alphadraighon Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Does anyone know of any real life MMA competitors who use/were influenced by Israeli Krav Maga? is so, who? also, what would be the best settings in WMMA to create a fighter of this type? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brashleyholland Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 [QUOTE=alphadraighon;329932]Does anyone know of any real life MMA competitors who use/were influenced by Israeli Krav Maga? is so, who? also, what would be the best settings in WMMA to create a fighter of this type?[/QUOTE] Didn't Moti Hornstien list his style as Krav Maga? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SapphireFusion Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 I don't know how much his style was influenced by it, but I know Carlos Newton trained for a long time (and I think still does occassionally) with Moni Aizik, one of the originators of Krav Maga. He owns a really big Martial Arts club in Toronto that teaching Krav Maga, Jiu Jitsu, Muay Thai, Sport Karate, Traditional Karate, Kung Fu, tons of stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey5time Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 From what I've seen of Krav Maga, most of it's intended to kill and is barely legal in some places let alone accepted under MMA rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphadraighon Posted December 4, 2007 Author Share Posted December 4, 2007 yes, Krav Maga is meant to be a lethal style, but then, in theory almost ALL martial arts styles have techniques that are meant to be lethal. there is however what they call a civilian class of training, which is not quite as intensive as the types used by the military. i just don't know if there is anyone out there who uses it, or is influenced by it in MMA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praguepride Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Hmmm. What style would Krav Maga be? I can guess, but I've really only seen one person use it so I don't know if this is indicitive to personal style. Here are some key features, in my opinion 1) Poor ground work - Krav teaches you to stay on your feet 2) Great clinch, especially knees 3) Good strikes 4) Excellent defense vs. takedowns The reason for poor submissions is debatable, they're taught to quickly break and move on instead of trying to focus on pressure points. Again, I'm not sure because the guy I know who practices Krav also took a lot of Muay Thai, so that's where the clinch strikes might be coming from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dizzie Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 From what I understand it to be is do whatever you can to finish the fight as fast as possible. Eye gouging, groin hitting, neck punching, etc....and im guessing they teach you various techniques on how to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladamire Dracos Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Wikipedia has a pretty good article on Krav Maga: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krav_Maga[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lifebleeder Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 It is no holds barred, but if you look at Russian Sambo, thats pretty much how it got its start as well. So I mean hey, it is possible for someone to adapt it to MMA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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