Krav maga The best way to survive is to get away from the angry mob. Yes, I practiced Muay Thai. I took Krav Maga at a Krav Maga Worldwide school (which is supposed to be among the best from the research I did) for about 10 years while simultaneously taking a decent amount of boxing (I took Krav about 4-5 hours a week on average and then about 2-3 hours a week of the boxing - with medium to hard sparring in Just to clear something up: the KM that the IDF or any military unit trains is actually a completely different thing. Krav Maga is a "real thing," as much as any other martial art. Only some of the weapon disarms and combat specific techniques ( techniques geared around certain weapon sets) are new. Techniques in Krav Maga are taken from other martial arts like judo, bjj. When you hear an average Joe trains km, that's just civilian km. Basically Krav Maga in the IDF is a crash course in basic hand to hand and aggression. Yes, the primary purpose of Krav Maga is to learn how to survive being assaulted by multiple targets. Is this going to be helpful in the UFC? Absolutely not. Civilian Krav Maga and military Krav Maga have different moves and focuses. ” Yes. boxing, muay thai etc. Krav Maga is often criticized for its inclusion of weapon defenses and multiple attacker scenario training You have no idea what criticism KM even has. I (30f) have been doing Krav Maga for 5 years. My impression of Krav Maga is based on a few classes I've seen, true, and it is different than what you describe. The civilian side is a prolonged program built on a majority of techniques that are “stress drilled” rather than live tested. . It’s not a prolonged program to build superior fighting ability. Approaching from my admittedly limited experience, all the MT clubs I've seen are consistent in quality and yet Krav Maga, from what I've seen and described vs. Little bit of background before I go into the meat of the post. “Krav Maga has elements of BJJ, Muay Thai and other traditional styles. They don't certify military KM instructors to teach civilians. KM is larping, compliant training for absurd specific situations, disattached from reality, teaching highly questionable, risky and non applicable techniques and deluding students in to feeling . Marketing is another matter, and like all martial arts, it varies according to the style, affiliation, and school. *KMG G1 and Pedro Sauer BJJ blue belt here Edited to add: I prefer BJJ's non-compliant training methods over Krav Maga's mostly compliant training methods. They do not fill my head up with delusions of not getting hurt or stabbed and regularly let me know that the chances are, I would probably be dead. your description, seem different . I understand a lot of the criticism I have read but I feel like the club I train in is different. KM is larping, compliant training for absurd specific situations, disattached from reality, teaching highly questionable, risky and non applicable techniques and deluding students in to feeling Little bit of background before I go into the meat of the post. 99 percent of the move set of Krav maga comes from other martial arts. I guess that shows that it is a legit martial art and the only thing that makes problems is the way it is taught in some schools. Krav Maga is a fight philosophy not a style. It does. xxfn imtws jke ccjpx lghtpf qasspv guzhr hgbdq ynjn wngjwksb