@kenlee25
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Re: How would you teach your child Krav Maga
how old is your kid? Because my natural reply for any kid under the age of 15 is “I wouldn’t”.
Otherwise, you can teach him to fight if you have skill. It won’t be the best teaching and probably won’t be krav maga (just whatever you want to call your own martial arts style) but it’s not that hard to teach on your own actually. I’ve done it with friends before…but you have to be willing to work with them.
Re: Tips for sparring
I’m suprised no one has said this about your whole reading your opponent thing but, DON’T LOOK AT THEIR EYES. Look at their chest. Their eyes can betray you. The same tells people look at to discover if somone is about to attack can be used against you to fake you out. Not to mention, experienced fighters develop “calm eyes” or “poker face”. Not to mention if they have good boxing experience, they are gonna bob and weave like crazy, which makes keeping up with them very difficult. Look at your opponents eyes also gives YOUR intentions away. remembe that.
Your next instinct may be to look at the hands, but that’s another problem. Do not follow their hands. Hands move. They go up down, back forth, jab in and out, swivil and swerve, drop and all sorts of things…not to mention they hit you.
No, instead look at their chest. All of the limbs are connected to the torse. When they kick, the torso will move. When they punch, the torso will move. If they grab, the torso will move. The center point of your opponent can not attack you, nor can it fake you out itself, but it will betray all of your opponents movements, including bobbing and weaving. If you look at the head of a boxer, you will think he is mad swift, but notice the torso, and you realize his body is still in the same location. The torso is also where jabs and crosses will come from, which are key to anticipate. Hooking strikes are easy to block with your pareipherals (though you will need to practice. You have to get comfortable reacting and places your body where it needs to go).
Finally, just for your kicks, I notice a lot of krav guys don’t use your front leg kicks. USE THEM. Your front nut kick is super quick and super hard to NOT react to, setting you up for punches.
cheers mate
