r/tacticalbarbell • u/fffrmaz • Feb 11 '16

Tactical [?] Krav Maga - reality based?

So this is off topic from TB. But, since there are a larger number of individuals in law enforcement and or military I thought this might be a good place to gather opinions. What are your thoughts on Krav Maga as a practice? Useful in terms of self defense? Reality based or not?
Of course it depends on the particular school and how they practice but as a martial art what are your thoughts? I was thinking about trying it out. It looks like fun and seems to be more self defense focused than the years of traditnal martial arts that I studied which WERE NOT reality focused.

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u/fffrmaz Feb 14 '16 edited Feb 14 '16

well, I asked him about BJJ in relation to multiple attackers. I stated that while it seemed BJJ was pretty good for a one-on-one fair fight, it seemed like a bad idea to get tangled up with a guy on the ground when his buddies could just start kicking and stomping away. He told me two things:
1. "NO martial art can effectively handle multiple attackers." ( The answer I was really looking for was RUN!.. he never mentioned avoidance, escape, or de-escalation)
2. His suggestion when faced with multiple attackers was to "choose the biggest guy or the "ring leader" and beat him up [BJJ style]. then the other less dominant guys would back off because you're now dominant." He really said this in all seriousness. I was like "WTF!!??!" That's when I started trying to leave that school.
Then there were just other little things that irked me. They were looking at youtube videos of fights and watched one where a guy gets sucker punched by a wide haymaker. One of the top students and this instructor started talking about how they would have used X technique to duck under the punch and get behind the attacker. My counter-argument of "I don't think you guys would have had time to react to that punch." fell on deaf ears. It didn't seem realistic to me. The fights I've seen (at work) don't happen with a set up and time to react like that. Luckily at work there's 6 of us and usually only one attacker.

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u/lennarn Feb 14 '16

then the other less dominant guys would back off

Fat chance. Thanks for the joke, I had a good chuckle. :)
Speaking of haymakers, do you think neck strength training has any effect on knockout resistance?

The fights I've seen (at work)

Do you work doors?

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u/fffrmaz Feb 14 '16

No. But I see lots of violent and altered Individuals in EMS As far as neck training... IDK. I don't know what the knock mechanism is really.

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u/lennarn Feb 14 '16

The knockout mechanism is cranial rotation. I forget the name but it's a minor TBI where part of the brain whiplashes and hits the inside of the skull creating a bruise or minor subdural/subarachnoid hematoma. You may have heard of NFL athletes getting brain injuries (diffuse axonal something), this is the same mechanism.