Krav Maga Blog Articles

There is an over-focus in the martial arts and in many self-defense systems on physicality and the techniques needed to “answer” that physicality e.g., if someone pushes me, how do I negate and/or counter that push etc. The emotional content, the behavioral aspects, behind the push are rarely examined or even considered when looking at defenses to it. I’m at heart a traditional martial artist. I love watching YouTube videos of Aikidoka, Judoka and Karate practitioners demonstrating clean techniques i.e., the arts side of the martial arts. I also believe that many Krav Maga practitioners and instructors would benefit from...

Everyone has an opinion, and Matt Thornton is entitled to his. There’s been an article (on calfkicker.com) that’s circulating social media where Matt Thornton talks about Krav Maga instructors preparing for high level Krav Maga certifications who came to his school and were constantly being smoked by BJJ Blue Belts with maybe just a couple of years’ experience of BJJ and MMA and then going on to pass their Krav Maga courses/certifications a few weeks later. Do I believe him? Yes, I do (I don’t think he’s a liar or making things up). But I don’t agree with his conclusion...

When I was a kid at school, having a haircut or getting a new pair of shoes, marked you out for ridicule, ironically in the same way that having long hair (not getting it cut), and having old shoes (not getting new ones), also marked you out for ridicule i.e., you were damned if you did, damned if you didn’t etc. I belong to Gen X (those born between 1965 and 1980), and to be honest I think people of my generation are pretty crap, and I have some statistics to back up this statement. Crime rates started to fall...