Situational Awareness. Situational awareness is an essential skill to develop for self-defense. Ask any Krav Maga Worldwide certified instructor and they’ll tell you how important it is. The only way to 100% guarantee that you won’t get hurt in a fight or assault is to not be involved in one. Read more…
Self-defense classes should be effective. That’s really the most important aspect of getting involved in taking self-defense classes to begin with. Self-defense classes should make you safer, stronger, and improve your quality of life overall. In order to be effective, classes have to be teaching you something practical. Something that Read more…
The creator of Krav Maga, Imi Lichtenfeld, designed Krav Maga to be easy to learn and easy to recall under stress. One of the great things about the Krav Maga belt system is that it is progressive. The skills that students learn in Level 1, when they are working toward their yellow belt, are the foundation for what they learn in Level 2, and so on.
There is synergy in self-defense and fitness training at Krav Maga Worldwide. The two go hand in hand. We’ve designed our programs that way. It’s in our mission statement. We work to empower every person with real skills to be safer and stronger. Every Krav Maga Worldwide certified training center Read more…
It’s important to realize that self-defense training is not meant for a competition. Using strikes like a groin kick, eye gouge, throat strike or a strike to the back of the head aren’t illegal. These techniques are not “dirty”. Especially if your life depends on it. There’s no such thing Read more…
If you aren’t taking self-defense classes, you should be. The truth about the world today is that there is danger around us all of the time. That’s not to say there is imminent danger around us all the time, but we all face dangers and threats, to some degree, every Read more…
Krav Maga Worldwide self-defense is a system that was designed specifically to teach people to fight in a short period of time. Our roots go back to the creator of Krav Maga itself, Imi Lichtenfeld. Imi grew up as a competitive boxer and grappler in Brataslavia. During WWII Imi fought Read more…
If you want to learn to fight. Krav Maga Worldwide will teach you how to fight. However Krav Maga Worldwide will not teach you to go out and start a fight. The level of safety, security, and confidence any person has at any given time is always subjective. Some people get nervous and intimidated just being out in public, going to the store, running errands, etc. It’s important to know that you have the skills and the mentality to defend yourself in order to be able to walk in peace and maintain a level of happiness in your life.
Krav Maga for beginners can seem intimidating and challenging…but remember two things. The first is that if you’ve decided to start training in Krav Maga Worldwide self-defense you are making a positive change in your life and, yes, that’s going to require some adjusting some effort to overcome obstacles. The second is that Krav Maga is a system that was basically designed, at least in Level 1, for absolute beginners.
This blog will give you a roadmap of tips for Krav Maga for beginners that will help you in both the mental and physical aspects of training so that you can progress and build skills that will make you stronger and safer.
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