Krav Maga: An Essential Guide to the Renowned Method--for Fitness and Self-Defense Author: Visit Amazon's David Kahn Page | Language: English | ISBN:
0312331770 | Format: PDF
Krav Maga: An Essential Guide to the Renowned Method--for Fitness and Self-Defense Description
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"Get in the best shape of your life while learning the most effective self-defense technique in the world."
- David Barton, fitness expert and owner, David Barton Gyms
"Training with krav maga instructor David Kahn was an honor and privilege, and the tactics he teaches are a valuable skill."
- Mark A. Hanafee, U. S. Coast Guard Police Training Officer
"David Kahn is a wonderful teacher and I wholeheartedly recommend this book to anyone--male or female, big or small, or fat."
- James Gandolfini, actor (The Sopranos)
About the Author
David Kahn is one of America's leading experts in kravmaga. After years of intensive training in Israel under Grandmaster Haim Gidon of the Israeli Krav Maga Association (IKMA) and having received his IKMA advanced black-belt teaching certification, David now sits on the Association's board of directors as the only American representative.
- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin; First Edition first Printing edition (August 26, 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0312331770
- ISBN-13: 978-0312331771
- Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 0.5 inches
- Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Being the author of several books on the martial arts and fighting, I am always looking for books of exceptional quality to add to my library. If I have a book in my library, it's definitely worth owning. One such book is David Kahn's, "Krav Maga."
After a brief introduction, David gives you a good basic overview of Krav Maga including some of its history. From here he goes right into a section on philosophy, which is very good, and one in which I would have to agree with about 90% of what he has to say.
The next section in the book gives a good overview on the proper mindset needed in order for you to prepare yourself for combat. Something a lot of books fail to do, but not this one. David also gives you a basic understanding of the vital/vulnerable points on the human body.
David's next section is rather brief to my liking, but still a good overview on the basic principles involved in striking correctly for maximum effect. This section covers such strikes as; punches, palm heel strikes, elbow strikes, and eye gouges. There is also a small section on blocks and parrying as it is called in boxing.
The following section covers various lower body strikes and kicks along with kick defenses, which include deflections, blocks and grabs. This next section was particularly interesting in that it discussed close combat fighting and techniques essential to this section. Such as; falling, crawling, clinching, takedowns, defenses against tackles, etc.
The escape section was very enlightening as David covered the basic principles of escape from basic grabs, chokes while standing, chokes while lying down, head locks, hair grabs, and bear hugs.
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