Commando Krav Maga
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Commando Krav Maga is the Krav Maga system as devised by Moni Aizik. The System was officially born in 1973, when Aizik was asked by the IDF to revamp their current Krav Maga program.
Aizik, now living in Canada, still visits Israel on a monthly basis to train the Sayeret units and Yamam.
His program is regularly updated, in light of the experience of members of these units.
Where other Krav Maga systems have focused primarily on the civilian market and made attempts to become a 'martial art' in the traditional sense, Aiziks system still keeps it footing as a military self defense system, with some modifications made for civilian students.
Commando Krav Maga although a military system of the Special Forces is ideally suited for the civilian market, as it promotes avoidance, quick engagement and finishing if an attacker can't be avoided and then disengagement. Special Forces principals, which are applicable to civilian street survival.
Where many Krav Maga systems focus on 'punishing' an attacker e.g. raining down punches and kicks etc, Commando Krav Maga practices quick disengagemnets. This is because it is recognised that fights have many different dimensions to them e.g. what starts as a fist fight, may have a grappling component, go to ground and then the attacker may pull a knife. Spending too much time in 'contact' with the aggressor/attacker, trying to punish them increases the chance of having to fight in another dimension where it may have been possible to escape.
[edit] Etymology
The term Krav Maga in Hebrew is usually translated as "Contact Combat." The word maga (מגע) means "contact". The word krav (קרב) means "figtht". The prefix "Commando" is used to illustrate that this is the Krav Maga system which is used by the Israeli Special Forces Sayeret
[edit] Training
One of the things that distinguishes Commando Krav Maga from other Krav Maga systems is the use of continuous surprise attacks. This is where an individual is surrounded by various students, some armed some not, who repeatedly attack, with little rest in between. The individual has to react instinctively, to gun threats, knife threats, punches, throws, kicks etc.
This type of training allows the student to get used to the way that a fight can flow, from a gun threat, into a fist fight, which may then turn into a knife fight. This recognition of the multiple dimensions that a single fight can encompass is one of Commando Krav Magas distinguishing features.
