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Fitness: The Ultimate Self Defense
Posted October 16, 2008 9:38 AM
Krav Maga is the ultimate in self defense. I once interviewed a Krav Maga instructor. She was a wisp of a woman weighing no more than 115 lbs soaking wet and probably no taller than five feet five inches. I asked her how on earth it would be possible for her to defend herself against a 220 pound man who put a gun to her head. She very specifically said to me that if he was putting the gun to her head, he was through. I said, "I don't believe you." In a moment straight out of the Matrix I said to Vivian... "Show me." So she brought over another instructor, and sure enough he went about 220 pounds. Within about 5 seconds, she put a series of moves on the guy, that completely disarmed him. As if that wasn't bad enough, she took the gun away and had the weapon pointed at him. She went from victim to having complete control before he could yell, "oh crap!"
They have similar moves to disarm a knife to the throat. Oh, and if a scumbag tries to rape a woman who has been trained in the Israeli art of Krav Maga self defense, he'll be a nutless bag of jelly in two point two seconds. Karate is great. Kung Fu is cool. Boxing has its place in history too, but in the world we live in now, there is something to be said for being deadly with your hands. Krav isn't pretty like martial arts. In fact it's not a martial art at all. Krav Maga literally targets the soft and most vulnerable parts of the body. Hey bad guy, go ahead and try to attack when your intended victim just slammed you in the larynx and the groin.
We're a gifts for men site to be sure, but it's October, and the Dodgers just lost to the Phillies yesterday. So we're fighting mad! Tomorrow I introduce my five year-old girl to Krav Maga. I'll let you know how it goes.
