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Krav Maga vs BJJ For Self-Defence: Which Is Better?

Krav Maga vs BJJ for self-defence is a common enough comparison. Which is better? Which one actually works? The two are very different, but BJJ has been touted as a great self-defence system. Is this true? When comparing two styles of self-defence or martial arts there are a few ways

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Krav Maga vs Karate for self-defence

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

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