TweetI've dabbled in it. It's very very good self defense if you have good control over emotions. You will hurt someone bad if your not in control. It is also great exercise. Ironically I've been contemplating starting this up again!


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Originally Posted by 6p6

I've dabbled in it. It's very very good self defense if you have good control over emotions. You will hurt someone bad if your not in control. It is also great exercise. Ironically I've been contemplating starting this up again!


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been to one of the training facilities where it originates and i know a couple top end certified instructors personally. it is not something to be taken lightly and 99.9% of the techniques are designed to kill or perm disable a bad guy. so idk if i would call it a self defense system at all

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been to one of the training facilities where it originates and i know a couple top end certified instructors personally. it is not something to be taken lightly and 99.9% of the techniques are designed to kill or perm disable a bad guy. so idk if i would call it a self defense system at all

Depends on what's happening to you. Someone raping you or kidnapping your kid...ducking kill and mame...your in a bar and someone pushes you probably not the best!


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Depends on what's happening to you. Someone raping you or kidnapping your kid...ducking kill and mame...your in a bar and someone pushes you probably not the best!


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i was speaking more of the principles of the training not so much the applications. i dont think your every day run of the mill individual would be the best to put into that type of training just for self defense. then again the amount of time to master those principles will prevent those same people from taking advantage of it in the wrong situations.

TweetI too have dabbled with it. Great cardio work out .. aot of hand to hand action , you'll learn fast what your strength and weakness are with street fighting cause thats really what it is. I will pick it up again when I get back home to a normal life..
I had done it like a year straight 2 to 3 times a week years ago . The bad was the place constantly wanted to up sell everything and always had a reason I needed to fork out more cash.. pissed me off cause I give two shits about belts and certs and fancy shirts... I just wanted to learn to fight better.

TweetThere's actually a Krav Maga place not too far away from me. I've never really seen a lot of people there, but always thought about checking it out.

TweetWhen I first got to the treatment facility I'm at now I hooked up with this lanky skinny Russian kid whom I later found out he's actually a Russian Jew. Lived back and forth between Russia, Israel and the US. Did a military stint in the Israeli army tank and border divisions and when I asked him about krav maga he laughed and said the same thing, it's main purpose is to incapacitate,maim or kill an enemy. Not an opponent, not a sparring partner or combat sport. He definitely seemed to know his shit though cause quite a few things he showed me another Israeli I met later on showed me the same stuff. Here in NYC, the hood basically, because most addiction programs are placed in pretty bad areas, if you're in a scrap chances are you're being mugged, assaulted or just tested especially if you're a "white boy ". I want to know I can break something on someone so if there's a next time they'll think deeper before acting a fool lol...

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Originally Posted by guns01

i was speaking more of the principles of the training not so much the applications. i dont think your every day run of the mill individual would be the best to put into that type of training just for self defense. then again the amount of time to master those principles will prevent those same people from taking advantage of it in the wrong situations.

Totally!


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Tweetit is the best self defense IMO. I just do not like the fact you cannot train it real world. kicking your training partner's knee out and gouging their eyes is not conducive to having many partners.

I love Muay Thai. it is great for self defense but lacks ground fighting so it is incomplete. so one must know grappling.

I did krav maga and KFM (used in batman) it was fun but I like sparring too much so sport fighting was for me.