Literally translated as close combat or contact combat, Krav Maga is one of the most lethally effective hand-to-hand combat techniques in the world. It was developed by Imi Lichtenfeld, a Czech-born former heavyweight boxing champion trained in self-defense tactics by his father, a police officer. In 1940, facing Nazi persecution, Lichtenfeld was forced to emigrate to what was then Palestine (now Israel). After the formation of an Israeli state in 1948, he was asked to develop self-defense and hand-to-hand combat techniques for the elite units of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Over the next two decades, Lichtenfeld trained IDF fighters in what would become the Krav Maga system, a combat style featuring elements of boxing, judo, and jujitsu as well as stick- and knife-fighting techniques. After leaving the army, Lichtenfeld began teaching the system to civilians, and in 1978 he and some of his students founded the International Krav Maga Federation, a nonprofit organization aimed at promoting teaching of the fighting system in Israel and around the world. By the time Lichtenfeld died in 1998, Krav Magas popularity had spread among law enforcement and security officers, as well as civilians of all ages, both male and female, across Europe and the United States. Due to Israels near-constant state of conflict with its neighbors, Krav Maga has continually been tested and refined over the years through actual combat situations. In Krav Maga training, the same lethal …
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preAristo says:
May 8, 2011 at 7:35 am (UTC 0)
@iParkour100 Chances are it is a M16, but that was shortened and butt was replaced
Mexica1345 says:
May 8, 2011 at 7:36 am (UTC 0)
@eurohim they just said it’s for combat, people usually put guns on a person when they capture them.
iParkour100 says:
May 8, 2011 at 8:04 am (UTC 0)
Correct me if im wrong but isnt that an m4a1
pvtsorrel says:
May 8, 2011 at 8:09 am (UTC 0)
All these people saying one guys a fake or krav maga doesn’t work, should try to fight an israeli commando. And for the people saying he’s a cook, even if he is, they said ALL soldiers get krav maga training. So the cook knows plenty of krav maga and still would pwn any of us.
rocksmosh says:
May 8, 2011 at 8:44 am (UTC 0)
@eurohim its called a close quarter combat style for a reason
rocksmosh says:
May 8, 2011 at 9:04 am (UTC 0)
@eurohim Thats why its called a close quarters combat style.
reage says:
May 8, 2011 at 9:43 am (UTC 0)
never look at your opponent’s eyes so that you will not get attracted to him. if you get attracted to your opponent. you will hold his hands and the two of you will start lying on the ground and lick each others tongue and get naked.
the best way not to be shot is give him a unisex solar powered vibrator.
reage says:
May 8, 2011 at 9:47 am (UTC 0)
never look at your opponent’s eyes so that you will not get attracted to him. if you get attracted to your opponent. you will hold his hands and the two of you will start lying on the ground and lick each others tongue and get naked.
RyanR3volution says:
May 8, 2011 at 10:02 am (UTC 0)
@allamerican1995
Actaully Israel was set up illegally in Palestine and has always been a contested area. When those thugs set up Israel, there was known as something as the Nakba, when Palestinians were exiled from the land they have lived on their whole lives.
They set up their country illegal, so yeah, expect the neighbors to be pist. How come Egypt, a Muslim country is a huge ally of Israel? Its all about money and power, not religion.
allamerican1995 says:
May 8, 2011 at 10:07 am (UTC 0)
@allamerican1995 right after it was established, the arab countries all attacked it and the israelis have been constantly defending themselves since. they are not the agressors just because they have repeatedly proved they will not be overrun by a hateful enemy.
allamerican1995 says:
May 8, 2011 at 10:52 am (UTC 0)
@allamerican1995 right after it was established, the arab countries all attacked it and the israelis have been constantly defending themselves since. they are not the agressors just because they have repeatedly proved they will not be overrun by a hateful enemy.
allamerican1995 says:
May 8, 2011 at 11:25 am (UTC 0)
@RyanR3volution ok this is weird. i do not remember posting this comment u replied to although i do agree w/ it somewhat. infact i am farely sure i did not post it. however, i must point out that u r the moron. israel was created as a homeland for the jewish people after WW2.
RyanR3volution says:
May 8, 2011 at 12:18 pm (UTC 0)
@allamerican1995
Your a bigot moron. Israel is one of the few countries literally wiping another country off the Earth.
allamerican1995 says:
May 8, 2011 at 12:50 pm (UTC 0)
ISRAEL ROCKS ARAB COUNTRIS SUCK
hello from USA
CassidyAiiit says:
May 8, 2011 at 1:06 pm (UTC 0)
@Ahmedtouqeer007:you mean like Egypt, Syria, Jordan and Iraq? Very well
In fact they are better against standing army
Beirutsandniqq4 says:
May 8, 2011 at 1:46 pm (UTC 0)
@palparan2000
If hezbullah soldiers blow themselves up NEAR IDF soldiers, then how can this not be close face-to-face combat? Is the coward the one who blows himself up because he’s not afraid of death? Fuck your logical reasoning dude. Go to school.
setdavidfree says:
May 8, 2011 at 2:25 pm (UTC 0)
@Ahmnedtouqeer007 you do realize that the IDF trains police and military around the globe in this, and that they beat the professional armies of egypt and syria attacking them on separate fronts simultaneously while outmanned and outgunned? Regarding someone pulling a gun from a distance, well that’s why soldiers carry guns as well. Straw man argument. Krav maga is not intended to deal with firefights at a distance. it’s for close combat. judging it on how effective it is other context is silly
gregpasq says:
May 8, 2011 at 2:28 pm (UTC 0)
The weapons in the video are not M-16s.
palparan2000 says:
May 8, 2011 at 3:18 pm (UTC 0)
@Ahmedtouqeer007
hizbollah has always a vest that blows up everytime they are near by numbers of IDFs…they do not fight face2face, who’s the COWARD now?
Ahmedtouqeer007 says:
May 8, 2011 at 3:28 pm (UTC 0)
THESE ARE BRAVE ONLY AGAINST INNOCENT PEOPLE.
LOL THEY EVEN CANT PROTECT THEM-SELF FROM HEZBOLLAH.
HOW CAN THEY FIGHT WITH PROFESSIONAL ARMY.
joebg1 says:
May 8, 2011 at 4:02 pm (UTC 0)
they always take the good shows off.
eurohim says:
May 8, 2011 at 4:36 pm (UTC 0)
@CrunkKid911 All knowledge matters.
CrunkKid911 says:
May 8, 2011 at 4:45 pm (UTC 0)
@eurohim n they probably do but theyre not at war whit each other so what does it matter
MEGAGUY21 says:
May 8, 2011 at 4:49 pm (UTC 0)
step 1 buy body armor
step2 buy gun
step 3 (if close) disarm (if far) duck,cover and bust a cap in ass
defense for the people
eurohim says:
May 8, 2011 at 5:18 pm (UTC 0)
I think everyone knows by now that you don’t put the gun right on a person. You use the gun’s advantage of distance. Hard to quickly disarm someone if they’re several feet away.