Is Krav Maga Legit?

Taken from JRE #1355 w/Mark Normand: • Joe Rogan Experience #...

[@Samuel-cu9vo]

Other martial arts: incapasitate your opponent without harming them too much Krav maga: Why would i kick my opponent when I can stab his eye with a screwdriver?

[@nzbg1132]

incapacitate

[@backpaper4815]

Jokes aside krav use a lot of kicks.

[@SilkySnow_]

Well if it's based on self defense, it makes sense. From a pure game theory perspective where no other human life but yours has value, the fastest and most effective way to protect yourself assuming you're in an unavoidable confrontation is either to run away, or execute a move that will kill your opponent in the fewest amount of moves/shortest time possible while protecting yourself. Incapacitating your opponents generally takes more skill, and not everyone has the physical attributes to win through pure physical trauma, lot easier to just take a knife to someones carotid artery or slide the knife between the 4th and 5th rib towards center mass.

[@DrRiq]

@@SilkySnow_ and end up in prison for being disproportionate

[@Eternalnight198]

Krav Maga is more about kicking to the balls

[@the_real_santaClaus]

Joe: you ever been in a fight? Mother Theresa: no, I try not to. Joe: you should do jujitsu.

[@jofieji5312]

b c underrated comment

[@gonufc]

Mother Theresa made dying children pray instead of taking medicine. If she's your pinnacle of 'good', please re-assess things!

[@the_real_santaClaus]

@@gonufc your level of stupidity is astounding. My comment is clearly a joke.

[@alexjohn2495]

It's so fuckin annoying and more so because it sucks

[@carver6794]

Take my like

[@DonnieDin]

Guest: I've been looking at apartments in NYC. Joe: Damn, that's crazy. Ever tried BJJ? Guest: No. Joe: Ever used DMT? Guest: I haven't done that either Joe: Yeah, bears are fucking terrifying dude.

[@jwscheuerman]

😅😅

[@David_Fellner]

I know about DMT, but what is BJJ?

[@jwscheuerman]

@@David_Fellner brazilian jiu jitsu

[@David_Fellner]

@@jwscheuerman Thanks.

[@davidaar1947]

Joe is turning into Towelie from South Park. 😂

[@BrandonLink8]

"Is Krav Maga Legit?" Joe: "Yes" *End Credits*

[@Anans1_Spyd3r]

Thanks for saving me some time.

[@dawsonsschittcreek5395]

Easy answer

[@jimboramba]

Trailer park boy theme plays as credits roll

[@bmillerdrums]

Brandon Lin It is. Not in mma but i’m sure you can always use a move in MMA, that shit is heavy duty for like disarming people with deadly weapons guns and knives and basically killing them with your hands, or extremely hurting somebody. Aikido is the same thing in a way it was designed to prevent people with swords or knives attacking you. That’s why in those Seagal movies shit looks real because he was real if some idiot charges at you with a beer bottle or swings at you with a pool cue that’s where that shit comes in the hand. People forget now just because everything is compared to MMA but those 2 are for real life disarming and defending

[@8kigana]

@@bmillerdrums yeah Segal's aikido couldn't keep him from being choked out by a Judo expert in Gene Lebell. He's proven in the movie business but not in real world competitions, and no aikido wasn't originally designed to defend people from sword and knife attacks in the 14 th century, if somebody challenged you to a knife or sword fight you fought with a knife or sword.

[@josephlacayo4566]

This guy agrees the same way I do when I’m drunk

[@neveroffended45]

Alchohol free is the way to be

[@johnnyregs2378]

This is really a brilliant insight 😂

[@offgrid8204]

Thats funny shit right there bro.

[@choaticblack]

@@neveroffended45 stfu

[@kabobl-brewster1612]

He's the worst guest ever.

[@justinhatch1709]

Been doing Krav Maga for 2 years. The point of it is to end a fight as soon as possible, and basically just fuck up your enemy

[@cogen651]

I was thinking of taking classes, does it work?

[@MrScar665]

@@cogen651 I am pretty sure if u get eye poked, kicked above the knee and hammerfisted you would have a bad time hahah

[@MrScar665]

@@Digitalcataloghub MMA and Krav Maga is a good combo

[@WelcomeToFruityTube]

I really enjoyed Krav. I got attacked twice on the street in the past few years and ended both attacks because of Krav. Now I’m taking BJj. After I get to purple belt, I will do muy Thai. Then probably back to Krav. Good to have proficiency in all things

[@MrScar665]

@@WelcomeToFruityTube Add a little bit of boxing and wrestling and you have a deadly combo

[@jaspercombe6856]

Joe "I am going to find a way to talk to people who have never been in a fight about fighting" Rogan

[@liredrumil9418]

Yes, indeed.

[@liammorgans7329]

Bry jaz- Joe night agree with him, joes into BRAZILIAN jiu jitsu

[@liammorgans7329]

I don’t get what you mean then?

[@Blexxor12]

Other dude started the conversation tho... so.....

[@liammorgans7329]

Bry jaz- yeah so I’m saying Bruce might have been into Brazilian jj cos it’s different. Ufc fighters do a lot more than box and bjj

[@meesert]

"The Brazillians figured out JiuJitsu" *Cries in Japanese*

[@nomad155]

I feel you man. Joe should know better than that. BJJ is just ground jujitsu. It's like taking the hooks and uppercut from boxing and calling it, its own thing

[@xXxstunner]

Brazilian Jiujitsu that most people are familiar with nowadays is quite different from traditional Japanese Jujutsu and Judo so it is, in fact, a different martial art. However, something I've never fully understood is why the Gracies called it Brazilian Jiujitsu, when Maeda, the guy who taught them, was a world-famous judoka personally selected by Jigoro Kano, the founder of Judo, as his prodigy student to travel the world to promote the effectiveness of Judo and make it globally famous. I guess it's all a technicality, in the end. I mean in Japanese the words Judo and Jujutsu mean basically the same.

[@meesert]

@@xXxstunner It is different from Judo and JJJ but mostly in the transitions and "style" rather then the technique. Basicaly all the locks and chokes in BJJ are included in traditional Judo (not the olympic games style Judo). Its just that in BJJ they focus on groundwork more at the expense of throwing. I'd say its a different martial art but it always triggers me when people act like Brazillians invented Newaza

[@beardykins3073]

Figured out... not invented... like we english invented the sausage, but the polish figured it out

[@maexpert11]

@@xXxstunner i dont think the Gracies ever heard the term Judo until later on when Maeda was teaching in Brazil he always referred to the art as Kano Jiu Jitsu either way its a great art whether we are talking Japanese Jujutsu, Judo, or Gracie/Brazilian Jiu Jitsu it is a very useful skill

[@mver191]

Krav Maga works really well. It is just not designed for long ringed fights like in the UFC. It's either take your opponent out in 10 seconds or run away.

[@Dave_ja_vu]

It's a self defence class with a ranking system

[@davideric8250]

YES I agree

[@thelifeofmatt8597]

You learn that in boxing.

[@vliegendehollander]

@@Dave_ja_vu - Ranking system? I've only been to two Krav Maga training centers in California so I can't speak for all of them, but we wore street clothes. No belts, stripes or scoring points. You're not a belt color. You're just a person fighting for your life.

[@ProjectExMachina]

@@vliegendehollander There are no belts but there are levels. More advanced level - more advanced technique and harder training

[@MrOdsplut]

MMA: how to win a fair fight Krav Maga: how to survive an unfair fight

[@houssedecouette4056]

krav maga wouldn't even make win a fair fight m8

[@robertjohnson3140]

Most crap done in mma will get you killed or butt fukd in the real world.

[@timothyouellette2815]

Well said

[@youvebeenhacked9339]

@@houssedecouette4056 which is why you never see krav maga on ufc

[@robertsweet4819]

Very well put.

[@jamesw9930]

Yeah, they combined ball kicking with eye gouging and and head butting - but mostly ball kicking

[@MegaTeeruk]

Jon Jones?

[@youngcat4760]

@@MegaTeeruk jon jitsu

[@excollector9963]

Reminds of the Mike Myers line "The Scottish have a martial art. It's called Fuhhqyu and mainly involves headbutting and kicking people on the ground.

[@Ingeniousconcept1]

It’s not just ball kicking. O.o i mean it’s there if need be. Krav Maga is for streets to protect yourself and family if your walking around. There are no rules in street fighting. But there are plenty of other awesome strikes in Krav Maga.

[@mao7]

I misread that as "ball licking"

[@Matt-qu3pg]

I took krav for a while. Basically they taught you the best ways to severely damage other people for defense purposes. Anything goes. Eye gouges, crotch kicks. The more it debilitates somebody the better

[@joebaumgart1146]

I was taught to go right for the throat.

[@whitedom2041]

my dad and grand dad taught me that so i guess i dont have to learn km

[@StateOfMind63]

The problem is they don't teach it in a realistic environment with resisting opponents. All the experienced Krav guys I know are clueless when it comes to contact sparring.

[@abraham4853]

@@StateOfMind63 Thats why Krav maga is created for the army,police or security Agencies who deals with real situations to survive and eliminate as soon as possible Civilians like us who wont be able to encounter as much dangerous situations wont be able to really put krav maga to use but still could work

[@n0visual541]

@@StateOfMind63 depends on where you train. where I train my krav part of martial arts/fighting we have 'fightclass' where you put on full body suits and do not hold back anything in the pressure testing.

[@alpulley4894]

Krav Maga is a form of Martial Arts that is Kosher.

[@alpulley4894]

@tinwoods like they say in the old country, " L' Chaim"

[@johnathandoe1299]

@Nathan Bracey Like wise except I live in poxy Dublin 50 2.5 g and river danced like every drug over here with chemicals etc .👍👍

[@davidlouis1068]

ITS GOTTA BE KOYSHER !

[@SkurtavusGrodolfus]

Most of the shit they so ain't Kosher in the Octagon, brother.

[@DeltaEchoGolf]

You know all the guys on the ground were victims of Krav Maga because they will have the kosher symbol on their foreheads.

[@skepticalfox27]

When Krav Maga was developed, it wasn't meant to be a style. It was a group of people training for survival, using whatever effective technique they could find. The training was pretty much MMA with street mindset: "we use what works, dump the rest". Therefore they sparred a lot, and were strong dedicated fighters. Then... They started to sell it outside Israel to civilians. Soccer moms and average joes don't really like to get hit for real, so the instructors started sparring less and less, afraid to lose students. It became an "theory based" technique because of that. The average students are too afraid to get hurt. Too much ego being sold the "ultimate self defense style" fallacy, and too little reality based tests. The only Krav Maga that is actually worth something today (with rare exceptions) is the military version, because soldiers are not afraid to train the hard way. Honest observation from an active KM practitioner since 2009.

[@djharto4917]

Why not box ? Or train judo? Krav is bullshit and you know it

[@eats4cheaps305]

Yeah and that's why you have all the keyboard warriors saying Krav Maga experts would get trashed by BJJ and Muay Thai..... but what they fail to realize is that actual Krav Maga experts are actual trained killers.

[@zeallust8542]

You get a ton of "buy your belt" type schools claiming to teach KM too. Which is a true shame. Its a great art, but is diluted with garbage money grabbers.

[@danielostman5805]

I used to train krav maga with a guy who used to be a soldier. He started to train other soldiers in close combat situations instead and traveled the world learning different martial arts.

[@ralphalf5897]

It just depends where you go and who you train with. You can find both... but yes, there is more money in training a faggot who is afraid to ever really get hit.

[@vertstang123]

I trained in Krav and I can confirm that the first move you learn is a swift kick to the nuts, but from there it goes much deeper into both hard and soft techniques. You don't always want to break someones elbow or send them to the hospital, sometimes just giving them something to think about, like a finger jab to the throat is enough to change someones behavior.

[@michaelmier9512]

Why do a lot of you guys keep talking like it's just a bunch of kicks to the nuts? There are many vulnerable points of the body: eyes, face, throat, solar plexis, ribs, liver, groin, fingers, knees & feet. To simply focus on the groin is limiting your options.

[@andrewvillatoro4605]

@@michaelmier9512 Obviously because it's funny

[@elmoblatch9787]

@@michaelmier9512 I did Krav for 6.5 years and we actually never practiced a strike to the throat -- not sure why. We did a LOT of kicks to the groin.

[@michaelmier9512]

@@elmoblatch9787, Krav Maga is different than other martial arts in that each studio (or dojo, if you will) has the freedom to present whatever material it wants to its students, as long as it teaches the material necessary to move up the ranks according to which program it follows. The Krav Maga studio I learned at follows the Fit To Fight program. We had 4 major classes: Krav Maga Fundamentals, Sparring (boxing), From the Ground Up (wrestling) & Kickboxing. I enjoyed the fundamentals classes the best because they teach you how to keep people off of you as well as the exercises to get you into fighting shape.

[@CeraziPRO]

There's no needed for training this specific strike to the throat, since it's an easy trick but one of the most powerful and aggressive technique that can completely destroy any opponent, no matter how big/tall/strong a person is...@@elmoblatch9787

[@alexsm3882]

I practiced krav maga for 3 years, about a year and a half after stopping I got into a fight and not a single thing had stuck with me. On the other hand, I also practiced boxing for 3 years. Never forgot it. Before you ask, I trained with IKMA, not some McDojo. I'll take boxing any day. Simple and effective, and you practice the same things so often you never really forget them. It's been a tremendous help in self defense situations.

[@palabrajot505]

The best of what I took away from Krav Maga was a certain attitude of aggression and a mentality to not quit, a long with some rudimentary boxing skills and a few poorly practiced kicking techniques, which are better than nothing but don't compare to what I learned in boxing and Muay Thai classes. Stuff like the 369 Defense and "Bursting" were nonsensical.

[@philcliffe6909]

Krav uses boxing you muppet.

[@elmoblatch9787]

@@palabrajot505 Yeah, I would say the mentality is quite valuable, but Alex is right that a lot of stuff you forget. However, we would practice that kick to the groin so many times it's tough to forget.

[@hairystyles9794]

Doesn't work on me, I lost both testicles to cancer. Jackpot!

[@pdaddy1121]

Congratulations

[@shahood8116]

You lost the war to win the battle

[@onsdenis]

if you still have your eyes, then I can do another trick.

[@FiabrinhoHDPT]

Ah you still have a weak bone work on lady's too loool and guys with both testicle removed xDD

[@p0ddie]

As a Krav Maga Expert I can assure you from experience a kick in the dick hurts just as much

[@pontuskristiansen5713]

I bet Joe smells like coffee, bourbon, weed and a hint of old grappling gloves.

[@vinito19]

And just a wiff of wax. For the headshine.

[@OffGridMadMan]

And DMT

[@johnlazar1818]

And raw elk meat

[@begood8210]

Agreed

[@bazbuco]

lmaoooo

[@AlwaysSoldierOn]

Your best bet against armed opponents is to just look for an escape not worth the risk. You can train your whole life in knife defence and get killed the first time someone attacks you with one but I guess better to stand a chance then none at all. Still I always say first rule for armed opponents is look for an exit.

[@shooglechic]

That's what I was told in women's self defense. Best to get free and run. Better to make sure the attacker is also reeling in pain long enough to get a head start. That's the very first thing they taught us😂.

[@shooglechic]

@Pissed Bob Ross they do. That's a separate self defense class, though. It is definitely important ta have firearms training for self defense. Too many folk purchase a pistol only to freeze up or cause more problems than to train.

[@Kagemusha08]

Yep. I'll expand that: a key aspect of self-defense training should be to develop the situational awareness and cool headedness to be aware of your surroundings and avoid dangerous situations. So many people get attacked/robbed because they walk around oblivious to everything but their phone.

[@madlarkin8]

Krav maga includes knife and firearm training. Hand to hand with a firearm is unique and probably one of the most useful martial arts of the modern era.

[@BitwiseMobile]

That's what they teach in most martial art classes you take for self defense. If you are training for competition it's different, but for self defense they usually teach the best defense is to get the hell out of there if you can. No fight is worth it unless you or your loved one's lives are in danger, so it will always be better if you can disengage.

[@w5monkey]

Jewjitsu.... Oh so you're a big kungfu guy now but you can't visit your mother!

[@lostson7122]

This made me laugh really loud.

[@mnop7832]

This is fucking funny hahaha

[@gemeu1129]

Ur mudda!

[@__Raid__]

GeMeu Don’t tauk dat way tuh ya mudda!!

[@Coldlegend214]

I read this in an old jew mother voice

[@IPusers]

I don’t need Krav Maga, after reading about history, I just go everywhere with a trench shovel and a hoplite spear, the two best historical personal defense weapons, have yet to loose a fight

[@kennyg1358]

Yes, trench tools are underappreciated in self-defense

[@4thamendment237]

A trench shovel with a sharpened edge is the best weapon in hand-to-hand-to-the-death combat.

[@michaelmier9512]

You learned how to defend yourself from reading history?! Who have you been defeating, 11-year-olds making fun of your shovel? My Krav Maga trumps your trench shovel & hoplite spear any day.

[@pablogats4627]

@@michaelmier9512 lol I really doubt you could do anything against someone with a spear one on one historically the spear even made untrained peasants formidable

[@tFighterPilot]

A hoplite spear is useless without a shield

[@MMMM-sm2rm]

Rogan said "MAGA". He's obvi a far-right conservative.

[@scottycranwell283]

Hahaha!!!

[@MMMM-sm2rm]

@Justin Smith omg Stfu

[@sergiotl7378]

@Justin Smith Nice way to ruin a joke.

[@CYMotorsport]

It was at this point Mark Normand regretted his decision to ask a martial arts question

[@willmosse3684]

😂

[@poison_corpse3140]

Started Krav Maga yesterday, 1st class was introduction, defending on the ground from your back and getting up, defending and blocking against knive strikes from the top and bottom and fitness test. Absolutely loved it, love the discipline. I've already got bruses from yhe introduction😂😂👍

[@BruceLeroyUK]

Still doing it bro?

[@poison_corpse3140]

@@BruceLeroyUK Yeah man, It really made me grow as a person, I recomend it to anyone who wants to know thier limits and be pushed beyond it👌👌

[@BruceLeroyUK]

@@poison_corpse3140 good to know. Thanks man.

[@pablito7877]

@@poison_corpse3140sounds good, does your school have a belt system for ranking?

[@poison_corpse3140]

@@pablito7877 Yes they do, unfortunatly I had to stop classes, having some heart trouble, hopefully that will be resolved soon, otherwise I'll be put on chronic medication and I won't be able to return.

[@alexmurphy5289]

Yes it's legit if you find a good gym. This goes for all martial arts and I'm really tired of people shitting on krav. My gym does krav, boxing, BJJ, Muai Thai, soft techniques, conditioning, and yoga. I do all of them in combination with Krav because it's good to be well balanced but also learning to punch WITHOUT gloves is huge and many people just don't practice it. Krav is for the streets.. Everything else is a sport

[@outis439-A]

how often were you doing all this per week?

[@philcliffe6909]

Yes exactly. A good gym is key. I trained in Karate for 6 yrs, kick boxing and applied Karate for 12 yrs and I was blown away when I started Krav Maga. The gradings were alternated with other instructors to keep the quality at the same standard within the organisation and 7th grade and above had to be conducted in Israel.

[@simonegamberoni3022]

Isn't it better to use palm strikes and slaps rather than punches when bare handed?

[@David_Fellner]

Karate: Never use weapons! Krav Maga: Why though??? Seriously though, Krav Maga was developed by a Jew who lived in Czechoslovakia while it was under Nazi control and learned to fight while protecting his own neighborhood from anti-Semitic riots, then returned to Israel/Palestine (I'm not sure which it was called at the time), and eventually became the main martial arts instructor in the Israel Defense Forces. So, yeah...

[@David_Fellner]

@Why Why Why Why Joe 'Groper' Biden Okay, I made all of that up? A quick google search is all it takes to confirm or deny it. If you can't be bothered to spend a few minutes reading up on the subject, you probably shouldn't talk about it.

[@bunyabunyatv853]

hitler had dreamy eyes..

[@TheJora92]

dunno if you did krav, but it's just meh. The problem is not the techniques themselves it;s the applications and the way to train this martial art. You can;t really spar which makes you bad at fighting. Unless you train your techniques against a opponent resisting you like 60+ % you can;t use any of that in a real fight. The only thing i still remember and find useful from my 3-ish years of KM is the front kick, that thing is awesome.

[@David_Fellner]

@@TheJora92 That's a good point. No, I haven't taken Lrav Maga only read about it, so its ethality preventing real sparring never occurred to me.

[@chillletsplays7019]

ExT Jora that’s true, but it depends on the gym. I train Krav Maga 2x a week and we have boxing sparring sessions at the end of almost every lesson. We also do some grappling, but grappling is not as effective in terms of street fight

[@owlbusdumbledork9966]

Level 3 Krav Maga student here, been years since i trained, but i can confirm what you said. It's an amalgam of the most practical striking and grappling techniques for self defense, and there's a component used in the military training that teaches you how to use a service rifle as a melee weapon in conjunction with unarmed Krav Maga principles.

[@BootlegFightVideo]

I been in Yair Rodriguez's camp training him in Krav Maga eye strikes. Hope he wins vs. Stevens tonight!

[@motohead117]

This is from a friend who is a former owner of a Krav Maga studio. It’s not glamorous. It’s hard. You get hurt learning it. But you know a hundred different ways to strike a guys nuts. 🤣

[@Nightbringer2000]

Don't forget the throat, we also learned a lot of ways to damage the throat.

[@chngguangze7895]

And the eyes. How could you forget about those

[@gzwerpjgbf]

100%

[@lahavmorris9919]

They also teach you to defend yourself against armed apponents with knives, sticks, and daggers.

[@SteelheadStories]

Truth

[@abdullahabd7677]

Krav maga crash course - Kick the balls - Punch throat - Double slap ears - Discombobulate That's it nothing more.

[@kenyattadanclar3498]

You forgot the fact that it's been used on the battle field in Israel for 60 years. I rather train in an art that works on the battlefield that an art that only works on one attacker at a time and only works if the attacker isn't armed.

[@oneeyedwanderer5349]

Kenyatta Danclar since when are israeli soldiers fighting one on one on the battlefield

[@kenyattadanclar3498]

@@oneeyedwanderer5349 My point exactly. Real fights are hardly ever one on one. That's called competition. In real life it can be two on one or three on one. Your attacker may have a blade. That's real life my friend. That's Krav Maga.

[@oneeyedwanderer5349]

Kenyatta Danclar if you are surrounded by 3 men with a average fighting knowledge meaning they know how to punch and basic ground skills you can be the master of any combat art it wont be sufficient still

[@solcohen9042]

Oneeyed Wanderer krav maga literally teaches that if there is an exit in the fight, take it. It’s not rlly about winning as much as it is surviving and if there is not an exit, u incapacitate/kill ur opponent/opponents as fast and as simply as possible. Use makeshift weapons like scissors, ur teeth, literally anything goes. There r techniques but no rules. A reason y you’ll never truly see someone fight using real Krav Maga in a cage is because it uses techniques like eye gouging and other brutal methods.

[@bilalashraf1611]

I took self defense classes when I was 15 which was a Krav Maga course. I remember we started out with boxing and basic leg kicks, basic bjj ground skills (basically getting back up). And after a while the higher level stuff introduced clinching and muay thai stuff. I stopped after a year and a half and haven’t really kept up with martial arts since but it did get me into ufc and mma as a sport. I remember the instructors and higher level dudes were very enthusiastic about it and some of the higher level dudes were even amateur fighters. It was neat.

[@talalpern6868]

The literal translation of the words krav maga from hebrew is : contact combat

[@alvideos2145]

I mean what other type of combat is there? NON contact combat? = running away?

[@yudonituno4782]

al videos most people translate it close combat.

[@yudonituno4782]

al videos but the philosophy behind it is something like "get home safely".

[@talalpern6868]

@@alvideos2145 meaning physical contact. It was developed by the Israeli military so there are many types of combat. Open field combat, urban combat, close quarter combat, air and naval combat. All those involve weapons not physical contact with the enemy

[@talalpern6868]

@@yudonituno4782 KRAV קרב can mean battle or combat MAGA מגע means contact but can also mean touch. It all depends on context.

[@-hunt-6225]

“No groin, no krav maga.”

[@kenyattadanclar3498]

No referee. No judges. No MMA. MMA only works if the attacker is unarmed. Me being a former Correction Officer when I get in a fight with an inmate, Big John Mcarthy isn't going to stop the fight if the inmate pulls out a shank on me. I have no idea what your fighting background is but if I had to guess I would say that based on your stupid comment, that you never had to disarms a lunatic with a weapon before.

[@hungjury7482]

I feel like if your opponent castrates themselves you have the advantage anyways

[@edwarddrew5127]

There's civilian, law enforcement, and military levels to Krav. But yeah it pretty much takes the best of all martial arts and applies it to life or death self-defense scenarios. It's probably the most useful martial art to train soldiers.

[@Sorel366]

Lol this is complete bs. Aside from eye gouging and ball kicking KM has strictly nothing to offer. And you don’t need to train in a gym to learn how do to those.

[@davidordman1991]

@@Sorel366 you're presenting it as if each martial art is just a different set of moves lol nah bro it's a whole way of fighting with different principles and focuses

[@6AUG9]

@@Sorel366 Israeli Krav Maga (genuine krav maga) is a structured system that takes techniques, however applies them in a realistic and tactical way for survival, I dont think the Israeli military(one of the most heavily involved in CQ combat), other militaries and especially their SF, and Law enforcement agencies around the world would use it or take elements from it into their own training if it had “nothing to offer” lol.

[@thomo2127]

@@Sorel366average keyboard warrior never trained Krav a day in they life 😂

[@Jorgerome9557]

You still can't outfight a bullet. Samuel Colt realized this long ago when he named a revolver a "combat equalizer".

[@Deadlyaztec27]

You can't outfight a bullet but you can still knock a guy out with a punch faster than they can whip it out.

[@infernojoe7554]

Just beat them down with the 🔫. It's way more humiliating that way.

[@rickc2102]

@W B 🤣👍

[@on2wheels378]

OK Equalizer...

[@friedchicken6570]

Well not everybody lives in a shithole like the US were everyone has guns.

[@JLJE54]

I thought the Brazilian’s learned jiu jitsu from a Japanese man

[@Slayer8957]

There are still a lot of Japanese in Brazil today.

[@Supermomo2007]

the did not learn jiu jitsu, they did learn judo

[@Slayer8957]

@@Supermomo2007 Yeah but judo was developed from juijitsu, and Brazilian juijitsu was developed from judo.

[@user-sx5ze8oq3k]

Yep. This is why there is some nikkei(japanese brazilian) and half japanese in the brazilian judo olympic team.

[@mariovitorlauande2706]

It´s diferent, Helio Grecie created his own tecnique.

[@geraldgrandfield2031]

MMA = Whoop your ass in a ring Krav Maga = Leave you dying in the street

[@Str8From215]

Joe “a buddy of mine “ Rogan

[@LordBummingtonThe3rd]

To be fair, a lot of his buddies are professional MMA fighters

[@offgrid8204]

Just fuck off with this stupid statement.try originality.

[@johndawhale3197]

Off "Just fuck off with this stupid statement.try originality." Grid

[@RayMoonDough]

JohnDaWhale3 Gold😁😁😂😂😂

[@KryzMasta]

Str8From215 Worse even... Joe “I have a buddy of mine” Rogan

[@rahmansharar]

I trained in Krav Maga for 6 months before the pandemic hit our country and nationwide lockdown was in effect, after which I switched to Kickboxing and BJJ. Although the Krav Maga instructor did teach us how to punch and kick (which transitioned really well into my Kickboxing training since I did not have to learn everything from scratch), there was very little sparring involved. Also, the drills were mostly premeditated scenarios that you were supposed to escape from. Very little grappling involved, and when I started training in BJJ later on, I was exposed to a world I knew next to nothing about. I won't say Krav Maga is bs, because it is not, and works well in certain situations. But if I had to choose between Krav Maga and MMA, I would opt for the latter.

[@johannesheinrich9240]

Krav Maga works way better if the person has Bjj and kick box experience for example. Krav Maga gives the Theory and kick boxing and bjj will better your technique and especially your mindset through sparring. Combined these things are fantastic 💪

[@ElselchoGaming]

That's quite different to my club, we do those drills and stress tests but we also do sparring which imo is essential. it seems to vary club to club on how much sparring is done.

[@elmoblatch9787]

We did a LOT of sparring in my Krav studio, but that was on separate nights for guys who wanted to spar in addition to the Krav class.

[@ElselchoGaming]

@@elmoblatch9787 we also do a lot of sparring

[@Snakebloke]

Sounds more like an issue with the club, than the Martial-Art. I went to Taekwondo when I was a teenager, for two years, and it was the same as you described your Krav Maga club. It wasn't a 'fighting' club.

[@TheGeneralDisarray]

My Krav Maga teacher is a Royal Marine close combat instructor. There's no sense of fairplay or following the rules, it's just a series of techniques for making anybody who tries to attack you regret their actions in a very immediate and painful way.

[@akburst510]

Krav Maga also incorporates the possibility of weapons like guns or knifes being used.

[@roberta7734]

developed around WWI and WWII. Well designed, i practice it, very fun.

[@miguelmarques8824]

Yeah, and multiple oponents, use of regular objects as a defense, weird positions for defending like starting seated down and shit like that

[@roberta7734]

@@miguelmarques8824 defense from multiple angles, (gun from front, back, side, high/low) and all those different little variables they prepare you for is amazing

[@B355Y]

I have a family member who served in UKSF. They were taught krav maga

[@leaningforward]

*knives

[@Stigs722]

Everyone is gangsta until a Krav Maga expert shows up to the fight

[@newmoonwithface]

then the krav maga dude gets stoned to death by the other people

[@zenmorte2793]

"Brazilians figured it out jiu jitsu" Yeah it absolutly didnt have anything to do with Mitsuyo Maeda, riiiiiiiiight

[@tyqwe45qe]

Otávio* Maeda, naturalized brazillian:)

[@tyqwe45qe]

cry me a river its fuckng called BRAZILLIAN jiujitsu bro

[@tyqwe45qe]

plus theres a diff between figured out and invented

[@professorlean3733]

@@tyqwe45qe casual

[@michaelcarroll8586]

Yeah I was irritated that somebody as educated as Joe in martial arts fucked up the history of the origin of BJJ

[@jeffandbethyork4007]

Hearing Joe say that Krav Maga is legit just pushed me that much more toward wanting to do it. I have zero experience in any fight-based skill (unless shouting insults from a moving vehicle counts for something), and have been looking for something that will get me out of a jam if I happen to find myself in one. I don't care about ranks, forms. or uniforms right now. All of that might come later, but I want to start with something I can use in a real-life situation and live to tell the tale. With that as my only goal at present, Krav Maga looks like a good place to start.

[@schoolsnooze7359]

It’s a good way to start and it’s probably one of the best for self defense since it teaches you to end the fight early or run away. Other martial arts focus more on winning the fight

[@nerd888]

Bruh do boxing or any other kickboxing sport, they're way more likely to work and it'll save you a lot of time.

[@meshiu2344]

Krav Maga ain't for fighting with rules. It's to survive a fight against multiple attackers in the street and live.

[@paradoxal4]

Same BS that Wing Chun pushes lmfao It’s Bullshido.

[@meshiu2344]

@Salvador Nah dude, Krav from a real fight gym is legit shit. There's a reason Special Forces uses it.

[@Ingeniousconcept1]

@@paradoxal4 Why so much hate for Krav? It really works. My favorite part of Krav is the strikes. It’s not bullshit.

[@yourfather7333]

It's like Bullshit kung fu

[@MarcosFerreira-kz8he]

@@paradoxal4 Would do to see you take on my instructor. Get you a lesson in Bullshido you'd never forget.

[@JelloFluoride]

I really hate the way Mark talks. It's like he's stuck in radio disc jocky voice.

[@Veteransolo]

I practiced krav maga for 6 months, I came from a boxing, judo, muay, taekwondo thai, bjj and wrestling background, in the end I started mma which was the combination of everything, I'm also an ex soldier of 3 years service. I have to say that krav was a very useful and interesting experience, But the reason I stopped is for the lack of sparring, It was all about theories upon theories, and lots of talking and yapping, it made me sleepy, So I just thanked the instructor which was in my age, and left, When he asked me if his teaching methods were wrong, I said no, it's not that, it's the lack of sparring, and the fact I was always sleepy when he and his helpers talked to us and theorized about scenarios. In the end, the only "real" fight scenarios, are places with full sparring, Boxing, muay thai, wrestling, bjj, taekwondo, judo, karate, mma, Those are the beat self defense things, Krav may have been created by the Israeli army, But the "dojos" don't even teach a quarter of what w IDF are learning, I met IDF soldiers back in the days of being in the army, And they all had a background of combat sports, Krav IS practical, Krav IS good, But not by dojos or civilian instructors, You wanna learn self defense? Choose any martial arts with full contact sparring. Learn to take a punch, a kick a takedown and submissions, Learn to fight an actual resisting opponent, Spar with people if different weight and height, There's no secret in that. Don't waste your time and money on "dojos". Peace.✌

[@albertlatham3025]

Mr Joe sir Ju jitsu is a 500 year old martial art from Japan not Portuguese colony of Brazil. Love your show thank you

[@johnnyk5385]

Thank you. I hate how ignorant people are to this fact. The system learned in Brazil was an evolved and more effective version of traditional Jiu-Jitsu, but it still came from Jigori Kano in Japan.

[@albertlatham3025]

No offence intended Mr. Castle. To be more accurate sir. The first recorded Ju Jitsu master and dojo was in 1530s in Japan. I believe his name was Teneuchi. Dr. Jigoro Kano was lifelong Ju Jitsu and aikido practitioner. In 1882 he took the best of ju jitsu and aikido and created Judo. With more emphasis on throws, pinning, arm bars and chokes. No knee or ankle locks. In simplest way to say is that Judo is PG13 version of ju jitsu. The Gracie family had the perfect marketing tool to their claim to wealth and fame via UFC in th early 90s. The Gracie family or Brazil did not reinvent the wheel. Kazushi Sakuraba proved on several occasions that "Brazillian" Ju Jitsu is no different then Japanese Ju Jitsu. Many great things came from Brazil such as Capoera, Samba dancing, good BBQ, beautiful ladies with big rumps and the greatest soccer team. Thank you very much.

[@johnnyk5385]

@@albertlatham3025 Lol! I agree with you, mostly. Did Kano did infuse his system with Catch Wrestling. And yes, the Brazilians merely learned it, as opposed to inventing it.

[@Bankz504]

Did somebody say MAGA -Donald Trump

[@yakov95000]

Maga is Physical touch,Krav is fight...

[@Lor00D]

@@3401rock1 Yan is great... So is the world falling to the Chinese. Like the politicians In Australia and England, they are all working for the Chinese, you just haven't figured that out yet. Yeah it sounds dumb but wait and see

[@Lor00D]

@@schweddybawllz8137 Its because @tinwoods has a tiny wood

[@tonesdad0408]

Did somebody say "Dumpf"

[@mu6768]

@@tonesdad0408 no, not that guy...someone said kravitz Maga its lenny and donald 2020!

[@rezlogan4787]

It depends how you train. Krav is my main, but I’ve attended seminars in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Boxing, Aikido, and Tae Kwon Do on the side every couple months. While it’s good to have versatility, it’s best if you train directly with experts in other specific disciplines rather than sticking to one information source.

[@umeravvan2265]

which is the best fighting skill I can learn ( for self defense )?

[@esfbse8347]

@@umeravvan2265BJJ and muai Thai, 100% by far. Wrestling is good too. It is purely mma, those 2 involve punches, kicks, elbow, takedown, submissions, clinches, and knees. It takes YEARS to get good. A lot of dedication

[@skampy134]

Krav Maga is great for defending yourself against people who have no idea what they are doing.

[@quasar4601]

Very true !! I did it and could beat up most untrained. I then did mma and got double leg and choked out lol

[@NickTheSwordsman]

Joe “Jewish Jeet Kune Do” Rogan

[@anthonyperkins5856]

Did this for 7 years and loved it. Thank you for saying this about Krav Maga.✊🏿👊🏿

[@StateOfMind63]

Theres a difference between loving something and the question of whether or not its effective though. The problem I have is they don't teach it in a realistic environment with resisting opponents. All the experienced Krav guys I know are clueless when it comes to contact sparring.

[@flyclyfire188]

@@StateOfMind63 its not meant for sparring tho it's meant for real life threats

[@maxkharpovitski6399]

Krav Maga is specifically designed for a fight to the death situation, like the kind soldiers would experience. Thus eye gauging, testicle strikes, etc. Also in that situation it's likely not to be a one on one fight, thus the emphasis on speed and escape whenever possible.

[@gutts077]

I wouldn’t back a Krav Maga guy against a boxer, Thai fighter or a good Jiu Jitsu guy. Jack of all trades, master of none

[@Freedomiseverything9486]

jujitsu guy isnt any good without eyes and bleeding balls.

[@elenchus]

I'd say more like jack of no trades.

[@johnnyk5385]

@@Freedomiseverything9486 You fight a Jiu-Jitsu guy and I promise, it will be you who loses body parts not him.

[@luknowit475]

I would. Krav Maga is basically professionally trained dirty street fighting.

[@elenchus]

@@luknowit475 It's the same shield that kung fu/wing chun uses, it works in "da streetz yo."

[@michaelmier9512]

As a practitioner of Krav Maga, I can say that we mainly focus on 4 aspects of self defense: boxing, kickboxing, wrestling & defensive/offensive moves. This martial art is not practiced by UFC fighters for it is not geared for sports, but instead focuses on real-world situations as it is extremely efficient & relies on aggression.

[@meetthemasters754]

Dan inosanto is a must have guest for the podcast

[@adolfolobosco179]

I don't get this obsession with "self defense" in internet. I'm from a very violent country, and never use it. Yeah, I got robbed, but why to react? Even a knife can do a lot of damage, and mugglers are rarely alone.

[@Slayer8957]

That surrender mentality might be acceptable for you when it comes to money or other material things. But if what criminals want is your sister, or your daughter? Should we all still just be like you and tell ourselves, why fight? Rewarding criminals only creates more crime. Men need to first and foremost stop being soft targets, which attracts predators in of itself. Learning self-defense does just that. Im happy to see all the interest in this on the internet, though I wish people move beyond just online and join a gym.

[@adolfolobosco179]

@@Slayer8957 I don't like criminals. I don't support their actions. Here people assalt with war weapons. Like AK-47's. I believe the besta defense is to be conscious of your surrounds, avoid certain places etc. If you want to react to a AK-47 with a stick made of carbon fiber or a pepper spray, since is ilegal to carry a gun in the streets, and suceed, my sincere conglatulations.

[@alfie9878]

@@adolfolobosco179 it teaches you self control and when to react - basically when you need to react you have the opputunity

[@Slayer8957]

@@adolfolobosco179 "I believe the besta defense is to be conscious of your surrounds, avoid certain places etc. " I agree with always being vigilant, especially once its dark. Completely disagree about avoiding places. Just a continuation of the surrender mentality, being a willing and happy victim. Im also confused since you said people assault with guns, but then its illegal to carry guns. Dont know where you live. Also, you never answered what to do when criminals want you to leave behind your loved one? Do you abandon your mother/sister/wife/daughter, because why react?

[@adolfolobosco179]

@@Slayer8957 I Live in Brazil. I've heard (and know) people assaulted with AK-47's. Criminals don't obbey the law, that's why they carry guns. Also, I don't have a answer for the "if your mother or sister" thing. My mother was robbed more than once, like myself. I don't know were you live, or if you know how a life threat feels like. Don't put on my shoulders the effects of colonization, slavery and corruption in my country over the centuries. I deserve you the best and do what you think is the best option in your country.

[@Rottengoal]

In Krav Maga when they teach you how to defend against a knife attack they don't just teach you how to defend without a weapon. They also teach you that everything you have with you and around you can be used to defend yourself even more efficiently even something like a Bag. They don't say you will get away unharmed, 99% of all people that successfully survive a knife attack will be covered with cuts, but at least they give you a chance to survive.

[@judgebeard8772]

Krav Maga is beautiful, maximum damage in minimum set of moves

[@daiichini87]

Jiujitsu is Japanese, the gracies were thought by a japanese grand master and the gracies perfected it and made it popular though mma.

[@djpro1782]

GTFOH, you can't steal something make minor changes to it and claim you perfected it. The Japanese practiced Judo for centuries and Carlos and Helio didn't perfected anything.

[@daiichini87]

@Suffer No Fools exactly. Both are good at there own game.

[@musicandlyricslove]

Krav Maga is like Mortal Kombat Street fight. Everything is a weapon. It's designed to kill, not spar or have competitions over.

[@newmoonwithface]

no sparing makes KM hard to train and less effective

[@STBRetired1]

Better explanation is - boxing, wrestling, BJJ, Muay Thai etc are SPORTS. Granted, they are sports that can be used to fight but as sports they have restrictions. Krav Maga is NOT a sport. It is street fighting to win. THAT's the difference. Training your body in a sport is great but you may not have the reflex to take someone's eyes out or crush their throat. In Krav Maga, you don't have to think about what to do to win - blind him, crush his nuts, crush his throat and live to walk away.

[@spectre9065]

The reason Krav Maga isn't good in MMA is because they emphasize escaping, not beating down your opponent. You cannot win a cage match or martial arts tournament by removing yourself. But escaping a threatening situation is far easier to learn in a short time frame than being a competent fighter, which is in line with Krav Maga's short curriculum.

[@umeravvan2265]

which is the best fighting skill I can learn ( for self defense )?

[@graysontheovercomer]

I studied krav for a while. It's basically a method that stops attackers and neutralize s the situation. You want to inflict as much pain in as little time as possible, and combine techniques with psychology, by screaming like a crazy person as you kick their balls repeatedly, elbow their throat, and then beat their face until the collapse. If they have a weapon you take it and use it. If they are bigger than you, you use improvised weapons. There are no competitions in krav and there is no going to the ground. You go to the ground and that's the end, you aren't trying to score points. The ground is where you want the enemy, not yourself. It's extremely hard to defend yourself on the ground from multiple attackers, plus rocks and glass and all other kinds of pavement issues. Krav is a survival and self defense technique. It was adapted for civilian use by the Israeli military.

[@umeravvan2265]

which is the best fighting skill I can learn ( for self defense )?

[@onisiforosalexandrou2551]

Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do is at it's core 50% Wing Chun (at the level Bruce Lee learn it), but with different footwork. The other 50% is the: Take what's useful and rejected what's unless from other martial arts, in order to be a more complete fighter according to each one's own personal development.

[@percywearspurple]

Anyone ever seen Fight Quest? I think that was the name of the show. The Krav Maga teacher on there was insane.

[@fredsimmons6461]

The real jewjitsu happens when you realize you have an empty wallet after your first lesson.

[@sigmaforge5088]

@@finnhoffman are you aware of your anti-anti Semitism?

[@dornishred6033]

HAHAHAHA!!

[@pasijutaulietuviuesas9174]

@@alexandereisen3486 I agree. Or also Schlomo raining from the chimney.

[@noamasaf2668]

SUPER SAIYAN GOD HARAMBE the almighty gaming king im a jew and i laughed lol

[@RafR204]

SUPER SAIYAN GOD HARAMBE the almighty gaming king as a literal jew, stfu and take a joke ז

[@drew1693]

"Krav Maga is legit. Super legit while on DMT. Pull that up Jamie."

[@botladola]

I've NEVER seen a krav maga expert.

[@Alex-zm8ru]

I've trained with some, they're absolute beasts

[@Alex-zm8ru]

@Suffer No Fools no I'm replying to the reply

[@Alex-zm8ru]

@Suffer No Fools 👍

[@rchrdhzl]

Krav Maga is the best system of defense when faced with an attacker that is either several months pregnant or pre-teen.

[@kimjongun2536]

Tbf the versions you mainly see are bullshit self defence shite. Actually krav maga used by most world militaries is good

[@thewhat531]

Nobodyimportant Yea, America was founded by Israel to secure a base of operation in the region to fight Mexicans. You have a firm grasp on history there, buddy. 🤣

[@MrGarrett]

@@thewhat531 Actually he does. You should get a grasp on what he is saying. Perhaps, you know, learn something.

[@thewhat531]

Nobodyimportant I know, right! Fucking lizard people.

[@thewhat531]

Mr Garrett haha great story bro

[@vukjakovljevic2494]

Krav maga guys would have training after ours (mma) and we would stay to watch them literally brake their bones while exercising. Its insane how committed these guys are to their art.

[@bullterror5]

🤣😂🤣😂🤣 Yeah I got kicked in Training by a Teenager who used too much intensity, got a small fracture to my thumb... 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@300zxss]

That’s kinda stupid I’m not gonna lie 😂 you should run a test and get a decent guy I. Your class to challenge them to death for real, becySe I think we all realize how bullshit Krav is 😂

[@jcdentongaming1304]

@@300zxss compared to other martial arts krav is the farthest from bullshit moves

[@300zxss]

@@jcdentongaming1304 krav is 100% bullshit moves

[@jcdentongaming1304]

@@300zxss sorry what?. tell me how kicking someone in the nuts or stabbing his eye with a screwdriver is bullshit.

[@ssazerac]

Joe: I don’t know if Krav Maga is legit? But I can tell you DMT is legit.

[@jukeboxhero1649]

That title is stupid. Is krav maga legit? Anything done fast and hard enough is legit. When a man is soft slow and weak then it is irrelevant what he supposedly trains in.

[@D3xTRb0y]

Exactly

[@abcertweld]

Yes and it is those people that will destroy you in the streets, because you have made the #1 mistake of under estimating that individual. Sun Tzu never under estimate your opponent.

[@D3xTRb0y]

thomas abel Very rarely. This is real life not a Kung fu movie

[@abcertweld]

@@D3xTRb0y lmfao OK I love how people always under estimate me. It is what it is. People under estimate individuals all the time and I just sit back and watch the person get delt with.

[@Chocolatnave123]

@@abcertweld clearly you've never been in an actual fight or you wouldn't go saying shit like 'dont underestimate me i can kick ur ass lmao!'

[@Xpistos510]

Joe praises Krav Maga here, but when Lex Fridman questioned Joe on it, Joe said that you're better off learning "a real martial art". Can someone explain what's going on here?

[@oneobserver6116]

It's a form of ventriloquism. You learn to speak out of both sides of your mouth.

[@AndrewAnstrom]

Krav Maga is mostly about injuring and getting away from your opponent at any means necessary. A lot of groin hitting for sure.

[@StinkyCop1]

it's not about injuring a guy and get away from your opponent, it's about injuring him so you can kill him after, plain and simple stuffs, no complex shit.

[@hambone6158]

Striking to the groin is just one technique of Krav Maga. I don't understand why so many commenters are thinking that its all about hitting to the groin and ignore all the fundamentals that it teaches in regard to punching, open hand strikes, hammer fists, kicks, grappling etc.

[@vikingdrengenspiders7875]

@@StinkyCop1 where i train we don’t train to kill on purpes

[@StinkyCop1]

@@vikingdrengenspiders7875 Well I trained in the Israeli army, so our training of Krav Maga was a bit different I guess.

[@vikingdrengenspiders7875]

@@StinkyCop1 most likely

[@justinheat1]

if i could pick one in a fight...it's Krav Maga hands down the most effective to survive.

[@newmoonwithface]

in a real fight weapons are going to be involved from a gun to a rock and also your gonna get your fingers bit off if you try those weird striking while blocking things

[@grimheathen]

I would have thought the Israelis would have created jiujitsu.

[@sulla1537]

I respect all MMA fighters (Mostly Brazilian JiuJitsu) they could make me tap out like a bitch in no time flat but it seems like Krav Maga is the one you’re going to teach your daughter to give her the best chance of survival in a real life situation.

[@Slayer8957]

There is no reliable fighting style that can teach an unarmed female how to deal with a male.

[@lumpenproletarier9584]

@@Slayer8957 any female that does some sort of fighting sports could kick an untrained mans ass, what are you talking about?

[@Slayer8957]

@@lumpenproletarier9584 This is stupid take. Untrained man still has physical advantage that cannot be overcome by a female without a weapon. I despise this girlpower nonsense more than anything. Women who think they can beat a slobby man who is not only out of shape and untrained, but also drunk, and still get beaten despite her own "training." She needs to be as big or even bigger than the man to even have a chance. The reaction speed difference between men and women is by itself almost insurmountable even with cold weapons.

[@lumpenproletarier9584]

@@Slayer8957 I think you are just an angry Virgin with some serious insecurities. What you are saying is total bullshit, I mean a skinny but trained dude who knows some form of martial arts could still beat a bodybuilder who does no fighting sports. I do krav maga and there are many girls in my gym that could fuck you up dude haha, I mean you can see hundreds of videos on KZbin of women defending themselves against douchebags like you.

[@lumpenproletarier9584]

@@Slayer8957 expecially with krav maga, that's why it's so popular among woman.

[@dimonwhite02]

Started krav 2 months ago, here are my thoughts: Krav Maga will teach you techniques that will enable you to exploit human weak points aka groin and give you an advantage over your opponent when you’re in a disadvantageous position eg being choked. However, it will do little to make you better at fighting. Most instructors and elite practitioners (at my place) are out of shape, and can’t run more than a mile if you put a gun to their head. When we did some light sparring(which I found surprising since most self defence martial arts don’t do it) I dominated because I do Muay Thai and I’m in fighting shape, also because there isn’t a step by step technique that would stop you from being jabbed in the face. Overall, don’t do Krav and think it’ll save your life. Do a combat sport, Do strength Do endurance Krav Maga should be a cherry on top.

[@willygraphics360]

An advice? I want to start it then go to another one which you fight with many people at the same time!

[@dimonwhite02]

@@willygraphics360 I would recommend you start with BJJ (preferably NOGI because it’s cheaper) and Boxing/kickboxing/Muay Thai. One grappling one striking. With just that I think you’ll be very comfortable handling yourself in a threatening situation. Then after about 6-12 months when your foundation is laid you can pick up Krav Maga to expand your arsenal of weapons. Obviously, anything is better than nothing so if those options aren’t available you should definitely go into Krav Maga. Take it easy would be my recommendation, learn the skills and techniques while staying injury free and maintaining energy to train attributes like strength and endurance. Remember that your journey is a marathon not a sprint. Youre no good if you’re so sore and beat up from training that you can’t fight the next morning. Ultimately, stay humble, work hard, and seek to learn the arts I mentioned at the beginning. If you haven’t sparred a lot and then go into boxing or any other combat sport you’ll quickly notice the insufficiencies of Krav Maga. Good luck bro, and sorry for a lengthy answer😂 I clearly enjoy this topic.

[@willygraphics360]

@@dimonwhite02 Nothing wrong bruh is just you're good at explaining too😂. I really loved grav maga after I knew it! I was just still finding a Marial art I want to learn. Then I poppen into grav maga one day. Iam super tall 6.5 Feet big body and with a skill of being too fast. (I mean I have an ability of sprinting that fast for whatever iam doing) I think GM is good to me but I need to learn another martial art. Thanks for recommendations bruh! Just tell me what you think after small explanation😁

[@dimonwhite02]

@@willygraphics360 yeah dude like I said, continue doing Krav Maga but also try to learn something like Muay Thai and BJJ. Having long limbs is definitely beneficial both in striking and grappling so go for it!

[@miesvaillanykyisyytta3252]

It's all about increasing your chances of survival like a first aid course; someone who completed a first aid course is no doctor but he or she can save a life. Unless you love competing or want to be come a teacher yourself, obsessing about martial arts is silly because it's one skill that's in very low demand outside of competition or teaching. Instead of obsessing about tough guy stuff you could spend that time learning cooking, language, dancing or other skills that don't involve you flushing your life down the toilet because some other young guy gave you a funny look. Ít's natural for adolescent males to go through their 'tough guy phase' but at some point it's good to grow up and start tapping into your strengths and natural inclinations.

[@MADGUNSMONSTER]

Was Krav Maga ever lampooned on 'The Simpsons'? I feel like it was Bart.

[@nicholasnicholas3306]

You would be correct,the Simpsons did lampoon it and it was bart who was in the fight

[@MADGUNSMONSTER]

@@nicholasnicholas3306 Nicholas to the 2nd Power, YOU ARE THE MAN. Thanks.

[@MADGUNSMONSTER]

@@nicholasnicholas3306 Just watched. Bart: "Hey, quit going for my groin!" Girl replies: "No groin, no Krav Maga. Hello groin!" Hilarious.

[@RayMoonDough]

And now I will watch this as well thanks guys 🤙

[@hcole3201]

Krav: if it comes down to you or me living, I have the means and the conviction.

[@MAC-ws8fz]

I had a karate instructor in the Army that taught his version called 'ripping'! Basically when grappling you try to tear off anything you can get hold of. Saved me at least two times!

[@camilovallejo5024]

I'm a former MMA pro fighter and started raining KM a couple of moths ago... they train me to do all those things that where illegal in the cage, it was odd at first but now I love it.

[@TheDoh60]

He's spot on about Krav. Thats what i love about Joe. He is so open minded. Did Krav for four years. I wish id started it in my twenties.

[@thevolsteadvolstead5942]

@ TheDoh60: Have even ever been in a real fight?

[@StateOfMind63]

@The lover of your mother If you think Krav is more useful than BJJ then I urge you to do more BJJ, at least until blue belt. I've also met Aikido black belts who have said the same thing about BJJ then when you finaly convince them to do some grappling they are utterly clueless. The issue I have with krav is most schools rarely teach techniques against fully resisting opponents, much like in Aikido. All this does is teaches false confidence and useless techniques that simply will not work when properly pressure tested.

[@MetalGamer666]

Well, I'm skeptical of martial arts systems that are "too dangerous to spar", and I've heard plenty of Krav Maga guys say that. And if they don't do free sparring and competitions, they will usually lose in a fight against someone who competes and trains with live sparring.

[@macguyverbond7480]

Metal Gamer I don’t know many people willing to compete with someone who’s likely going to deliberately dislocate or hyper-extend their opponents major joints if they’re following through. It’s not a sport, and less of a martial art more of a self-defense system. Some core basic techniques in regards to center of gravity, how to utilize an opponent’s force, ways to minimize the effectiveness of some grapples combined with a mentality to approach a predatory attack on oneself. There are also a lot of fraudulent trainers unfortunately. I know of one legitimate teacher who was in my hometown for a series of seminars that served alongside and learned from Israeli combat trainers 14 years ago. I then later heard of a Tae Kwon Do studio that ‘became’ a Krav Maga school about 4 years later. I’m not sure when (wasn’t living there) but another popped up a couple years after that. I know one of them was fraudulent but am unsure, though suspicious of the other. The former did get shut down, the instructor at it was caught doing some extra-legal things.

[@akimbo5u]

Proper Krav Maga class you spar boxing, wrestling, group fights etc... yes you cant spar biting someone face or sticking your fingers into eyes full force but in my Krav class we spar just like you would in boxing, or we go down on the ground like you would in BJJ. We kick box we do everything really.. only difference is that we wear sport pants and T-shirts. We also practice knife defense, attacking with a knife, gun defense, shooting, stick fighting, VIP defense etc... really everything... Like Joe mentioned Krav takes the most street useful parts of many different arts and combines it together to be easily taught and fully aggressive with the mindset of do or die. most of our combo drills last 30 seconds full power full force.

[@Zelielz1]

One KM friend decided to do boxing to complement his striking habilities. In his first class, when he was about to spar a little bit, the bell rang and he kicked the balls of the opponent, the opponent fainted instantly and he was expelled from the boxing club. No joke, its really hard to spar krav maga because you have to contain yourself too much, not only in the strength, but also the techniques that you are used to.

[@MetalGamer666]

@@Zelielz1 So in his Krav Maga gym it was normal to kick people hard in the nuts when sparring?

[@Zelielz1]

@@MetalGamer666 We used protection in the nuts, didnt do too much sparring because of this reason, but when we did had to be a little bit careful, this is a problem because in real life you arent supposed to be careful...

[@jamesfarrington9030]

I learned some Krav Maga years ago, after 17 years doing TKD. I like the streamlined techniques. No 50 ways to get out of a headlock. Just simple stuff.

[@brianthomas3451]

Krav “I need to speak to your manager Because this service is horrible and don’t expect a tip” maga

[@RiggidyDiggidyRaw]

Brian Thomas Oi vay

[@davideric8250]

Jews will send back the food at the slightest problem lol

[@davideric8250]

That was funny lol

[@AlanBaer1999]

Been doing Krav for 2.5 months and this warms my heart

[@davidg.5891]

Alan Baer Keep at it ..but in another 18 months you should add or switch to Muay Thai

[@quasar4601]

Keep it up but think about adding a future mma class if it’s for non pros or beginner bjj

[@Snakebloke]

_"The Brazilians figured-out Jiu-Jitsu"_ _Japan enters the chat..._

[@dingdong6729]

Krav maga on DMT though?

[@gutar5675]

It's entirely possible

[@hambone6158]

hahahaha

[@devincognito8932]

According to Archer it is.

[@grimknight8872]

The problem with krav maga imo is the lack of live training. Nobody's really going full force unlike bjj, muay thia, boxing, wrestling, judo etc. Its good in theory but i don't think it'll be that effective

[@abaronofchivalry5176]

I do Krav and it really is exactly as he said. A combination of striking and grappling martial arts.

[@StateOfMind63]

Thats fine if you actually do full-contact sparring and pressure testing against fully resisting opponents. If not, its a waste of time.

[@abaronofchivalry5176]

@@StateOfMind63 Exactly!

[@daviejones7595]

Krav is not a style. Krav is the mindset of a soldier.

[@kamusta3446]

Kali - "Kill your attacker before it kills you"

[@elcapitano991]

Next: "Is Joe Rogan legit?"

[@davideric8250]

Joe is lol. He is a super tough guy. He is very good in Kickboxing and BJJ and he hunts with a freakin arrow

[@c9hr0ni4c]

​@Siddhartha Roy Chowdhury Joe has a ton of fights my guy. He didn't just train. There is videos on youtube of him competing.

[@rammy3879]

Really depends where you go to. I joined one for 8 months and it was pretty much just drilling the basics of kickboxing & boxing but under alot of pressure and we did hard circuits before the drills to make it difficult. They also threw some scenarios at you like 1 v 3 etc

[@williamd7161]

as an active IDF Krav Maga is a combat martial art when it started. Its not about fighting your attacker in an equal manner. The basic teaching of krav maga is to be creative. You use anything that you have to avoid getting hurt or injured.

[@sirwi11iam]

I believe Brit SAS practice a variant of Krav Maga, as well as US SF