Krav Maga & Krav Maga Blog Articles

Krav Maga is a reality-based self-defense system that was first developed in the IDF (Israeli Defense Forces) with the goal of getting an untrained soldier combat ready in hand-to-hand fighting in the shortest possible time. The system provides techniques and solutions to armed and unarmed attack, committed by individuals or groups (multiple assailants), whether a person is standing, seated or on the ground etc. The system attempts to use and reuse a few common simple movements, that techniques share, to reduce the number of solutions a person has to learn and remember. This makes Krav Maga a self-defense system that is quick to learn and easy to remember and apply under stress and duress etc. Gershon Ben Keren – who has been writing the blog since January 2012 - is a 5th Degree Black Belt in Krav Maga, and a 2010 inductee into the first Museum of Israeli Martial arts. He has also written three Amazon Best Selling Books on Krav Maga.

The blog articles on Krav Maga, are divided up into several sections. The general section has articles about Krav Maga, including its use and categorization of improvised weapons etc. The strategies and principles section looks at the underlying principles and concepts upon which Krav Maga is founded and how these influence the tactics, strategies, and solutions that the system uses. In the Armed Solutions section, there are articles about how Krav Maga deals with armed attacks and threats, and how threats and attack, differ both in intent and execution. One of the things which distinguishes Krav Maga from many other martial arts and self-defense systems, is the way that techniques and fighting skills are trained. The section on Krav Maga training methods looks to explain how Krav Maga is practiced. There are also sections on specific techniques, the different stances that are used in Krav Maga and the importance of effective and efficient movement etc.

Krav Maga as a physical system comprises of striking (punches, eye-gouges, palm strikes, elbows, and headbutts etc. which are referred to as “Upper Body” combatives, along with Kicks and knee strikes that are known as “Lower Body” combatives), blocking, throwing, and ground-fighting, that all have their own specific sections, containing individual articles about these various aspects of Krav Maga. There is also a dedicated section on how Krav Maga deals with active shooter and active killer incidents, as Israeli was one of the first countries to experience this form of violence and terrorism on a large scale. There is also a section looking at fitness and conditioning as Krav Maga training is acknowledged as one of the most effective all body workouts that you can get.

These articles are being added to on a weekly, sometime by weekly, basis, and so this content is always being updated and added to.