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The Israeli government asked Imi to develop an effective fighting system.
Some martial arts systems really get mystified and have a ‘secret’ labled on them. And Krav Maga is one of these and another is DIm Mak. Krav Maga probably becomes interesting because of its Military birth and reputation and also if its good enough for the Israeli Defense Forces and it was born from the [...]
Some martial arts systems really get mystified and have a ‘secret’ labled on them. And Krav Maga is one of these and another is DIm Mak. Krav Maga probably becomes interesting because of its Military birth and reputation and also if its good enough for the Israeli Defense Forces and it was born from the streets. WOW it must be good. And it is..
Any style brought forth from a need to protect ones self and in the modern age will reflect into a deadly looking art. Here is its foundations.
A Martial art developed in Israeli, Krav Maga means “contact combat” in Hebrew.
This martial arts style is currently used by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and their military Special Forces. In the United States Krav Maga is used by members of the NYPD, FBI and the US Armed Forces. Many other elite military and police units around the world incorporate Krav Maga.
Krav Maga is becoming a popular martial art if the U.S.
Today, Krav Maga is taught to men, women and children of all ages. In Israel this martial arts style has become part of the educational system.
Imi Lichtenfeld the founder of Krav Maga was born in Hungary and grew up in Bratislava. As a young adult he won national and international awards in gymnastics, boxing and wrestling.
Imis father was a police officer and self defense instructor. During the 1930s Imi honed his fighting skills on the streets a Bratislava, protecting himself and Jewish neighbors against anti Semitic thugs. These fights sharpened his awareness of the difference between sport and street fighting.
In the 1930s Germany was a dangerous place for Jews. Imis fighting to protect his family and neighbors became unpopular with the local police. He was ordered to leave his homeland in 1940.
He traveled for several years finally ending up in Israel which was then Palestine. Imi soon joined a paramilitary organization known as Haganah and fought to create the state of Israel.
During this period he began teaching soldiers martial arts and basic self defense techniques. The Israeli government asked Imi to develop an effective fighting system. Imi became the chief instructor for the military school for physical training. Imi continually developed and refine this unique system combat system. Israel was in a constant state of war with its neighbors. The techniques he developed were constantly being put to use and tested in real combat scenarios.
After his retirement from the military, Imi devoted his time and energy to adapting Krav Maga to everyday life. The system spread rapidly to the civilian population and is now rapidly being accepted through out the world.
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Its true Jews can fight
GOING home battered and bruised is quite normal after a Krav Maga class. The martial art developed to protect the Jewish community from fascist militias during the Thirties and then later taught to Israeli security forces is not for the faint-hearted. Instructors don’t believe that merely fending off an assault is enough. They believe that, [...]
GOING home battered and bruised is quite normal after a Krav Maga class. The martial art developed to protect the Jewish community from fascist militias during the Thirties and then later taught to Israeli security forces is not for the faint-hearted.
Instructors don’t believe that merely fending off an assault is enough.
They believe that, to fully protect yourself, you have to know how to finish your assailant off so they can’t come back for a second round.
KM Scotland instructor, Fraser Anderson, said: “In real life there is no such thing as a fair fight.
“It is one thing to block a knife attack or break someone’s grip, but an attacker will just come at you again unless you make sure they can’t.
“Which is why we teach people how to defend themselves by ensuring the attacker can’t come back at you, giving you a chance to get away.
“And that means using everything from kicking and punching to nipping and scratching, as well as the proper techniques.
“Your body is an arsenal of weapons and I think it is about time people learnt how to use it so they can walk the streets in safety.
“After all, what right does anybody have to hold a knife to your throat or try and drag you into the bushes while you are just going about your business?
“Every day you open the newspapers and read about attacks, and I think people have just ab out had enough of it.”
Well to me this should describe all martial arts because self defense and ability to win a fight should be what is a martial art. You shouldnt be learning just a bunch of moves and not relate them to combat if so well I call it dance.
I dont know about its origin being the war though and bands of Jews attacking Germans in the middle of the night in ‘vigilante’ or better said ‘freedom fighter gangs’.
Fraser told me that many of the class were actually prison wardens learning Krav Maga for extra protection in their jobs.
In particular, they wanted to know how to defend themselves against an attacker threatening to slit their throats, as this is one of the most common types of threat they have to deal with.
The same thing is now being said about the Keysi Fighting System after the Batman film and not long before it was said about Wing Chun. It seems like a martial arts comes to the publics attention and they say ‘wow that looks effective’, but that may be because so many styles and classes are not effective or so they seem to the public.
“However, we don’t teach under 16s because we realise that there is the potential there for young guys to get carried away by what we teach.
“This is all about being able to defend yourself rather than going out to do damage to other people.”
These are the classes I enjoy as it attempts to be the real deal and not a martial arts class which is in reality a babysitting event with the majority of the class being kids.
Source http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/
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