On Saturday August 13th i taught a small group of pressure point Black Belts the theories of no touch knockouts, and Chi Pulls. the session was recorded for these students but i have decided to make this lecture session available for those of you interested in learning this very eclectic part of the pressure point system.

This 60 minute DVD is now available to order at the incredible price of only $59.95 plus shipping. So what is covered on this DVD?

• 2 Different methods of doing no touch
• Resuscitation for no touch
• Pineal Gland Theories
• Chi Pulls

In this video I am demonstrating doing a pressure point /meridian knockout from a head lock. In the video I was working out the details of this KO as we were going. It is far from the final product, but it is entertaining to view.

The response from everyone on our new DVD series on the 10 principles of pressure points has been overwhelming. In face I have been having some problems keeping up on the orders! But that is good news! The next in the series is going to cover correct body mechanics.

Often times you will see pressure point video’s and demonstrations that are not very effective and often unimpressive.  One of the main reasons is the lack of correct body mechanics. In this upcoming DVD we will cover many different aspects of developing the correct mechanics to take your pressure point study to an entirely different level!

Learning self defence tops any girl’s to-do list. And it needn’t be the hardest thing in the world. In fact, being the victim may not be such a bad thing…Baisakhi Roy attended a Krav session and came out learning more than how to get out of a choke hold.

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One of the mandates at Kyusho Jitsu Canada is help make learning easier for the student. Watch this video below and take a look at the information under the video. If you have any questions please post them as comments.

Now all these products are available to you to help you with your learning regardless of who your teacher is! Plus they are all at a great price.  Below is a list of what is available and the cost associated with them.

Krav Maga (meaning “contact combat” or “close combat”) is an eclectic hand-to-hand combat system developed in Israel which involves wrestling, grappling and striking techniques.

Its philosophy emphasizes threat neutralization, simultaneous defensive and offensive maneuvers, and aggression.  There are generally no rules in Krav Maga as a defense fighting system.

Although it’s not regulated, it’s utilized to keep the user safe and incapacitate the opponent by any means necessary.   It has no sporting federation, and there are no official uniforms or attire.

Training scenarios typically try and simulate street confrontations or combat situations.  To increase the level of realism, some training methods may include blindfolding or exercising trainees to near exhaustion before dealing with a simulated attack, as well as training outdoors on a variety of surfaces and restrictive situations.

General principles include of Krav Maga include:

•Counter attacking as soon as possible (or attacking preemptively).

•Targeting attacks to the body’s most vulnerable points such as the eyes, jaw, throat, groin, knee etc.

•Neutralising the opponent as quickly as possible by responding with an unbroken stream of counter attacks and if necessary a take down/joint break.

•Maintaining awareness of surroundings while dealing with the threat in order to look for escape routes, further attackers, objects that could be used to defend or help attack and so on.

This martial arts system was developed by Imi Lichtenfeld shortly after his immigration to Israel in the late 1940’s.  He began to provide hand-to-hand combat training to what was to become the techniques that became known as Krav Maga.  Today, it is used by the IDF Special Forces units – and several closely related variations have been developed and adopted by law enforcement and intelligence organizations teaching variations of Krav Maga internationally.

T he evening after his 33rd birthday party, after dancing for six hours with the National Ballet and then spinning house music and drinking tequila with his wife at his place on the Lakeshore until 4 a.m., Jiri Jelinek says, “I’m dying just to be here.” Then he sits down at Krav Maga, an Israeli martial arts studio at Dundas Street and Davenport.

Jelinek, a principal dancer with the National Ballet of Canada, began taking Krav Maga in Mexico City where he trained with the police force; when he moved to Toronto in January, he found this basement studio online. “It’s one of the closest things to street fighting,” says the Czech-born dancer. “You learn how to fight against knives.

“In Europe, I was boxing and Thai kickboxing all the time, but it doesn’t really go with ballet, unfortunately.”

Before class begins, Jelinek, wearing long cargo shorts and a T-shirt from the movie Scarface, dons a camouflage headband and heavy black sweats. “On a day like today, coming here is really hard, but life is a fight,” he says. But as soon as the teacher turns Armin Van Duren up on the stereo, the hungover ballet star starts throwing hay-maker punches and devastating kicks.

“I feel better now,” he says.

The hour-long class is populated twice a week by a dozen co-ed students.

Many, like Jelinek, sport elaborate tattoos, and the first half of the program is spent throwing combinations or punches and kicks into oversized pads christened “tombstones.”

“My shoulders are on fire, man,” Jelinek says.

The teacher explains that Jelinek punches so powerfully because he knows how to move from all of his dance training.

Throughout the class, the teacher shouts out encouragement. “You’re going to get bumps and bruises in here so you don’t bleed out there,” he says, as he instructs his students to fall down on their backs and punch up at the tombstones over their heads.
“I can feel the tequila coming through my pores,” Jelinek says with a smile
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The evening’s last exercise involves the class splitting in half, with the tombstones thrown in between them, and the students racing on their bellies to fight for their pads. After nearly 50 minutes of punching, the objective of this exercise is to reach the tombstone first so that your opponent has to punch. On two occasions, when the instructor blows his whistle, Jelinek is first to the tombstone — but then gives it to his opponent to hold so that he can punch more.

“I like to hit,” he explains.

When the class is finally over, the instructor tells everyone to go home to cold showers. Jelinek laughs: “I’m off for a beer.”

- Jiri Jelinek appears in Opus 19/The Dreamer through June 13. He stars in Onegin when the production mounts June 19. For more information, see national. ballet.ca.

bkaplan@nationalpost.com

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Krav Maga, which literally means contact or close combat, is a martial art featuring hand-to-hand combat techniques derived from street fighting and other martial art skills.

It is a tactical defense skill that emphasizes neutralizing threatening situations with alternating defensive and offensive maneuvers, while ensuring a quick and safe escape.

Source: The Canadian Jewish News

TORONTO — BBYO’s Lake Ontario Region members held an Up All Night for Israel event in support of Canadian Magen David Adom (CMDA) at Beth Radom Synagogue recently.

Emma Alimi, left, and Bailey Bernknopf, right, of BBYO’s Beth Radom chapter, are shown defence techniques by Rob Ferreira of Krav Maga Toronto.

At the April 25 event, national executive director of CDMA, Arnold Rosner, spoke to the teens about Magen David’s operations and recognized their efforts in raising more than $1,200 through the Up All Night initiative.

Rosner told the teens that the funds would be used toward the purchase an emergency airway passage pack by Magen David, Israel’s sole national emergency, medical, ambulance, and blood services society.

The teens also participated in a training session of Krav Maga, the official self-defence system of the Israel Defence Forces, led by Rob Ferreira of Krav Maga Toronto.

“The IDF training was definitely one of the highlights for me,” said Grade 9 student Jesse Freedman, who recently joined BBYO. “But the midnight falafel buffet and the Israeli folk dancing were also incredible.”

The event was one of BBYO’s first under the movement’s new Stand Up campaign.

“Stand Up is BBYO’s service, social justice, advocacy and philanthropy campaign that promotes teens getting involved in causes important to them,” said Kevin Goodman, program director for BBYO’s Lake Ontario Region.

For more information about BBYO in the GTA, contact Kevin Goodman at 416-398-2004, ext. 222, or kgoodman@bbyo.orgThis email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it .

— Compiled by CJN Staff

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