Krav Maga - What is it???

Krav Maga -  (pronounced /ˌkrɑːv məˈɡɑː/; Hebrew: קרב מגע‎, IPA: [ˈkʁav maˈɡa], lit. "contact combat" or "close combat") is an eclectic hand-to-hand combat system developed in Israel.It was derived from street-fighting skills developed by Imi Lichtenfeld, making use of his training as a boxer and wrestler, as a means of defending the Jewish quarter during a period of anti-Semitic activity in Bratislava in the mid- to late 1930's. In the late 1940's, following his emigration to Israel, he began to provide hand-to-hand combat training to what was to become the IDF, developing the techniques that became known as Krav Maga. It has since been refined for both civilian and military applications. Unlike most martial arts, Krav Maga is essentially a tactical defense skill. Its philosophy emphasizes threat neutralization, simultaneous defensive and offensive maneuvers, and aggressive endurance in a 'him-or-me' context. Krav Maga is still used by the Israel Defense Forces and several closely related variations have been developed and adopted by law enforcement, Mossad, FBI, United States special operations forces, Irish and British Special Forces. There are several organizations teaching variations of Krav Maga internationally.

Krav Maga - (je boj zblízka/spojiť sa s bojom) je bojové umenie, ktoré predstavuje oficiálnu zostavu techník vypracovaných pre sebaobranu a boj zblízka Izraelských obranných síl (IOS), izraelskej národnej polície a ďalších izraelských bezpečnostných zložiek. Krav Maga bola založená do učebných osnov izraelských stredných škôl, ich techniky sú predvádzané a nacvičované vo výchovných a náučných inštitúciach riadených izraelským ministerstvom školstva.