How Krav Maga Changed My Life
Joseph
1 February 2013
Krav Maga: How It Changed My Life Being the victim of armed robbery on two separate occasions led me to want to learn Self Defense. I began to research the different schools of thought on the subject and settled on Krav Maga. It provided the most real world applicable defenses of all those that I researched. As a student of Krav Maga, I have seen changes physically, mentally and personally in myself. Slowly as time passed, and I took the classes, I began to notice changes in my body and stamina. The classes are broken into two, one hour segments, Extreme Fitness and Krav Maga. In Extreme Fitness, the instructors run us through exercises using our own body weight, kettle bells, cardio and combatives on a heavy bag. I could hit the bag harder, do more pushups, and the cardio did not wind me like it used to. I saw changes in how much energy I had, waking up and not being tired and having more energy through the day. I saw a change in how my clothes fit me, my pants hanging looser on me, so much so that I had to buy a smaller belt so they would not fall down. I also began to see changes mentally, in my thought process and how I approached obstacles in my life. When you are shown that you can do something that you thought was impossible, it is a boost to your self-confidence. It has also made me more aware of my surroundings and what is going on around me. There is a drill in the Krav class that the instructors usually end with. You stand in the middle of a circle with your eyes closed. The class is all around you and they attack you one at a time and you defend yourself against the attacks. This goes on until the Instructor calls time. Every time, the Instructor pushes you farther than you think you can go, making you dig deep to defend yourself. I learned that I could go beyond any limits that I thought I may have had and keep going. On a personal level, it has changed how I interact with people and made me aware of
1 February 2013
Krav Maga: How It Changed My Life Being the victim of armed robbery on two separate occasions led me to want to learn Self Defense. I began to research the different schools of thought on the subject and settled on Krav Maga. It provided the most real world applicable defenses of all those that I researched. As a student of Krav Maga, I have seen changes physically, mentally and personally in myself. Slowly as time passed, and I took the classes, I began to notice changes in my body and stamina. The classes are broken into two, one hour segments, Extreme Fitness and Krav Maga. In Extreme Fitness, the instructors run us through exercises using our own body weight, kettle bells, cardio and combatives on a heavy bag. I could hit the bag harder, do more pushups, and the cardio did not wind me like it used to. I saw changes in how much energy I had, waking up and not being tired and having more energy through the day. I saw a change in how my clothes fit me, my pants hanging looser on me, so much so that I had to buy a smaller belt so they would not fall down. I also began to see changes mentally, in my thought process and how I approached obstacles in my life. When you are shown that you can do something that you thought was impossible, it is a boost to your self-confidence. It has also made me more aware of my surroundings and what is going on around me. There is a drill in the Krav class that the instructors usually end with. You stand in the middle of a circle with your eyes closed. The class is all around you and they attack you one at a time and you defend yourself against the attacks. This goes on until the Instructor calls time. Every time, the Instructor pushes you farther than you think you can go, making you dig deep to defend yourself. I learned that I could go beyond any limits that I thought I may have had and keep going. On a personal level, it has changed how I interact with people and made me aware of