Krav Maga Blog Articles

Full disclosure, I’m a Brit who grew up and lived in the UK. When I was 36 – in 2008 – I moved to the US. I remember when legislation, in the UK was passed (1997), that severely restricted who could own a firearm and that instituted relatively harsh penalties for illegal ownership (even if the firearm wasn’t used in a crime) N.B., this didn’t result in an increase in crime, and it probably had little effect on the fall in the crime-rate that happened subsequently. I served in the military so I’m familiar and comfortable around firearms. I’m not...

I’ve parachuted just once. I hate flying but I hated jumping out of a plane even more; that’s why I’ve only ever done it once. I wouldn’t say I was relaxed but I made sure not to be panicking and to simply keep going over the procedure of the jump in my head. I wasn’t as our instructor – someone who I guessed loved parachuting as he’d made it his profession – going to take the time to “enjoy” it whilst I was up there. My goal was simply to get back to the ground, though not as fast as...

Perhaps the most frightening thing about being involved in a fight/violent confrontation is the realization that the other party feels no longer bound to respect the law or other social conventions. For whatever reason they believe the use of force is justified either to resolve a dispute/injustice or acquire an “asset”, whether that is something you own, or you, yourself etc. This entry into an unknown world is what makes punches feel harder than they physically are, as they come with a psychological and emotional weight, which adds power to them. In the physical confrontations I’ve been in, I have...