Congratulations to our head instructor, Brian MacDonald, for passing the BLACK BELT TEST at the Krav Maga National Training Center in Los Angeles today! Be sure to congratulate him when he hobbles back into the school—just don’t sneak up on him!
Saturday 02.20.10 & 02.27.10 – NO CLASS
Alexey at the Olympics
In figure skating circles, he goes by the name Evgeni Plushenko…
But we knew it was our very own Alexey on the ice last night for the Men’s Figure Skating Short Program!
The commentators said he lacked his usual fire and panache, but the judges thought otherwise. With a total score of 90.85, Alexey—er, Evgeni—is now ranked first going into Thursday night’s Free Skating medal event. Check out the results here.
Good luck!
Tuesday 02.16.10 – NO CLASSES
Oh Great, More S&C…
Over the weekend Danelle and I attended a strength and conditioning seminar by Kevin Kearns, S&C coach to many big-time MMA fighters. While he didn’t delve as deeply as we would have liked into programming and “bigger picture” stuff, we did come away with a lot of new and neat ideas to incorporate into Krav classes.
Now, do you need the conditioning of an MMA fighter to be proficient in Krav Maga, or self-defense in general? Following the One Rule of Krav Maga (Don’t Get Hurt / Go Home Safe), we want to end an altercation as quickly as possible, not outlast our opponent in a three-round sport fight. So technically, no, we don’t need to train like those super athletes. But why take the chance? As goes one of my favorite of many quotes from expert strength coach Mark Rippetoe, “Strong people are harder to kill than weak people, and more useful in general”. I’m working on an in-depth post about metabolic conditioning as it relates to Krav training, so much more on this later…
We instructors have a pretty good idea of what’s needed to effectively train for self-defense, but let’s hear from you. A big reason for creating the new blog-based site was to get students more involved, so give us some feedback in the comments below. Here are some questions to get you started:
- What are your thoughts on incorporating some new strength and conditioning protocols into our warm-ups and drills?
- What kind of exercises/drills do you like or want more of? Want less of?
- We sometimes do an organized stretch as part of the warm-up, and we sometimes let you stretch on your own. Which do you prefer?
- What are some of your personal strength and conditioning goals?
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