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james with a lower case j: 1st off, krav maga is not a “martial art” as you know it, it´s a combat style. It has an adapted form for self defense, but it´s original purpose it to physically incapacitate or kill your opponent, which I guess in a way is self defense. Either you´re just arguing about something over your head with no personal experience, or you weren´t exposed to actual krav maga. Krav Maga is a very formidable technique.

lee auty: this fighting style wasn´t created to get out of street brawls, it was created for soldiers in life/death situations where they had to dispatch their opponents quickly and efficiently. Thinking you´re up against some lout whenever you´re in a fight is probably the best way to get beaten; martial artist or street-born mugger, krav maga studies and poses solutions for real life possibilities. And you´re right, of course krav maga isn´t for touraments.

Low: anyone sucker punched in the chin is more likely than not gonna get laid out flat (though advanced, read:military and spec ops, training gets their people used to taking hard blows and hard falls), but if you put yourself in a dangerous situation (so it´s not just a random act of violence), it´s your own fault not the techinque´s. And I´m pretty sure a decent krav maga practitioner with solid moves and understanding of the techniques isn´t gonna just stand idly while the boxer strikes; you´re already expecting him to do something and you´re prepared, it´s all split second.

indeed (yes I know you´re the same dude as before): can someone really overestimate eye-gouging? I mean really, having someone grabbing your head from behind and really digg their fingers in the center of your eyeball is, in your mind, something you can handle? and you´re ignoring the fact that krav maga doesn´t stop there. if he´s still standing, it isn´t over, so dig your fingers into his eyeballs/neck/hair, twist his neck and take them to the ground. if krav maga is attacking, the boxer shouldn´t even have enough time to respond effectively; if krav maga is defending, the boxer shouldn´t even be able to fully deliver his blow before you´ve kicked his kneecap in and, at the exact same time, have your fingers dominating his face/neck/etc.

dummy: uhh, krav maga IS for fighting boxers. it´s for fighting boxers, drunks, criminals, soldiers, drunken zombie ninjas springing out of boxes, whatever! that´s the point.

aha!:. there actually are stances for krav maga, but the thing is they don´t look like stances. and krav maga is all about rhythm and especially movement and balance.

that´s all i´m gonna respond to fer now. thanks to the people i responded to for helping clear some doubts.

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