Krav Maga

Krav Maga Exhibition at Fighter Extreme

Posted on 07. Dec, 2009 by Tommy Blom.

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Yesterday me and Marcus Christiansson who is one of the advanced students in my club in Gothenburg, Sweden did an exhibition during a competition called Fighter Extreme.

Thanks Marcus for putting up a really good show and supporting with the preparations!

Here’s the video, enjoy…

A big thank you to Adam Lundqvist at www.picturethis.se who filmed it…

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Patterning a technique in Krav Maga

Posted on 12. Jul, 2009 by Tommy Blom.

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One step to get closer to increasing the power/speed/balance of your Krav Maga techniques is to move back in time a bit. What I mean by that is that you should move back to the day when you didn’t know the movement that you’re training on, start doing it slowly and make sure that you FEEL the different components in it, when you do it slowly you should focus on every key point of the move and reconnect it to the pattern of nerves that make your body do the move.

Let’s take the inside defense against a straight punct to the face as an example.

Defending hand moves diagonal forward (like a punch)/other hand is moving up to cover the other side of your face
- head starts moving sideways
- the body follows the head
- fingers on the defending hand “hooks” the wrist of the attacker – defending hand pulls the attack diagonal down (just enough to clear a straight line between your shoulder and the attackers face) at the same time you punch a straight punch to the face of the attacker
- the weight of your body and the movement of the punch will “pull” you diagonal forward so that you step diagonal forward with the foot on the same side as the defending hand
- bring your other foot and position yourself 45 degrees to the attacker and finish the situation with whatever attacks you feel is appropriate (yes, you can attack while moving diagonal)
- scan
- REPEAT…

Do this so slow that you remember all the steps (even the ones that you hav forgotten before) to put the new pattern in the brain and then increase the speed of the technique… Accept your misstakes and fix them!

Patterning is faster than you think, just give yourself a chanse to “own” the movements and it’ll change your understanding/feeling of Krav Maga forever.

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What is Krav Maga

Posted on 13. Dec, 2008 by Tommy Blom.

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With this article I’ll try to explain what Krav Maga is, why it looks and works as it does. It will not focus on who we have been training during the years, instead I’ll focus on the essentials in Krav Maga, the system, the thinking and a little bit on other important aspects. (more…)