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Krav Maga is a modern self-defence system that employs aggressive hand-to-hand combat skills and other street fighting techniques to defend oneself from violent assaults. The system uses a practical approach to defence, using the natural and instinctive response of people to a threatening situation. The word is Hebrew meaning combat/battle contact, literally, while a more meaningful translation is ‘close combat/ battle’.
Krav Maga is believed to have existed since 1930s. Imi Lichtenfeld is credited with the creation of this self-defence form during the 1930s. After his immigration to Israel in the late 1940s, he began to teach this defence form there and eventually created more refined techniques, which became popular as Krav Maga.
Krav Maga methodology focuses on neutralization of threat with simultaneous defensive and offensive movements and tactics, reinforced by an aggressive endurance approach representing ‘dominance of only one’. Techniques are developed to tackle real-life situations where failure to respond can translate to death. The techniques focus on quick and frequent moves aimed at the opponent’s highly vulnerable body parts to cripple him.
Krav Maga deals with situations of the real world. So, trainees are prepared to tackle attacks from all or any direction(s) by one or more attackers, in any place, including open or closed spaces, water, and in any posture – sitting, standing, moving, or flat on the back or abdomen or any such sedentary posture.
Krav Maga is believed to have existed since 1930s. Imi Lichtenfeld is credited with the creation of this self-defence form during the 1930s. After his immigration to Israel in the late 1940s, he began to teach this defence form there and eventually created more refined techniques, which became popular as Krav Maga.
Krav Maga methodology focuses on neutralization of threat with simultaneous defensive and offensive movements and tactics, reinforced by an aggressive endurance approach representing ‘dominance of only one’. Techniques are developed to tackle real-life situations where failure to respond can translate to death. The techniques focus on quick and frequent moves aimed at the opponent’s highly vulnerable body parts to cripple him.
Krav Maga deals with situations of the real world. So, trainees are prepared to tackle attacks from all or any direction(s) by one or more attackers, in any place, including open or closed spaces, water, and in any posture – sitting, standing, moving, or flat on the back or abdomen or any such sedentary posture.