Hi tomorrow I am going to check out Krav Maga class. Is there any tips that I should I know before I join?

Question

Hi I want to take marshal class & I decide to take & learn Krav Maga. When I was a teenager, I use to take Cambodian kickboxing for 2 yrs. Anyways, is there any tips that I should be aware about before joining & taking out my Visa? Thank you.

Answer 1

Krav Maga is quite new so ask him how long he's been practicing and when he was first certified.  Ask which associations he belongs to.  Ask about insurance and what if you're put in a wheelchair for the rest of your life.  Be worried about long contracts.  How many other instructors are there.  How many times a week can you take lessons.

All of the answers to the above mean nothing if you don't compare them to another Krav Maga school near you.

Answer 2

Yea, there are two main bodies of Krav Maga, the American body out of Los Angeles, far more widespread and holding to some national standards and the Commando Krav Maga body headed up by Moni Aizil, which is the real deal, as he, like me is former IDF Sayaret.

From your previous experience you already know how to punch, kick, elbow and knee, but there is so much more.  In CKM they start with weapons disarmament from day 1, Krav Maga (American body) starts a little later on.

I teach Krav Maga at local community centers and schools, so I am bound to neither body, and have mixed in a little Combat SAMBO and Wu style Tai chi as well. My basis is still straight of the IDF School of Combat Fitness in Netanya,IL.

You will most likely find more of the LA school around, but try to search out a CKM school first, they are truly Krav Maga as it is taught in terms of fitness, technique and spirit.

This first link is to Moni and the real deal, the second link is to the Los Angeles school chain.  The first is better if you can find an instructor in your area

Answer 3

Hey,

I would recommend you to watch these videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z-I2rk59...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE3GYX3Bw...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8aEE5wt4...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rrp4a6bAm...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-HxA3lqY...

It's basically the whole episode of the TV program Human Weapon on Krav Maga.

Trust me, Krav Maga won't be like anything else you would have ever experienced. It's not about points/knock-outs or anything, you have to understand that it is simply a way of life and survival.

You will learn to focus, properly and quickly analyze a situation with the aim survive and not win.

Good luck!

Tom