Krav Maga Seminar at Bangalore

Well as mentioned before I am an avid Krav Maga follower. The self defense system that developed in Israel has really intrigued me and I found it to be the most sensible and effective of the lot. So it was quite a pleasant surprise for me to know that KMG aka KRAV MAGA GLOBAL was doing a seminar in Bangalore. In addition to that it was to add 4 CEU's to my ISSA certification! Thanks Dilip for letting me know!

The Krav Maga seminar was help at the Catholic Club and the highlight was Grand Master Eyal Yanilov himself was there to do the session. Talk about jumping at a chance to learn! KMG is Eyal Yanilov's program. Its been introduced in India by Elroy Vaz.  I also met fellow ISSA trainer Sandeep Jayakumar there and got introduced to one of Sandeep's students, Priya Mukherjee.

Before I get into what the session was like I have to say the KMG  India team was quite efficient and friendly. They worked with the people there patiently through most of the drills and have sound knowledge on not only Krav Maga but also how to instruct in it. To the KMG team - Thanks a  ton guys. I was definitely comfortable with the level of expertise and the way you guys train and instruct.

The session got underway with Eyal giving us a bit of a background about Krav Maga and why its so effective. As usual the info and knowledge part is quite important and it made the practical understanding easier.

The practical session got underway with warmups and mobility drills. I was pleasantly surprised because most other trainings and martial arts placed this huge demand on me for the warmups itself. The warmups were challenging but not to a point where I was already drained for the session! I learnt a lot of warm up routines at this seminar

We then went to the real thing. The actual self defense scenarios. Eyal was breaking it down bit by bit on why and how to carry out a strike and what to look for in situations. One thing I can say about Eyal is he is one of the best instructors out there. It was so easy to understand. He would demonstrate and then we would run the drills with our partners. Sandeep and me had pretty much teamed up by this time. We did change sparring partners every now and then.

The session ended with the participants receiving a Seminar certification and then after that photos!

By the time we were done I had a great training session, was much more knowledgeable and definitely thrilled at the opportunity to the seminar

For those of you interested in Eyal's program it is online and you can get it by going to my resources page.

Krav Maga

(Picture courtesy of Krav Maga Worldwide)

I like martial arts. Undoubtedly, one of my favorite styles is the Israeli style of Krav Maga. Krav Maga is one of the best self defense programs there is. It is used by the Ghatak Indian Commandos, Israeli Defense forces, FBI, Navy seals, CIA and now even coming down to civilians.

So what is Krav Maga? Literally translated from Hebrew it means 'Close Combat' or 'Hand to Hand Combat.' It is a a non competitive martial art and is a system based on natural reflexes. It takes into account training for realistic settings and situations and the system though already highly effective is always evolving.

Krav Maga was developed by an individual named Imi Lichtenfeld . He was from Hungary and started to learn boxing, wrestling and juijitsu from his father who had opened a gym. When the Anti- Semitic riots started in Hungary Imi left Hungary and came to Palestine where he started to train the Jewish Underground force ' Haganah.' Training quickly spread and Imi went to Israel. There he started to train their military units. Imi died in 1998 in Netanya, Israel.

The Krav Maga system is meant to be easy to perform and learn and also adapt quickly. It is primarily self defense and is not a sport. It encourages neutralizing danger as quickly as possible.It also encourages in using the environment around and being aware of the environment. Training is intense mentally so people can be trained to operate under stressful situations and realistic situations.

Krav Maga is a self defense system that men, women, children have found very effective across the world and has saved thousands of lives. Krav Maga is also a great way of keeping fit. So you get strong, fit and learn self defense skills at the same time.

Imi personally trained Eyal Yanilov and Darren Levine and a handful of others. Eyal is a grandmaster and he and Avi Moyal head the International Krav Maga Federation based in Israel. Darren Levine heads 'Krav Maga Worldwide' in Los Angeles, USA.  














Eyal Yanilov (Courtesy: IKMF)

Right: Darren Levine (Courtesy: Krav Maga Worldwide)



Krav Maga is used by a lot of celebrities. Hugh Jackman, Jennifer Garner, Brandon Fraser, Jennifer Lopez, Ashton Kutcher, Hilary Swank, Bar Refaeli to name a few. needless to say gets them in shape for the big screen!











                                                                                                             

I personally can vouch for the effectiveness of Krav Maga having trained for the Practitioner 1 level (though I never did do the test). I still continue to practice and it is a part of my conditioning workouts. If you are interested in learning Krav Maga techniques you can now learn online! Eyal Yanilov has got a website with the most complete Krav Maga training information and videos done by himself. What does that mean for you?

• Learning Krav Maga from a Grandmaster
• Learning from your home.
• Getting fitter, stronger, healthier and most importantly SAFER!

My personal recommendation is always find a person to train with. I have been training my techniques online and I can say this is THE BEST Krav Maga Program online. Click on the link below to got to Eyal's Max Krav Maga Site.