Krav Maga Blog
Defending A Home Invasion: 4 Lessons Learned
Defending a Home Invasion was a workshop we had planned for some time. The idea of an unwelcome stranger or strangers in your house terrifies everyone, yet is unfortunately common enough in Sydney to prepare for. In fact, there are three home invasions a night in our local area of
SGS Krav Maga Wins Award For Best Self-Defence Gym
SGS Krav Maga was named Outstanding Fitness Service at the 2022 Local Business Awards! It’s great to be recognized for our achievements and the community we have formed. It is a big sacrifice that all the instructors make to train at the level they do. It is also a huge
Fighting and Sparring: What You Need To Know
What sparring is, what it should be, how it should be used and what benefit we can reap from it if we use it correctly. When we train at SGS Krav Maga, we prepare for street fighting, not sport fighting. This means no rules, no ‘illegal moves’, no weight-classes, no
How Aggression Training Could Save Your Life
Aggression is uncomfortable. What’s more uncomfortable is that your aversion to it can be used as a weapon against you. Here’s HOW aggression training can not only tame it, but turn it into your most powerful self-defence technique. Aggression is threatening. Most people (and most likely you) are deeply uncomfortable
3 Reasons A Home Invasion Is Different To Regular Self-Defence Scenario Training
Every self-defence scenario is challenging in its own way. It’s hard to argue that a home invasion is one of the most terrifying, not only because it happens in a place that is sacred, safe, and secure – our own home. When learning self-defence, it’s important to account for the
4 Reasons Your Self-Defence Training May Fail In Real Life
Anyone learning self-defence wants to know that they’re learning a skill set that they can apply if they ever need to. That is, to defend themselves from a threat or attacker on the street or in their homes or to defend someone they love. This goes for anyone learning anything:
Wrap up: SGS Self-Defence Winter Camp Weekend 1
Defending against knife threats, gun threats and kicks, firearms competency, sambo… Despite the rain and overall apocalyptic weather, we spent the wet weekend perfecting our self-defence skills at the SGS Self-Defence Winter Camp. It was a great turnout of students new and old… or rather, veteran? The energy was high, the
Krav Maga vs Karate
When deciding which martial art or fighting system to study for self-defence, it’s important to take an open, honest look at your options. Not all martial arts are created equally, or for the same purpose. One of the most common martial arts in Australia and the world is Karate. In
How Self-Defence Classes Can Get You Killed
Self-defence classes are popular for many different reasons. We all come to them with a story. I started looking for self-defence classes for a reason I could only properly articulate much later. I knew I wanted to know how to protect myself if I had to. That I didn’t want