While surfing around and looking for another martial art to get into, (I've previously done a little judo, karate, Tae Kwon Do, boxing, Aikido - I'm no black belt in any of the above.) I've found after studying these arts that most martial arts are more art than martial. That's not necessarily a bad thing - they're good exercise, and they're beautiful and spectacular to watch, but they don't do much good in a real fight.
I decided I wanted to get into an art that is designed for self-defense. I don't care so much about the sport or art aspects, I just want a system that teaches effective defense. I'm thinking I may have found that Krav Maga is such a system. Fortunately, there's a school located here in Fort Collins. I went to the school and watched a session, and looked on kravmaga.com & verified that it is an officially sanctioned school (as opposed to some schmuck teaching mutated Tae Kwon Do & calling it Krav Maga.) The system is very aggressive - teaching a variety of punching (much like boxing), grappling and kicking techniques (kicks look practical - no higher than the midsection). It also uses high-stress techniques such as having students punch & kick a target until they're tired, then having another student come at them from behind with a knife(simulated).
So far I like this system (technically they say its not a martial art - because it has no art, it's just martial.) What do you have to say about Krav Maga?
I decided I wanted to get into an art that is designed for self-defense. I don't care so much about the sport or art aspects, I just want a system that teaches effective defense. I'm thinking I may have found that Krav Maga is such a system. Fortunately, there's a school located here in Fort Collins. I went to the school and watched a session, and looked on kravmaga.com & verified that it is an officially sanctioned school (as opposed to some schmuck teaching mutated Tae Kwon Do & calling it Krav Maga.) The system is very aggressive - teaching a variety of punching (much like boxing), grappling and kicking techniques (kicks look practical - no higher than the midsection). It also uses high-stress techniques such as having students punch & kick a target until they're tired, then having another student come at them from behind with a knife(simulated).
So far I like this system (technically they say its not a martial art - because it has no art, it's just martial.) What do you have to say about Krav Maga?