If you’ve ever felt that you wanted to protect yourself from attacks with hand-to-hand combat, Krav Maga is the art of self-defense for you. Krav Maga is the official hand-to-hand combat instruction taught to Israeli soldiers. It is important that one knows how to defend oneself, should they be in a dangerous situation. However, Krav Maga is only useful if you know how to strategically strike your attacker.

What is Striking in Krav Maga?

There are several different ways of striking, and one of the most important is with your hands. With the right movements and body placements, you can really cause harm against your attacker and defend yourself or give yourself time to evade the attacker. Some basic strikes using your hands include the eye strikes or gouges, hammer fist, straight punch, palm heel strikes, and throat strikes.

The Importance of Krav Maga Striking Techniques

What’s important about these striking techniques is that they should be easy to learn, but difficult to master and that’s not a bad thing. This encourages you to practice and become better at defending yourself. With Corporate Krav Maga, you learn how to throw these strikes and against the parts of your attacker to target to achieve the most effective results. All the strikes named above are taught in Krav Maga Worldwide Level 1 self-defense. Though some of the techniques taught in Krav Maga are considered “dirty tactics” in the competition context or during a fight in regulated sports, within this context, the techniques are meant to protect you or your loved one. No trick is too dirty, as Krav Maga teaches you to fight in the way one should if their life is at risk.

How does Strategic Striking work?

The key to strategic striking first revolves around making a fist correctly. This is the basis upon which all the other strikes fall back on. To make a fist, fold your fingers down, curl your fingertips into your palm and “lock” your pointer and middle finger down with your thumb. Make sure your thumb is not inside the fist or hanging out from your fist. The most basic strike after making a correct fist, you’ll learn how to throw a straight punch.

Why Learn Strategic Striking Techniques from Corporate Krav Maga?

Corporate Krav Maga’s team of experienced instructors have had decades of experience in the martial arts. Our instructors are learned in the disciplines of Judo, karate, American boxing, kung fu, and Krav Maga. With our structured lesson plans, we promise to prepare our students well in the art of Krav Maga, complete with tactical drill work and situational strategies.

All our instructors have multiple certifications across the major international Krav Maga federations. We promise to tailor our lessons to the physical capability of the student.

Take matters of safety seriously with Corporate Krav Maga. Other than strategic striking, we teach you how to defend against abduction, weapon survival, active shooter protocols, ground attack survival, sexual assault defenses, and many more. Contact us today to talk more about a program that is best for you.