About Krav Maga

Krav Maga, which translates into English as “Contact Combat”, was first developed for the Israeli Defense Force. It is the system for unarmed defensive tactics and survival.

Imi Lichtenfeld developed Krav Maga. He served as the first Commander of the IDF’s Hand-to-Hand Combat and Physical Fitness Training Section. The Israeli Defense Force, including Special Forces, adopted his system as their official hand-to-hand combat method and still uses it today. Over time, the IDF refined the system to equip soldiers with the mindset, strategies, and tactics necessary to survive close-quarters encounters. Krav Maga does not just teach soldiers or officers how to fight; it shows them how to dominate and end threats quickly.

It is not a traditional Martial Art system. Instead, it’s a tactically channeled scientific approach to engaging a threat in close quarters. It is based on instinctive response, allowing the system’s tactics to be learned and effectively applied in minimal time. Krav Maga’s unique approach is that its strategies focus on dominating the human mind and mitigating the threat’s instinctive reactions. It keeps the attacker in a constant state of mental shock, thereby preventing them from initiating or continuing their attack.

Effective Solutions

Krav Maga was developed to provide practical and effective solutions to the conditions in which Israeli soldiers, police officers, and security personnel are engaged in the field. This includes facing armed attacks, multiple attackers, determined and suicidal attackers that deploy maximum violence, and ambush attacks. The system’s mindset and strategies are designed for success in a concept called the Negative Five. This concept is an Israeli Military training concept. It is applied to the three main subject matters in the Israeli National Security framework: Krav Maga, Tactical Shooting, and Counter Terror Warfare. This concept assumes that when an IDF soldier gets attacked, that soldier will be in the worst-case scenario, physically, tactically, and mentally unprepared for the sudden attack. The true military Krav Maga platform adheres strictly to this concept. Therefore, it represents tactics that can provide the most effective responses to real-life violence.

Krav Maga is the tactical system used today by one of the most active military and police forces in the world’s most violent conflict zones. This fact allows the methodologies to be constantly field-tested and ensures their effectiveness.  It also means that it is kept up to date with the modern and evolving threats of the battlefield and streets.

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