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Train Like You Fight, Fight Like You Train: The Story of One Student’s Real-Life Survival

In the unforgiving world of self-defense, the concept “train like you fight, fight like you train” isn’t just a motivational phrase—it’s a critical tactic for survival. When confronted with an imminent threat, our bodies act on primal instinct and ingrained muscle memory, not rational thought. The science behind this concept is indisputable: the more we…
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How Your Aggressive Mindset Will Impact Your Training, Recall, and Survivability in a Violent Encounter

Aggression has always been a cornerstone of Krav Maga. However, fully embracing this mindset often gets overlooked, especially when training focuses solely on mechanical movements. Students often get caught up in memorizing steps without understanding the underlying motivation. Whether you are an instructor or a student, it is crucial to constantly align your mental state…
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Maximizing Engagement During the Dog Days of Summer: Strategies for Krav Maga and Martial Arts Schools

As the summer heat rolls in, many Krav Maga and martial arts schools experience a slowdown in attendance and new enrollments. Vacations, outdoor activities, and the general summer lull contribute to this annual trend. However, with the right strategies, you can turn this seasonal challenge into an opportunity for growth and engagement. Here’s how: 1.…
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COACHING: MEETING STUDENTS WHERE THEY ARE

In the heart of our Krav Maga school, each evening brings with it a myriad of human experience, defined by resilience, struggle, and the quest for empowerment. Grounding Ourselves in Supporting Students Our students, from diverse walks of life, step through our doors carrying the weight of their day—be it from the…
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Required Reading

In the dynamic world of self-defense, Krav Maga emerges as a beacon of adaptability and practical wisdom. Designed to prepare individuals for a range of threats, its philosophy champions simplicity, leveraging instinctive responses, and the formatting of a system with the capacity to allow Kravists to respond under pressure. Yet, this revered…
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Mask Mandate Quandary

Here in Texas, the COVID-19 restrictions are being lifted this week. As martial artists and instructors, specifically in states currently lifting mandates, we must thoughtfully consider our response. No matter how you respond, there are large segments of your student base that will be upset. That’s what leadership is…making difficult decisions based…
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Holiday Retention and Fun

Every year, around the holiday season, student attendance can become sporadic for obvious reasons. If you teach any of your programs in a manner that requires the class to move (more or less) as one unit, you might consider implementing some “holiday fun training” into your curriculum to ensure those that attend…
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I Can’t Do That…yet!

Kids Grow When Encouraged to Apply Effort to Any Problem, Reenforcing That It’s Effort That Gets Results. In the United States, it is common to hear the well-intentioned phrase, “Oh, you’re so smart,” or some variation of this statement, reinforcing in our children what Stanford University Psychologist, Carol Dweck, considers to be a…
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The LASER Process: Convert More Leads

Lead Tracking, Management, and Conversion is Critical Part of Developing Your Business. We’ve recently begun tracking our promotional efforts by getting more serious about how we measure and manage our lead stream. While this process directly applies to managing a self-defense school, the process can be adapted to almost any business paradigm.…
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Futuristic Weaponry

There Seems to Be No End to the Innovation Being Poured Into Weaponry. Over the next decade, advancements in modern warfare will look as if they belong in a science fiction film. Expect to see some dramatic technological changes emerging in our mission to protect our soldiers, the homeland, U.S. citizens and…
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The Beginning of the Beginning: My Krav Journey

Krav Maga has Changed the way I Approach Life for the Better I have trained in Krav Maga for two and a half years, and in that time, my life has changed drastically. Simply put; Krav saved me. Unless you knew me before I began Krav, you would not understand that statement. If…
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Joint Lock Flow Drill

People are often surprised when I introduce our basic joint lock flow drill. The surprise comes from a lack of consideration (or knowledge in the case of relatively new students) around our weapons take-away techniques. In their purest format, Krav Maga weapons take-aways are joint locks that have been repurposed. The basic joint lock…
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