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Knees in Review

09.02.10 By Patrick 2 Comments

Knee to the guts!
Check out the link below for a great review on the finer points of delivering effective knees. It was written by Matt Caballero of Fit & Fearless, Krav Maga Austin. Danelle and I trained with Matt in Phase B, and he definitely knows his stuff.

Here’s a very important, overarching point from Matt’s post I’d like to highlight:

We can defend all day but striking ends the fight. However, we are more vulnerable when we are striking because in order to strike we must leave our defensive position for a split second.

Read this: The Bees Knees

Filed Under: Combatives, Krav Maga News, Training

Good Luck, Alexey!

09.01.10 By Patrick Leave a Comment

Alexey Gorshkov (our champion figure skater look-alike) is leaving Massachusetts for employment and temperate climes in California.

Alexey has been training at the Academy for over two years and is one of our more experienced students. He will be missed as a training partner and as a source of unending questions! He kept us instructors on our toes by always requiring a reason and an explanation for every part of the curriculum.

Best of luck, Alexey! We hope to see you back some day!

Filed Under: Announcements & News, Krav Maga News

September 2010 Syllabus

09.01.10 By Patrick Leave a Comment

The September 2010 syllabus is subject to change. This post will be updated throughout the month.

Questions? Post to the comments!

View the Syllabus »

Filed Under: Combatives, Groundfighting/Grappling, Krav Maga News, Self-Defense, Training Tagged With: syllabus

SCHOOL CLOSING DATES – Aug/Sep 2010

08.26.10 By Patrick

There will be no classes on the following dates:

  • Saturday, 08.28.10 – Kenpo black belt testing. Apologies for the late notice.
  • Saturday, 09.04.10 – Labor Day weekend
  • Monday, 09.06.10 – Labor Day

These closings are also noted on the Class Schedule.

The normal schedule will resume Tuesday, 09.07.10.

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

Hick’s Law and Krav Maga

08.25.10 By Patrick 1 Comment

Hick's LawHick’s Law is often either referenced directly or alluded to by many “reality-based” self-defense practitioners. It is one of the core principles at the foundation of Krav Maga and one of the main reasons why Krav is such an effective system. Hick’s Law, or the Hick–Hyman Law, “describes the time it takes for a person to make a decision as a result of the possible choices he or she has”.

If we simplify the formula at right, it looks more like this:

ReactionTime = MovementTime + ProcessingSpeed • log2(n)
ProcessingSpeed • log2(n) is the time taken to come to a decision and n is the number of choices

(If you’re interested in the math behind this, check out the Wikipedia page.)
Read more (There’s less math, I promise) »

Filed Under: Krav Maga News, Krav Maga Technique Library, Krav Related, Self-Defense Tagged With: fundamentals, Hick's Law, video

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