Budo international Martial Arts Magazine Jul.-Aug. 2014 | Page 92

KMRED - A specific type of Krav Maga
for each kind of public
However, for several years the diffusion of Krav Maga has spread to very
different audiences. In fact, it is now broadly taught and practiced within the
military elite units around the world, although it also has a very strong presence
in our civil societies where it is not only taught and practiced by the staff of law
enforcement and security guards, but also by men, women and children with no
links with professional means.
Some people consider Krav Maga being a discipline that should be taught in
the same way to everyone, otherwise it would lose its authenticity and
effectiveness. But a question arises. What is the main purpose, the foremost
goal of Krav Maga? If I'm not mistaken, today it's often regarded as a selfdefense discipline.

In 2014, in the era of Mixed Martial Arts, Krav Maga is fully evolving at a
technical level, because the pursuit of efficiency and the review of more recent
experience have shown the failure of some technical aspects. This is a good
thing and it's the spirit we have in KMRED - Krav Maga Evolution Research and
Development. However, it's necessary to pose other important questions.
Can we really teach the "same" Krav Maga to every one? In KMRED we've
chosen to study the best possible the needs of the different audiences, to
whom we've been instructing for so many years, and parting from common
basis and principles that are the foundation of KM, we have adapted our
programs.
Let's consider first the public for which KM was originally meant, i.e.,
military units. The objective in this case is the combatant and the