krav maga

FrgElder · 2016-05-07T22:17:34+00:00

It's pretty much useless except for maybe defending attacks against homosexuals. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4WzLFWfyUU

If you want to learn a martial art worth while, make sure you train in one that includes full-resistance sparring. Grappling arts can practice full-resistance sparring every day, where as striking arts will have to limit power occasionally due to repeated head trauma. But if you aren't practicing whatever you're learning on a fully-resisting athletic opponent, you're pretty much guaranteed that it'll be useless once you get into a real physical altercation.

Krav maga started off decently but currently it's just the new self-defense karate art of our generation. It's marketed to fat guys and soccer moms who want build false confidence so they can feel safe out by themselves. It's also taught to military members in crash courses (few weeks/months at a time) for the same reason, to fill them full of confidence and make them think they're killing machines. But the reality is you can't teach someone those skills in a short amount of time and modern military has nothing to do with hand-to-hand combat. Therefore an art that boosts their confidence but is ineffectual is actually more beneficial than an art that would immediately showcase their ineptitude and thus ruin their confidence (boxing, kickboxing, most grappling arts).

redpillveteranguy · 2016-05-03T10:58:52+00:00

There is a reason no one uses krav maga in MMA. Invest your time in learning a real martial art.

Thewelshpill · 2016-05-03T12:24:17+00:00

they do krav magra at my mma gym, i've peeked in through the window a few times and seen them twirling broomsticks at each other and shit haha. looks like fun though!

Guillz · 2016-05-03T12:16:15+00:00

When i trained Krav, it was hands on, we had to use the ball cups, because we kicked the nuts very often, as a result, i no longer flinch when stuff flies at my dick. I digress..

Its a great sport, usually has great hands on learning and sparring, and man its great shape. Id leave with my arms totally red and black spots on my legs or arms from practicing defensive moves

As to the other dude saying ''herp derp no one uses krav maga in MMA'', krav maga inst a sparring martial art, its a stay alive martial art, and as such, most of its moves center around groin kicks and other possibly banned moves. Its desinged to keep you alive on the streets, and the military version is desinged to kill as fast as possible

InformationFetus · 2016-05-03T09:58:48+00:00

Do it. Great sport. Great workout. Very practical application. Depends on the gym and trainer too.

Rest your concussion first though.

IDefyAxioms · 2016-05-03T09:01:59+00:00

Depends on the specific gym, really.

At my local gym, there's no contact to the head. We interact with intensity in other ways, but leave the head alone. It's an incredibly fun (and useful) sport; I always have fun when I train.

Just make sure that your gym is an official IKMA gym. There's a lot of... "fakes" out there. There's only a small handful of gyms in the US.

Title	krav maga
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Date	May 3, 2016 8:32 AM UTC (10 years ago)
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