Krav Maga is an effective, modern, and dynamic self-defense and fighting system, born out of conflict in Israel, and designed to be practical and intuitive for all people. UKMI's Chief Instructor and Director is Desmond da Costa, who is the Director-India, for United Krav Maga World Organisation. Tomasz Adamczyk is the President and Chief Instructor of United Krav Maga World Organization (UKMWO),
which is headquartered at Lodz in Poland. He together with some top Krav Maga Instructors from around the world founded UKMWO to bring a modern training system and improved programs that reflected the changed reality of the world. Today UKMWO is a world leader in Krav Maga and runs the most number of programs all through the year. Krav Maga
Krav Maga (pronounced “krahv mahGAH”) is an effective, modern, and dynamic self-defense and fighting system originally developed in Israel for the military and later for civilians. It is designed to be practical and intuitive for people of any age, shape, or size. The techniques expand on your natural instincts to develop skills quickly and effectively, while enabling you to address attacks under any scenario. You will learn how to defend yourself and your loved ones, while gaining increased awareness and instinctive reflexes. It is best known for its primary focus on training under conditions that simulate real world situations, for it's simplicity and for its effectively brutal counter attacks. Krav Maga is used by the Israeli Defense Forces (regular and special forces), law enforcement and security personnel, and intelligence organizations around the world. Basic principles of Krav Maga
Krav Maga encourages students to avoid confrontation. If this is impossible or unsafe, it promotes finishing a fight as quickly as possible. Attacks are aimed at the most vulnerable parts of the body, and training is not limited to techniques that avoid severe injury; some even permanently injure or cause death to the opponent. Drills provide maximum safety to students by the use of protective equipment and the use of reasonable force. Students learn to defend against all variety of attacks and are taught to counter in the quickest and most efficient way. Key elements in Krav Maga include:
• Counter attacking as soon as possible (or attacking pre-emptively).
• Targeting attacks to the body's most vulnerable points, such as: the eyes, neck or throat, face, solar plexus, groin, ribs, knee, foot, fingers, etc.
• Maximum effectiveness and efficiency in order to neutralize the opponent as quickly as possible.
• Maintaining awareness of surroundings while dealing with the threat in order to look for escape routes, further attackers, objects that could be used to defend or help attack, and so on. Training in Krav Maga
Training covers situational awareness, to develop an understanding of one's surroundings, learning to understand the psychology of a street confrontation, and identifying potential threats before an attack occurs. It may also cover ways to deal with physical and verbal methods to avoid violence whenever possible. No experience is necessary to begin Krav Maga. In the beginning, you will learn basic stances, striking, techniques for falling and getting up safely, and basic defenses against common attacks including chokes and headlocks. In addition to learning how to deal with an attack, you will train to perform better under stress and learn awareness and prevention techniques that will help keep you from getting into problematic situations.
