Darren Levine - Krav Maga for Beginners

Alignment and stability movements

Ankle Rotation

Auditory exclusion

Back Kick

Back Kick (Hinge Over)

Back Kick (Swing)

Basic Shadowboxing with Movement

Basic Shadowboxing with Weight Shift

Bearhug from the Front with Arms Caught (No Space), defense

Bearhug from the Front with Arms Free, defense

Bearhug from the Front with Arms Free (Leverage on the Neck), defense

Biceps Curl

Biting

Body Row

Boxing gloves

Bridge

Bull Post

Cardiovascular conditioning

Cartoid Choke, defense

Caterpillar

Choke from Behind, defense

Choke from Behind with a Push, defense

Choke from the Front (Two-Handed Pluck), defense

Choke from the Front with a Push, defense

Choke from the Side, defense

Chokes, defenses

Cognitive dissonance

Combatives; overview; ranges; vulnerable body targets

Conditioning; alignment; cardiovascular conditioning; exercises; muscular conditioning; overview; stability

Covering defense

Dealing with the Full Mount

Defending against Strikes

Defense against Choke while Full Mounted

Defense against Close Choke or Headlock while Full Mounted

Defense against Front Kick (Redirecting with Shin)

Defense against Hook Punch (Covering)

Defense against Hook Punch (Extended)

Defense against Low Round Kick (Absorbing with Thigh)

Defense against Low Round Kick (Using the Shin)

Defense against Straight Punch from an Outside Angle

Defense against Uppercut Punch

Defenses; against chokes; against holds and grabs; against lower body combatives; against upper body combatives; outside; overview

Defensive Front Kick

Defensive Front Kick (Balance/ Stretch)

Defensive Front Kick (Swing)

Denial

“Dirty” fighting

Downward Hammerfist

Elbow Escape (Shrimping)

Elbow punches

Elbow strikes; mechanics

Endurance

Equipment, recommended

Escape from the Guard

Explosiveness

Extended defense

“Fight or flight” response; physical reactions; psychological responses

Fighting spirit

Fighting stance

Fist-making tips

Fitness

Flexibility

Focus mitts

Force, and legal issues

Forward Hammerfist

Forward Headbutt

“Freeze” response

Front Kick (Regular)

Front Kick (Vertical Target)

Front kicks, defenses

Full Mount

Getting Up from the Ground

Gloves

Gouging

Grand Finale: Triple Combo

Grappling vs. groundfighting

Groin protection

Ground position

Groundfighting; overview; positions; range

Hammerfist punches

Hammerfist to the Back

Hammerfist to the Side

Hand Defense against Front Kick to the Face

Hand Defense against Groin Kick (Reflexive)

Hand Defense against Groin Kick (Stabbing)

Hand Defense against Knee Strike

Handwraps

Headbutt

Headlock from Behind (Carotid Choke), defense

Headlock from the Side, defense

Heel to Rear End

High Knees

High Knees with Rotation

Hip Rotation

Holds and grabs, defenses

Hook Punch; defenses

Horizontal Elbow Strike Backward (Elbow #3)

Horizontal High Elbow Strike (Elbow #1)

Inside Defense against Straight Punch

Inside Defense against Straight Punch Low

Instincts

Joint mobilization movements

Jump Rope

Kicking Off from the Guard

Kicks; defenses

Kickshield pads

Knee Rotation

Knee Strike

Knee strikes

Krav-FIT Workout; chart

Krav Maga: basics; benefits; combatives; defenses; defined; equipment; and fitness; groundfighting; history; objective; philosophy and principles; pronunciation; safety; and stress; training

Krav Maga Association of America, Inc.

Krav Maga National Training Center

Krav Maga Worldwide Enterprises; website

Left Straight Punch

Legal issues

Levine, Darren

Lichtenfeld, Imi

Lower body combatives, defenses

Maintaining the Full Mount

Maintaining the Side Mount

Making a fist

Mouthpieces

Muscular conditioning

Neck Rotation

Neutral position

Operating When You Have Someone in the Guard

Operating While in Someone’s Guard

Outside defenses

Palm Heel Strike

Penetration Lunge (Stretch)

Penetration Lunge with Upper Body Rotation

Plank

Positions; fighting; groundfighting; neutral; training

Preparation movements

Punch pads

Punches; defenses; elbows; hammerfist; hook; straight; uppercut

Push-Up

Reasonable man standard

Round Kick

Round Knee Strike

Safety

Scratching

Shadowboxing

Shoulder Press

Shoulder Rotation

Shrimping

Side Lunge to Balance

Side Mount

Sideways Elbow Strike (Elbow #2)

Slow Takedown Defense

Sprawl

Sprawl to Avoid a Takedown

Squat

Stability and alignment movements

Stamina

Standing Alignment

Straight Punch Low

Straight Punch with Advance

Straight punches; mechanics

Strange behavior

Strength training

Stress

Strikes, defense

Striking from Side Mount

Striking from the Full Mount

Striking from the Guard

Striking While in the Guard

Tachypsychia

Takedown

Takedown Defense—Sprawl

360º Defense

Tombstone pads

Top of Push-Up

Torso Rotation

Training; environment; equipment; positions; preparation; safety

Training facilities

Trap and Roll

Triple Combo

Tunnel hearing

Tunnel vision

Upper body combatives, defenses

Uppercut Punch; defense

Vertical Elbow Strike Backward (Elbow #5)

Vertical Elbow Strike Backward Low (Elbow #4)

Vertical Elbow Strike Forward and Down (Elbow #7)

Vertical Elbow Strike Forward and Upward (Elbow #6)

Visualization

Vulnerable areas of body

Warming up; joint mobilization; overview; preparation movements; shadowboxing

Women, and self-defense

Wrist Rotation

X-Drill

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