Check your fighting stance! This week, Chief Kirk breaks down a simple exercise you can try that will increase the capacity of your fighting stance when throwing kicks and elbows. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOQyUDoNoCk&feature=youtu.be
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Lately, I’ve had quite a few questions about the Switch Step – also sometimes called the Skip Step. The movement is prolific in fighting styles, in that the Switch Step quickly allows for a change of the fighting stance (from dominant side to non-dominant side and vice versa), as well as, providing…
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Consider What is Being Communicated by the Choices Being Made. I was teaching inside defense when the question came. I was encouraging each student to make a large box with the arms to invite the attack into the centerline. The question – “is it the case, then, that Krav Maga prefers to…
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Learn to Set-up your Fighting Stance to Invite the Attack It’s official. I’ve become obsessed with inside defense. Apologies offered all around folks. I’ve been teaching inside defense as part of an in-depth examination of the technique in my advanced programming format. This week, I noticed that as the students in the class…
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