#krav maga

[xclowniex]

I saw this video of a lady on TikTok who filmed herself walking out of a self-defense class. It was a Krav Maga class (invented by Israelis, this was a class in America) and how when the instructor mentioned this was an Israeli technique, she "felt a horrible feeling in her gut and felt immediately unsafe" and left because she didn't "want to be complicit in genocide". I try not to be a hateful person, but I genuinely hate people like her. I'm so tired of it. I'm tired of always being painted as a bad guy because of the fact that my parents were born in Israel. This was a random self defense class in America and she said she hates it because it has a loose connection to Israel/Jews. It doesn't fund the IDF or anything like that. Surely there's a word for hating something/someone because of their country of origin. X-xeno....? This is plain old bigotry and I'm so tired. Every single comment was cheering her on. I thought the comments would knock some sense into her, but it was just support for her being so brave. It was never about just the IDF. The whole antizionism isn't antisemitism crowd can't even differentiate between an "evil zionist" (sarcastic) and a random Jew who happens to exist, so yes, antizionism is almost always antisemitism. She just hates Jews. Why does she hate Jews so much? This is why Israelis had to invent self defense techniques: because the whole world keeps trying to kill us. If she's so against krav maga "because jews", I hope she never uses Google or a cell phone or modern medicine. I feel so lonely whenever stuff like this happens. Why do they all hate us.

bruuuuuh

didn't you know, everything which was created in israel is inherently evil as that basrdard joo state touched it /j

People always apply this double standard to Israel whcih they don't to other countries. Like you don't see people dissing other martial arts like Jiu-jitsu was created so samurai could fight back if disarmed. Is it now suddenly an evil sport/fighting technique because it was used by armies? Is it now evil because Japan colonized other countries? No ofc it isn't, but you don't see people saying that, they only say it with Israel.

[ayeforscotland]

Coaching self-defence to someone new is very fun because there's a point where they realise that self-defence isn't just punching someone in the face, and there's a shitload of other target areas.

[kalys-404]

When I said they banter, I meant they kick each other really hard any chance they get . The kicks get harder each time and the medics suspiciously see their stocks of Niflugel slowly disappearing.

I love @pampanope 's 7-11 and I felt like he would definitely be the kind of guy to wordlessly agree to Sentinel's weird dynamic so here we are.

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[naipan]

[wesleysniperking]

Straw Hat real world Fighting Styles/Martial Arts (TL;DR)

I was on Reddit a while back and someone asked what Martial Arts each Straw Hat would practice in real life, here’s a person’s take (it’s posted below—at the very end).

For the most part I was okay with it. EXCEPT for Usopp’s!

It was soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo half-a**ed. I understand the person may have been joking or completely serious, but guess what? As an Usopp fan that sh*t hit like whiplash. Therefore, I want to explain what Usopp’s fighting style/martial arts would be (especially if Usopp didn��t have a weapon like everyone is so focused on when determining his style). And I’m going to say it would consist of:

Model Mugging, MacGyver-ing, and a little bit of Krav Maga. Any normal everyday average person can do each one. It’s relatable (Usopp is the normal guy) given people want to learn an easy or the most effortless self defense. Especially if that person has a butt load of intelligence, street smarts, an avoidance problem, and high self preservation.

Model Mugging

Why? Because Model Mugging was made for normal everyday people who want to prevent assault and to fight off the person who is attempting the assault.

This is what Wikipedia says:

“Model Mugging attempts to turn the adrenaline reaction to an active response rather than a fear response through simulated attacks and group talk sessions.”

Usopp works well under pressure, is intelligent, and all about self perseverance. He often tries to fight against his fear and anxiety. The origin of the fighting style is an unfortunate tale but if you read the origin you’d understand how Model Mugging is made for the every-day person. It’s very convenient and easy to learn (if we’re talking strictly fighting).

(It’s literally a basic self-defense course you’d take at a community center or your nearest YMCA).

MacGuyver-ing

This is reference to a TV show and character named MacGyver who used his surroundings and cleverness to fight off culprits and the bad guys. He’s a very good engineer (sound familiar?) and is very intelligent. Ironically, he didn’t believe in guns (😉). Regardless, it’s not like Oda ever uses Usopp’s weaponry skills to his advantage.

I was reading an article and the author put it the best way possible:

“To MacGyver from a martial arts sense is to find a way to work around whatever problem or situation that we have which is confronting us. In MacGyver-ing there is no blueprint, so it is really a mindset.”

Usopp works well under pressure, is good at mind games, and telling from the Chew fight, Miss Merry Christmas and Mr. 4 fight, and Perona fight, that’s as McGyver-ing as you can get. This article really brings it home the best. (Please read!).

Overall, McGyver-ing fits Usopp because the fighting style is all about preservation, improvisation, and using unorthodox/unlikely weapons (all about the environment).

Krav Maga

Basically Usopp’s overall fighting style would consist of defensive (on defense). Let’s just get that out the way.

The redditor didn’t think of that it seems.

So, Krav Maga is something that Usopp would have to will himself to learn based on whatever purpose. They say Krav Maga is easy to learn but hard to master. But anyone (of any shape, size, and form) can learn Krav Maga. It focuses solely on real world situations. Usopp doesn’t need anything flashy, he wouldn’t feel the need to do anything more besides to use it to fight off people who are trying to harm him (so he can run the heck away), and this Wikipedia article puts it best:

“Like most martial arts, Krav Maga encourages students to avoid physical confrontation.[5] If this is impossible or unsafe, it promotes finishing a fight as quickly and aggressively as possible. Attacks are aimed at the most vulnerable parts of the body, and training is not limited to techniques that avoid severe injury; some even permanently injure or cause death to the opponent.”

So, alkair20 could’ve taken more time to consider Usopp’s martial art/fighting style. Sure, Usopp’s all about weaponry (that’s where MacGyver comes in), but he’s also about improvisation and using the environment to his advantage. He’s always on the defense and finding the easiest way out (Model Mugging and Krav Maga). So he can still use his Usopp hammer, Usopp dash, etc etc because it’s his defense.

(Heck, if you want to go for fictional martial arts, Ninjitsu isn’t entirely as legit as people make it out to be, unlike Naruto, people back then in ancient times considered it cowardly. You ambush people, hide in the shadows, and use shurikens and rope darts)

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Alas, extremely disappointed in the lack of effort. What the heck is Nanto Bakusatsu Ken? What an insult.

Seriously, a fictional fighting style that requires one move is all you’ve got? alkair20.

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Usopp fan club (join if you want to)

[millerflintstone]

I learned yesterday that Parker Short, the president for the Young Democrats of Georgia, was classmates with Krav Maga couple's kid. We haven't seen Krav Maga couple IN AGES but I'm IG and TikTok friends with wife half. That's wild. I remember there was a party over at their house and their kid was also having some friends sleep over. I wonder if Parker was one of them? They all kept to themselves.

Parker is currently going viral for his excitement at the Atlanta rally that our Vice President had a couple of days ago. I noticed Krav Maga wife had commented on someone's post that she's known Parker for a while and that he's always been interested in politics as long as she's known him.

[tommytokugamer]

LET'S FIGHT

If someone are interested in learning and practice martial arts like taekwondo, Muay Thai, Karate, etc. I have a carpet with almost hundreds of Martial arts' books.

[itsnotface24]

Which is the better base for MMA? Krav Mega or Teakwondo?

[death-is-my-calling]

hello ! guess what guys? i passed on to the finals of my karate tournament! anddd... i broke the wood. for reference, a picture of the thickness is below.

[the-garbanzo-annex-jr]

Cousin spoke about how the GSD teaches “de-escalation” tactics, and is not just about fighting. He told a story about when he was on patrol with Shomrim and his team confronted a man after a robbery. “He pushed me,” Cousin said. “Instead of pushing him back, I said, ‘I don’t want to fight you.’ I calmed him down. I apologized. That comes from the training — I don’t want to fight, but I’m ready, just in case.”

“This is a last resort program,” he added. “If you put your hands on us, we will remind you that Jewish blood is not cheap.”

Like Legion’s Feldman, Richards is gearing up for a new group of GSD trainees this year who have heard about his Krav Maga program. Richards is the grandchild of four Holocaust survivors and compared the current rise in antisemitism to what his grandparents experienced.

“The Jews are being targeted everywhere — verbally, online, physically. From the right and left, we are now under siege,” Richards said. “If you’re visibly Jewish, you have a double target on your back. We don’t have the luxury of trying to plan what we should do. Everybody should be taking action.”

“There are plenty of people in this class who had never thrown a punch in their life,” Landsman said of his training with Legion. “I’m not asking you to join the UFC [the mixed martial arts league], but you need to be able to stand your ground and unfreeze yourself when somebody is threatening you with violence. You need to know when to run or when there is no retreat and you have to defend yourself.”

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