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Really neat posts! You all have summed this up pretty well. Thanks for your time.
*I’d still like to know whether or not body weight exercises actually put on weight at all. No one seems to know anywhere.*
I don’t have access to a pool unfortunately. The elliptical is doing me well. I appreciate all of the links.
Re: Keeping in Shape when no longer taking Krav classes
Wow guys I feel better already. Thank you for understanding the point that I was trying to make. I really appreciate your thoughts on what is my reality. Thanks for being positive toward me and taking time to think this out.
Re: Basic Strikes not fast enough the Krav way?
I want to kind of take this back. I just stood up and punched how I would punch untrained. I did get some pivot in there…although I don’t know if it’s because I am now trained. I think that something else is at play here. It could even be the rigid tae kwon do stances that I have in the back of my head. Anyways, I am going to get better. Thank you for all of the posts and for your time.
Re: Basic Strikes not fast enough the Krav way?
quote Kirsten:Keep in mind, Krav Maga is a reality based system, not a martial art. While it is fine to cross train, keep in mind we are trying to stay within the principles of Krav Maga for self-defense. If its a boxing match, then yes, if its a TKD sparring match then look to TKD for help… for self-defense purposes boxing may not be the best answer to all the questions on striking. A boxing stance for example is more bladed. So using a boxing stance can create some problems as the Krav Maga stance is keeping your hips square to your attacker. I personally am a fan of boxing drills and padwork, but I use my KM / BRS stance and not a boxing stance and don’t pivot. However I did pivot when I was first learning Krav Maga, but dropped it later on. So don’t stress too much if your doing it, or not doing it… Like Brent said, its all acceptable.But back to the initial post, I am not sure why you are pivoting on a left and right straight… I maybe misunderstanding. Your back leg heel should be up slightly and you may (as your hips rotate with your shoulders as you make the puch) experience your back leg pivoting naturally. Sometimes we explain it like its “putting out a cigarette”. But it occurs naturally and you shouldn’t really have to think about it.
I am glad the Bas video helped out! Thanks for posting it.
Just wanted to inteject here. See that putting out the cigarette motion doesn’t happen naturally for me at all.
Neither does dancing. It is not natural for me at all. I have read all of the posts and appreciate them. You are right, I have practiced this slowly time and time again and it is becoming second nature…but with martial arts shoes and the mats it feels like it is much harder to pivot than I can on street shoes at home…..just an observation!
Re: My class has no sparring is Krav still useful?
Thanks all, I have sparred before when I was involved with other martial arts. Sparring for me is not an option. I just don’t have enough hours in the day and this is all that I can fit in or afford.
It is not a matter of making work/life adjustments. This is all the time that I have and this is as good as it gets.
Thanks again for your thoughts!
Re: Basic Strikes not fast enough the Krav way?
You all have stirred the spark! Thank you for thinking along with me!
Re: Stop winding up my punches and keep my shoulders straight…
Thanks all…I have been away for a while!
Re: Knowledge Transfer to family?
A big THANKS here! Points well read and taken.
We need a thanks button eh?
Re: Heavy Punching Bag at home what do I do with it as a beginner?
quote crazy_train:I, as would many others here, second the Bas Rutten cds/tapes for use with a heavy bag. As for the goal of a heavy bag, IMO, is to stand around for you to kick the crap out of it. I have a free standing bag in my garage and, for the most part, show it no mercy. Once in a while I’ll work more on the speed of my combatives and moving in and out; or I’ll work slow, consciously thinking about the mechanics of every technique.Do you do this with no gloves or wraps? I tried that and I ended up with sore wrists…especially on a hand that was broken a few years ago.
My form was right (or so I believe from previous MA experiences).
I persevered and my wrists stopped hurting.
Re: Heavy Punching Bag at home what do I do with it as a beginner?
quote BradM:Try getting a copy of the Bas Ruten tapes.Thanks!
Re: Knowledge Transfer to family?
quote unstpabl1:Krav is not brain surgery or complicated. It’s basic and fundamental. Hapkido is much more technical. FMA’s or silat much more sophisticated.i don’t see why you can’t teach your wife what you’ve learned or by the book. Your at level one…you learn more by teaching, because it forces you to pay attention…just pay attention to the form of the tech..go slow…slow is smooth…smooth is fast…most beginners go too fast or too much power
I’m not sure about teaching the wife and kid though. The wife trains and gets better than you…kicks your azz during your next fight..the kid grows up, you try to ground him, he kicks your azz…you’ve lost control of your house all because of krav….just saying
Ryans’ right, pay attention…shut up and trainthumbsup
Good stuff…funny!!!
Re: Knowledge Transfer to family?
quote Ryan:Just as something to consider, it is possible the 90% of the time you are correcting each other, you are doing so incorrectly and/or focusing on something the instructor does not deem important or worthy of emphasis. This also begs the question of what about the other 10%?I’m not saying you should or shouldn’t teach your family, just offering another view.
Also priceless to ponder, perhaps I need to be more analytical? In being so, I would say that our class is pretty uniform e.g. I am being corrected by others on something the class already knows the instructor will catch them on.
Hmmm….still there are probably deeper reasons. Could be that we are just being trained to go at it “RAW” to build stamina.
Re: Knowledge Transfer to family?
quote KMMAN:I do not think we are disagreeing.While you are saying she will learn something, I am saying she will not learn as much.
We are both saying she can and will learn. It just will not be the same.
You teaching her what you learned last night might be OK, but your instructor knows the long term reason WHY he taught it…what that move ultimately leads to etc. Youre getting the building blocks and you might not know, just yet, the “why”.
I do try to teach my sons some things, and they learn but, lets face it, if I say do 50 pushups they might dog it…if an instructor said it, they’d bust their butts.
Try Ron Nakash’s site. You may find it interesting. I do not know the cost.
Priceless!!
Especially the part about dogging it! Maybe I will learn the WHY later though, and by that time she will already know the moves?
Points well taken on the why!
Re: Knowledge Transfer to family?
quote KMMAN:Let me add that theres just no way you can replace a live instructors corrections to your mistakes, the intensity, the extra push you need with online stuff.Another thing you can do is by the Complete Krav Maga book and use as a reference.
Thank you for your thoughts.
I would have to say that 90% of my class comes down to us correcting one another. If it is ok then, then why not with my wife?
I would certainly know how to correct my wife no?
I am not trying to be something that I am not though, and not trying to argue.
I still don’t get this angle. It is quite common. If you are right, then I would like to understand why.
I still feel that my wife would be better off than with no training at all.
Please continue.
