A HURTIN’ FOR CERTAIN!
From USKMA Chief Instructor, Mark Slane. You won’t hear this in many systems but in Krav Maga we let our practitioners know that they can and probably will sustain damage. This can be a game changer!...
View ArticleRun…like Forrest!
From USKMA Chief Instructor, Mark Slane. When there was trouble Forrest ran! This was a brilliant tactic as it kept him safe (even kept him from being fried in ‘Nam). When I give lectures on self...
View ArticleTraining the Brain!
From USKMA Chief Instructor, Mark Slane. “…under sudden life-threatening stress, individuals will likely exhibit behaviour based on past experiences that they will automatically produce without...
View ArticleIntimidation As A Tactic
From USKMA Chief Instructor, Mark Slane. “Humans usually don’t want to hurt another human. It’s inefficient and dangerous. Whether the human seeks respect or fear or status or money, it is much easier...
View ArticleIS THIS PERSON RATIONAL?
From USKMA Chief Instructor, Mark Slane. One great lesson that I’ve learned from the co-lead instructor of the USKMA, Brannon Hicks, is to ask “Is this person rational?” He leads a great RBT class and...
View ArticleWHY DO WE ‘PLUCK’ IN KRAV MAGA?
From USKMA Chief Instructor, Mark Slane. The first technique a student learns when attending one of my krav maga classes is the front choke with the pluck. I love to show this one first because all of...
View ArticleGotta Have Mental Toughness
From USKMA Chief Instructor, Mark Slane. I haven’t seen Survivor in years but there was a time I wouldn’t miss an episode. One of my favorite challenges each season was when they would see who could be...
View ArticleUSKMA Defending the Bat & the Barrel Seminar
Both the Long Gun Disarm and the Blunt Object Defenses seminars together. Taught by USKMA lead instructor Mark Slane. All who attend receive the Mark’s Defending the Blade & the Barrel book FREE!
View ArticleAdvanced Self-Defense Techniques? Never met the guy
Advanced Self-Defense Techniques? Never met the guy. Anderson Silva and George St. Pierre are two of the greatest fighters to ever step foot in the cage and fight in the sport of Mixed Martial Arts....
View ArticleWinning By Intimidation
“Humans usually don’t want to hurt another human. It’s inefficient and dangerous. Whether the human seeks respect or fear or status or money, it is much easier and safer to scare someone into...
View ArticleListen To Those Voices!
Did you ever get an uneasy feeling about someone after just a glimpse of them? There are reasons this happens, don’t ignore your brain, it’s pretty smart! Malcolm Gladwell’s book BLINK is about this...
View ArticleKRAV MAGA & HANDGUNS
Handguns are such a hot-button topic in America as politics mar any logical discussion. On one extreme you have the group who believe that handguns are responsible for all the evil in the world and...
View ArticleReading List
Here is my official reading list for the summer for those interested in self-defense & self-protection;–Strong on Defense by SGT Sanford Strong. This book is mandatory reading for our...
View ArticleREAL-WORLD VIOLENCE-INTERVENING
I am all about helping others….it just needs to be done smart. SGT Strong in his book Strong on Defense talks about the many times in his career he pulled up on a man dying in his wife’s arms after...
View ArticleKrav Maga’s Philosophy
“Self-defense is recovery from stupidity or bad luck.” “Self defense is a shortlist of techniques that may get you out alive when you’re already screwed” “If it’s complicated it’s not self-defense”...
View ArticleKRAV MAGA IS BEST AT…
You will never hear us say that Krav Maga is better than any other system. They all have some merit. We only claim to be best at getting people from zero self-defense skills-wise to being able to...
View Article“OUR HANDGUN DEFENSE IS BETTER THAN YOURS!”
“Our handgun defense is better than yours!” I just roll my eyes when I hear this. There are some mighty good-looking handgun defenses out there in other systems…when it’s a friend in a gym holding a...
View ArticleWHAT IS SELF-DEFENSE?
“Self-defense is recovery from stupidity or bad luck.”“Self-defense is a shortlist of techniques and tactics that may get you out alive when you are already screwed.” “When self-defense becomes...
View ArticleREAL-WORLD VIOLENCE – SURVIVING
Why do some people survive an event while others perish during the exact same event? Why can some survive months on the open sea in a life raft while others perish within three days? Why do some lost...
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