Been watching and reading news reports with interest this week. Apparently knife crime is on the rise again in Scotland and the U.K. This would seem to tie in perfectly with the noticable recent increase in self defence 'Experts' opening classes and/or providing lessons in the areas where most of our students live.

(Krav Maga Academy Scotland currently runs classes in Glasgow, Edinburgh, West lothian (Livingston, Bathgate etc.), Lanarkshire (serving Motherwell, Bellshill, Hamilton, Airdrie, Coatbridge etc.) and Fife (Kirkcaldy)).

This brings me to a very important point guys, I have seen some of the advertising for these SD experts..it is frightening. A Krav Maga Academy Scotland Instructor or any other reputable Krav Maga instructor will never give you false guarantees or promises about making you 'invulnerable' to attack or injury. We will never tell you we have all the answers and/or rubbish any other system of self defence. The truth is no-one can make you invincible.

Now..let me make this clear. Krav Maga Academy Scotland will never criticise any martial art for what they do, they deliver a lot of things to a lot of people. However, to make bold statements like 'become immune to attack'...'defeat any assailant'...etc. is at best, very misguided and at worst, downright dangerous and irresponsible. It is instilling in people a false confidence that they have the ability to deal with nasty situations when in most cases the truth is quite the opposite.

Flowery, artistic, complicated, fine motor skilled movements and techniques will get you seriously hurt or worse!  

A knife crime/attack is usually frenzied, passionate and brutal....fact. As such, an appropriate defence must be efficient and above all, deal with the problem and finish a confrontation...you may be able to perform a perfect block 100 times, what about the 101st? Forget about takedowns and arm bars etc.  they are great tools/techniques, but not in this scenario. Your focus should be on the weapon, this is what is threatening your life. If you are in a situation where you can't run, you can't disarm/disable from outwith the attackers striking distance...and you have no other option, then you MUST control the weapon. You must also counterattack  as effectively and efficiently as possible and disarm or disable the attacker from continuing with the assault.

This is the exact scenario where some critics of Krav Maga claim the system to be too brutal, aggressive and violent....We will never advocate confrontation but if under attack,we make no apologies for our conduct. In a life or death situation....victim ? or fighting chance?...you decide.

Krav Maga techniques and principles  are not theory, they are tested, evolved and proven by real people, in real situations, under real pressure....train hard, be safe.

Check out the video at the bottom of this page....it shows real attacks, flowery, artistic movements are not the answer!