Is Krav Maga Legit?

[the_real_santaClaus]

Joe: you ever been in a fight?
Mother Theresa: no, I try not to.
Joe: you should do jujitsu.

[DonnieDin]

Guest: I've been looking at apartments in NYC.
Joe: Damn, that's crazy. Ever tried BJJ?
Guest: No.
Joe: Ever used DMT?
Guest: I haven't done that either
Joe: Yeah, bears are fucking terrifying dude.

[Samuel-cuvo]

Other martial arts: incapasitate your opponent without harming them too much

Krav maga: Why would i kick my opponent when I can stab his eye with a screwdriver?

[BrandonLink]

"Is Krav Maga Legit?"
Joe: "Yes"
*End Credits*

[jaspercombe]

Joe "I am going to find a way to talk to people who have never been in a fight about fighting" Rogan

[justinhatch]

Been doing Krav Maga for 2 years. The point of it is to end a fight as soon as possible, and basically just fuck up your enemy

[josephlacayo]

This guy agrees the same way I do when I’m drunk

[mver]

Krav Maga works really well. It is just not designed for long ringed fights like in the UFC. It's either take your opponent out in 10 seconds or run away.

[MrOdsplut]

MMA: how to win a fair fight

Krav Maga: how to survive an unfair fight

[meesert]

"The Brazillians figured out JiuJitsu" *Cries in Japanese*

[Matt-qupg]

I took krav for a while. Basically they taught you the best ways to severely damage other people for defense purposes. Anything goes. Eye gouges, crotch kicks. The more it debilitates somebody the better

[vertstang]

I trained in Krav and I can confirm that the first move you learn is a swift kick to the nuts, but from there it goes much deeper into both hard and soft techniques. You don't always want to break someones elbow or send them to the hospital, sometimes just giving them something to think about, like a finger jab to the throat is enough to change someones behavior.

[jamesw]

Yeah, they combined ball kicking with eye gouging and and head butting - but mostly ball kicking

[alpulley]

Krav Maga is a form of Martial Arts that is Kosher.

[pontuskristiansen]

I bet Joe smells like coffee, bourbon, weed and a hint of old grappling gloves.

[hairystyles]

Doesn't work on me, I lost both testicles to cancer. Jackpot!

[wmonkey]

Jewjitsu.... Oh so you're a big kungfu guy now but you can't visit your mother!

[skepticalfox]

When Krav Maga was developed, it wasn't meant to be a style. It was a group of people training for survival, using whatever effective technique they could find. The training was pretty much MMA with street mindset: "we use what works, dump the rest". Therefore they sparred a lot, and were strong dedicated fighters.

Then... They started to sell it outside Israel to civilians. Soccer moms and average joes don't really like to get hit for real, so the instructors started sparring less and less, afraid to lose students. It became an "theory based" technique because of that. The average students are too afraid to get hurt. Too much ego being sold the "ultimate self defense style" fallacy, and too little reality based tests. The only Krav Maga that is actually worth something today (with rare exceptions) is the military version, because soldiers are not afraid to train the hard way.

Honest observation from an active KM practitioner since 2009.

[owlbusdumbledork]

Level 3 Krav Maga student here, been years since i trained, but i can confirm what you said. It's an amalgam of the most practical striking and grappling techniques for self defense, and there's a component used in the military training that teaches you how to use a service rifle as a melee weapon in conjunction with unarmed Krav Maga principles.

[CYMotorsport]

It was at this point Mark Normand regretted his decision to ask a martial arts question