Evans Martial Arts Krav Maga Blog

Things keep getting better here at Krav Maga SLC.  Not only are we in our new place, but now we have a excellent Muay Thai Instructor teaching on Tuesday nights at 8:30.  The instructors name is James Foster.  He has trained and taught Muay Thai for many years under the Head Master at MTI (Muay Thai Institute) in slc, Utah.  We are excited to have James.  Muay Thai is one of the best, if not the best, striking arts there is.  the close quarter combat of Krav Maga is very similar to the devastating elbows and knees in Muay Thai.  Please come by and check James out.  Now we have Krav Maga, Gracie Jiu Jitsu, MMA, Wrestling and Muay Thai.  what else could you possible want.

As promised, here are the basic boxing combos.  Remember that these are designed to help develop basic fundamentals and body sponsorship.  Getting these down will vastly improve all areas of your training.  Good striking is a must in MMA as well as self defense. Tthe ability to put together good combos that are fluid and powerful gives you confidence.  Enjoy:

Learning the prpoer timing of the more advanced combos take time.  be sure to ask us about this.
Combo are as follows:

#1 - Jab
#2 - jab, rt cross
#3 - Jab, rt cross, left hook
#4 - Jab, rt cross lf hook, rt uppercut
#5 - jab, lf looping hook, rt uppercut, lf hook, rt cross or elbow
#6 - Rt uppercut, lf hook, rt cross, lf body hook, lf uppercut, rt overhead
#7 - jab, rt uppercut, lf hook, rt cross, lf uppercut, rt cross, lf hook
#8 - jab, rt cross, lf hook, rt uppercut, lf uppercut, rt overhead, lf body hook, step rt body hook
#9 - jab, rt cross, lf hook, lf back fist, rt cross, rt back fist, lf hook, rt spinning back fist, rt superman punch

“slow equals smooth, smooth equals fast”.  got it.  good now get busy and box!!!!

Our first week in our new school was great.  classes are full and the energy has been so inspiring.  sometimes you make changes and doubt yourself.  i don’t feel that at all in this case.  moving to Draper is a blessing and our program will only improve.  we have some of the best and most dedicated students anywhere.  our Krav family keeps growing and attracting the right kind of people.  thanks everyone for you support.  also remember a few changes.  1st - we have moved the schedule around a bit and now all classes start 20 minutes later than they did before.  see schedule at http://www.kravmagaslc.com.  2nd we have added Saturday morning classes for kids and adults again check schedule.  3rd - we have added a Tuesday night Muay Thai class taught by James Foster.  James has been teaching this for years and was one of the trainers at the MTI academy.  please make note of these changes and look here for more.  this is going to be a great year, i can feel it.  thanks all and see you at the school.

Because of some recent changes we are moving our Krav Maga School to Draper Utah.  the new address is 12300 south 866 east.  although this move came on quick an was unexpected, we are making the best of this.  the new space is awesome and honestly i feel so much more positive energy there.  classes will move forward and myself and all of our instructors are dedicated to making this even better,  come by and check us out anytime.  we have also added classes, changes times (a little) and added a Tuesday night Thai boxing class..  see you at the new place and thanks for your support.

Paul Evans

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    one thing i am trying to do this year is hold more training seminars with some of the top krav maga instructors in the world. i am doing this to keep our students wanting more and to also share with our students the amazing talent outside of slc. having top instructors come in is always beneficial for all. you will see new drills and techniques and every instructor has unique talents.

    we are bringing three very, highly sought after instructors this year. our own krav maga alliance president John Whitman did a amazing seminar in Feb of this year. over 100 guest attended.

    in Sept we are bringing in Sejoscha Agiri, Owner of 13 krav maga schools in Germany. he is amazing and full of new ideas. please check out his videos at http://www.defend2survive.com

    and James Hiromasa - black belt and force trainer instructor. James owns several school in Colorado and has one of the best reputations as a teacher and black belt trainer in the United States. he will be holding a seminar here in Nov 20th 2010.

for more information on any of these events please contact us at http://www.kravmagaslc.com  we are the best, we have the best and we bring in the best!!!!!
    i am telling all you guys to step up and take advantage of this. i have always traveled to them to train. that cost thousands of dollars. i am bringing them to you so what is 100 buck. nothing for what you will get out of this.

    lets get pumped. and i will be getting john whitman out here again and again and again. he is the best and we are lucky to have him.
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By Krav Maga Alliance founder - John Whitman

I think this is beneficial for all of our students to read!!!!

Thumb down and forward. That’s all it took to release the strap and draw the weapon from its holster. Thumb down and forward.
But I couldn’t do it in the roughly 1.7 seconds it took for the attacker to cover twenty-plus feet.  I had to abandon the weapon and go right to Krav Maga’s regular stick defense.  You can watch the video here.
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Even after 19 years of Krav Maga stress training, it still amazes me how small changes in circumstance can affect performance and reaction time.
Now, to discuss this specific situation, let’s make a few basic assumptions.  First, that I am a reasonably good athlete with reasonably good hand-eye coordination.  Second, that the borrowed holster I was using was secure but not complicated to operate.  (I had, in fact, practiced the simple release movement several times while waiting my turn in the stress drill.) Third, that I have reasonably good reaction time when dealing with Krav Maga stick and knife defenses (you will have to take this on faith; I don’t claim to be perfect, but I’ve done this sort of thing for a long time).
The reason I make these assumptions is to identify what I think is the one important factor: the situation was new. It wasn’t complex (the holster was easy to operate).  Nor was it particularly stressful for me. It was just new. That “newness” was all that was needed to slow my reaction time enough to change my defense.
This is true of all of us. Every new situation tests our abilities.  To keep our training true, and to maintain a decent state of awareness, we need to constantly change up our environment and circumstances.  To push yourself, try changing up any of the following factors as often as you can:
• Time of day
• Clothing
• Altitude
• Energy level
• Flooring
• Operating space
• Size/strength of opponent
• Resistance level of opponent
• Lighting
Remember, the environment might not be inherently difficult, but the very newness of it will be a factor.  The more we take ourselves out of our comfort zone, the better prepared we will be if we are ever confronted by violence.

we will be holding a outdoor Krav Maga class for all levels on August 11th from 7 -9 p.m.  the class will be held at Olympus Hills Park located just west of I215 (the belt
route east belt route). You can access the park from the 4500 South exit on I215. bring water bottles, good shoes and be prepared to get dirty. will be covering guns, knives and surprised attacks. also will cover use of environment.  check out the photos of our last class at the park on our website at http://www.kravmagaslc.com under krav maga gallery June 2008 outdoors.  mark it on your calendar and don’t whimp out.  you will love it.

We will be closed on Monday July 19th and Tuesday July 20th.  Normal classes will resume on Wednseday the 21 st

Our June 26th Gun Seminar was awesome. everyone did so well and I hope that they all left here learning something new. we focused on basic gun defense with combatives and Gun retention which was taught by Dennis Kennedy. Hopefully nest time we hold a seminar, we can get into more advanced gun defense like hostage and third party protection. I also wanted to show more knife defense but only so much time in a day. the curtain drill at the end was fun. scary when someone rushes at you unexpected and you have to make a defense or draw your weapon. the lights out and music helped set this up. thanks everyone and we will do this again soon.

Video from the John Whitman gun seminar:

Krav Maga Slc held a womens only self defense seminar on Saturday May 15th 2010.  the seminar was a huge success.  we had over 35 women attend.  it was great to see women become empowered and learn that they can fight back.  the whole seminar was based on giving them a fighting chance.  some of the ladies were more agressive than many of our male students.  My wife (who has never trained, even being married to me for 21 years) did great.  at one point she was pushed against a wall and choked.  she was pushed hard and saw stars.  i was thinking oh shit, she will never let me live this one down.  i was wrong,  she turned in, made the defese and knee this poor guy in the balls.  awesome.  we also had the ladies work on eye strike by cutting oranges in half and finger striking them.  it was a mess and they were all so damn sticky.  bummer ( a bunch of sticky girls- torture) !!!  thanks to everyone for there support.  we will do this again soon.

Paul

a special thanks to Dan Medley for creating and hosting this blog.  i can’t tell you how much i appreciate this.  your the best.

Hi everyone.  this is a reminder that we will be starting our BJJ classes 10 minutes earlier than normal.  we feel we need the extra few minutes to be able to get thru the lesson plans.  also we have returned friday night combined krav maga class.  it begins at 6:10 p.m

anyone want to go see the local fights at club teasers.  went last week and it was a blast.  let me know and we will get a group together.

This is a topic that i wished never came up.  too many women are abused by men who well are not real men.  I have never understood the mindset behind abuse.  one of the many reasons i teach Krav Maga is to empower women.  No one should ever have to go through abuse.  by learning self defense you will at least have a fighting chance.  the stats are alarming - 1 out 6 women will experience violence against them during their life.  how many more are there that don’t get reported?  By the time the law gets invloved is often to late.  Take charge of your life.  TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.  Please come and join our womens self defense seminar this Sat.  you won’t regret it.

this was sent to me via facebook.  I couldn’t say it better.

While you SCREAM at your woman,there’s a man wishing he could talk softly to her ear… While you HUMILIATE, OFFEND and INSULT her, there’s a man flirting with her and reminding her how wonderful she is. While you HURT your woman, there’s a man wishing he could make love to her. While you make your woman CRY there’s a man stealing smiles from her… Post this on your wall if you’re against Domestic Violence

Friday night Krav Maga is back.  we will be holding a combined classes starting next Friday 5-21-10.  class will begin at 6:10.  MMA class follows at 7:10.  see you there