Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• VHS Release Date: April 1, 1999
• Run Time: 70 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0967752558
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #53,014 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

Editorial Reviews

Men's Fitness Magazine

"The hottest martial art, Krav Maga takes a step beyond mere self defense...using training methods that simulate reality."

Product Description

Krav Maga is the official self defense system of the Israeli Army and U.S. law enforcement.

In this Complete Set of five Krav Maga videos, you'll learn how to strike safely and effectively, and how to defend against common chokes, headlocks, and other assaults. You'll also learn to deal with knife attacks, and you'll learn gun defenses that have been praised by civilians and law enforcement around the world. The bonus tape, Introduction to Krav Maga, reveals the story of Krav Maga's history and development on the battle fields of the Middle East.

All four instructional videos show you the techniques in dramatized true-to-life situations. To easily master the exercises you are then taken into the training studio to examine the techniques as they are explained and analyzed by Krav Maga's highest level instructors: U.S. Chief Instructor Darren Levine and International Krav Maga Federation Head Instructor Eyal Yanilov.

Krav Maga's battle-tested techniques emphasize simple, practical movements, based on the body's natural instincts that can be performed by people of all levels of ability.

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51 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Basic, but good., October 26, 2001

By	Anthony Ian "anthony_ian" (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews

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I am currently a Krav Maga student and have studied numerous martial arts for years. If you're new to martial arts, or just thinking about it for self-defense purposes, this is a good set for you. The beauty of Krav Maga is that they don't waste any motion; there's no fanciness, fluff or "traditional" moves that are useless. It is hardcore and to the point.

The tapes are expertly produced and the techniques are clearly and repeatedly demonstrated from various angles, in slo-mo and real time. They definitely know how to make martial arts videos. Of course, they also adhere to the maxim that all martial arts video sets must contain schlocky 80s metal music, but hey: a small dent.

You don't have to be an acrobat to practice Krav Maga and I recommend it to any of my students who want to learn street self-defense. A couple of disclaimers on this set, though, because I want you to know what you're getting:

a) This set is geared towards people with little or no martial arts/fighting experience. An entire tape is devoted to how to punch, kick, elbow, etc. If you have some experience, you can probably skip this one. I already knew all this.

b) There aren't a ton of hand to hand techniques. Really, the one tape deals with grabs from a variety of angles and the pluck defense/counterstrike. Don't get me wrong: they're GREAT and some of the best I've seen, but they don't move much beyond that. Everybody should have this tape of the set, though.

c) The three remaining tapes are: knife defenses, gun defenses and Krav Maga history. The history one is interesting if unnecessary; the knife and gun defenses are solid.

Make sure you have a training partner when you buy tape sets; sure you can watch it, but if you don't drill it you really don't know how to do it. It can be your buddy or your wife, but physically DO the stuff. Repeatedly.

A good start, but for those of us with some experience, I hope the next set is more geared towards having tons of different techniques--a progressive, patterned move from beginner level to intermediate, etc.

39 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not Isreali Krav Maga, February 17, 2001

By	John Carlos Johnson (Fort Polk, Louisiana United States) - See all my reviews

I've had the fortune of training in several quality arts over the past 27 years, earning belts in a few (which really doesn't mean anything in the streets). Coming from a hard street background, with alot of exposure to gangs, made me a bit critical. Isreali Krav Maga, which I observed in Isreal as a member of the NEPSAW anti-terrorist program, is good. Unfortunately, this video program DOESN'T depict true Isreali Krav Maga. High kicks are shown as defense against knife attacks, each exposing the inner thigh to the opponent blade. Various other instances of training turned me off, to which the chief instructor told me that these tapes represent only the basics. I firmly believe that you start with the right stuff to end with the right stuff. Higher teachings must build upon the basics rather than contradict them, especially where people's lives are at stake.

31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of the better self-defense systems., April 18, 2002

By A Customer

I am former military and I have a martial arts background. True, Krav Maga is a basic self-defense system but if you want to learn to defend yourself without spending years at it, this is one of my favorite systems. No forms, no belts and no kung fu silliness that could get you killed on the street.

The videos show the techniques in slow motion and at street speed and they also have a solo training exercise at the end of each technique.

This won't turn you into Bruce Lee but it is worth the money.