Krav Maga Fight

If you’re looking to become a professional fighter, this is not the program for you. The aims of Krav Maga Fight are:

• Impact conditioning. You can train all the skills and stress drills you’d like, but you don’t know how you’ll react after being hit until you get hit. The style of training we do in Fight Class is the safest means to simulating that.
• Augment our self-defense training with sport-style fighting.Training other styles of fighting will make you a more well-rounded Krav Maga practitioner. While we don’t profess to master any of the fighting styles covered, a familiarity with them can mean a world of difference when confronted by someone with a little know-how.
• Have fun. No, not in the everyone-gets-a-gold-star-and-trophy sense! We take this training very seriously, but at the end of the day, the majority of us do this not as an occupational requirement but as a hobby and means of physical activity.

The list below represents a consolidation of the “fighting” (i.e., not “self-defense”) techniques in the Krav Maga curricula, plus techniques added from other systems to help balance the skill sets. This is admittedly a lot of material, and it cannot possibly be covered with any depth within a brief time frame. Like the system as a whole, it is broken into manageable blocks and will take considerable training time and effort to work through all of it. Also like the system, this list is subject to modification.

The structure of Krav Maga Fight is to run a 12-week Intro program for new Advanced students following a Level 1 test. Attending this 12-week block is required for students to participate in Advanced class drills utilizing fight gear. After this program, the class will follow 4-, 8-, or 12-week defined blocks that focus on building a certain skill set. This will allow us to organize training and get good at things before moving on; keep training interesting; and cover a lot of diverse material over the long arc of training.

Required Equipment:

• Headgear
• Mouthguard
• 16-oz gloves
• Shin guards
• Groin protection

Notes:

• You must have the official Krav Maga Worldwide fight gear purchased through the Academy. No exceptions.
• MMA training gloves purchased through the Academy are preferable for some training but are not required.

Curriculum

Stand-up

Required curriculum for Krav Maga Advanced students.
Click here to view the Krav Maga Fight Class Intro Schedule.

• Footwork
• Bobbing and Weaving
• Slipping
• Hook Punch
• Uppercut Punch
• Defenses against Hook Punch (Covering, Extended)
• Defense against Uppercut Punch
• Defenses with Counterattacks (Reaction Punches*)
• Outside Stabbing Defense against Front Kick
• Inside Defense against Low to Medium Front Kick
• Plucking Defense against Low to Medium Front Kick
• Inside Defense against High Front Kick
• Defense against Low Round Kick (Using the Shin)
• Defense against Low Round Kick (Absorbing with Thigh)
• Defense against Front Kick (Redirecting with Shin)

Clinch & Takedowns

• Sprawls
• Defense Against Knee Grab or Single Leg
• Tie-ups
• Arm Drags
• Snap-downs
• Clinch Defenses (3 variations)
• Setting Up and Securing the Clinch*
• Strikes and Takedowns from the Clinch*
• Double-leg Takedown
• Single-leg Takedown
• Knee Taps
• Toe Pick / Single Leg Hyper-extension
• Sit-Out (3 variations)

Grappling

• Guard
  • Top: Stacking Escape
  • Top: Smash Pass*
  • Top: Cut-Across Pass*
  • Top: Guillotine Defense
  • Bottom: Kick Off from the Guard
  • Bottom: Scissor Sweep*
  • Bottom: Head-and-Arm Triangle Choke
  • Bottom: Guard Reversal (Sit Up and Sweep)
  • Bottom: Guillotine Choke
  • Bottom: Kimura*
  • Bottom: Arm Bar
  • Bottom: Triangle Choke
• Mount
  • Top: Pop Up and Out
  • Top: Arm Bar*
  • Top: Americana / Paint Brush*
  • Bottom: Defense against Punches, Mounted (Bucking Hips)
  • Bottom: Trap and Roll against Full Mount
  • Bottom: Defense against Headlock while Mounted
  • Bottom: Elbow Escape (Shrimping)
• Side Control
  • Top: Americana / Paint Brush
  • Top: Arm Bar*
  • Top: Transition to Full Mount
  • Top: Transition to Knee on Belly
  • Bottom: Recover Full Guard
  • Bottom: Reversal
• Headlock from the Side / Scarf Hold / Kesa Gatame
  • Top: Head-and-Arm Triangle Choke*
  • Top: Figure-Four Arm Lock*
  • Bottom: Escape and Reversal (3 variations)
• Half Guard*
  • Top: Basic Cross-face Pass*
  • Top: Brabo Choke*
  • Bottom: Recover Full Guard*
  • Bottom: Sweep against Opponent’s Underhook*
  • Bottom: Basic Sweep Sequence*
• Back Mount
  • Top: Rear Naked Choke
  • Top: Maintaining Hooks*
  • Bottom: Choke Defense & Escape
  • Bottom: Scoop Escape*

*Additions to Krav Maga Worldwide techniques