Just started at 45 years old, having never done a martial art before. I'm having a blast, but my wrists seem to be really weak and start hurting during workouts with a lot of punching/pad work.

Any tips for accessory work I can do to strengthen them?

Thanks in advance!

Hello- I have been doing Krav for a few months. Most of the people I train with have been doing it for ten or more years, and there’s a big experience gap between me and even the second least experienced person. The instructor does a good job of making me practice basic drills despite the mismatch in experience and skills in our group.

However, I find myself wishing we had a guidebook or cheat sheet for moves I should be learning and the timeframe for learning them.

I have Darren Levine’s book which is a helpful guide, but I’m wondering if there’s something shorter anybody knows of, more like a checklist or chart that would serve as an easy visual guide for what I should be focusing on as a beginner. Does anybody know if anything like this?

Thank you!

I've had many shoes for martial arts... several pair of wing chun $9 shoes, some pretty decent tae kwon do shoes that weren't great for everyday and some barefoot shoes that worked out ok. I am currently on a pair of xero barefoot trainers but the problem is I can't do any decent pivoting in my hits and kicks (obviously a big issue), especially getting into some Muay Thai low kicks, due to the treads being too aggressive on the ball of my foot. Some of the TKD shoes I've had have had the special pivot "disk" area with the concentric rings in it that almost made it feel like I was a figure skater spinning on the ball of my foot but they weren't good for everyday because the rest of the shoe was as smooth as a bowling shoe. I train off and on throughout the day and need something I can wear all day when I don't have the time or opportunity to change. After reading a bit online, the only decent suggestion I've found is to go do some serious pivots on asphalt to wear down the tread where I need it; however, I know one of you out there knows a mix of a low-top shoe that's smooth on the pivot point(s) like wrestling or TKD shoes but also have some traction on the important parts of the shoe (like the heel). I've looked at "retro Kung fu" shoes, Feiyue, Xero, Unguis, various minimalist barefoot shoes, etc. but haven't seen a style that suits. If anyone knows or finds something that fits, maybe you can help me out. Thanks in advance!

Hello everyone,

I’m thinking about starting Krav Maga. I’m currently doing karate (for about 3 months), but I’m not really enjoying it because of the high level of perfectionism.

In the past I’ve trained boxing, taekwondo, and Shorinji Kempo, and I enjoyed all three.

What advice would you give to someone who’s thinking about starting Krav Maga? Also, I noticed there are two gyms in my city with different lineages/federations (though I can’t remember the names right now). In general, which lineages or federations would you recommend nowadays?

I have enjoyed going to Krav classes for the past couple of years. I feel better than I ever have, I walk with confidence, and I enjoy the community of other loons like me.

The owner of the studios I go to took me aside and asked if I’d ever considered teaching. I’m a couple years away from a shift in my career that will give me the time and I could build up my training and experience in the meantime to be ready to teach by then.

That said, my starry-eyed vision of class is as a paying student; being an employee is different. Could part-time and full time instructors share their experiences? What’s great? What sucks? What’s boring? What keeps you going?

Free updoots for all responses!

Greetings, friends.

I am a Krav-Maga student (and certified instructor) of the Bukan School of Krav-Maga - actually ruled by Yaron Lichtenstein -, one of the ten black belts of Imi Lichtenfeld and possibly the only one that’s still teaching nowadays (please let’s keep the politics off the topic, I’m just presenting myself and my school if someone has never heard about it), settled in Brazil.

For some time, I’ve been looking for Krav-Maga inedit pictures, photos and material, like newspapers, pictures of the founder and his pioneer students and books. But I feel I’m failing since I am located in South America and I do not speak Hebrew, which I think that would be a decisive factor to make some searches on the internet.

Recently I’ve located some facebook groups and found some really nice material, unfortunately, just short videos, pictures of trainings/students/the founder in bad resolution and pictures of some books that interested me a lot - especially the IDF Krav-Maga and self-defense manuals (ex. the 1979 one).

Does someone knows where (website, social network, platform, etc.) I could take a look to find all that stuff I’m looking for? I actually suspect that a lot of material is disponible in the internet, but just in hebrew - which would make my job harder, but not impossible at all.

My purpose is to register and understand more the history about our beloved martial art - especially about the founder and his 10 black belts (Eli Avikzar, Rafi Algrisi, Haim Zut, Haim Hakani, Shmuel Kurzveil, Shlomo Avizra, Avner Hazan, Yaron Lichtenstein, Victor Bracha and Miki Asulin).

*Basically, I’m looking for stuff dated from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s*.

Thanks jn advance for any help or support.

Hi. I'm new to Krav Maga, joined a local class. The first lesson was great, great friendly training partner, very encouraging.

The second... not so much. My training partner was, like me, a white middle aged man. When we were talking about my neighbourhood, he told me "there are too many black faces there". I was pretty shocked, I didn't say anything at the time- I'm coming to this for confidence, don't expect to have to challenge this shit in this space.

Plus he was in terrible shape, constantly wanting a break. And he was wearing a top that said 'instructor' on!

The main trainer is not white, and his website claims the class is a welcoming space.

What do I do? Go back and not say anything? Let the head instructor know? Just leave?

My gym was associated with them, but for some reasons they decided to stop partnership. I see curriculum on exams has KMG logos (I browse PDF file with it) and my coach has some diplomas from Krav Maga Global and United Krav Maga (I am in Poland, and his diplomas are signed by Tomasz Adamczyk, and it seems he brought KM to Poland).

My question is: Can you tell me how legit those organizations are?

Here is example curriculum https://kravmaga-bratislava.sk/wp-content/uploads/P2_eng.pdf