FAQS

In essence Krav Maga Tactics is an eclectic and non-dogmatic self-defense system.  It is the official defensive tools and fighting system of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli security forces (also known as Shin Bet and Mossad), law enforcement agencies and Military Units around the world. This wholly unique and innovative methodologies was developed and refined during years of conflict.

The Tactical Krav Maga critically emphasizes on technical and strategic aspects that guide effective self-preservation, awareness and instinctive reflexes, and shape combat approaches to neutralize the aggressor’s threats/attacks from a continuous confrontations promptly – it is a specialized skill to acquire, the learning curve and techniques have been battle-tested in real-life threatening circumstances, specially to keep in mind during training journey.

The literal translation from Hebrew to English is “contact combat” or “close combat.” It is a Self- defense system and not geared-up to compete against other martial artist in sporting events. The Krav Maga tactics primary goal is to prioritize your act decisively and appropriately to foresee, evade and stop further escalative hostilities in taking powerful measures while minimizing harm to yourself or when defending others and/or the safety of your loved ones at all costs from threats of victimization encounters in the real-world.

Advanced Tactical Defensive Methodologies is a Combat techniques precision from Krav Maga tactics, which is streamlined and adapted to the circumstances and the different missions of professionals. Operational experience can apply the principle to their skillset by accomplishing objectivities’ that exhibits adaptation to various environments, analyzation engagements of advantage positioning, distances and outlooks from threat landscape complexities, transformation to solution processes, application of physical force, the unique approaches of rapid integrated survival ideology against violence/ attacks and evasion maneuvers, and training future combatants.

The innovative essentials of the Advanced Tactical training provide inclusiveness and an added-value transfer of experience to your initial professional learning-curve. The teaching approach of defensive tactics is adaptive, evaluative and predictive capabilities patterns, it is based on multidisciplinary knowledge of close combat defense behaviors and actions, defenses against impact weapons, handgun retention and disarmament techniques, intervention and defense in a confined area, defense against multiple opponents.

The teaching of Advanced Tactical Defensive takes into account the intercultural, cognitive and psychological aspects of the practitioners -- an intellectual and technical approach insights into a threat actor’s intentions, adversary violence tactics, understanding criminality behaviors, encounters and how specific attacks are orchestrated, combat preparations, responsiveness and mitigation current and future risks. 

The strategic Combat Instruction in all its full complement of technical forms (with hand-to-hand combat, training knives and firearms) to better navigate physical conflict safely and effectively.  It is intended for law enforcement practitioners, as well as practitioners of any other professions that present a personal security risk.

Tactical Krav Maga is an all-inclusive fighting system, and the only rule is that there are no rules, no style, no codes, no time restrictions (referee, judges, and a cage or ropes), no spiritual aspect along with their rituals and passed from one teacher to the next unchanged for centuries. The structured system of combat and protective elements in its strict reactive military-and-police highest-levels combatives capacity of learning discipline and self-preservation-oriented rather than sporting.

While it has several characteristics that are similar to Martial Arts, it actually belongs in a very different category, but it leverages all the best aspects of numerous Martial Arts from all over the world into a flexible framework, in which teaches not just street defenses against armed and unarmed attack, but how to initiate and counter back with brutal proficiencies…also, with a purpose to end the confrontation as a state-of-mind. In addition, the purpose is to survive and escape rather than win by points or knockout.

Tactical Krav Maga is comprehensively designed to be learned in a short time enabling you to end a fight swiftly, and diminish the aggressor’s ability to attack with whichever type of edge instruments, and intelligently determine a strategical maneuver to neutralize offenders in unwarranted threats encounters and special situations, and, equally important, to be effectively retained. Hence, the Tactical Krav Maga responsibilities to underline the importancy of the use of force, safety and Law about self-protection and the precise behaviors for current possible threats.

Furthermore, there is no organized sporting federation that standardizes Krav Maga tactics as a systematize combat sport. There aren’t really tournaments or intensive competitions like there in MMA, Muay Thai, BJJ, and so forth…thus, various Martial Art skills have been proven to have difficulty being applied in the street and/or it might not match or be compatible with a different system, especially the tactics and strategy from one system to another will vary, but if taught well, and diligently practiced realistically with the correct performance or tactical application then will be realistically successful in the street risky altercation implementation. 

Conversely, the Krav Maga defensive measures methodologies has a general framework for all physical interactions that relies on “Retzev” or continuous combat motion to complete the protective efforts, this allows for maximum efficiency, effectiveness and flexibility in choosing the next move (stances, strikes and steps), in which it works too well and not following any rules of engagement for protecting oneself to survive violence in different environments and circumstances. In real life, winning is surviving, not winning a championship.

NO. Not necessary if you have no actual experiences.  Our program is comprehensively devised for all levels, enriching everyone from our new learner and/or well-versed individuals -- although experience is always present a good bonus.  Our Tactical Krav Maga experts is a security mindfulness, responsiveness and supportive community, whenever possible, aim to avoid, prevent and de-escalate dangerous confrontational situations.

Tactical Krav Maga is not intended for pitching two combatants against each other under a predetermined set of rules that are meant to secure financial benefits as the entertainment of the spectators -- you are trained specified and focused methodical maneuvers and engagements for survival under very different unsafe settings…surprise attacks, multiple opponents, unfavorable conditions, car-jackings, low-light situations, enclosed spaces, stress, exhaustion, armed opponents, etc.

NO. Not necessary if you have no actual experiences.  Our program is comprehensively devised for all levels, enriching everyone from our new learner and/or well-versed individuals -- although experience is always present a good bonus.  Our Tactical Krav Maga experts is a security mindfulness, responsiveness and supportive community, whenever possible, aim to avoid, prevent and de-escalate dangerous confrontational situations.

Tactical Krav Maga is not intended for pitching two combatants against each other under a predetermined set of rules that are meant to secure financial benefits as the entertainment of the spectators -- you are trained specified and focused methodical maneuvers and engagements for survival under very different unsafe settings…surprise attacks, multiple opponents, unfavorable conditions, car-jackings, low-light situations, enclosed spaces, stress, exhaustion, armed opponents, etc.

NO. Not necessary if you have no actual experiences.  Our program is comprehensively devised for all levels, enriching everyone from our new learner and/or well-versed individuals -- although experience is always present a good bonus.  Our Tactical Krav Maga experts is a security mindfulness, responsiveness and supportive community, whenever possible, aim to avoid, prevent and de-escalate dangerous confrontational situations.

Tactical Krav Maga is not intended for pitching two combatants against each other under a predetermined set of rules that are meant to secure financial benefits as the entertainment of the spectators -- you are trained specified and focused methodical maneuvers and engagements for survival under very different unsafe settings…surprise attacks, multiple opponents, unfavorable conditions, car-jackings, low-light situations, enclosed spaces, stress, exhaustion, armed opponents, etc.

Once you step out onto the mat, lift your weight, or begin your workout systematic application, there is a probability that you might overstrain yourself, even the wear and tear you place on your physical actions during exercises merely adds-up, and the excessive stress on your physiques (muscles, ligaments, etc.) can lead to an injury.

Please consult your physician to develop a plan on how to proceed with your training while injured.  You should keep a detailed account of the traumatizing event and depends on your injury your doctor may recommend diagnosis and treat your ailment and/or counsel further rest for recovery or modifications to your training.

Always be sure to inform your instructor before class if you are injured or are recovering from an injury, which should not embarrass you in any way, and it ensures your instructor develops a new approach of consistent and structured program activities to train around the injury that allows you to see your progress. The Tactical Krav Maga instruction period will be scaled to meet the needs of the injured learner with the basic levels of competency within own physical limitations in training that will exhibits an accurate assessment of which engagements and sequences are safe.

Tactical Krav Maga is an influential tool, and it is not just about developing tougher physical dynamisms, it is also about evolving the mindsets conditioning, outlooks, agility and character.  By focusing on your physical limitations will impede its impact from the core motivated knowledges of the practice – so getting stronger and recovering faster from trauma requires confidence in your aptitudes, conducting your own research, your range of motion, working with your body's natural systems, attaining balance with nutritional healing supplements, and strategical approach by building consistency and momentum you need to get back to your personal best.

The Krav Maga Tactics private lessons exhibits enhanced perspectives for individuals, families and friends due to work and family commitments which find it difficult to make group class times, and who are looking for the benefits of efficient inclusivity training, certain physical activities in which can tweak, drastically speed up your learning curve with specific feedback to perfect your techniques, especially the combat sports can be very difficult.

Having the undivided attention of the Instructors that are able to chart an individualized training path in reaching personalized and progressive objectives by initiating a sense of security and confidence in capabilities, reach, and dominant atmosphere.

Also, group classes provide constructive key elements that are crucial to good Krav’s dynamisms and are an affirmative approach to realistic defensive measures scenarios and by using it as needed in a survival situation, includes the rapid connectivities with the community and learning from, and alongside your fellow practitioners. The knowledge and friendships will stay with you.

The Tactical Krav Maga training involved sparring. Sparring is considered an essential part of its syllabus training that is necessary to put your fighting skills to the test, pushing outside your comfort zone to find where your limits are.  Acquiring the methodological aspects on how to release yourself from a choke or a bearhug is a very different feeling and requires an actual diverse nature of resiliency, but unlike other combat styles of fighting, it is a non-competitive combat set-up -- so you won’t be knocked around.

Besides “techniques, hand-to-hand Combat” (punching, kicking, blocking, body blows, submission holds, etc.), there is a progressive skill (studying footwork and different styles of effective strikes and defenses) and individual attribute development…practitioners need through undertaking sparring and grappling. A lot of applied maneuvers engagements and responses, comfort with contact, balance, timing, distance – dealing with weapons things that can only be learned and done in pairs (attacking and defending) but this is generally against specific attacks.

In the sparing match you envisage calculated actions, accept that you will get hit sometimes and respond in return, which is part of the realistic practices that will exhibits nondiscriminatory and fair competitiveness – but it is important to progress the intensity and level of resistance, you are not initiating a beat-down to your partner into a knockout or an injury, and always paying respect to your
partner challenger.

Sparring is very good on a combat mindset at making training more fluid, dynamic, stressful and yes… chaotic…because the unwarranted hostility situations place methodical and meticulous drills to self-assertiveness and mental awareness needed to handle such antagonistic circumstances.

Tactical Krav Maga training does require dealing with the harsh realities of violence, high pressure situations, feeling of danger, movements, positioning, use of force, efficient situational analysis and reactive to any threats, and the physical contact training accomplishments under difficulties, tension and chaos to push through over-and-over again until it becomes part of your instincts, authenticities and interesting enough your capabilities while staying safe.

While most of the curriculum and training is focused on random attacks, the sparring drills conducted with full modern safety protective equipment that is worn by the practitioners (includes pair of particular gloves, Shin, mouth, and groin guards) and the scenario methods directed with continuous limits (code of conduct), consent and respect to minimize injuries as much as possible.

It is worth learning as a self-defense system, not a competitive fighting, realistically you do not need to fight in ways to deal with physical and verbal methods to avoid violence whenever possible, but looking for an accelerative tactic of a new training experiences beyond what you do in the gym while acquiring the best options.

Hence, strengthening mental fortitude in looking at the specifics of qualitative control, excellent positioning to examine threats, methodical takedowns, mentality of how to deal with real-life-and-death situations (victimization) and having the reaction as muscle memory on how to frame diverse self-defense strategical development that will increases the odds of survival.

Tactical Krav Maga practices is modern discipline focuses on everything ranging from strong cardio component, strength training, flexibility, improved stamina, better coordination, increased muscular endurance and a lot of progressive resistant drilling, striking and sparring, high interval intensity and specific enhanced speed techniques for reality, intent, adaptation and efficient results, including expanding on instinctive response under stressful gravity and fear.  It is physically demanding and hard, but it will prepare you for what is out there better than any other discipline.

As you become more proficient in Tactical Krav Maga, you are likely to experience a boost in these newfound abilities, confidence to stay calm, stress management, supportive community and focused under pressure that can positively affect various valuable aspects of your life skills.

YES, but it depends on the level of rankings category.  For the comprehensive tactical learning of self-protective dynamisms that relates to strategical risks syllabus encompassing diverse skill-sets and the usage of special drills and tools to force an instinctive proactive responses during the stress and shock of a sudden, violent encounter, pain and endangerment vulnerabilities (the psychology of street, home and workplace confrontation) we face today in facilitating the next level of survival expertise.

The tactical positive impact program exhibits situational awareness, kidnaping prevention, the legal use of force requirements, weapons, improvised-weapons and knife defensive measures, conflict avoidance and escape, physiological reactions to threats and violence, defensive (dis)engagement mindset, combatives power and balance, and much more where extensive experience and capabilities matters.

YES, but it depends on the level of rankings category.  For the comprehensive tactical learning of self-protective dynamisms that relates to strategical risks syllabus encompassing diverse skill-sets and the usage of special drills and tools to force an instinctive proactive responses during the stress and shock of a sudden, violent encounter, pain and endangerment vulnerabilities (the psychology of street, home and workplace confrontation) we face today in facilitating the next level of survival expertise.

The tactical positive impact program exhibits situational awareness, kidnaping prevention, the legal use of force requirements, weapons, improvised-weapons and knife defensive measures, conflict avoidance and escape, physiological reactions to threats and violence, defensive (dis)engagement mindset, combatives power and balance, and much more where extensive experience and capabilities matters.

YES. It is imperative that civilian participants joining the Urban Krav Maga tactics Academy MUST obtain criminal check record from their local Police department by stating that no criminal conviction has been recorded – the holder of Security Licence, Law Enforcement Officers and Military personnel are exempt from submission of such documentation – candidates under the age of eighteen (18) years old MUST present parental authorization to attend the Self-defense tactics training.

The practitioners’ acquisition of krav’s fighting skills curriculum exhibits a full comprehensive combat system that covers most hostility situations for effective survival purposes. The training combat sessions are carried out in a safe environment and commonly around individuals with no prior felonious records.  The practitioners MUST comply with the BEHS and APSLI standard operating procedures and the code of conducts of such discipline.  Practitioners responsibilities not exceeding their limitation in aggressive circumstances of the use of force continuum in which will be subjected to authorities’ enquiries and the possibility to legal ramifications according the legislative punishment.