Category: Toolbox

Kravology staff are bringing you profiles of tools that can increase your performance and understanding of self defense. We are scouring, benchmarking, experimenting, and testing to reveal what tools are most effective at supporting your training and teaching.

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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Held at Gunpoint: How Nathan Turned the Tables

In the noteworthy republication of Nathan’s compelling story, I had the privilege of delving into a conversation with him, a dedicated Krav Maga Houston practitioner who faced a harrowing ambush and gunpoint threat in his own driveway. The significance of Nathan’s narrative lies not only in the chilling encounter itself but, more importantly, in…
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Read This or Risk Catastrophic Failure!

Your New Kravology D/TAC Knowledge Management Resource Kravology is expanding in a sense, partnering with the Krav Maga Houston Tactical Advisory Group (TAG) to develop a new service focused on the development of benchmarks, data and metrics that reveal the optimal methods of defending against weapons (and other assaults). We have been…
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