Comments on: Krav Maga http://groveronline.com/2006/10/krav-maga/ Uhhh.........what? Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:11:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: kefiv http://groveronline.com/2006/10/krav-maga/comment-page-1/#comment-82 kefiv Tue, 31 Oct 2006 21:37:35 +0000 http://blog.groveronline.com/?p=111#comment-82 You know, I saw that link, and I thought, "Diacritics on a g? That's got to be Turkish." Completely not knowing what I was talking about, but hey. Also, I was talking with a USMC hand-to-hand instructor this weekend, and he basically came out and said that Krav Maga is <i>the</i> self-defense form. <i>Everything</i> else isn't as effective because it has different aims - usually nonlethality, but there are others. You know, I saw that link, and I thought, “Diacritics on a g? That’s got to be Turkish.” Completely not knowing what I was talking about, but hey.

Also, I was talking with a USMC hand-to-hand instructor this weekend, and he basically came out and said that Krav Maga is the self-defense form. Everything else isn’t as effective because it has different aims – usually nonlethality, but there are others.

]]> By: skizzimit http://groveronline.com/2006/10/krav-maga/comment-page-1/#comment-81 skizzimit Tue, 31 Oct 2006 06:50:58 +0000 http://blog.groveronline.com/?p=111#comment-81 Wait- scratch all that, you should just go ahead and learn <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ya%C4%9Fl%C4%B1_g%C3%BCre%C5%9F" rel="nofollow">this</a>. Wait- scratch all that, you should just go ahead and learn this.

]]> By: skizzimit http://groveronline.com/2006/10/krav-maga/comment-page-1/#comment-80 skizzimit Tue, 31 Oct 2006 06:45:19 +0000 http://blog.groveronline.com/?p=111#comment-80 Oh boy...this is a can of worms indeed! Firstly, 60 is pretty reasonable, 120 is a bit much. 70-90 for unlimited classes is a pretty standard rate, but you can usually get a discount if you pay in advance. My gym was $500 for 14 months of unlimited classes, including membership to their full scale 24/7 gym. That's a deal you're just not going to find anywhere else, unfortunately. If you do decide to start up in something, talk to me beforehand- there are a lot of commercial gyms (McDojos) that are just ridiculously overpriced. As far as styles, well, what do you want to do? There are striking-only styles, grappling-only, throwing-only, weapon-only, and any number of combinations. MAs tend to splinter into three groups: art, sport and self-defense. Arts are usually more rigid and traditional with some (possibly beautiful) esoteric/archaic practices. Sports are usually based around a specific rule set and stress techniques that work under those rules, strength and cardio training. Self-defense, or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RBSD" rel="nofollow">RBSD</a>, features quick'n'dirty techniques effective in real-life situations, and don't usually contain sparring or competition, rather lots of drilling. Are you interested in any particular culture? Many countries have a number of different native styles falling under different categories. Examples (each within the categories from a different country): <u>Art</u> Karate Capoeira Tae Kwon Do Eskrima Kung Fu <u>Sport</u> MMA Fencing Boxing BJJ Judo <u>Self-defense</u> Krav Maga Systema Marine Corps LINE Combat Small Arms/Firearms Close Quarters Combat What would your aims be? Fitness? Social? Learning a skill? Learning an art? Self-defense? That's enough to mull over fer now. =^) Oh boy…this is a can of worms indeed!

Firstly, 60 is pretty reasonable, 120 is a bit much. 70-90 for unlimited classes is a pretty standard rate, but you can usually get a discount if you pay in advance. My gym was $500 for 14 months of unlimited classes, including membership to their full scale 24/7 gym. That’s a deal you’re just not going to find anywhere else, unfortunately. If you do decide to start up in something, talk to me beforehand- there are a lot of commercial gyms (McDojos) that are just ridiculously overpriced.

As far as styles, well, what do you want to do? There are striking-only styles, grappling-only, throwing-only, weapon-only, and any number of combinations.

MAs tend to splinter into three groups: art, sport and self-defense. Arts are usually more rigid and traditional with some (possibly beautiful) esoteric/archaic practices. Sports are usually based around a specific rule set and stress techniques that work under those rules, strength and cardio training. Self-defense, or RBSD, features quick’n'dirty techniques effective in real-life situations, and don’t usually contain sparring or competition, rather lots of drilling.

Are you interested in any particular culture? Many countries have a number of different native styles falling under different categories.

Examples (each within the categories from a different country):

Art
Karate
Capoeira
Tae Kwon Do
Eskrima
Kung Fu

Sport
MMA
Fencing
Boxing
BJJ
Judo

Self-defense
Krav Maga
Systema
Marine Corps LINE Combat
Small Arms/Firearms
Close Quarters Combat

What would your aims be? Fitness? Social? Learning a skill? Learning an art? Self-defense?

That’s enough to mull over fer now. =^)

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