Krav Maga Weapon Defenses The Contact Combat System of the Israel Defense Forces

by Kahn, David

• ISBN13: 9781594392405
• ISBN10: 1594392404
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-07-16
• Publisher: Ymaa Publication Center

Summary

Winner – 2013 USA Best Books AwardWinner - 2013 IP's Book Award
Finalist – 2013 Book of the Year Award by ForeWord Magazine

Regardless of strength, size, age, or gender, you can learn krav maga techniques to fend off an armed attacker.
Israeli Krav Maga is the Israel Defense Force’s official self-defense system. The system is simple, instinctive, adaptable, and if necessary, brutally effective to thwart a life threatening assault. Krav maga is particularly world renowned for its weapon defenses.

This book presents the most up-to-date and effective techniques to prevail against armed threats and attacks. These techniques are incorporated into the green, blue, brown, and black belt levels of the Israeli krav maga curriculum.

Many of these updated defenses have never been seen before. Grandmaster Haim Gidon has improved and evolved this material with the late krav maga founder Imi Lichtenfeld’s formal approval.

Contents include these important topics:

• Weapon awareness training; functionality, range, and deployment
• Dominant control holds over a stunned assailant
• Edged weapon defenses
• Impact weapon defenses
• Handgun defenses
• Rifle defenses
• Defending against weapons while on the ground
• Defending against continuous attacks
• Non-conventional weapon threats
• First-party hostage situations
• Kravist weapon defense drills

The conditioning and hand-eye coordination achieved by practicing these techniques will tone your muscles, improve your reflexes, and get you street prepared. This is the most up-to-date, authoritative, and advanced guide to the world’s premier weapons defense tactics.

Author Biography

David Kahn is the United States Chief Instructor for the Israeli Krav Maga Association. He has trained all branches of the U.S. military in addition to federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. David is an instructor certified by the State of New Jersey Police Training Commission. He resides in Princeton, New Jersey.

Table of Contents

Dedication	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xi
Introduction	p. xv
The Language of Krav Maga	p. xv
Street Violence	p. xvii
Human Emotional Responses in a Life-threatening Encounter	p. xx
Krav Maga's Methodology	p. xxiii
Krav Maga Tactics	p. xxvi
The Best Use of This Book	p. xxix
Control Holds Reviewed	p. 1
Cavalier #1	p. 1
Cavalier #2	p. 7
Cavalier #3	p. 11
Control Hold A	p. 12
Control Hold B	p. 14
Control Hold C	p. 17
Face and Weapon Control Hold	p. 18
Weapons of Opportunity	p. 23
Impact-Weapon Defenses	p. 25
Overhand One-Handed Strike Defense	p. 26
What to Do if the Assailant Drops the Weapon as You Counterattack	p. 29
Overhand Defense Against a Long-Distance Attack or When Late	p. 31
Defending a One-Handed Overhand "Off-Angle" Defense	p. 32
Defending a Two-Handed Overhead Chair or Stool-Type Attack	p. 35
Defending a Two-Handed Overhead Swing Attack	p. 37
Defending a Sideswing Impact-Weapon Attack	p. 39
Defending a Low Sideswing Impact-Weapon Attack	p. 40
Defending an Attacker Using Two Impact Weapons	p. 41
Defending a Chain or Whip-like Attack	p. 43
Defending an Overhead Impact Attack When on the Ground	p. 45
Defending an Upward Rifle-Butt Stroke	p. 47
Defending a Horizontal Rifle-Butt Stroke	p. 49
Defending an Impact-Weapon Front Choke	p. 50
Defending a Pulling Impact-Weapon Rear Choke	p. 52
Leg Defenses Against Edged-Weapon Attacks	p. 55
Edged-Weapons Introduction	p. 55
Straight Kick Against an Overhead Attack	p. 57
Straight Kick Against an Underhand Attack	p. 61
Roundhouse Kick Against a Straight Stab	p. 63
Roundhouse Kick Against a Slash	p. 65
Sidekick Against a High Straight Stab	p. 66
Rear Stab Defenses	p. 68
Overhead Attack	p. 68
Defending a Surprise Short Straight Stab	p. 68
Using Shield-like Objects Against an Edged-Weapon Attack	p. 70
Defending an Attacker Using Two Edged Weapons	p. 71
Edged-Weapon Threats	p. 72
Defending Against an Assailant Posturing/Threatening with an Edged Weapon	p. 72
Defending When the Assailant Switches the Edged Weapon Between His Hands	p. 73
An Assailant Posturing with an Edged Weapon at a Distance	p. 74
Defenses When the Defender Is on the Ground	p. 75
Both the Assailant and Defender Are on the Ground	p. 75
Defending Against a Standing Assailant Slashing at Your Legs or Jumping on You	p. 76
Overhead Attack Defense When the Defender is on His Back	p. 76
Hand Defenses Against Edged Weapons	p. 79
Defending an Incoming Overhead Stab	p. 79
Overhead Defense When Not "Nose to Nose" or the Defender Can Burst Early	p. 85
Defending an Overhead Off-Angle Stab When Facing in Opposite Direction	p. 88
Straight Stab "L" Block	p. 89
Straight Stab "L" Block When in an Opposite Outlet Stance	p. 94
Instinctive Defense Against a Close Underhand Stab	p. 95
Sidestep an Underhand Stab	p. 100
Defending an Off-Angle Underhand Stab	p. 101
Defending an Off-Angle Straight Stab	p. 103
Defending a Midsection Hook Stab or Slash	p. 105
Defending an Inside Slash	p. 106
Defending an Inside Diagonal Slash	p. 112
Body Defense an Inside Forward Slash and Follow-up Backslash	p. 113
Backslash Defense or Against a "Reverse" Stab	p. 115
Body Defense Against a Backslash and Follow-up Inside Slash	p. 116
Defending a Stab or Slash to the Legs	p. 118
Defending an Assailant Who Strikes/Kicks and Stabs/Slashes	p. 119
Defending Continuous Edged-Weapon Attacks	p. 121
Late Defense Using Minimum Deflection-Redirection and Tsai-bake	p. 124
Defense Against an Assailant Who Engages You in Conversation Hiding the Weapon and Then Attacks	p. 124
Defense Against an Assailant Who First Engages You in an Unarmed Fight and Then Attacks With an Edged Weapon	p. 125
Edged-Weapon Threats	p. 125
Defenses When Both Combatants Are on the Ground	p. 139
Defenses Against a Needle	p. 149
Handgun Defenses	p. 151
Shooting Accuracy at Close Range	p. 151
Active Shooter	p. 154
Krav Maga's Firearm Disarm Philosophy	p. 155
Basic Firearms Knowledge	p. 155
The Four Essential Components of Gun Defenses	p. 157
Handgun Defenses from the Front	p. 158
Handgun Defenses from the Side	p. 195
In Front of Your Arm Variations	p. 199
Handgun Defense Variations #1 and #2 Against/ To the Side of the Head	p. 204
Handgun Defenses from the Rear	p. 210
Handgun Defenses to the Back of the Head When Pressed Against a Wall	p. 221
Sidearm Retention	p. 228
Rifle/Submachine Gun (SMG) Defenses	p. 229
Frontal Rifle/SMG Defenses	p. 229
Bayonet/Sharp-Elongated Weapon Defenses	p. 237
Bayonet-Type Stab with the Defender on His Back	p. 244
Rifle/SMG Defenses from the Rear	p. 246
Rifle/SMG Defenses from the Side	p. 251
Rifle/SMG Weapon Retention	p. 252
Kravist Weapon Defense Drills	p. 253
Training Drills with a Partner	p. 253
Impact-Weapon Threat and Attack Pattern Drills	p. 254
Edged-Weapon Attack Pattern Drills	p. 255
Firearm Threats (Handgun, Submachine Gun (SMG), Rifle	p. 256
Defenses When Assailant is in Motion (Including Seated and Off-angle Attacks)	p. 257
Partner Groundwork	p. 257
Defending Against Two Armed Assailants	p. 257
Special Training Scenarios	p. 258
Group Drills	p. 258
Appendix-Vehicle Safety Tips, Road Rage, and Carjacking	p. 261
Krav Maga Vehicle Safety Tips	p. 261
Road Rage Incidents	p. 262
Carjacking When the Carjacker is Outside of Your Vehicle Brandishing a Firearm	p. 263
Defenses Against Carjacking Situations	p. 263
Index	p. 265
Biographies	p. 267
Krav Maga Founder Imi Lichtenfeld	p. 267
Grandmaster Haim Gidon	p. 267
Senior Instructor Yigal Arbiv	p. 267
Senior Instructor Rick Blitstein	p. 268
Senior Instructor Alan Feldman	p. 268
Instructor Abel Kahn	p. 268
Instructor/Photographer Rinaldo Rossi	p. 269
About the Author	p. 271
Resources	p. 273
Books from YMAA	p. 275
DVDs from YMAA	p. 277
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