Great video! I would love to add this drill to the Goju-ryu and krav maga program. But, we have to get better at our roundhouse kicks.
These are two top level goju-ryu black belts in Okinawa. The kicker should rotate is plant/base foot more. Other than that- impressive.
Watch the video and we will talk afterwards.
Do you think your thumbs could join together in this eagle block and stop the downward thrust of a 250 pound man? If you crisscross two toothpicks would you be able to stop the downward swing of a baseball bat? No. So, the very first thing in the defense, which is the block to save your life would fail. If you get stabbed once chances are you will be stabbed time and time again. Where is the combative to take the attackers balance or focus away? I could go on and on. This is not an attack on this martial arts man in the video. This is simply an example of why I believe Krav Maga offers an effective and practical self defense system.
Please do not think I am criticizing styles or systems. I am Goju-ryu through and through. I love traditional martial arts. This is not a criticism of entire styles or systems. My critiques remain finite. We are simply taking a look at the way most traditional programs teach specific threats such as weapons or chokes or grabs. In these specific scenarios the leaner a defense is the better. The more quickly a combative is delivered the better. The defense should be instinctive and gross motor skill based. If a woman could really make it work against a larger male, then it certainly is a good defense.
cheers,
Jett
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I’ve known and know some pretty tough guys who have/had black belts in Tae Kwon Do. The tough Tae Kwon Do stylists keep their hands up in sparring and utilize a balanced attack. That is they posses balance between hand strikes and kicks. This is a video based purely on sparring philosophy in Tae Kwon Do. Regardless of the martial art style sparring and self defense are worlds apart. However, my issue with the video is not the excellent lecture on timing and distance, but with the idea that the two men throwing kicks leave their hands down.
I’ll say it again- sparring and self defense are nothing a like. However, in sparring one should try to make it as balanced as possible. Because once you start to move with someone in defense your body will utilize what it knows, and if you keep your hands down sparring, or never practice punching on a moving target, then you will have a hard time not breaking these habits in a real fight.
This is one in a million type talent and skill. He is a Krav Maga guy, and is outstanding. Enjoy the video.
This is a video from Krav Maga Video Mix Master Greg Shindig Shindler. Greg put this video together back in November of 2010. It’s a video of the level one test for Krav Maga. This was the first level one test held in Westlake. The drill featured is a fatigue drill, based on fighting spirit and not quitting. This drill is not about good technique, power, or precision. By the time the members were thrown into this drill they had already experienced about three to four tough hours.
Big props to Greg Shindler on the video.
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