Training Your Gut Instinct’s “Natural Error Rate”
How to make fewer mistakes. When was the last time you trusted your gut? When was the last time your gut was wrong? On one hand, your intuition and gut instincts…
Safety in Training (When Slow Beats Fast)
In 1981, Imi Lichtenfeld (founder of Krav Maga) gave his first instructor-directed course in Netanya, Israel. The training took several weeks and was both detailed and rigorous. The goal of…
Random Act of Violence at Los Angeles, CA McDonald’s
Please view this horrendous video (click on link) and let me unpack it all for you below. https://www.foxnews.com/video/6337419400112?fbclid=IwAR3i6R3qiIKimWnU2_ZiYzK02xXiDTojj46jfxbgGumLktkuxhJvmBKjnlc First of all, those who would rather video record then assist a…
Car Jacking Defense Done Incorrectly
I recently saw the below video (see link) on Ring Neighbors. This incident happened in nearby Westport, CT this past weekend. And this video is a good example of what…
Implementing training within your daily life
When I was training with the 75th Ranger Regiment on different shooting stances within multiple planes (standing, kneeling, prone), one of the cadre mentioned how he works on his kneeling…
You’re Not You When You’re Attacked
Self-defense is a study not just of deconstructing a violent action and finding appropriate physical countermeasures, it is also learning what your body will and will not do during a…
How not to look like a tourist while traveling
Having 3rd party awareness is paramount to your success in identifying if you are being targeted by suspected violent individuals. Headphones out when you are walking in public. The one time I…
3 Keys to Effective Combatives
The process of mastering any martial art or self-defense system always involves learning all of the respective elbows, knees, strikes and kicks included in the system. What I have discovered…
Teaching Your Kids Self-Protection (Advice from a Mama Bear)
I had been training in Krav Maga for about 7 years before my husband and I adopted our two kids. My husband doesn’t train so I had often thought about…
Effective Self-Defense Is Like A Chess Match
One of the privileges I have had is learning Krav Maga from the direct students of its founder, Imi Lichtenstein. They would tell me stories about how they would line…