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In a nutshell, the basic fighting principles are that every self defense response must meet all of the following criteria:
In the given situation, the defense or attack must be
The basic idea is to first deal with the immediate threat (e.g. hands around one's neck), prevent the attacker from re-attacking, then neutralize the opponent. An emphasis is put on taking the initiative from the attacker as soon as possible. It is considered acceptable to run away ( tactical withdrawal ), if the situation dictates that. Krav Maga can be used against opponents who are armed, and against multiple opponents. It is also good in closed areas, such as airplanes.
Krav Maga includes many disarming techniques, and fighting under unusual circumstances is stressed in practice.
Prior to 1985, the experts in Krav Maga were in Israel. Few foreigners came to Israel to study Krav Maga and no highly skilled Israelis left Israel to run Krav Maga schools. The first non-Israeli known to have operated a school strictly for teaching Krav Maga is Darren Levine , who teaches Krav Maga in Los Angeles. The first non-Israeli, non-Jew who was certified as an expert and instructor was James Keenan , also from the United States.
Since the death of Mr. Lichtenfeld, a number of different schools and associations of Krav Maga have developed.
The name in Hebrew is usually translated as " close combat". The word krav means "fight" or "battle". The word maga means "touching" or "in contact". A translation like "contact combat", though, can be miscontrued as something like " kickboxingKickboxing is a martial art which was made for beating Muay Thai by Japanese boxing promotor Osamu Noguchi in 1950. Opponents are allowed to hit each other with fists and feet, hitting above the hip. Using elbows or knees is forbidden and the use of the s" or " Full Contact Karate". Krav Maga is not a sportA sport consists of a normal physical activity or skill carried out under a publicly agreed set of rules, and with a recreational purpose: for competition, for self-enjoyment, to attain excellence, for the development of skill, or some combination of thes and has no competitive aspect.
As a historical note, the original name of Krav Maga was KapapThe founder of the modern Israeli Martial Art of Kapap (www. net )is Lt. Colonel Haim Peer, a former member of the Elite Special Forces Unit Matkal in the Israeli Defense Forces (I. who now teaches at Tel Aviv University. The system was first introduced t (sounds like "ka-PAP") which was an acronym for Krav Panim el Panim, face-to-face combat.
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