Krav Maga
Krav Maga
because of that, it is relatively very easy to learn and to succeed doing the defense against this kind of stabbing.
Here we need to know and to understand another rule which Imi had included in the krav-maga. Imi ' s rule number 14 says that we must always, in any situation, maintain a one step safe distance from our opponent, whether he is armed or not. Only in defenses against pistols we do not apply this iron rule of the krav-maga.
The second stabbing form is Dekirat Beten( stomach stab). This stab received from Imi several names since during the years there was a need to change the original name given by him to the stab. Originally Imi called it“ Oriental Stab”. The reason was that when Imi served in the British Army, at the beginning in the Sahara Desert and later on in Egypt, he encountered the Bedouin knife called“ Shabria”, considered a traditional weapon in that part of the world. The attacking and stabbing technique with this knife is typical and was designed specifically to this aim and because of that Imi called it in the beginning“ Oriental Stab”. Later on, to be more“ politically correct”, he changed its name to Stomach Stab. The stab is done by holding the knife in the right hand( for example), doing a step forwards with the left leg and stabbing with the right hand. The stabbing movement is towards the opponent ' s stomach, from below upwards. The unique shape of the Bedouin Shabria, which exists since the days of Muhammad and the beginning of Islam, allows the attacker to“ open” the entire opponent ' s stomach in one smooth and fast movement. We can easily notice how this attack style is much more dangerous than the previous one, Dekira Regila. The defense technique against knife in the kravmaga shows, teaches and explains to us how necessary it is to use and control the wide variety of kicks which Imi included in the kravmaga. His initial thought when developing the krav-maga kicks was that the leg is always longer than the hand and especially when the latter is armed with a knife. Only with the correct kick we will be able to reach the opponent without him touching us first. Without this we will never be able to defend ourselves effectively against knifes.
The third attacking technique is Dekira Yeshara( straight stab). This form, as we will see, is the most popular one and this is why Imi created against it the largest number of defenses than against any other stab in the kravmaga. Many today claim that the kravmaga is not a martial art in the classic sense of the word. And this is the reason why only a few actually acquire to themselves the self-confidence needed to confront an aggressor armed with a
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