Krav Maga Weapon Defenses. David Kahn

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СКАЧАТЬ A Hebrew term meaning a sliding movement on the balls of your feet to carry your entire bodyweight forward and through a combative strike to maximize its impact.

      Secoul. A Hebrew term meaning a larger step than glicha, covering more distance to carry your entire bodyweight forward and through a combative strike to maximize its impact.

      Off-angle. An attack angle that is not face-to-face.

      Stepping off the line. Use footwork and body movement to take evasive action against a linear attack, such as a straight punch or kick. Such movement is also referred to as “breaking the angle of attack.”

      Tsai-bake. A Japanese term meaning a one-hundred-eighty-degree or semi-circle step by rotating one leg back to create torque on a joint to complete a takedown or control hold.

      Cavalier. A wrist takedown forcing an adversary’s wrist to move against its natural range of motion usually combined with tsai-bake for added power.

      Elbow kiss. When securing an edged weapon or firearm held by an assailant and pinning it against the his body, the defender moves to the assailant’s deadside creating an angle between the defender’s arm and assailant’s arm where the tips of their respective elbows touch or “kiss.” The defender’s forearm and assailant’s gun arm create a “V” by the underside of your forearm pressing against the topside of the assailant’s forearm

      Trapping. Occurs when you pin or grab the opponent’s arms with one arm, leaving you with free to continue combatives with your other arm.

      Figure Four. A control hold securing an opponent’s arm, torso, or ankle to exert pressure. The control hold is enabled by using both of your arms on the joint of the wrist, shoulder, or tendon of an opponent. For example, you have secured your opponent’s right wrist (his elbow is pointed toward the ground) with your right hand placed on the flat of his right hand, bending his wrist inward, with his elbow (tip toward the ground) pinned to your chest while you simultaneously slip your other arm over the top of his forearm to interlock his arm and grab your own forearm. This positional arm control may also be used to attack the Achilles tendon with the blade of your forearm or control an opponent’s torso from the rearmount. A Figure Four may also be applied to an opponent’s torso by hooking one leg across the torso and securing it in the crook of the other leg’s knee.

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      Kravist. A term I coined to describe a smart and prepared krav maga fighter.

      Cold Weapons. Blunt and edged weapons.

      Hot Weapons. Firearms.

      Kimura. Armlock named after its inventor, Masahiko Kimura.

Street Violence

      Street violence is, by its nature, volatile and unpredictable. To be sure, there are no certainties, especially regarding the outcome of a life and death struggle. The last thing on many victims’ minds is that they will be battered, clubbed, stabbed, slashed, or shot. Oftentimes, you will find yourself in a “negative five” position or initially unprepared to fight for your life. An attacker will seek every advantage. First and foremost, he will try to use the element of surprise, especially, to deploy a weapon.

      In 2010, the Federal Bureau of Investigation estimated 1,246,248 violent crimes nationwide.

      • Aggravated assaults (defined by the FBI as “as an unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury”) accounted for the highest number of violent crimes reported to law enforcement at 62.5 percent. Of this 62.5 percent of aggravated assaults, firearms were used 20.6 percent; knives/cutting instruments 19.0 percent; clubs/blunt objects 33.1 percent; and personal weapons for 27.4 percent of reported cases.

      • Robbery comprised 29.5 percent of violent crimes. Of this 29.5 percent, firearms were used 41.4 percent; while strong-arm tactics were used 42.0 percent; followed by knives and cutting instruments 7.9 percent; and other dangerous weapons 8.8 percent of the reported cases.

      • Murder accounted for 1.2 percent of estimated violent crimes in 2010. Of this 1.2 percent; firearms were used 67.5 percent; knives/cutting instruments 13.1 percent; other weapons 13.6 percent; and personal weapons for 6.6 percent of reported cases.

      • Forcible rape accounted for 6.8 percent of reported violent crime. Reported statistics do not account for the criminal use of weapons, but, past FBI surveys have indicated that approximately 10–20 percent of forcible annual rapes involve the use of a weapon.

      • Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program 2010. For the most current information visit www.fbi.gov.

      • In a 2010 National Crime Victimization Survey compiled by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, 852,660 specific weapon related violent crimes were reported in the United States. Of these 852,660 violent victimizations:

      • 337,960 violent crimes were committed with firearms

      • 192,320 violent crimes were committed with knives

      • 266,620 violent crimes were committed with “other” and “unknown” weapons

      In this study, the ratio of simple and aggravated weapon related assaults (616,670 incidents) compared to armed robberies (212,390 incidents) was roughly 3:1. Accordingly, one can extrapolate that when a weapon was present, a victim was three times more likely to be physically attacked rather then simply threatened.

      Source: For the most current information visit www.bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov.

      Criminals who use weapons are often not particularly well trained. For example, a controlled pull on the trigger of a firearm versus a hard pull is not something the average criminal gunman spends much time contemplating let alone practicing. Staving your skull versus simply knocking you unconscious is also a non-acquired skill. He may not know the fine line between knocking you unconscious and killing you. An armed assailant’s judgment may also be impaired by an admixture of inebriation, mental illness, or any other human emotion giving vent to violent rage.

      Violence is an ugly grisly affair. If you are threatened or attacked, the assailant thinks he can win. You cannot doubt the assailant is committed, through violence, to dominating or destroying you. He is willing to cause you egregious, perhaps deadly, bodily harm by eviscerating, puncturing or spilling your internal organs, shattering bones, or pulping your brain. When unexpectedly caught in the sites of a deranged attacker or psychopathic predator, you may wonder, “Why is this stranger attacking me?” This thinking may occur continue, for example, even after the third, fourth, or fifth stab wounds of the ambush. This is why you must hone your mental to physical skills until you can call on them without thinking. With enough practice, you will train to react instinctively and swiftly. Only proper training can trigger this fighting response. Realistic training improves this reaction flow by allowing you to quickly assess violent situations and react under stress.

      Training ingrains the appropriate responses into your memory bank improving your reaction time. Whether the threat comes from an edged weapon or gun, you will already know how to react. Equally important, proper training compels the most suitable reaction for a given situation. СКАЧАТЬ