Has anyone ever seen a single "Krav Maga" style techinique in a You Tube street fight

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Originally Posted by Ric

That skinhead fighting clip is regular punching and not an example of Japanese Ju Jitsu or Krav Maga style technique at all. So I've still yet to see one of those techniques implemented in a street fight. Although I've trained BJJ and Karate for quite a while, I believe boxing is really the best form of self defense. I know they don't train on the ground, but even an average boxer can hit you 5 times in 3 seconds. No other martial art is as quick and effective, IMHO. The problem with boxing is that the training is brutal. It's tiring and it hurts.

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he is obviously in a wingchun stance, and comes right up the tracks. guy just went down first shot.

if you train in a martial art i say your 90% less likely to get in a street fight never mind one on camera.
this is the only one i remember.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHI5mHIlvsg

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Originally Posted by Bryan Brown

I believe Kata or Forms do serve a purpose, in balancing your mind and strengthening your Qi. Qi is life force, It may not be relevant to you. But, there is a huge difference between novice, master and Grand master. But you will never see a grandmaster fight because he doesn't have to prove anything to anyone, he has no ego, the only way to become a grand master is to not want to be one, and to practice for years, everyday and even then there is no guarantee. It's hard (even for me) to understand why you wouldn't want to prove yourself but I believe there is a big difference between martial art for sport and martial art for life. JMO.

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Kata's are a great workout. Especially holding horse stance for a while. But, when styles of Karate are promoting their students based on kata's and not their fighting ability. Something is wrong if a person takes a Martial Art and isn't learning how to protect him/herself. Beware of the mystical Grandmaster, way too many frauds out there. Beware of the guy in the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEDaCIDvj6I

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Originally Posted by Jack LaBarge

Kata's are a great workout. Especially holding horse stance for a while. But, when styles of Karate are promoting their students based on kata's and not their fighting ability. Something is wrong if a person takes a Martial Art and isn't learning how to protect him/herself. Beware of the mystical Grandmaster, way too many frauds out there. Beware of the guy in the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEDaCIDvj6I

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I like how the old guy acts when he gets hit- Like he was suprised he couldnt fold the kid like his "students".

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Originally Posted by Jack LaBarge

How about ridiculous (useless) Karate Kata's that most style's practice for hours and hours. Most importantly get graded to the next level from their kata and not their fighting ability. I would pick Krav Maga over most Karate styles. Not that I'm going to take it.

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Now that's an interesting question. However many other martial arts have "one steps" which are choreographer self defense scenarios. Most of them start with a nut kick or a foot stomp.

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Originally Posted by Jack LaBarge

Kata's are a great workout. Especially holding horse stance for a while. But, when styles of Karate are promoting their students based on kata's and not their fighting ability. Something is wrong if a person takes a Martial Art and isn't learning how to protect him/herself. Beware of the mystical Grandmaster, way too many frauds out there. Beware of the guy in the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEDaCIDvj6I

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Agree 100% there are a lot of frauds out there, and the dude in the vid, is def one of them, He may even be a master, but no Grand master and his ego got the better of him. I also agree it's BS to promote only on the basis of Kata, and Kata's are Japanese, while forms are Chinese. Also, A grand master wouldn't even tell you he's a grand master (-Ego) He would say something like "I am only but a moth" but it's up to you to determine in your "Gut" and based on action for yourself.

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Originally Posted by Nat Cummings

I like how the old guy acts when he gets hit- Like he was suprised he couldnt fold the kid like his "students".

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Look at 2:45 how the "Master" knocks the MMA fighter back almost 3 feet but doesn't even touch him, He almost had his Qi working but I promise his ego got in the way and that's why he was owned, I love this vid btw. I saw it years ago