Gerry290

Awohalitsiktoli, on 2011-06-29 18:56:17, said:

Yes used KM more than once, and I still got my good looks.

But there was a problem in using Krav Maga on the street because I did karate/kickboxing since 1984 too (I'm a 4th dan too) and anytime I used Krav Maga I can never figure out did I actually knock the attacker out with a Krav Maga right cross or a kickboxing right cross?!?!!
OK I am joking and sort of not joking either on the bigger picture...

Point is  this to sort of quote Bruce Lee who said something like " a punch is just a punch and a kick is just a kick "...

englishinsiam, on 2011-06-29 13:28:27, said:

So what is "thuggish" about Krav Maga then?


What we do at Krav Maga Pattaya is certainly not "thuggish". It is effective civilian orientated Krav Maga and we also work on modern versions of Fairbairn WWII type Combatives and lots of strategy, drills, and Reality self Defense training inspired by Geoff Thompson too.
I am a British Combat Association member instructor.

We may do full contact drills on occasion e.g. "Animal Day" drills, "milling" drills, full contact baton and knife defenses, but there is nothing "thuggish" about that type of training, it is good street savvy reality self defense training.  (The full on stuff is consensual for those who want to do the harder training, beginners keep it light of course).

In fact your WT Sifu here in Pattaya is a knows Geoff Thompson well and translated his books into German. Your Sifu likes the Geoff Thompson approach too. ;-)
And I am a big fan of Wing Chun too, I like that "Blitz Defense" that GM Kanzspec created for a quick self defense solution. I think Blitz Defense and Krav Maga are very similar. It is all great stuff. Train and enjoy what you do! :-)


Krav Maga is nothing more than strikes, punches, knees, elbows, and come to think of it just about every other martial art is made of strikes, punches, kicks etc etc. There is nothing special about Krav Maga, it is just another way of training for street self defense.

To be honest, it is the "individual" and their combative mindset that will win on the street, not the style of martial art.

There are plenty of drills of training the way we do Krav Maga training here in Pattaya on youtube. All the stuff we do is focused on live contact application, e.g gear up and try it out with contact and speed. We do not overly focus on perfect "technique" , we train Krav Maga more in the idea of "hit the bad guy, first, fast, and escape"
Our training clips going back several years are on www.youtube.com/kravmagathailand

I am always interested in positive discussion on self defense, but not in slagging matches etc.

Cheers
Gerry

englishinsiam, on 2011-06-22 13:55:44, said:

How much Krav Maga training have you done to come to the conclusion that " I agree with Krav Maga being just thuggery " ?

I saw the batman clip and all the info on youtube (i think taken down for undue content)and all the info about this dude.
I hope he is guilty as there seems to be enough on him...
apparently the dude had "come to the attention of" and was arrested by the FBI over in Tokyo before...

Thank you everyone for the wonderful tips and information.

He actually postponed last weeks lesson so we are doing lesson one tomorrow.

The common theme I have learned from this thread is to get my Korean student reading more and writing, with exercises from keeping a daily journal to writing business orientated exercises.

This certainly will be a growth opportunity for me as a teacher to expand my teaching skills because this side student needs are completely different from my usual P2 Homeroom teacher day job :-)

I will give it a shot tomorrow and and report back with feedback as to how he gets on.

Thanks Again.