Archives for April 2011

Between designing the new site and deciding to liven things up with a little emergency surgery, the frequency and verbosity of posts has suffered. In the spirit of this post, I will not apologize [immediately].

Check out this post on the Krav Maga Fit & Fearless site: “No Apologies”. It’s about “When—and when not—to say ‘I’m sorry’ in class, and other etiquette-related dilemmas we face.”

Here are Jennie’s insightful “rules”:

1. Don’t say you’re sorry. [immediately]
2. Don’t ask your partner if they’re okay. [immediately]
3. Don’t take it personally.
4. Say “thank you” often.

Krav Maga is a system built on aggression and violence of action. We’re training to survive threats to our physical safety, so there needs to be an understanding that when a student steps onto the mat he or she should not expect a low-impact aerobic workout. This, however, does not excuse recklessness nor clumsiness, and, as I mentioned in a previous post, be sure you come to an agreement with your training partner on just how explosive and aggressive you plan to be.

Now that business is out of the way, I’m sorry for the lack of posts recently. Thank you for reading and thank you for training.