intersting alignment of worlds
Feb. 16th, 2006 12:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
saffronhareEvery once in a while, somebody will ask me what form or martial arts and close-quarters combat I learned through the military...embarrassingly enough, I don't know how to answer the question. It was sort of like a lot of different styles, but I couldn't put a name to it. (They never taught us the name. Just the execution, so to speak.)
Well, I think I've figured it out. Over lunchtime, I'll often wander around LJ-land and explore other people's friends lists. A lovely and interesting person called![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jenarael had a lively discussion going about ballistics and intend to harm and self-defense and stuff, when somebody mentioned a style called Krav Maga. http://www.kravmaga.com/krav01.html
I followed the link, watched a few demonstration clips, and -- wonder of wonders -- that's it! Or at least the closest thing to it that I've ever seen. They've even got a few centers in the KC area, one of which is located just a few miles from my house. I've been looking for some sort of fitnessy thing as a reward for myself (when a certain decrease of financial stress and body weight have been achieved).
Huh, I say. Huh.
Well, I think I've figured it out. Over lunchtime, I'll often wander around LJ-land and explore other people's friends lists. A lovely and interesting person called
jenarael had a lively discussion going about ballistics and intend to harm and self-defense and stuff, when somebody mentioned a style called Krav Maga. http://www.kravmaga.com/krav01.htmlI followed the link, watched a few demonstration clips, and -- wonder of wonders -- that's it! Or at least the closest thing to it that I've ever seen. They've even got a few centers in the KC area, one of which is located just a few miles from my house. I've been looking for some sort of fitnessy thing as a reward for myself (when a certain decrease of financial stress and body weight have been achieved).
Huh, I say. Huh.
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Date: 2006-02-17 05:44 pm (UTC)Also, I'm unclear about whether there are levels of proficiency to be achieved if one is learning Krav Maga in civilian life. If it's taught primarily as self-defense, then it's really pass/fail. Die, or don't die. Visiting and observing will be very important.
If I'm going to get back to studying some sort of martial art, I'd want to go with something that takes a life-long learning and discipline approach. If not Krav Maga, then Aikido and TKD have impressed me, so we'll see.