Mackavi Martial Arts is teaching the following:
Self Defense System of Krav Maga & BJJ
(Tues & Thurs 7-8pm)
Children's Martial Arts Class (Tues 6-6:45pm)
Mackavi Capoeira (Thursday 6pm-7pm Sat 8:30am)
Cardio Kickboxing (Wed 6:30pm Sat 9:45am) Going back to the roots of an era of smaller dojos with less overhead we are able to bring personal attention back to the student. It is a blend of Brazili
an Jiu-Jitsu and Krav Maga. Blending the two disciplines together produces a well rounded student who is comfortable fighting both on their feet and the ground. We encourage anyone even with zero previous experience to come in and give it a try. While not teaching our instructors can be regularly found on the mats taking another instructors class and helping new students along. This makes for a friendly and efficient learning environment. Our instructors have an extensive background in many other arts that can be seen shining through in the style they teach. If you want to try something new, learn practical self defense or want to get back into shape come give us a try. A little about Krav Maga and BJJ;
Krav Maga is a self-defense system developed for the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) that consists of a wide combination of techniques sourced from aikido, judo, boxing and wrestling, along with realistic fight training. Krav Maga is known for its focus on real-world situations and its extremely efficient and brutal counter-attacks] It was derived from street-fighting skills developed by Hungarian-Israeli martial artist Imi Lichtenfeld, who made use of his training as a boxer and wrestler as a means of defending the Jewish quarter against fascist groups in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia[6] in the mid-to-late 1930s. In the late 1940s, following his migration to Israel, he began to provide lessons on combat training to what was to become the IDF, who went on to develop the system that became known as Krav Maga. It has since been refined for civilian, police and military applications. Krav Maga has a philosophy emphasizing threat neutralization, simultaneous defensive and offensive maneuvers, and aggression.[8] Krav Maga has been used mainly by the Israel Defense Forces' special units and reconnaissance brigades and recently by regular infantry brigades, and several closely related variations have been developed and adopted by law enforcement and intelligence organizations, Mossad and Shin Bet. There are several organizations teaching variations of Krav Maga internationally. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krav_Maga)
Brazilian Jiu-jitsu is is a martial art, combat sport, and a self defense system that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting. Brazilian jiu-jitsu was formed from Kodokan Judo ground fighting (newaza) fundamentals that were taught by a number of individuals including Takeo Yano, Mitsuyo Maeda and Soshihiro Satake. Brazilian jiu-jitsu eventually came to be its own art through the experiments, practices, and adaptation of judo through Carlos and Hélio Gracie (who passed their knowledge on to their extended family) as well as other instructors who were students of Maeda, such as Luiz Franca. BJJ promotes the concept that a smaller, weaker person can successfully defend against a bigger, stronger assailant by using proper technique, leverage, and most notably, taking the fight to the ground, and then applying joint-locks and chokeholds to defeat the opponent. BJJ training can be used for sport grappling tournaments (gi and no-gi) and mixed martial arts (MMA) competition or self-defense. Sparring (commonly referred to as "rolling") and live drilling play a major role in training, and a premium is placed on performance, especially in competition, in relation to progress and ascension through its ranking system. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_jiu-jitsu)
