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Krav Maga (pronounced KRAHV ma-GAH ... Krav student Darah Kabot, 33, prefers to separate her politics from her elbow strikes. “I do Krav because I want to learn how to fight,” she said.

Robert Koski would prefer you use verbal judo over your fists, but if you must get physical, at least you’ll know how to throw an elbow ... strike and flee as quickly as possible. Krav Maga ...

Krav Maga is the ... Next, we practiced strikes. Then kicks. Then a combination of both. From there we practiced defense for close attacks. Strikes with elbows. Then knees. Then another ...

Melia and Dante Goldsmith, a member of the gym, demonstrate four essential Krav Maga self-defense moves: 1.The knee strike: The knee strike is the great close range weapon that comes in handy ...

You go for an attacker’s weak points, like their thumbs, then strike ... with Krav Maga dogma. Your legs are your longest-range weapon, if you’re not holding anything. Your elbows are your ...

A local Krav Maga gym hosts Female Friday’s ... weapons of convenience, elbows/strikes, eye gouges, ground defense, how to fall properly from a push/shove, how to fight while holding a child ...

But krav maga is a “meat-and-potatoes” system. It uses simpler moves that harness instinctive gestures. These include strikes to a foe’s eyes, nose, throat and groin, the discipline’s ...