About Krav Maga

About Krav Maga (Arlington, Massachusetts)

If you are looking for a proven system of self-defense that will work and perform for you when you are caught surprised, exhausted, and unprepared, Krav Maga will come through for you. Designed to work when performed imperfectly, Krav Maga techniques do not rely on athleticism or perfect execution. The system recognizes that human beings generally don’t perform well under stress and duress and takes this into account. When attacked we rarely rise to the occasion and find it difficult to overcome the shock and awe that we experience. There is a huge difference between taking part in a consensual combat sports match, where you have time to prepare yourself, and dealing with a real-life aggressor who doesn’t necessarily know what they want out of the interaction, other than causing you extreme harm and pain; it not being clear at what point they stop e.g., do they keep repeatedly stomping on your head, even after you are unconscious, because they don’t know how to deal with their emotional state? Real life violence is neither controlled, measured and/or predictable, and to successfully deal with it you need to train in a system that understands this. Whilst combat sports such as MMA, Muay Thai, and BJJ (Brazilian Ju-Jitsu) may equip you with certain fighting skills, they don’t prepare you for dealing with the contextual and environmental factors that you will experience outside the ring, cage or off the mats etc. Krav Maga will.

Krav Maga is a system that is continually tested and developed, and this occurs as a matter of necessity. There is probably no system on the planet that has been examined in the way that Krav Maga has e.g., each year a new batch of recruits as part of the country’s national service are trained in Krav Maga, and this is a process that has been repeated since 1948. There is certainly no other martial art or self-defense system that has been practiced professionally to the extent that Krav Maga has, and the IDF has continually stuck with it as its method of hand-to-hand combat. What has been repeatedly proven to worm in the Middle East against trained adversaries, will work equally well against drunk aggressors on the streets of Arlington, Massachusetts. If you are looking at ways to protect yourself and/or family members you want to make sure that what you are learning has a track record that you can trust. Krav Maga has. Krav Maga Yashir Head Instructor, Gershon Ben Keren (5th Degree Black Belt in Krav Maga) has been training in Krav Maga since 1993, receiving his belts and teaching certificates in Israel. If you are looking for a genuine and authentic Krav Maga program that doesn’t supplement what is taught by mixing other martial arts like Muay Thai and BJJ with it, then Krav Maga Yashir is a school you can rely on. Our training center is located less than a 15-minute drive from the center of Arlington, MA, and to get an idea why the system is so effective and to determine if Krav Maga is a system you want to train in you can attend one of our beginner classes by clicking the button below.

Beginner Classes