Why? Well, we've yet to hear of a violent mugging against someone in a fitness center, in his shorts and sneakers, watching himself in the mirrors.

Training outdoors gives us the opportunity to teach you the hazards of uneven terrain, and how to develop good footwork and balance. You will also learn how to fall "safely" to minimize damage should an attacker knock you to the ground, concrete, or macadam. Our drills will teach you how to focus when you are surrounded by a variety of sights, sounds, and movement. None of this can be taught effectively indoors.

Along with our invigorating warm up drills (which will build your core strength and endurance), you will walk away from every class knowing ONE MORE skill in surviving an act of violence.

Krav Maga, unlike martial arts, is a very fast-progressing system. Part of its design was driven by the need to train people very quickly and very efficiently. Consequently, it typically takes a person of average physical ability perhaps only a couple of months before significant progress is achieved and noticeable.

Krav Maga was designed to benefit the average person. The system is not about sheer strength or power. As a matter of fact one of the basic tenets of Krav Maga is that one should not oppose power with power. Rather, Krav Maga blends a combination of physical skill with mental self-defense determination. Consequently, Krav Maga is more accessible to more people of either sex, shape or size than many martial art forms.

We take the best techniques and principles from already great systems and put them together to produce the most realistic, hard-core, street-oriented training possible. Typical classes contain a mix of empty hand, knife, stick, gun, groundwork, stress drills and multiple attackers.