'Recently,my friends and I were jumped in a field at night. I got a chance to use some of the things I learned from Urban Krav Maga in a real self-defence situation. I used a leg sweep to take my opponent down to the ground, he did have a full mount on me for second, but I used a technique I learned at Krav that fixed that problem right away. Once we rolled over(with me on top), I dug my face in his chest, gouged his eyes and ripped at his throat. I then grabbed his shoulder with my left hand, rose up, and dropped 6 elbows in his face. He became defenceless and yelled in pain. I stood up and started walking away along with my buddies who had also luckily won their fights. I did not get hit once for the entire confrontation. 

I believe I was victorious in this fight because of my training at Urban Krav Maga. Not only because of the physical practicing we do, like the punching and elbows, but mental preparation that comes along with the training drills at Krav. I think the main reason I was able to successfully defend myself was not because I'm comfortable with smashing things with my elbows, I was able to concentrate and think while under the pressure of being attacked and having adrenaline flowing in my veins. And since my mind didn't freeze up on me, making me hesitate, I knew exactly what to do. That is one of the unique traits at Urban Krav Maga that makes it such a successful fighting-style.'

Skylar, Student Ontario

'I was on the way back from training when a guy cranked up on something pushed me backwards and threatened me. I moved back, dropped the bag and –tragically – the kebab that I’d just bought.. I extended my arms into the fence position, my fingers pointing at his eyes. He tried to head-butt me, I simply raked his eyes with my left hand and kicked his groin with my left leg. He went down to his knees and came out with the usual self righteous whining. I left the scene immediately. Apart from the techniques, what helped me were the reality-based Urban Krav Maga techniques. If you’re attacked there’s a good chance that you’re going to be carrying baggage so we actually practice handling surprise attacks when carrying a bag. This really helped in this situation as the bag –and kebab – were only going to get in my way so losing them immediately helped me end up unscathed.'

Aasim, Computer programmer and Urban Krav Maga instructor