Krav Maga: Defending Against Straight Punch Attacks

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The Israel Krav Maga Advantage

This nine lesson course teaches to defend against a straight punch directed at your head; a typical street attack. The goal is to provide a few, instinctive Israeli krav maga solutions that will allow students to successfully fend off straight punch attacks. Defenses are taught when the defender recognizes an incoming attack and also when the defender is ambushed. Counter-attacks are incorporated into the defenses.

The Israeli krav maga fighting system is designed to work against any attacker. The key is your mindset. You must turn the table on your opponent(s) immediately. In other words, you must be able to transition from a highly disadvantageous negative five position to an advantageous positive five position instinctively and instantaneously.

If you must defend yourself, you need to dominate your attacker and incapacitate him. Krav magas core techniques provide cumulative building blocks for a formidable self-defense foundation. A few mastered techniques go a long way and are highly effective in most situations.

The essence of krav maga is to neutralize an opponent quickly. There are no rules in an unscripted fight. This lack of rules distinguishes self-defense from sport fighting. In a sport fight the following are generally prohibited: eye gouge; throat strikes; head butting; biting; hair-pulling; clawing, pinching, or twisting of the flesh; striking the spine and the back of the head; striking with the tip of the elbow; small joint manipulation; kidney and liver strikes, clavicle strikes; kneeing or kicking the head of an opponent on the ground; and slamming an opponent to the ground on his head. These are precisely the core tactics we emphasize in krav maga. Keep in mind, however, that the level of force you use to defend yourself should be commensurate with the threat.

You need not master hundreds of self techniques to become a kravist or competent krav maga fighter. In krav maga, we prepare for any type and number of attacks. Non-violent conflict resolution is always your best solution. While there are no set solutions for ending a fight, there are preferred methods using retzev or continuous combat motion to prevail.