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Posts and Articles by Danelle Marable

What’s So Great About Fedor?

02.25.10 By Danelle 2 Comments

Fedor Bear Armbar

Hi Folks! Some good friends of mine have a site called “Gals Guide to MMA.” It’s a great, fun site and I get to post there every so often. Here is a piece on Fedor I put together. Enjoy!

Gals Guide to MMA

Filed Under: For Your Amusement, Krav Maga News Tagged With: Fedor

Get Worn Out!

12.23.09 By Danelle 1 Comment

One of the best ways to train Krav Maga techniques is under stress. That’s when it counts. That’s when you really see how you react and what your body is capable of. This is why a popular stress drill is circle of death. Having multiple attackers coming at you over and over again is stressful. Another way to train under stress? Wear yourself out before you practice the technique.

Here is a drill from Saturday that is sure to tire you out.

With a partner:

Front Kick, Vertical Target, across the room (~20 yards)
10 Push-ups
10 Squats

Switch with your partner, so they kick you across the room and then perform 10 push-ups and 10 squats.

Continue this back and forth for 10 minutes.

At the end of 10 minutes, you and your partner will practice punch or choke defense, being explosive and completing with combatives, as hard as you can go. Every 30 seconds, find a new partner.

In the words of Bas, “You will get tired. I promise you.”

Filed Under: Drills, Krav Maga News, Self-Defense, Training Tagged With: Bas Rutten, circuit, fundamentals, metcon

Announcement-Winter Break

12.17.09 By Danelle Leave a Comment

The Academy will be closed December 24 through January 1. Hope you have a safe and happy holiday!

The Academy will re-open with the Krav Level 1 class on January 2nd, at 8:30am.

Oh yes, there will be class…

Snowflakes

Filed Under: Announcements & News, Krav Maga News Tagged With: school closings

Conditioning Circuit

12.04.09 By Danelle Leave a Comment

A few Saturday mornings ago, we did this conditioning circuit. Although people were huffing and puffing at the end, they said they really enjoyed it. It can easily be done at home.

Spend 45 seconds on each exercise with 15 second between exercises:

Jump Rope
Russian Twist (with ~25lb weight)
Push-ups
Squat with alternating kicks
V-ups, or any other core exercise
Lunges
Punch burst—as fast as you can with good form, not necessarily as hard as you can

Repeat as many times as you like, resting between rounds.

Enjoy!

Filed Under: Krav Maga News, Strength & Conditioning, Training Tagged With: circuit, core, push-ups, squats

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