SELF DEFENSE TRAINING WITH KRAV MAGA
Self Defense Training with Krav Maga Classes
At Pansy Rebel we take a holistic approach to Self Defense, or Self Protection.
We believe that a person’s entire system needs to be included in the education and training, when learning to protect oneself.
After all, the entire person interacts as a whole when faced with stressful or traumatic experiences.
Because of this, we combine a unique blend of Krav Maga, with knowledge from many other realms of Health and Wellness, including
- Mental Wellness techniques and Empowerment Coaching
- Breathwork (Pranayama)
- Training the Central Nervous System (fight/flight/freeze response)
- Education around the Physiological, Biomechanical, and Psychological mechanisms that make up our body’s response to stress and trauma
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The Israeli Self-Defense System of Krav Maga
Krav Maga Hebrew: קרב מגע (which translates literally as “contact combat”) is a military self-defense and fighting system developed for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Israeli security forces derived from a combination of techniques sourced from Gymnastics, Boxing, Wrestling, Judo, Aikido, and Karate.
The Creator of Krav Maga
Imre "Imi" Lichtenfeld was a Hungarian-born Israeli martial artist. He is widely recognized for developing Krav Maga, an Israeli martial art.
A Brief History of Krav Maga
1930s
Hands On Experience
Hands On Experience
In the late 1930s, anti-Semitic riots threatened the Jewish population of Bratislava in Europe. Together with other Jewish boxers and wrestlers, Lichtenfeld helped to defend his Jewish neighborhood against fascist gangs. He quickly decided that sport has little in common with real combat and began developing a system of techniques for practical self-defense in life-threatening situations.
Hands On Experience
Hands On Experience
Hands On Experience
On the streets, Imi acquired hard-won experience and a crucial understanding of the differences between sport fighting and street fighting. He developed his fundamental self-defense principle: 'use natural movements and reactions' for defense, combined with an immediate and decisive counterattack. From this evolved the refined theory of
On the streets, Imi acquired hard-won experience and a crucial understanding of the differences between sport fighting and street fighting. He developed his fundamental self-defense principle: 'use natural movements and reactions' for defense, combined with an immediate and decisive counterattack. From this evolved the refined theory of 'simultaneous defense and attack' while 'never occupying two hands in the same defensive movement.'
1948
Hands On Experience
1948
In 1948, when the State of Israel was founded and the IDF was formed, Lichtenfeld became Chief Instructor for Physical Fitness and Krav Maga at the IDF School of Combat Fitness. He served in the IDF for about 20 years, during which time he developed and refined his unique method for self-defense and hand-to-hand combat. After he finished
In 1948, when the State of Israel was founded and the IDF was formed, Lichtenfeld became Chief Instructor for Physical Fitness and Krav Maga at the IDF School of Combat Fitness. He served in the IDF for about 20 years, during which time he developed and refined his unique method for self-defense and hand-to-hand combat. After he finished his active duty, Lichtenfeld began adapting and modifying Krav Maga to civilian needs.