What's your thoughts on Krav Maga? Is it the most effective self-defense system out there?

[Uber_Noober]

From years workin door in nightclubs i have come to the conclusion that the ability to recognize who truly has bad intentions is one of the most important things.

Then knockout power is the most important ability. Then some ground fighting experience is good to have.

Never have i seen a sucker triangle choke end a confrontation. Ive been sucker high kicked before tho hahaha. Bottles are a cunt too. I hate blottlers.

 

[Madmick]

It teaches a lot of no nonsense stuff designed for killing or maiming your opponents, or responding in IRL situations to someone who is attacking you with that intent, which many martial arts don't make their focus, since most violence hasn't escalated to that point, and I think most of it is effective, but it's still so much less tested than gym arts that have been honed with billions of man-hours of sparring.

Learn how to box. If someone is trying to kill you in the street, and you can't run, just punch them. It will work as well as anything else.

 

[TheNinja]

It’s better than nothing but the whole notion they can teach a soccer mom to disarm and defeat a 6’4” man is stuoiid. False sense of security and a way to sell classes.

I think being aware of your surroundings and being alert and waking with a bit of confidence helps a lot. Don’t be an easy target with headphones on staring at your phone waking alone in the dark for example.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Any martial art where they don't spar is useless imo.

I went to a class once and a lot of it was "when you do this, they'll do that" which is fine but what if they don't do that and do something else.

 

[Jesus X]

The only guy we knew who did krav maga got beat up all the time. The judoka and boxer in the crew always won every fight vs regular joes.

 

[Tito Tapped]

Krav maga is not a self defense system.

Its nothing more than bad hand to hand combat training from guys who want to wear fake army clothes instead of karate uniforms.

 

[William Huggins]

Nothing beats Yellow bamboo, the no touch martial art.
No touch is good in these covid and super AIDS times

Nothing a bit of prune juice wouldn't fix.......

 

[fungi]

"Crap MAGA!!!" is the new anti-Trump slogan, or smth like that.

 

[Thrawn33]

The only guy we knew who did krav maga got beat up all the time. The judoka and boxer in the crew always won every fight vs regular joes.

Guys who actually roll/spar/randori live tend to hanle themselves better

 

[UberHere]

Any martial art where they don't spar is useless imo.

I went to a class once and a lot of it was "when you do this, they'll do that" which is fine but what if they don't do that and do something else.

This. Drilling over and over again with compliant partners without ever sparring just installs people with false sense of confidence.

Learn to grapple, learn to box.

 

[UberHere]

Just rolling in here to see what posters would say and what a shocker you have the dumbest post on it . …….

Congratulations on being retarded in multiple sub forums I guess.

 

[UberHere]

Any style can be effective but it’s the fighter more than the style that makes it so.

Krav is like aikido and Russian sistema in that they were founded by military vets who developed those techniques in frontline combat. But the modern practitioner is a suburban mom who fuckin’ sucks at fighting.

Aikido and Systema are close to useless in training for self defense. The only worthwhile skill you’ll learn there is how to break fall. And to manhandle a compliant opponent who you ask to grab your wrist so they can throw themselves.

You’d be better off doing Tae Kwon Do at your kid’s dojang than that shit for self defense.

 

[Natural Order]

It's a great style, but I'm not sure if it's the best. It certainly has its weaknesses.

An easy way I've found to take out a Krav Magast is to wield the knife in your non-dominant hand, then feint the stab attack. After baiting the reaction, you then deliver a powerful on 1, no measure slap with your dominant hand.

Never bring a knife to a slap fight, as they say.

 

[Fedorgasm]

Krav Maga has the same problem all the mcdojo arts have. They use techniques like eye gouges and nut shots which you can't practice effectively on a live resisting opponent.

So it will never be as effective as a martial art where you CAN practice against a live resisting opponent, like Boxing, Muy Thai, BJJ, Judo, Sambo, etc.

 

[shunyata]

On its best days it's terrible mma with a focus on eye gouges and nut shots.

Just train any of the real combat sports, mma / boxing / kickboxing / wrestling / jiu jitsu.

Sadly some jiu jitsu schools try to be like krav too and focus on self defense and don't spar or compete. They are just as shitty as krav.

The head coach doesn't have to be a competitor, but having a bunch of active competitors in the gym is a good sign that it's more likely to be a solid gym.

Think Bruce Lee, for the art to be alive it has to be trained live. Without live training it is just choreography.

 

[Natural Order]

The art of the nut shot!

Good one for the ladies.

 

[Intermission]

Learn how to box. If someone is trying to kill you in the street, and you can't run, just punch them. It will work as well as anything else.

If you hit the wrong spot your hand will break and then what...

 

[HHJ]

Sherdoggers train for the Kumite

lol @ people believing he knocked out 56 people in a tournament hahahaha

how many people were in that tournament?? hahahah

 

[HHJ]

If you hit the wrong spot your hand will break and then what...

Elbows

 

[The_Renaissance]

Krav Maga has the same problem all the mcdojo arts have. They use techniques like eye gouges and nut shots which you can't practice effectively on a live resisting opponent.

So it will never be as effective as a martial art where you CAN practice against a live resisting opponent, like Boxing, Muy Thai, BJJ, Judo, Sambo, etc.

This is my assumption, impossible to accurately train it.