Description
Book SynopsisBECAUSE NOT ALL KRAV MAGA IS THE SAME®
Hardcover format includes all photos in FULL COLOR!
Israeli Krav Maga is the Israel Defense Force's official self-defense system.
The system is simple, instinctive, adaptable, and if necessary, brutally effective to thwart a life threatening assault. This book presents the most up-to-date and effective techniques to prevail against armed threats and attacks.
Many of these updated defenses have never been seen before. Grandmaster Haim Gidon has improved and evolved this material with the late krav maga founder Imi Lichtenfeld's formal approval.
Contents include
- Weapon awareness training; functionality, range, and deployment
- Dominant control holds over a stunned assailant
- Edged weapon defenses
- Impact weapon defenses
- Handgun defenses
- Rifle defenses
- Defending against weapons while on the ground
- Defending against continuous attacks
- Non-conventional weapon threats
- First-party hostage situations
- Kravist weapon defense drills
Regardless of strength, size, age, or gender, you can learn krav maga techniques to fend off an armed attacker.
Table of ContentsIntroduction
The Language of Krav Maga
Street Violence
Human Emotional Responses in a Life-threatening Encounter
Krav Maga’s Methodology
Krav Maga Tactics
The Best Use of This Book
Chapter 1—Control Holds Reviewed
Chapter 3—Leg Defenses Against Edged-Weapon Attacks
Chapter 4—Hand Defenses Against Edged Weapons
Chapter 5—Handgun Defenses
Chapter 6—Rifle/Submachine Gun (SMG) Defenses
Chapter 7—Kravist Weapon Defense Drills
Appendix—Vehicle Safety Tips, Road Rage, and Carjacking
Krav Maga Vehicle Safety Tips
Road Rage Incidents
Carjacking When the Carjacker is Outside of Your Vehicle Brandishing a Firearm
Defenses Against Carjacking Situations
Index
Biographies
