Krav Maga Weapon Defenses. David Kahn

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СКАЧАТЬ Major Nir Maman (res.) served in the Israeli Special Forces (ISF) Central Command Counter Terror and Hostage Rescue Unit and the Special Forces Counter Terror and Special Operations School (CTSO) Nir’s duties included training the CTSO’s instructors in CT Warfare, Tactical Shooting, and krav maga. He also held the Lead Counter Terror Instructor position on the CTSO’s designated Hostage Rescue Take-Over (HRT) Units Instructor Team, where he was responsible for training new recruits and active operational members of the ISF’s designated HRT units in all areas of counter terror warfare and hostage rescue including hostage rescue operations in friendly and hostile/foreign environments; close-quarters combat; dynamic entry; aircraft, ship, train, and bus interdiction; suicide bomber interception; urban warfare; tactical shooting; and krav maga. In April 2009, Nir was awarded the IDF Ground Forces Infantry and Ground Forces Command Soldier of the Year Award of Excellence.

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      In the case of an edged-weapon attack, there is a good chance if someone attacks you by surprise, you will see an arm movement, but you may not always see the weapon. To be sure, running away from a threat or impending attack is a real and sensible option. Do not let ego, a sense of indignity, or just plain anger get you seriously hurt or killed. Of course, there are circumstances when you cannot run, such as being with family or friends who are not mobile. You will have to stand your ground and defend.

      Realistic physical training, along with mental training to envision different kinds of attacks, regulates your response. Training “hardwires” your brain to move your body instinctively to bypass conscious thought and streamline the self-defense process: to think without thinking. The self-defense process may be understood by using the following four-part process:

      1) Threat recognition

      2) Situation analysis

      3) Choice of action

      4) Action or inaction

      Krav maga’s goal is to embed your subconscious with the proverbial “[I have] been there done that (through a training scenario).” Most important, you should have confidence in your krav maga training because all techniques are battle-tested and field-proven. Do not, however, mistake your training for a real attack. In an actual attack, you will experience an adrenaline surge, a likely decrease in your fine motor skills, your heart rate will skyrocket, your hearing will diminish (“auditory exclusion”), and your vision will narrow (often known as “tunnel vision”).

      Notably, most people who have survived violent confrontations had the mental commitment to prevail. They do not often attribute their survival to a specific technique. With this in mind, krav maga provides latitude in its techniques, and flexibility in its thinking. In a successful defense, while there may an optimum tactic and strategy, if the defender survives, optimally unscathed, his krav maga worked. Critically important in defending weapons: You do not have the latitude for error that defending an unarmed attack might allow. Technique deficiency can get you seriously injured or killed.

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Krav Maga’s Methodology

      The essence of Israeli krav maga is to neutralize an opponent quickly. There are no rules in an unscripted fight, especially in an armed confrontation. This lack of rules distinguishes self-defense from sport fighting. To stop an assailant, krav maga primarily targets the body’s vital soft tissue, chiefly the groin, neck, and eyes. Other secondary targets include the kidneys, solar plexus, knees, liver, joints, fingers, nerve centers, and other smaller fragile bones. In addition, krav maga teaches you to disarm the assailant and, if necessary, turn the weapon against your assailant. Krav maga differs from other self-defense systems that may rely primarily on targeting difficult to locate nerve centers. In the heat of a violent struggle, this type of precise counterattack strategy is extremely difficult. Conversely, a krav maga combative to the groin or strong combative to the head is precise enough to debilitate the opponent while simple to deliver.

      When defending against weapons and escape is not possible, krav maga’s essential philosophy is to close the distance between the defender and assailant to neutralize the weapon and, whenever possible, take the defender out of the “line of fire.”

      Optimally, the distance between the defender and the assailant can be closed before a weapon is deployed while simultaneously debilitating the adversary with strong combatives, blocking access to the weapon, and achieving dominant control. If the weapon is successfully deployed and put into action, closing the distance allows the defender to deflect-redirect or block the weapon, the majority of time in combination with body defenses while delivering withering counterattacks.

      The Israeli krav maga fighting system is designed to work against any attacker. The key is your mindset. As my good friend Nir Maman, Lead Counter Terror Instructor for the Israel Defense Force, explains so well, you must be able to transition from a highly disadvantageous “negative five” position to an advantageous “positive five” position instinctively and instantaneously. You must turn the table on your opponent(s) immediately. Self-preservation is a powerful motivator—so is protecting others. If you must defend yourself, you need to dominate your attacker and incapacitate him. Krav maga’s core techniques provide cumulative building blocks for a formidable self-defense foundation. A few mastered techniques go a long way and are highly effective against weapon threats and attacks.

      Krav maga’s defensive philosophy is never to do more than necessary, but to react instinctively with speed, economy of motion, and the appropriate measure of force. Instinctive reaction is paramount and you are taught to strike instinctively at the human body’s vulnerable parts. Israeli krav maga training tries to place you in the most realistic training scenarios including weapon attacks with all possible attendant variations. The goal is to present instinctive solutions to overcome threats and defeat deadly attacks. Krav maga uses the same building blocks from the simplest defenses to the most advanced techniques, including empty-handed defenses, and disarms against bladed weapons, firearms, and even micro-explosives, as you will soon learn. Most important, krav maga emphasizes that there are no rules on the street. If a situation is dire, do whatever is necessary to overcome the threat.

      A trainee immediately appreciates krav maga’s simplicity and universal applicability. Krav maga uses the concept of retzev, Hebrew for “continuous motion” to complete a defense. Retzev, the backbone of modern Israeli krav maga, teaches you to move your body instinctively in combat motion without thinking about your next move. Training becomes first nature rather than second nature. When in a dangerous situation, you will automatically call upon your physical and mental training to a launch seamless overwhelming counterattack using strikes, takedowns, throws, joint locks, chokes, or other offensive actions combined with evasive action. Retzev is quick and decisive movement merging all aspects of your krav maga training. Defensive movements transition automatically into offensive movements to neutralize the attack affording your opponent little time to react.

      Imi summarized, “it [defensive movements] comes from the head.” Your brain absorbs, retains, translates, and harnesses your instincts to launch your body into action. Keep in mind that two attacks will be delivered in the same manner. Defenders are given tools for their toolboxes along with a general blueprint how to use them. Remember, Imi’s goal was survival in any defensible situation. You must develop a strong understanding and grasp of how and why you might find yourself embroiled in a violent encounter. How did he (the assailant) get so close to me without my noticing? Was he acting aggressively toward others before he turned on me? Am I a specific target or a random target put in harm’s way by bad luck?

      To make the method yours and react instinctively, you must put just as much emphasis on mental training as you do the physical. In a potential deadly force confrontation, you may experience a combined surge of stress, fear, and excitement. When you are fearful, СКАЧАТЬ