Krav Maga York

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Itay Gil and Krav Maga

There is a key difference between Krav Maga and traditional martial arts. Beyond the obvious dissimilarity that our system is not a sport, not intended for competition and not restricted by rules except those imposed by domestic self defence law, a significant philosophical mindset is omnipresent in what we do. Our skills in situational observation, …

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Do You Need to Learn Self Defence?

The Lottery that is Your Life and Crime – 2017 – Do You Need to Learn Self Defence? The Office for National Statistics provides its annual crime numbers for England and Wales each spring and Spartans Academy of Krav Maga reviews the data to analyse where we need to focus our training and education for …

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The Lottery that is Your Life and Crime

How safe are you from crime? The Office for National Statistics provides annual crime numbers for England and Wales. The latest data from 2016 states that all of us have around 1 in 4 chance to be a victim of a crime each year. Although a significant proportion of this crime is electronic fraud, on …

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Krav Maga Mixed Ability

Krav Maga Mixed Ability: proven advantages of learning within a mixed ability environment. The class is in full progress. John is a near-retiree, carrying a bit more weight than desired, and attending his first Krav Maga session. Phil is a karate practitioner in his late teens, strong and agile, and have practiced Krav Maga for …

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Krav Maga: My Perspective

Hello, my name is Hannah Ostapjuk; I joined Spartans Academy of Krav Maga York in 2011. Many of you will recognise my name from the bottom of your emails, yep, that’s me, Secretary to Spartans Academy. Recently, we’ve been writing about all the wonderful things our students have achieved and posting testimonials from our grateful …

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Krav Maga for Young People

Each Summer, throughout July and August, our Chief Instructor, Gheorghe Husar, runs a Krav Maga for Young People programme through Tigers Trust for teenagers and young people taking part in National Citizen Service (NCS). NCS feel, as we do, that knowing how to defend yourself is an invaluable skill and one of the groups of people that are most …

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Discern, Discovery and Disclosure

Discern, Discovery and Disclosure: Ask Yourself What Does Your Krav Maga School Actually Teach You? Some truths and words always stay with us, imprinted on our memories and inscribed in who we are or what we do. This is one of them. It was delivered calmly to me, directly into my eyes, stated through experience …

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OUR PEDIGREE, PRIDE AND POTENTIAL

OUR PEDIGREE, PRIDE AND POTENTIAL in Krav Maga: HOW OUR ACADEMY GROWS WITH INTEGRITY AND INTENT. Our many students and instructors have flooded their personal and our academy’s social media with countless comments in recent months and years about the positive contribution our club has made to their skills, strength, situational awareness and self-confidence. There …

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Xtreme Krav Maga ROMANIA 2014

X Treme Krav Maga is a unique 7 day program of pure fighting skills training! This exciting, one of a kind, 5 hour per day program will cover: working with REAL weapons such as knives and axes, Urban sessions – training taking place on the streets, defending armed assaults, and workshops in various opened & …

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Secret Service Skills For The Steel City

Anyone with a brain between their ears can see that Sheffield is a great city, but by heck it can be a jungle out there, from the wilds of West Street on a Saturday night to the suburbs. It’s nice to think you can keep yourself out of trouble as long as you steer clear …

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