Krav Maga Blog Articles

There can be a danger in turning something that is simple into something that is simplistic i.e., you reduce something that is straightforward and direct into something that doesn’t acknowledge context etc. Krav Maga defenses are – initially - designed to react to a movement rather than to identify the exact nature of the attack e.g., a 360/Outer-Defense, is “triggered” by a circular movement that crosses a person’s peripheral vision, initiating the “startle reflex”. That movement could be a loping/swinging haymaker (unarmed attack), or a knife slash or stab etc. However, whilst these different attacks may initiate the same reflex,...

When I was at university I briefly – very briefly – went out with a girl from Cumbernauld; she was a brutally honest person (I hope she still is, and happy), who quickly realized we had little in common, weren’t compatible etc., and after a month or two announced that we had no future and probably shouldn’t even be friends etc. Really, the only connection we’d had was both being Scottish at an English University; as a realist, from Cumbernauld (this is important) she definitely realized this wasn’t enough, whilst as a romantic optimist I, at the time, convinced myself...

I believe that crime and acts of violence are largely a product of the environment and opportunity as opposed to criminality i.e., those with a certain mindset and attitude etc. That is not to say that there aren’t people out there in society who are aggressively/violently inclined however if we look at the majority of acts/offenses they are committed by people who find themselves in the moment able to advantage their position psychologically/emotionally or tangibly by committing an offense/crime e.g., a person scans an avocado at the self-checkout as an onion because they believe the store employee overseeing the checkout...