Here’s a video shown at the Imi Lichtenfeld Centennial Celebration in Brazil at the end of May.
New Accessory for 360° Defense Training?
Your training partner will love you for strapping a pair of these on!
I originally set out to post this as a gag, but the more I think about it the more I like the Strong Arm / Ulnar Press. The video is laughable (so help me if I ever see kick defenses like this!), but I think the Strong Arm is a great idea for law enforcement.
Stay with me, but I’m going to attempt to draw a parallel to Krav Maga…
Gun Defense Video Extravaganza
In keeping with this week’s gun defense theme, here are some videos from Krav Maga Worldwide Sherman Oaks. Some techniques are the basics we have been working on, some are more advanced techniques we will be training in tomorrow’s Intermediate Gun Defense Seminar.
The Shirt Grab & Finishing the Fight
Here’s an interesting video from Rodney King of Crazy Monkey Defense that ties into the shirt grab question that came up at the end of Tuesday night’s class:
Overall, I think the Crazy Monkey Defense stuff compliments the “fighting” portion of Krav pretty nicely. I like a lot of the concepts that I’ve seen online and even experimented with incorporating pieces into the last sparring rotation. While taking the opponent’s back as Rodney does in the video is not necessarily something encouraged in Krav Maga, the opening certainly is. Some compliance-type techniques (i.e. joint locks and pressure points) from styles like Kenpo and Modern Arnis Jujitsu, while effective in certain circumstances, require much more time to train; rely on fine motor movements that can degrade under stress; and often require both your hands, leaving you more vulnerable to subsequent attacks. Striking, however, has a less steep learning curve because it is more instinctive; relies on gross motor movements that are less affected by stress; and, if you’re hands always return to your fighting stance, offers a better degree of protection against a flailing opponent. (Keep in mind, though, that use of force issues are more likely to arise with strikes.)
This video demonstrates three key Krav Maga concepts that apply to nearly every self-defense scenario:
- The “when” concept. If you can talk your way out of a scenario like this, by all means do so. If, however, you sense the shirt grab is just a precursor to greater violence, when is now.
- See within the fight. Once you’ve made the decision to spring to action, don’t expect your opponent to stand there like a punching bag, and don’t get so tunnel-visioned with what you’re doing that you don’t register subsequent attacks (or attackers). Remember, it’s usually the one you don’t see that’ll knock you out.
- Finish the fight. Once you’ve engaged, do not stop until A) you’ve created enough space to safely escape, or B) the threat has been neutralized.
Pre-Workout Stretching Ideas
In a recent post, we posed a question about organized stretching as part of the warm-up. Some like it, some don’t, but most important is that everyone is stretching safely and effectively. Most athletes, expert coaches, and sports scientists agree that static stretching before working out is at best ineffective and at worst counterproductive or even dangerous. (Do some additional research on your own, but read this article for one example.) While static stretching is very important after a workout, it’s dynamic/ballistic stretching that will best prepare your body for some hard work.
The video below is a recent post from Matt Wichlinski. In it, he shows dozens of different warm-up movements and stretches, many of which should look pretty familiar. This guy’s a total monster and is doing some really neat training at his gym The Strength Shop.
[BE ADVISED: Matt’s got some music playing in the background that contains explicit lyrics.]
