Krav Maga & Fitness Training In Boston

There are three components to CQB/CQC and reality based self defense: simple techniques that can be performed under stress, aggressive/determined mindset and physical fitness. Up your abilities in any one of these three areas and you increase your chances of surviving a vicious and committed assault. Fitness training is a key component of Krav Maga training, though unlike a lot of Krav Maga schools we don’t teach self-defense as a workout.

Although most violent encounters only last a few seconds a person’s heart rate will go through the roof. There is probably no faster way to get the heart rate over 160 BPM (beats per minute) than triggering somebody’s fear emotion to kick into action. Most people’s bodies are not used to working at this rate/level and when they experience their body go into this state they fail to work with it and often simply freeze or panic. Experiencing performing Krav Maga techniques when in this state gives a person the feel of what their body will be like when engaged in a real-life encounter. By raising the heart rate through physical exertion an individual has a physical point of reference for how they will feel when they have to do it for real.

The other reason that being able to work at this heart rate is important is that once adrenaline is withdrawn from the body (happens sometime after 10-15 seconds of the process starting and this process may have started during the build up to the physical part of the confrontation) all that you have left is your current physical capabilities and fitness level. If you can reduce the gap between the levels of activity you can engage in when adrenalized and when not the withdrawal of adrenaline won’t have such a negative effect on your performance. Sometimes the only thing which separates you from your assailant is your ability to physically keep going. Our Krav Maga fitness training or “Cosher Kravi” (meaning Combat Fitness in Hebrew) is designed to put the gas in your tank that you will need to perform when engaged in a violent confrontation.

All of our Krav Maga classes have a fitness component to them and added to that twice a week we have specific CQB Fitness classes. If you want to lose weight and get fit our Krav Maga training will enable you to reach these goals whilst learning realistic and effective self-defense at the same time.

To see our schedule of Krav Maga Classes please click here and/or to book a time to come down and train with us please click here.