Krav Maga Fundamental Strategies

by David Kahn, Corey L Britcher Director Bureau of Law Enforcement, Pennsylvania (Foreword by)

Overview

BECAUSE NOT ALL KRAV MAGA IS THE SAME®

This book introduces and codifies big-picture thinking to take you to the next level of self-defense expertise. The material is designed to conform to your strengths; you need not conform to the system.

In this latest volume from David Kahn, you will find practical, battle-tested stratagems and insights that are equally applicable across the spectrum of martial arts and fighting systems. The text is supported by 180 dynamic separate photo series representing a rich krav maga gamut of self-defense strategies and tactics.

Topics include:

• The Best Use of a Training Partner
• The Difference Between Anger and Rage
• Recognizing Your Own Triggers to Avoid Violence
• Contending with Road Rage
• Conflict Avoidance and Escape
• Physiological Reactions to Threats and Violence
• Legal Use of Force Requirements
• Defensive (Dis)Engagement Mindset
• Anatomical Targeting and Self-Protection
• Preemptive Linear Strikes
• Absorbing and Moving with an Attack
• Fighting Ranges
• Combatives Power and Balance
• Self-Defense Fight Timing
• Tactical Retreating
• When and How to Counterattack
• Defending against a Skilled Fighter
• Deceptive Fighting
• Ground Survival
• Defending an Ambush
• Multiple Opponents
• Breaking Up a Fight

As good tactical minds generally think alike, whatever your martial arts or defensive tactics background, this book is designed to synergize any previous professional self-defense knowledge to enhance your personal survival blueprint.

Krav Maga Fundamental Strategies draws on ideas and techniques from nearly every level of the Israeli Krav Maga curriculum, including violence avoidance and prevention. The result is an adaptable strategy supported by tried and true defensive tactics, coupled with sound defensive principles, all of which will serve to deliver you from harm’s way.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781594398148
Publisher:	YMAA Publication Center
Publication date:	11/30/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
File size:	61 MB
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About the Author

David Kahn serves as the Israeli Krav Maga Association's U.S. Chief Instructor and teaches federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies along with all branches of the U.S. military. David is the only American ever to sit on the non-profit Israeli Krav Maga Association's board of directors. David is also a certified instructor through the New Jersey Police Training Commission and Mercer County Police Academy and also teaches at the New Jersey State Police Academy.

David received his advanced blackbelt teaching certifications from Grandmaster Haim Gidon of the Israeli Krav Maga Association.

David graduated from Princeton University cum laude and received his juris doctor from the University of Miami School of Law. David Resides in Princeton, New Jersey

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

FOREWORD

INTRODUCTION

PREFACE

The Language of Krav Maga

The Optimum Use of This Book

Best Use of Training Partners

Israeli Krav Maga Self-Defense Strategy Insights

CHAPTER 1: DISENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES

1. Understanding the Difference Between Anger and Rage
2. Recognizing Your Own Triggers
3. Contending with Road Rage
4. De-escalating Yourself
5. Conflict Avoidance
6. Escape
7. Understanding One’s Physiological Reaction to Threats and Violent Conflict

CHAPTER 2: LEGAL USE OF FORCE STRATEGIES

1. What Constitutes Reasonable Counter-Force?
2. A Police Interview or Legal Deposition
3. Stand Your Ground Statutes
4. Mutual Combat Negates Your Right to Self-Defense

CHAPTER 3: DEFENSIVE (DIS)ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES

1. Pre-Violence Indicator Recognition
2. Perception/Recognition
3. Kinesic Indicators Recognition
4. Twelve Krav Maga Strategy Principles
5. Weapons of Opportunity
6. Key Self-Defense Strategies and Concepts
7. An Offensively Defensive Strategy:  Attack the Attacker
8. The Strategy of Untamed, Targeted Counter-Violence
9. The Strategy of Injuring

CHAPTER 4: ANATOMICAL TARGETING STRATEGY: WORKS FOR BOTH THE ATTACKER AND DEFENDER

1. Protecting Your Head
2. Protecting Your Torso
3. Protecting Your Groin
4. Protecting Your Knees
5. Protecting Your Achilles

CHAPTER 5: REPRESENTATIVE DECISION MAKING STRATEGIES

1. Exiting Your Vehicle to Escape an Assailant Coming at You
2. A Strategic Choice:  To Defend One’s Property or Rely on Solely on Legal Remedies

CHAPTER 6: KRAV MAGA STRATEGY AND METHODOLOGY

1. Krav Maga’s Four Pillar Strategy
2. Krav Maga’s “No Rules” Strategy
3. Krav Maga Training Strategies and Emphases
4. Essential Defensive Strategies and Fighting Prowess
5. Strategy against Multiple Opponents
6. Counterattack Strategy: Lowerbody and Upperbody Ranges
7. Tactical Retreating Combative Strategy
8. Body Defense Strategies
9. Strategy for Intercepting an Attack: Parrying Versus Blocking
10. Absorbing and Moving with an Attack
11. Fighting Range Strategies
12. Sample Defense Strategies Against a Skilled Fighter
13. Ground Survival Strategic Insights
14. Combatives Power and Balance
15. The Strategy of Retzev
16. The Strategic Recognition of Three Primary Types of Attacks
17. Self-Defense Fight Timing Strategy
18. Enhanced Strategies to Improve Reaction Speed based on Preparation in Training
19. When and How to Counterattack Strategy
20. Deceptive Fighting Strategies

CHAPTER 7: STRATEGIES FOR DEFENDING AN AMBUSH

1. The Elements of an Ambush
2. Human Predatory Strategies
3. Counter-Ambush Strategies

CHAPTER 8: PREEMPTIVE LINEAR STRIKE STRATEGIES

1. When and How to Preempt an Attack
2. The Preemptive Straight Kick
3. The Preemptive Side Kick
4. Pre-emptive Linear Upperbody Strike
5. Third Party Sucker Punch Defensive Strategies When Engaged in an Ambush

CHAPTER 9: BREAKING UP A FIGHT STRATEGY

CONCLUSION

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

NOTABLE BIOGRAPHIES

TRAINING RESOURCES

INDEX

Editorial Reviews

"David Kahn’s books were the perfect blend of tactical instruction and practical application during the COVID 19 quarantine, when his classes were not available. He remains an excellent teacher, with a valuable skill set, at a time when our world is becoming increasingly dangerous.” —Rick William, News anchor WPVI-TV, Philadelphia, PA

"I highly recommend David Kahn for his deep knowledge, passion and drive in delivering top-notch combative instruction. As a SEAL for the past 24 years, I would easily rate David as one of the best I’ve ever worked with." — Commander Andrew K. Ledford, PhD, United States Naval Academy

"We recognize [David Kahn’s] high-degree of skill in this discipline and especially Krav Maga's ability to be learned and mastered in a short period of time-enabling our future lieutenants to easily adopt and disseminate these techniques to their own units.” — John R. Stark, Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army, Director of Army Officer Training and Commissioning

"Kahn, the United States’ chief instructor for the Israeli Krav Maga Association, offers further insights into the Israeli fighting system in this seventh guide in a series. A comprehensive, no-frills krav maga manual."—Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2021-04-08
Kahn, the United States’ chief instructor for the Israeli Krav Maga Association, offers further insights into the Israeli fighting system in this seventh guide in a series.

Krav maga has become an increasingly popular system of self-defense in recent decades, in part due to its adaptability: “The system conforms to your strengths; you need not conform to the system,” writes the author in his introduction. The system’s lack of these kinds of formal rules, however, means that the strategies underlying the practice are that much more important, as “Israeli krav maga’s pledge…is that it can teach nearly anyone to successfully defend against proximate violence.” With this book, Kahn walks the would-be kravist through various tactics, from disengagement strategies to avoid a conflict—always the primary goal—all the way to strategies for surviving an ambush. It instructs readers on ways to defend themselves in a slew of scenarios involving armed and unarmed assailants by quickly assessing the situation and taking advantage of attackers’ weak points. Kahn pairs each strategy with a full-color photo series illustrating how to execute it, step by step. The prose is simple and direct, walking readers through the mechanics of different moves, the theory behind them, and their specific effects on the body: “A precise, strong side kick or stomp using the heel or, alternatively, a straight kick using the ball of the foot against the front or side of an opponent’s knee, can cause significant damage that will drop him immediately.” As Kahn admits at the outset, krav maga requires in-person training, ideally with a professional who has experience in the system. But for those looking to get a basic understanding of the system, including the sorts of movements involved and, more importantly, the thinking behind them, this book will prove to be a valuable primer.

A comprehensive, no-frills krav maga manual.

Kirkus Reviews