A brave current student lets me look into the frustrations and impossibilities of being a domestically abused woman. She has my support and my gratitude for sharing her story. To…

Just had one of the more fulfilling experiences of teaching Krav Maga happen this morning. After teaching the 11 am All Levels class, one of our female students who has…

With vast array of strikes and kicks martial artists learn, it always amazes me how sometimes the most effective measure to an up close confrontation are the simplest motions. Certainly…

All babies fall down while learning to walk. They never quit out of frustration or fear that "this walking thing is not for them". They focus on the task at…

I just got back from the gym where I strength train in Armonk. After my workout I stopped by the juice bar for my usual post workout protein smoothie. The…

A Smartphone As a Kravist's Weapon I was contacted by a former Krav Maga student a few years ago. She had been traveling abroad and was confronted by a dangerous…

Defending One's Honor I once saw Bill Cosby in concert. At one point in his routine, he described a conversation with a friend who talked about the reason he gets…

Self defense schools are numerous and with each school come countless strategies and tactics for surviving a fight depending on the threat that is presented. Indeed, practitioners of the martial…

We live, for all intents and purposes, in a civilized world. We are conscious of not speaking too loudly in public spaces, not getting into someone's "personal space", we mind…

So yet another person asked me this week, "how long does it take to become good at Krav Maga?". Amazing to me that people have a pre-set expectation on length…