The January 2010 syllabus is subject to change. This post will be updated throughout the month.
Get Worn Out!
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.”
FMA Tangent
This past week in Level 2 we took a little detour from the Krav Maga curriculum. To round out our weapons self-defense training this month (and just for fun) I showed some stick and knife skills from Modern Arnis, a system that combines traditional Filipino martial arts and Japanese jujitsu. There are numerous methodologies in Modern Arnis for defending against and countering attacks based on the angle of the attack, the weapon(s) used, and your weapon(s) available—precisely opposite Krav Maga’s approach to self-defense. With this in mind, I chose a handful of techniques that directly parallel and compliment those in the Krav Maga curriculum. In most cases the initial defense is exactly the same, but the follow-ups are quite different.
It was admittedly a lot of information compressed into two classes, but I hope everyone both enjoyed it and learned some new skills. For those who missed it, here’s what we did:
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Conditioning Circuit
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!
December 2009 Syllabus
This month’s syllabus is subject to change. This post will be updated throughout the month.
