When people consider starting martial arts and self-defense training, one of the main concerns they have is whether or not the training is the best self-defense for the streets. They want to know if their training will be effective if they really have to use it to protect themselves. “Is this the best self-defense for the streets?” is really another way for people to ask if a certain type of training is going to help them in real life. It’s a common question. It’s not a surprise. Everyone wants to be safe. Everyone wants to be sure that, in some way, the training they start has real value ..read more

Defending against armed attackers and training weapons defenses are a major element of Krav Maga Worldwide self-defense training. Krav Maga Worldwide self-defense is a system that was originally developed for training military units. The need to understand weapons training and defense against armed attackers is in our roots.  A world filled with weapons. It’s no secret that we live in a world where weapons are everywhere. Literally and figuratively. In day-to-day life, it’s practically impossible to know who may or may not be carrying a weapon…and what that weapon might be.  Whe ..read more

Krav Maga self-defense training will change your body and your lifestyle for the better. That’s exactly the sort of thing that people are looking for, or intending, when they make New Year’s resolutions. They want to make changes. Changes that are empowering.  Empowerment comes from taking action. Much of the stress, worry, doubt, and self-deprecation that can bring people down comes from the lack of action. It’s really the feeling of not having any sort of control. At the end of each year and the start of each new year, there is as much reflection on what we’ve done wrong and how li ..read more

Self-defense has become a concern for many people as the world has become more tumultuous, this year in particular. This kind of concern is a natural reaction to the violence we see every day on a worldwide and local scale. This reaction is about fear. Mostly the fear of the unknown and, really, that’s never going to go away. We’ve seen wars break out this year and violence become stirred up as a reaction to those wars. What people fear is how that violence will somehow, some way, find and target them This is also a natural reaction. In a world that, at times, seems to be igniting in vio ..read more

Self-defense classes at Krav Maga Worldwide certified training centers are designed and taught in a way that makes them accessible for everyone. Our founder, Imi Lichtenfeld, had the idea of making the world a safer place by teaching self-defense to as many people as possible.  That’s how we got started. Imi Lichtenfeld himself tasked his student Darren Levine, who our Chief Instructor, to spread Krav Maga around the world. That’s why Krav Maga Worldwide’s mission is to empower every person with real skills to be safer and stronger.  The way Imi described it was that he wanted e ..read more

Situational Awareness. Situational awareness is an essential skill to develop for self-defense. Ask any Krav Maga Worldwide certified instructor and they’ll tell you how important it is. The only way to 100% guarantee that you won’t get hurt in a fight or assault is to not be involved in one. The Krav Maga Worldwide self-defense system stresses avoiding and deescalating conflicts whenever possible.  In theory, that’s great. In reality, assaults, ambushes, attacks and real-world dangers pop up and they aren’t 100% avoidable. Even the most well trained, highest level, self-defense and ..read more

Self-defense classes should be effective. That’s really the most important aspect of getting involved in taking self-defense classes to begin with. Self-defense classes should make you safer, stronger, and improve your quality of life overall. In order to be effective, classes have to be teaching you something practical. Something that could really help you if you needed to defend yourself. In addition to that, self-defense classes have to be, challenging, fun, and interesting in some way.  Without those aspects people will lose interest quickly. That’s really easy to understand. If ..read more

Krav Maga is not a ceremonial martial art but there are Krav Maga belts and corresponding Krav Maga levels. Training in Krav Maga Worldwide self-defense involves progressing through the Krav Maga belt system.  The creator of Krav Maga, Imi Lichtenfeld, designed Krav Maga to be easy to learn and easy to recall under stress. One of the great things about the Krav Maga belt system is that it is progressive. The skills that students learn in Level 1, when they are working toward their yellow belt, are the foundation for what they learn in Level 2, and so on.  Every level of Krav ..read more

It’s important to realize that self-defense training is not meant for a competition. Using strikes like a groin kick, eye gouge, throat strike or a strike to the back of the head aren’t illegal. These techniques are not “dirty”. Especially if your life depends on it.  There's no such thing as a fair fight. These sorts of techniques come from a no-holds-barred mentality and, yes, they would be considered “illegal” or “dirty” in a competition setting. Competitions are designed to create the most fair set of circumstances. It’s about the safety of the competitors and, ultimately, allow ..read more

If you aren’t taking self-defense classes, you should be. The truth about the world today is that there is danger around us all of the time. That’s not to say there is imminent danger around us all the time, but we all face dangers and threats, to some degree, every day.  What sort of threats and the level of severity of those threats differs depending on where we live and how we live our lives. It’s easier than ever before to see what sort of real criminal activity and dangers are around us by using apps like Citizen and Next Door.  It can be a little frightening and intimidat ..read more