This material focuses on krav maga defenses as taught by award-winning author and IKMA U.S. Chief Instructor against some of the most common unarmed threats and attacks including:
sucker punches
combined shirt grabs and punches
rear bearhugs
frontal hand chokes
rear arm chokes
takedowns
how to fall safely
This course is a follow-up or adjunct to Krav Maga Defending Common Unarmed Attacks (Part I), but also may be taken as a stand-alone independent course.
This material was produced by six time award winning author David Kahn who serves as the United States Chief Instructor for the Israeli Krav Maga Association. He received his advanced blackbelt teaching certifications from Israeli Grandmaster Haim Gidon. David has authored six best-selling and award winning krav maga books for both Macmillan Press and YMAA Publications: Krav Maga (2004), Advanced Krav Maga (2008); Krav Maga Weapon Defenses (2012); Krav Maga Professional Tactics (2016); Krav Maga Defense (2016) and Krav Maga Combatives (2019). Through his company KMI LLC, David provides high-level corporate executive travel and safety training consulting programs in conjunction with former Israeli and American Secret Service agents. He has trained over 200 local, state, government law agencies, including FBI, US Secret Service, US Marshals, DEA, ATF, NYPD, NJSP and Philadelphia PD in support of their respective de-confliction and use of force policies. He has also provided anti-abduction training and self-defense tactics for the Navy SEALS, Army Green Berets, Air Force Special Operations and Marine Corps Special Operations Command. David developed a national krav maga school affiliate program with over a dozen monetized affiliates. For the NFL, David created specialized event de-escalation and football tactics training. Mainstream media regularly feature David including Men’s Fitness, GQ, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, New Yorker, Penthouse, Fitness, Marine Corps News, Armed Forces Network, and Special Operations Report. David also produced the Mastering Krav Maga DVD series, Volumes I-IV that became Amazon’s Choice® along with the Mastering Krav Maga Online program. David earned his BA cum laude from Princeton University in 1994 and his JD from the University of Miami in 1998.