03/08/2026
Level I
Our schools motto and instructors' mission statement:
"In self-defense, our job is to create a massive problem to solve for the enemy when they opt for hand-to-hand combat with us."
The idea is to always keep it tactical self-defense/combatives based and not fall into the shiny trap that is sport-fighting.
STANDING:
[ ] Riflemans Posture (If you learn nothing else, learn this)
[ ] Body Strike (Tests if your body is behind the impact of your strikes)
[ ] Kali Footwork
[ ] Krav Foot Movement
[ ] Blocking (With the mindset "everything has an edge on it")
[ ] Cover (When they have reach or get to close)
[ ] Moving away from the strike/Strike absorption)
[ ] Anotomical Targeting (24+1Points)
[ ] Retzev (What it is. What it is not.)
[ ] Glicha (Sliding step)(Not something you learn, but something you figure out. Its not "Glicha" until it looks and feels natural. Don't overthink it. Easiest to learn on loose dirt or sand. Can be more difficult on on non-slip mats)
[ ] Preemption as a concept
[ ] Passive-Aggressive/Ready-Stance
[ ] Upper Body Retreating Slip
[ ] Side to Side Slip
[ ] Bob and Weave
[ ] Punches: Straight Punch/Hook/Over-the-Top/Forearm/Hammer Fist/Upper Cut/Spinning Hammer Fist (Off failed Round House Kick)
[ ] Elbow: Front/Rear/Horizontal/Up/Down/Over-the-Top/Side/Low-Rear/Up-Rear/Forearm
[ ] Palm Heel
[ ] Slap
[ ] Knees: Straight-Knee/Round-Knee
[ ] Kicks: Straight Ball of Foot Kick/Side Kick/Stepping Side Kick/Roundhouse/Rear Kick to Knee/Rear Mule Kick/Spinning Back Kick (Off a Failed Roundhouse)
[ ] Leg Caught after Throwing a Kick (From both Offensive and Defensive standpoint)(Collapse to Clinch+Judo)
[ ] Head Butting
[ ] L-Block
[ ] Drills Build Skills (DBS) 360 Simultaneous (or near-simultaneous) Attack + Defense
[ ] L-Block to Dead Side (Near Simultaneous Defense + Attack)(DBS)
[ ] Cover/Gunt Deflection
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[ ] Arm Trapping (from Cover/L-block)
[ ] Parry Sliding with Counter Attack
[ ] Sliding Parry w/ cover and trap
[ ] Scoops
[ ] Kali Drills Hubad/Mano-Mano/Knife Tapping (DBS)
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[ ] Straight Kick Deflection (Calf-Deflection)
[ ] Roundhouse Kick Deflection (Shin-Deflection)
[ ] Rib-Height Kick Defense (Wrap)
[ ] Head Kick Defense (Sliding Cover)
[ ] Knee to Inner Thigh
[ ] Low KungFu Kickstop
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[ ] 90° Forearm to thigh defense against up knee
[ ] Take-down when in a Clinch taking Knees to the face because your opponent is on one leg (Ochi/Osoto Gari)
[ ] Arm Drag to Standing Rear Naked Choke
[ ] Back of Knee Kick for Breaking Down (Possibly w/ Neck Crank)
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[ ] Standing Chokes: Rear Naked/Full Nelson/Guillotine/Head Lock/Two Hand Around Neck/Hair Pull/Garotte
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[ ] Groin Strike Cupped Hand
[ ] Groin Strike Mule Kick
[ ] Groin Strike Elbow to Up Chin/Solar Plexus Elbow (Attacker has Rear Control)
[ ] Bear Hug:
* Rear: Arms trapped/Arms free
* Frontal: Arms trapped/Arms free
* Picked up
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GROUND (MACP) /JUDO:
(Tapping, Full Ground Etiquette Review)
(Turn your hips towards the problem, Always attack the neck, Don't force any technique, Roll with it)
[ ] Warm Up:
*Shrimp
*Shimmy
*Eyo
*Inch Worm
[ ] Stand and Base
[ ] Safety Brief
[ ] Tapping (3 Methods)
[ ] Self-Control 30% Everyone is learning
[ ] Rolling
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[ ] Achieve the Clinch (Symmetrical)(Not Preferred)
[ ] Achieve the Clinch (Underhook, Head and Arm Control)
[ ] Two Counters to Clinch
*Forearm Brace
*Arm/Elbow drag
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[ ] Fall Breaks: Front (hard/soft) / Side / Back
[ ] Rolls: Forward / Backward
[ ] Seat-Belt Clinch to Rear Control to Takedown (Valley-drop)
[ ] Explain Judo Front/Digging a Hole
[ ] Osoto Gari / Otoshi
[ ] Harai Goshi
[ ] O Goshi
[ ] Defenses for all previously listed
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[ ] Grip Breaking (Aikido/Krav/Kali)
[ ] Sitting and Hips importance
[ ] (4) Dominent Positions
*Mount
*Rear Mount
*Side Control
*Guard/Foreleg and Brace
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[ ] Armbar from Mount
[ ] Americana
*Side Control
*Mount
[ ] Arm Bar from Guard
[ ] Kimura from Guard (Not ideal against significantly larger oppents)
[ ] Arm trap and roll (w/ variations)
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[ ] Triangle choke (Leg)
[ ] Pass the guard (Out the Back/Over the top/Knee to Coccyx/Attack the Groin)
[ ] Rear naked choke
[ ] Shrimp the mount to the guard
[ ] Arm bar rollout out/stack em up (Not preferred, they can roll with it)
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[ ] Guillotine Standing/ground
[ ] Full Nelson Standing/Ground
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[ ] Foreleg and Brace Sweep moving from Guard
[ ] Failed Arm Bar from Guard Sweep
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KRAV MAGA Ground Escapes and Retzev:
(Standing and Ground Variations)
[ ] Palm to Cheek Thumb to Eye
[ ] Ground and Pound
[ ] Guillotine (Eye Gouge)
[ ] Rear Naked
[ ] Arm Bar
[ ] Forearm Brace
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[ ] Sprawl
[ ] Stiff-arm Head Redirect for Enemy Attempted Double Leg Take Down
[ ] Sprawl w/ Arm Brace to neck while Underhooking the enemy arm (Defeat Double Leg Takedown)
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[ ] Palm Heel Face Jaw w/ Eye Gouge to Assist Armbar Attempt
[ ] Neck Cranks
[ ] Knee on Chest (If you have weight advantage)
[ ] Headlock from Side Control w/ Retzev
[ ] Punch Groin when Trapped in Guard
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DRILLS:
[ ] Kali:
*Mano-Mano
*Hubad
*Knife Tapping
[ ] Touch, Touch
[ ] Misah Krav No Defense
[ ] Misah Krav With Defense
[ ] Focus Mitt: Stepping Straight punch - Stepping Elbow - Close to grapple range with Forearm strike - Knee strike to Groin
[ ] L-block to deadside pin w/straight cross, opponent throws cross, student slips and steps w/cover, student checks opponents left arm w/ left hand, throws body shot and perennial knee and/or stomp the knee to colapse it. (Once fluid works their own retzev)
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[ ] Drill 1 MACP Arm Trap Roll, Escape Guard, Side control to mount
[ ] Drill 2 MACP Esacpe Rear Control and Achieve the Mount
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[ ] Clinch Drill
[ ] Clinching to the Deadside
[ ] Swinging Sock
[ ] Absorbing head/body shots
[ ] Self-Control 30%
[ ] Sparring
[ ] Multiple-Attackers
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ADDITIONAL PHILOSOPHY:
[ ] Everything has an edge on it
[ ] Circles, Lines and Triangles
[ ] FBI statistic 86% of attacks on women were successfully diffused if the woman fought back
[ ] The individual that accelerates through the meeting point with the best footwork and solid structure wins the initiative
[ ] Hand Disappears Behind Opponent and Rapidly Re-appears = assume a weapon entered the fight
[ ] What you're really trying to develop in self-defense is learning to maintain your center of gravity while maintaining hand eye coordination while utilizing Combative movements
[ ] Training range versus reality range: What you think is Step and kick range is Kick range, kick range is punch range, punch range is Elbow range, and Elbow range is grapple range.
[ ] Strike from the eyes down. If you strike them in the crown of the head you break your hand.
[ ] Less is more
[ ] Aim for the exit wound
[ ] Throw bows like the Dark Knight
(135) Movements/Techniques in Level 1
