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Krav Maga Black Belt Requirements

The essence of Krav Maga is practical simplicity. As such it is not so much how many techniques you know, but how well you execute and apply the techniques that you know. In a real life situation it is not the number of techniques that matter but the confidence and aggressiveness with which they are applied.

The main difference between a black belt and a brown belt is not the number of techniques but the expertise in which they are applied.

Defense vs. stick; in all directions and to all parts of the body.

Defense vs. Baseball bat,

Knowledge of kobutan self defense key chain

Defense vs. Knife

Committed attack, non-committed attack, threats.

Gun Disarms; head, chest, stomach, side, back, side.

Defense vs. Kicks

Defense vs. Punches

Defense from chokes, grabs, hugs

Ground Fighting

Release from 'rear naked choke'

Take-downs and Holds, Joint locks

Chocking Techniques; Front and back.

Gun Disarms

Hand Gun

Hand gun to front of head, (2 endings, aggressive, and retreat) do release, and then he still chases after you.

Gangster style gun threat to head

Gun pointed at stomach; one hand,

Gun pointed at stomach using double hand grip. (strike from side, go under, trap, turn, disarm)

Gun pointed at stomach from slight distance (options; standard technique, or same as standing from distance with minor adjustments)

Gun pointed at stomach gangster style, touching (pushing) or slight distance.

Gun Defense while Seated

Gun Defense while both are seated (negotiating with informer) get up while doing the technique, swatting gun to side (like against stomach)

Gun Defense while seated at desk, (frontal threat) using desk

Gun defense while seated, person sitting next to you pulls out gun.

Gun pointed at your stomach (he is standing, you are sitting)Gun pointed at you while you are seated (they are standing) and someone is sitting next you.

Gun pointed at you while seated and people are seated at both sides of you.

Gun pointed at your knee, right side, left side etc.

Knife

Knife Threats

Threats with wrist grab; straight grab, cross grab, (both sides of neck, different techniques)

Threat from behind .Threat from behind with bicep grab.

Threats with shirt grab – side of neck, (two angles, flat wrist and side (Shmuel) front of neck

Horizontal threat to throat, with cross hand grab (so I cannot do my usual slap down), then same thing but with a pulling motion.

Back hand threat (Shmuel)

Threat from behind, under chin

Threat from behind under chin while pulling you back – Pin knife, rotate around him, (not under but opposite direction)Threat from behind, side of neck (Sergey, Ukraine)

Choke or head lock with knife pointed at your neck or shoulder area. – Turn towards the knife (weakening the choke hold) grab knife hand and move in on it (not away) (like we do with the gun) (Do not pull it, that is a weak grip and he can get away).

Hug the arm, neutralizing the threat.

Choke or head lock with knife pointed at your Chest area. – Move butt in opposite direction as you grab his wrist, pull the wrist forward fully extending his arm, Get your shoulder under his arm (or in his arm pit), shoulder lock or turn into him with force.

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