm I did a hip throw and sent him face flying. He didn't understand why his moves weren't working.
Thanks for sharing, Andrew. Keep safe and God bless!
I think there are pros and cons with rank systems. The cons are that some folks make it their focus and there are schools more than happy to take their money. Consequently I’ve seen quite a number of black belts (even 3, 4, 5th degree) who couldn’t fight their way out of a wet paper bag. That said, the ranks are useful from the standpoint of organizing a curriculum as well as giving and indicator what a student knows, alerting upper belts to be more gentle.
Great video!
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I did the Military version of Krav in the military, then later in life joined a club run by ex military. The problem, as mentioned, is the civilianised version thats adds in 4 years of parttime karate training
Jason, please consider getting a dedicated microphone to improve your audio. Thanks, really enjoy your channel and dry humor, thumbs up.
The commercialized dark aspect of defense training tickled me. Proud to be a subscriber here...😁
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I've done martial arts most of life, had to quit to many injuries 10 major surgeries including 2 back 3 leg 3 foot. So needless to say if I were to get into a fight it needs to end quickly. I am not sure if Krav Maga is the correct one for me personally but I just know the fight needs to end in under 30 seconds.
When I was younger I did wrestling for a couple years and taekwondo for a few years. I learned some boxing from my dad in secret as my mother disapproved. My dad boxed in the Navy did 23 amateur fights won all by KO. My dad also did things in the Navy that he didn't even share with mom for 40 years. An example being I was taught by my dad to disarm someone proficiently by the time I was 14 years old. I practiced using air pistol, just to be clear it was never loaded. I was also taught to fight in the Army. I was a Military Policeman. I was level 2 in there combat system. To me it seemed like a heavy emphasis on BJJ. I never had to use anything I learned into a fight, I've managed to deescalate tense situations on construction sites. I am not sure which is best as long as I can win quickly bc even at 35 I am very much disabled like I said 10 plus surgeries need to find a way to win quickly if the situation arises. I like to think I am a respectful Messianic Jew but I need to be ready for anything.
Wow! Thanks for sharing!
My dad introduced me to Krav Maga he said it’s more realistic now I see what he means I’ve use it in fights and self defense I don’t regret learning it
That's great for you! Thanks for sharing!
Real Krav Maga is simple fast and direct using target mapping. Striking the most vulnerable targets on the human body then get the hell out of there. Nothing fancy looking, just brutal and ugly using what works. Great video thanks for the upload. You're spot on with the different type of Krav Maga being taught. Some are great schools and some not so good.
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I remember when i joined a Wushu school i talked to my Sifu about his belt system, and he was extremely honest. He said (I’m paraphrasing of course) that the belts just showed how long you’ve been at the school. When we had sparring days, and we did Sanda/Sanshou, i was a green/blue at his school going against black belts and brown belts. Obviously they were better because they had been practicing much longer, but we all knew the same stuff. I respected his mindset of teach everything and practice as long as you want to be a student. I know Wushu isn’t really self defense, and he was also honest about that, but we also brought in Hapkido instructors and Eskrima instructors to teach the actual self defense classes. So i don’t 100% but into belt systems, but i don’t think they are necessarily a “bad” thing as much as i think they are there for 1-money and 2-muscle memory
Tend to prefer Krav Maga, being former MI, due to it being a survival style vs a sport martial art. Unfortunately Vietnam doesn't have much to keep up with it here, but I've been toying with the idea of a summer in the Philippines to study some Kali. Have a PsyOps friend that swears by BJJ as well.
I really like your no nonsense approach. I live in canada where we are not allowed to use our guns for self defense, only for range shooting.
Given the increasing number of criminals on our streets over here, I have considered krav maga. In my younger days I had a background in jujitsu, but I haven't trained in 25 years.
* Do you think I am too old to learn krav maga for the first time at age 63? I have some injuries accumulated during the course of my lifetime but still have my mobility. I also have no interest in a belt system just the basics. Thanks.
Great explanation about Krav Maga. I have been teaching for many years, but also am a karate instructor and study Pak Mei Kung Fu. Everything that you are saying is the best way, is really what Krav Maga is about. Keep it simple. If I am in a confrontation with someone stronger and faster than I am, I just have to be stronger and faster for 10 seconds, neutralize and go home. Does Krav Work? I have 2 knives that I kept from terrorists that attacked me while serving in the IDF. It worked. I like the explanation that there a a million ways to do the same defense. I alway teach that similar to change of a dollar bill. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar, and same with defense. If I teach one way, there can be so many more. It all has to be intuitive and muscle memory.
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During the first Gulf War I was employed by the Sydney Board of Jewish Deputies to protect some synagogues and rabbis. There was this allegedly ex-Mossad bloke teaching the 18 year old high school seniors, who helped out as security volunteers, 'Krav Maga' that looked like karate with a kippa on. As a former Aussie Military Police CPP operative I was, lets say, mildly amused. More amused was one of my partners who happened to be the real deal ex-MOSSAD operator. The team were itching to watch him sort the pretender out but it never happened however he did tell us exactly what you said; the real stuff has to be learned in weeks, even days because there is just too much other stuff to learn.
Thank you Jason for all your videos and tactical insight. You always come across as a capable professional but, perhaps even more importantly as a good, caring and humane person. You show the wisdom that many lack and the experience to back it up.
Thank you! I appreciate it. God bless!
I am 76. I began Karate at age 10 in Chicago in 1957. Shoryn Ryu. Got my first black belt at age 15.
There was only white belt and black belt back then. No promotion fees. Went from 10th Kyu to 1rst Dan.
Had to learn all the katas and weapons. No kids got a black belt till age 16. I was a rare exception.
Lots of light contact sparring.
Started Japanese Jiu Jitsu at age 14. The Jiu Jitsu I learned was not a grappling sport. It was sort of a violent Aikido…. the object was to break bones and tear ligaments as you moved through your opponents. It fit perfectly with the karate I was studying.
I later went into Shoto Kan and eventually settled into a no nonsense combat style called Sho Bo Kan.
By the time I joined the Navy at age 17 I could do 50 to 60 knuckle push ups on cement.
I was in dozens of fights in grammar school and high school. My stuff worked. It was a time before the martial art# culture became popular. I was never a bully or a fight picker. I fought a lot of bullies. Took some good hits but I never lost.
The trick to fighting is learning to stay in it. To concentrate in getting the job done in the maelstrom of violence. That’s why you see supposed martial arts masters get their ass kicked… they know techniques but they don’t know how to fight. Timing, distance, fakes, knowing how to extend but keep your balance… all essential fighting tools… and intent! You have to have the intent to injure, to disable.
After a while it comes natural. My Vietnam combat experience added firearms to the personal arsenal.
Last… any time you see a technic where the defender is working on one hand of the attacker while the attacker’s off hand is just hanging limp… realize that in a real fight that limp hand is going to be punching the side of your face or gauging your eye or stabbing your gut.
In my late 20’s I fought bare knuckle about a dozen times. For money. Nothing but a crotch cup permitted. Later mouth guards were permitted… to protect a fighters hands from osteomyelitis after punching dirty teeth. I always won. Always got hurt. Fights were in a deserted factory building on west Ogden Ave. in Chicago. Made about 5 G’s per night. Quit when I had to shoot some guy in the parking lot after a fight night cause he insisted on being my manager.
I was in law school at the time. I didn’t need a manager.
Got cut up by three guys at age 30 in a foreign county. Dispatched two handicapped one for life. I spent ten days in the hospital. Cost me a mint not to get charged.
My last gun fight was in 2007 at age 60. Avoided a kidnapping in Juarez, Mexico.
I have never picked a fight in my life and I am not a tac guy. I wear a suit and preppy clothes and I look like a mild mannered accountant. I have apologized to people getting in my face over a parking incident while being armed to the teeth.
For some time I did some gov contracting but I found it too restrictive. Better money and less bosses in private work. Worked in a couple of “no prisoners taken” shitholes.
I love taking the principles of krav maga and mixing them with Hapkido. They're definitely some things I don't like about Krav, but overall it's way better than a lot of others.
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There are stories in traditional martial arts where people are only shown a couple of the most basic moves of a system and forced to practice JUST that one simple move. Those guys always end up being the best fighters.
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I was introduced to krav maga when in Israel. Was new to it found it useful the elbow strike were good however I got that in Thailand as well. Never pass up the opportunity to learn something new especially if it's free. Add to the arsenal. The idf guys and their mosaad counter parts broke it down for aggressive actions. That was priceless.
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Jason, you just summed up why Law Enforcement and the DOD use S.C.A.R.S, Target Focus Training (TFT) and Performance Fighting Concepts instead of martial arts. Having mentored former students in North Richmond, CA over a period of 3 years I found that having a green belt in kempo was useless in dealing with street gangs, killing/shootings in the neighborhood and quelling the fear in my stomach when I would drive into the neighborhood at least 50% of the time. I will be taking live training in TFT this year.
I’m a Krav Maga instructor and train in Jeet Kune Do, Kali, Boxing etc. It was refreshing to see an objective video as Krav Maga attracts so many haters. You hit the nail on the head, it is for military personnel who also have to learn shooting, map reading, surveillance, field craft etc, etc, etc……….. Or civilians who have to go to work, take their kids to school/football practice, go shopping live their life. There’s no doubt someone who dedicates their entire life to MMA will win a fight but Krav Maga gives your ordinary person a chance on the street (not the Octagon). A lot of the training emphasises mind set and aggression to get you out of trouble as we are aware that someone will 6 months training has a long way to go.
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I really liked his honesty. In Karate (Empty Hand) no matter what style. You have to put in work. Everything is perishable. When you have to execute against someone you have to think they maybe better so execute quick fast and in a hurry. Be practical!
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I really like krav maga, and I totally agree what you said here. I've only had to use krav maga once, most of the time I can just talk my way out of situations... but there was this one time a drunk guy grabbed me by the throat and pushed me against a glass panel on a balcony. Training I had resolved the situation without anyone getting hurt (sure I could have hurt him, but instead used moves that only felt uncomfortable to him and it was enough). Without some basic knowledge of what I was doing, the situation probably would have lasted a lot longer and would have ended up with injuries on both sides. I highly recommend krav maga to anyone, especially women, to give a basic understanding of hand to hand combat and self defence. It's not perfect, but hell a lot better than no training at all :)
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Also, there's a difference between military combat and self defense. Self defense means you don't want to get hurt (or get hurt as little as possible). Quick, fast and easy is a good place to start there, because if you get into a physical confrontation as a civilian, you want to end it qickly, efficiently and safely. But fighting as a civilian is always plan B. Plan A as a civilian is to move away from the danger and get help if necessary. Fighting when you don't have to as a civilian increases the likelyhood of injury or even death and even if you win the fight, you might face legal consequences or maybe even retaliation from your opponent's affiliates.
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As a certified krav maga instructor I can also say the same for bjj as a certified bjj instructor some krav maga is for combat and some for the streets.
Such as in bjj there is bjj then there is combatives for non sport.
As with Sambo there is Sambo then there is combat Sambo.
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@@JasonHansonSpyBriefing God bless my friend
Mister Hanson, I served 12 years in Norway’s Jaegerkommandoen. One of the techniques we were taught as a component of our training among others was Krav Maga. Basic training for Kostalmarinen is generally eight months going hard and deep. A large percentage of those who tackle the program wash out, sometimes 60 to 80 percent. I will speak now only of Krav Maga. We were instructed by men who originally were trained by Imi Lichtenfeld. Also we were not given the usual few weeks of fast most basic training other military entities used. Our Krav Maga instruction along with other methods of defense and attack was given to us all along the eight months of basic with gaps in the training when we focused on other areas of training. After graduating from basic I further extended my training by another eight months going deeply into other matters. I was also given language training which was extremely difficult as I had to master various languages that might be useful. These included of course Swedish and Danish which were so easy for a Norwegian to learn. Most of us already were fluent in English from our general education growing up. I was taught German, Russian, Chinese (Mandarin)+ which was my worst language, I was also taught French in which I was already fluent, and then Spanish, and Continental Portuguese and the Brazilian version. My Krav Maga training also continued. There was nothing pretty or elegant for us in the Krav Maga we were taught. It was though amzingly efficient and shockingly deadly which was the point after all. We were taught that no quarter was given, end an aggressive interaction before the enemy can begin any action. This method was maximum deadly. Obliterate the aggressor before he has a chance to kill you and by whatever means one has at hand. Once engaged there was no such thing as so-called “flight or fight”; it did not exist. There was only one option move forward and kill or completely disable the enemy. These days when I see a belt system and tournaments and rankings I find it all artificial and useless. Whatever this form of Krav Maga has become it is not Krav Maga. It is a game of fakery and foolishness. I don’t know what else to say about this. I even recently visited two Krav Maga gyms in the Dallas Texas area. I watched and asked questions as if I was looking for help in self defense. What I was told was complete nonsense. It is the same I fear in those very popular Karate gyms and training schools for children. These “schools” are a waste of money for the parents and may actually end up getting the kids badly hurt or worse. I have one daughter who is an adult. I trained her in a. More casual but effective manner the basics of Krav Maga and other techniques so she may be able to defend herself effectively in the worse situations. First and foremost it was common sense of avoiding areas where she might be vulnerable and to run away or call attention to other members of the public or law enforcement. If a situation goin is not able to be avoided I developed in her the skills she would need to survive. You are an e pert in self defense and karate and probably other methods and ways of training. I am not. I am seventy years old this month. I have bad arthritis, heart failure and heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes and more but even at my age and with the health challenges I face. The so-called instructors of Krav Maga and karate I have met would not do well in a real world fight with me. First of all I do not know how to fight. I do know how to survive. Sparring is something I have not done except during my Jaegerkommandoen training days. There is no way I would begin to know what to do in a tournament battle. Only surviving is what I know. I have not needed it all these years. But even now if I needed it it would be there. You have an excellent channel. Thank you so much for the interesting videos and information. Excellent and well done. Forgive any typos or autocorrects.
I was with a well-trained military friend in Cali, Colombia. He told me how he came out of his apartment with his iPhone in his hand, paying attention to it instead of the street. A guy with a gun told him to give him his new phone. He was very upset and said that if the guy hadn't been 6 feet away, he would have known what to do. But it's 6 feet, all he could do is put his phone down and walk away.
Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face- Iron Mike
Krav maga is about the mindset. In 2015 I decided to up and travel from Ireland to Israel to firstly visit holy land but as in law enforcement I trained in krav maga in Israel within credited association and man I left after week bruised,sore,tired and with the main ingredient which is intent ! Israeli mindset makes the difference.
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I would still call Krav Mega a martial art, as martial means war.
It's interesting how similar Dragon Kung Fu, Niten ichi Ryu, some older styles of karate and Filipino martial arts look very similar to Krav mega. They all just call the principles different names and different "costumes "
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I just recently found your channel, and I have to say it's really good stuff! I've had a few different kinds of different training. The stuff that always stuck with me was the fast simple effective easy stuff. Man your gun disarm is awesome! Probably the best method I've seen. Thanks for everything you're doing and sharing!
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@@JasonHansonSpyBriefing God bless you too sir!
Appreciate this breakdown as a krav maga practitioner and instructor 👍🏾
Street fighting is best. What you would likely face in a STREET fight/bar. I would combine 3 disciplines; boxing (for strikes to the head AND body and, the offensive/defensive moves), real wrestling (in public, fights usually go the the ground with the bigger person on top. The old ground and pound) and Aikido (for the joint locks/breaks).
If your a grown man training for street and bar fights then your a moron. Seriously.
As overrated as BJJ is, it’s more reliable of a skill than Aikido.
have you actually trained anything? Aikido is 100% against actual resistance.
So I’ve trained in a few different Martial Arts to include wrestling, the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP), Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and Krav Maga. My issue with Krav is that if you train it incorrectly it’s a detriment more than anything else. Most gyms that offer it in the United States will have you kicking and punching a bag over and over again and practicing theoretical eye gouges and you’ll never actually practice the techniques full speed against someone who is resisting. You can’t be good at something you’ve never actually done.
Fighting is a perishable skill that you need to constantly work at. Therefore your best bets for self defense are the disciplines that are fun and that you want to practice and that you can actually do live. Boxing, Muay Thai, and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu all give you that. Learning the techniques and even memorizing them is one thing, but that doesn’t mean you’ll actually be able to slap a rear naked choke on an opponent who’s squirming around and defending against the technique. You have to do it live in sparring in order to actually learn it. You just can’t replicate that experience you get from going live. If you’re looking to survive a street fight or an attack make a sport martial art like the ones I mentioned your hobby, but also learn some of the key concepts of Krav. Furthermore, Imi Lichtenfeld, the founder of Krav, was an Olympic boxer and wrestler, so those sport martial arts are the meat and potatoes of Krav anyways.
Hi Jason
Not sure if you know this answer or not. Can a secrets service agent, that protects the president take on a trained MMA fighter or is it two different dynamics? I've always been fascinated with hand-to-hand combat. I really enjoy your videos and information that you provide.
Thank you.
I’m not Secret Service, but I have fought pro MMA fighters. At that level they really do have amazing talent. It would kind of depend on the agent’s talent, but also consider pro mma guys don’t train to break bones or permanently injure.
Thank you for the reply Robert. I assume what the secret service agents learn is secret.
Why would a Secret Service bodyguard want to take on a MMA fighter? Do you envisage them rolling around on the ground together? The bodyguard will be armed with a firearm. The president has a team of bodyguards protecting him, at least 2 of them would be on top of the MMA fighter very quickly.
@@RobertsIslandLivingAdventures Go count how many arms and legs have been intentionally broken in professional fights because the other guy refused to tap.
@@echofoxtrotwhiskey1595 i just checked them out. Ahhh, they’ll be fine in a few months after some surgery. Haha.
The unshakeable clarity of truth. It also applies to the multi-level combatives system the US military teaches. Actual military combatives systems are Simple, Direct, Effective, and assimilated quickly. It is about more than just techniques-Mindset, Attitude and Ferocity, the mental and psychological aspects are far more important. The small but active international combatives communities have the right idea. McCann, Dimitri, Morisson, Coup, Zak a.s.o.
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Krav is indeed a martial art in that it borrows elements from other martial arts. My experience was limited and taught as a defensive techniques to evade one and sometimes many attackers so the emphasis on my training was never intended as a sport.
Boxing and Wrestling were two of the foundational elements of Krav Maga from the founder Imi Lichtenfeld not traditional Asian martial arts.
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@@muskegontribune Wikipedia says "Aikido, judo, karate, boxing, wrestling." I can certainly see the Japanese influence in krav maga.
@@negativeionz The founder mentions nothing about Aikido, Judo, or Karate. Wikipedia is not correct on this issue. The Jews in Czech were getting brutalized by Nazis, they had no time to "study a martial art". The founder created a self-defense system, not a martial art.
@@muskegontribune Well I can only tell you there is for sure Japanese influence in the systems that have been taught in my lifetime. Maybe that is a bacterized version of how it evolved, I cannot say. But I do know it doesn't take longer to learn judo than western wrestling. Grappling is grappling. And that's true of striking as well. And you're splitting hairs about what is self-defense and what is martial arts. Clearly there are martial arts in self-defense. And wrestling and boxing are martial arts.
It’s the same thing with jiu jitsu. A blue belt is really all you need to defend yourself on the street. Purple, brown and black are just for sport these days
So, for some perspective: I was able to train some Krav Maga about 30 years ago by chance, very simplistic, and direct, guy had been in military, etc. I thought it had some good stuff. It is direct with little fluff. Like most martial arts, it hasn't really been tested en masse simply because most serious battle situations involved weaponry. But the Krav Maga being marketed to soccer moms here is mostly made up and unworkable beyond very basics. Basically to make it more complex, with belts, etc. they have included unworkable techniques. The ground stuff was almost non-existent back then and then of course, to make it workable, they stole from BJJ in the 1990s, etc. One would think if it was regularly battlefield and street tested it would have discovered that years ago. The one guys I know who can make any of it work are guys who train MMA, etc. And that is its problem; it really is only effective with other combative resistance arts like any other "traditional" art/method. But I think it is good for being quick and direct right off the bat. Some of its techniques, like knife defenses are truly garbage and terrible. Some have better ones (varies school to school). Also, it is interesting that quite a few of the older KM guys here claimed to be Israeli Special Forces, etc. and when investigated, their claims seem dubious at best. It's a whole industry now. Just train some boxing and grappling with a few strategies against weapons and that will serve you much better as an average person.
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I think it depends what you plan on using it for. A soccer mom who wants to be able to break holds and escape from the the rapist hiding in her van is well served by Krav Maga. Evander Holyfield will probably be OK without it and it doesn't have the depth of moves that a serious far eastern discipline. I remember a Judo guy explaining that when you drove the other fellow's head into the pavement you had to be aware of how deeply/long you did it for as the lowest level was to render short-term unconsciousness, the next depth/time was to render unconscious for a relative number of hours and the final level was to kill. You don't get that level in most McDojos...... Nothing against KM which fills a great gap in self-defense/hand to hand needs for many people. Everybody's different.
Been training shotokan karate and Gracie jiujitsu for 20 years. Training others as well seen some BS. It is the instructor not the art that counts. Thanks for the video. Stay safe
You're welcome Jonah! God bless you
Excellent!!! Krav Maga is a very good fighting art.
Keep it simple
But very effective
This guy straight forward and no nonsense approach.
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