casualbb said:
Have you sparred with any top krav people? Have you ever interacted with any krav people? Are you talking out of your ass?
Israel won every war it's been involved in. Why are you making this about israel?
Okay , now that youre SUPER Imprtessed with your knowledge of Israel , I have asked the same question about SCARS ... You really think the war was Won with Krav Maga ? Name ANY Militairy conflict that has been won with it . You CAN name them for Silat , Arnis , Xingyiquan , Jujutsu ...
But not Krav Maga .
People SHOUT like its whats used againt the Enemy , not Guns and Knives and Bombs .
Oh , and yes , ve unfortunately been exposed to a LOT of KM training at some pretty Rediculous prices - I mean to say "High Levels" .
Sadnly nothing more than RSBD style situational Response Training ala the classic "Womens Self Defense Course" thats far more likely to get a student beaten into the floor than teach them how to survive a fight .
The fact is that SRT DOES NOT WORK for the way that humans learn , but its the easiest way to "Teach Non-Teachers How To Teach" so people keep constructing "arts" around it . You will find this kind of training in NO other sportive or Physical activity .
Because Sports teams like to WIN .
the Pyramid-Scheme-Marketing style ALONE should be enough to raise most ppls Eyebrows , and make them question whats going on , not to MENTION the fact that although KM is JUDO-based more than half of its Centers are in TKD McDojos . Sorry , EX TKD .
From a Skills standpoint , Its honestly my opinion that Krav , much like the ATTACKPROOF program gets its studentsa hurt . It translates MUCH more in the way of Confidnece than it dioes in the way of skills, making students tend to bite off more then they can chew . A 1-year KM student is far behind in terms of being able to "Handle themselves" when compared to other training sets/methodologies .
The way that KM ppl keep this from being Revealed is quite simple . They only tend to "teach" it to ppl that can already fight ! They take guys whom have been doing a TMA for 10+ years already , and they make him a Franchise , and no one coming in off the street is going to notice that he cant handle himself . So Joes TKD is now Joes KM , but Joes Fighting Skill from TKD hasnt gone anywhere .
And not only have I sparred with KM people , but Ive had students , and FRIENDS students do the same , in Dissimilart areas , and all with similar results . Whern matched with their peers , the y would dominate , then the Headman or Senior Student would step in and "Show What KM Was All About" ... This process repeated itself so many times in so many places we actually lost count .