| Many martial arts focus on one range of | | | | ways to use the techniques and even |
| fighting and some of the more diverse martial | | | | incorporates new lessons learned from real |
| arts may incorporate two ranges of fighting. | | | | life encounters. Krav Maga is not a sport! |
| The ultimate goal of any martial art is to | | | | It is a complete fighting system that was |
| instil both the skills and the confidence in | | | | created for street attacks. There are no |
| its students in order for them to be able to | | | | rules and students are taught to use anything |
| defend themselves in a real life situation. | | | | in their arsenal to be able to defend |
| No other martial art does this as effectively | | | | themselves. This would include pressure |
| as the Israeli system of defensive tactics | | | | points and vulnerable areas such as the eyes, |
| knows as Krav Maga. Krav Maga which is a | | | | temples, throat, back of the neck and groin. |
| martial art that incorporates all ranges of | | | | This martial art focuses on training its |
| fighting was created in Israel in the year | | | | students in a repetitious manner as they hope |
| 1948 by a man named Imi Lichtenfeld.During | | | | to instil the instincts needed to survive a |
| the time period that Krav Maga was created, | | | | street attack. Cardiovascular and |
| the Israelis were still under British rule | | | | callisthenic training is incorporated into |
| and had to find a way to defend themselves, | | | | each training session, as being physically |
| without bearing arms. In its infancy this | | | | fit is a necessity. The focus of this art is |
| martial art was one of the most brutal hand | | | | to counter hard and fast. The faster you can |
| to hand combat systems as it was created to | | | | attack your opponent the better your chances |
| train the military for World War II as well | | | | of surprising them. Most martial arts have |
| as training the Israeli civilians for | | | | both specialized weapons defense and training |
| anti-terrorism defense. In 1964 Imi | | | | while Krav Maga teaches its students to use |
| Lichtenfeld retired as a soldier and started | | | | everyday ordinary objects as weapons. The |
| to adapt the martial art for normal every day | | | | point is how often does a person get attacked |
| use for civilians. The association of Krav | | | | in the streets and have a set of nun chucks |
| Maga was created in 1975 by Imi Lichtenfeld | | | | or a staff to defend themselves with?When a |
| and his most accomplished students.The | | | | martial art teaches you to both throw and |
| advantage Krav Maga has over other martial | | | | defend against punches and kicks, teaches you |
| arts is that not only is it extremely | | | | joint locks and ground defense, as well as |
| adaptable, it is also constantly evolving. | | | | takedowns and weapons training, it is hard |
| Whatever real world scenarios that may occur, | | | | for anyone to use any other words then |
| Krav Maga finds realistic defenses for them. | | | | "complete system" to describe it. The world |
| Most martial arts (especially traditional | | | | we're living in is getting progressively more |
| ones) tend to teach rigid curriculums that | | | | dangerous and many of the traditional martial |
| aren't up for discussion or change while Krav | | | | arts, while great for exercise and pleasure, |
| Maga encourages its students to find creative | | | | are not used to such extreme conditions. |