Krav Maga (eBook)

Use Your Body as a Weapon

Boaz Aviram (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2014
336 Seiten
Skyhorse Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-62914-017-9 (ISBN)

Infos

The noncompetitive self-defense technique known as Krav Maga originally began in the Israeli Defense Force, of which author Boaz Aviram has been a long-standing member. Krav Maga combines fighting techniques from a wide range of martial arts, from boxing to jiujitsu to judo, and teaches its students invaluable lessons in optimizing self-defense, maintaining awareness, and striking most effectively. Boaz Aviram provides sound information on how to best tackle your opponent in the quickest and most efficient way. Some of these methods include:• Preemptive counterattacks• Using your opponent’s most vulnerable areas to your advantage• Paying attention to possible escape routes• Using common objects at hand for self-defenseKrav Maga offers the original philosophy and application of hand-to-hand training as it started out, and Aviram scrupulously explains the origins of each technique to help the reader best comprehend it. This book provides over 150 techniques with over one thousand photos to help you get started in the world of self-defense, self-awareness, and maximum efficiency.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.

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The complete beginners guide to Krav MagaAn instructional book for athletes interested in this type of self-defenseUpdated edition that contains the basic rules and new tips to improve yourform 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 guides 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 Maga: 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 include:Paying attention to possible escape routesUsing your opponents weakest areas to your advantageUsing common objects at hand to fight withPreemptive counterattacksThis 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 Maga: 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 sportsbooks 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.

Autor

Boaz Aviram is the third in a lineage of IDF Fighting Fitness Academy Krav Maga Chief Instructors and has taught sky marshals of the Israel Aviation Authority, as well as numerous US and European federal and local law enforcement agencies. He lives in New York, New York.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.7.2014
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Fitness / Aerobic / Bodybuilding
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Kampfsport / Selbstverteidigung
• Schlagworte: Biomechanics • books • books on boxings • books on combat techniques • books on defences • books on direct links • books on drills • books on encyclopedias • books on fitnesses • books on founders • books on hand-to-hands • books on martial arts • books on self defenses • books on self-defenses books on defense forces • books on syllabuses • books on trivia • books on videos • Boxing • brazilian • chief instructor • civilian • combat techniques • Darren Levine • defences • defend yourself • defense force • defense system • direct link • Drill • DVDs • Efficiency • Encyclopedia • espn • Fighting techniques • fight techniques • Fitness • founders • hand fighting • hand-to-hand • havent • immi • instruction • Instructors • Israeli • israeli defense • israeli defense force • jitsu • jiu • Judo • Karate • karating • knife • Krav Maga • Layout • lineage • Martial Arts • martial arts philosophy • martial arts training • master sergeant • mastery efficient • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • Practitioners • Pro • Self Defense • Self-Defense • sufficient • Syllabus • technique based • traditional martial • training partner • Trivia • Videos
• ISBN-10: 1-62914-017-1 / 1629140171
• ISBN-13: 978-1-62914-017-9 / 9781629140179