Krav Maga: Use Your Body as a Weapon

by Boaz Aviram

The complete beginner’s guide to Krav Maga An instructional book for athletes interested in this type of self-defenseUpdated edition that contains the basic rules and new tips to improve your form and prevent injuryThis training manual is ideal for anyone curious about Krav Maga. This noncompetitive self- defense technique began in the Israeli Defense Force (IDF). The guide’s author, Boaz Aviram, has been a member of the IDF for years. Krav Maga brings together skills and training from many martial arts, ranging from jiujitsu to judo to boxing. It shares with is students critical lessons in maintaining awareness and making each strike count in self-defense. In its instructional and updated edition, Krav Use Your Body as a Weapon teaches athletes about their own anatomy and muscles to help them avoid injury.Aviram provides concrete and reliable information on how to tackle your opponent int he more efficient and effective way. Some methods attention to possible escape routesUsing your opponent’s weakest areas to your advantage Using common objects at hand to fight withPreemptive counterattacks This book offers the basic philosophy and use of hand-to-hand training as it began, and the author meticulously describes the basis of each skill to help the reader and athlete understand it clearly. With more than 1,000 photos and 150 techniques, Krav Use Your Body as a a Weapon belongs on the bookshelf of everyone interested in this technique. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, is proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports—books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team. In addition to books on popular team sports, we also publish books for a wide variety of athletes and sports enthusiasts, including books on running, cycling, horseback riding, swimming, tennis, martial arts, golf, camping, hiking, aviation, boating, and so much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home. 

Genres: Martial Arts

531 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 1, 2014

Reviews

[Rocio Carrasco · Rating 4 out of 5]

KM is better trained in dojo and not solely with photos. Partner is required and cannot be done alone.