It is a darn good system, all kidding aside. Imi gets props from me.
I still don’t want to try that knife defense “live” , though.
Krav Maga prepares you for combat like pantomiming a trigger pull and making “kapow” noises prepare you for a 1500 yard head shot. “Well, I’ve never actually taken the shot, but I’ve pretended to a lot.”
If the first time you’re expected to actually perform the move 100 percent is in combat, you’re going to fail. Plain and simple. And since KM doesn’t represent itself in combat sports...they’re going to fail. And if KM DID represent itself in combat sports, stripped of its groin strikes, hair pulls, and eye gougues...it wouldn’t be KM, it would be techniques stolen from wrestling/KB/Boxing/MT/etc...it would just be a mishmash of other fighting arts.
I like to ask people to perform the “Krav Maga” challenge. What is the KM challenge? Simple.
I challenge anyone to find one video...ONE VIDEO...of a KM practicioner that isn’t a silly glossy promo video created by the KM studio and using actors.
You can find countless boxing videos...kickboxing...MT...wrestling...even TMA competition...all practicing and displaying the effectiveness of their craft.
But what you won’t find is anything but slick advertisements for KM. You won’t find one real KM fight. You won’t find one, not one, pair of KM fighters sparring.
So then...what is a “fighting art” that doesn’t spar? Why it is nothing, nothing at all. Just like a sniper school that doesn’t actually fire live ammo at targets.