only 2!Thanks for doing so. I've cross trained, off and on, in KM since 1999. I've found that the basic combatives, as explained in the "official" KM tapes come more naturally for me than traditional karate or TKD strikes and leave me less vulnerable to counter by someone trained in boxing or MMA. However, I have a few points of monumental disagreement with the KM on my tapes. For instance, the low block shows the practioner bending forward with their chin exposed, and the handgun defense advocates a punch to the face after clearing (but not disarming) the weapon. Except for these two major areas, I have found KM to be a useful adjunct to my boxing and karate and tkd skills. Also, I respect the emphasis they put upon conditioning and realistic scenarios. I've never had a problem getting an answer to a KM question from John Whitman at the official KM forum. Any way to invite him to our shindig?Bob Hubbard said:Based on what looks to be an increased interest, as well as a few requests, I've resetup a KravMaga forum here, and moved some threads back in. As always, it's up to everyone who is interested to help make this a success.
So, post away.
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There's a lot of confusion in this post. Read this post for more accurate info http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14.mantis said:i believe krav maga was born in 1926 in czeckoslovakia, in the jewish ghettoes by a psychologist who studied the natural human reactions to fear, and threat.
his idea was to use the reaction of the human and employee that reaction to be able to get out of dangerous threatening situations without having to be trained.
the founder, IMI LECHTENFELD (not sure of spelling the last name) imported some moves from different arts, like Judo for instance. He employed krav maga in fights in the ghettoes of Bratislava and kept iterating through the techniques making them better and more effective.
Krav maga was taught to the jewish gangs in palestine in the late 30's and 40's until it became mature enough to be adopted by the jewish state of Israel.
later on krav maga adopted the belt system to be classified as an official martial art in the 60's. i believe they have a no-belt, yellow, orange, green, blue, brown, then two degrees of black belt.
they have different programs that are civilian, law enforcement, and instructor programs. I am sorry I am not sure what differs between them.
i know they only have 2 stances though
it's supposed to help the kids, ladies, the disabled, and the drugged to defend themselves against any weapon and under any condition.
the question that I have is: is it as strong as advertised? or it only has good marketing?
History has been done here several times, so I'll stick to differences:dubljay said:
Bob Hubbard said:Based on what looks to be an increased interest, as well as a few requests, I've resetup a KravMaga forum here, and moved some threads back in. As always, it's up to everyone who is interested to help make this a success.
So, post away.
Couple of quick, off the top of my head Israeli Martial Arts....
