Live Mint Magazine: Fighting terror the Krav Maga way
Live Mint Magazine
An Israeli hand-to-hand combat technique is finding more takein the wake of the Mumbai attacks.
New Delhi: There were many in Mumbai on those three nights it was hostage to ten terrorists who would probably have prayed for knowledge of some sort of self-defence. The Israeli technique of Krav Maga or Hebrew for Contact Combat, teaches how to fight off an armed kidnapping or defeat a potential rapist and even counter terrorists. It's a technique that sharpens reflexes and reduces reaction time. The practical approach to a potentially violent situation, has suddenly seen more takefor Krav Maga.
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