Some of the IKMS Team have been using the following exercise routine as a benchmark to asses their fitness. Why not try it and see how you get on? Record your overall time and repeat the test every 4 weeks to track your improvement.

Test :-

1 mile run (outdoors!)

50 x 18″ Box jumps

50 x Body Row

50 x Kettlebell Swing (16/20kg)

50 x Kettlebell Lunges (12kg)

50 x Crunches with punches

50 x Push ups

50 x Jab/Cross combinations on Heavy bag

50 x Roundhouse kicks each leg (heavy bag)

50 x Wall Balls (12kg ball)

50 x Burpees

1 mile run (outdoors!)

 

The exercises can be done in any order, but you must complete the 50 repitiions before moving to the next exercise.

If your not sure about what some of exercises are, just ask one of the instructors in class.

Stay Safe!

 

 

As we all set our sights on that next elusive grade, it’s important to know the material & techniques you’re required to learn in advance. Below you will find links to each of the Practitioner and Graduate syllabus. These are an excellent reference to help monitor you’re progress (obviously no substitute for regular training and instructor feedback!)

If you need any help understanding the technique description in any of the syllabus, please feel free to contact us, or ask your instructor at the next class.

Practitioner Grades

• P1 Syllabus
• P2 Syllabus
• P3 Syllabus
• P4 Syllabus
• P5 Syllabus

Graduate Grades

• G1 Syllabus
• G2 Syllabus
• G3 Syllabus
• G4 Syllabus
• G5 Syllabus

IKMS are committed to providing the very best in Krav Maga training and a firm foundation is essential.

We offer specially designed Induction sessions for all potential new members.

The Induction sessions are special sessions designed solely for beginners. The 2 hour sessions focus on providing beginners with all the basic skills and information the will need to go and join the regular classes.

The obvious advantage of using the induction sessions is that everyone in the session is a novice! This allows the instructors to start from the very basics, building confidence and skill levels quickly.

The IKMS instructors conducting the session will take time to establish the participants reasons for coming to Krav Maga and help them develop a plan to achieve their own specific goals. So if your looking to get a fitter, need to learn self defence skills for work, develop confidence, or simply want to have fun trying something new, IKMS will help you.

The fun and informative induction sessions are available at all our venues on a regular basis. Book your Krav Maga Induction now!

An action packed year ahead! Here’s what we have planned so far! We will be adding to this as the year progresses and we get some details finalised!

As you can see, this years grading dates are available already. Time to set those training goals, get to class, sweat (alot!!) and earn those patches!!

 

JANUARY

Monday 9th – classes start  for 2012

Tuesday 10th – New class starts in Dunfermline. FKSDA, 8pm

Monday 16th – New class starts in Stirling, Monday 7pm -8pm, Wallace High School

Sunday 29th -  Striking Masterclass, Glasgow,  12pm :  Martial Arts Hall of Fame Paul Hamilton & World Champion Muay Thai fighter Michael Dicks will give a Masterclass. This is a must for those looking to improve the striking.

 

FEBRUARY

Friday 17th – Re test for those who require it, 7pm FKSDA Dunfermline with KMG UK Director Jon Bullock.

 

APRIL

Sunday 1st – FREE Pre Grading Workshop, FKSDA Dunfermline 1pm – 5pm

Saturday 21st – Student Level Testing (Grading), St Modans High School Stirling 9.30am – 6.pm

 

MAY

Sunday 27th – The original “In the Club” Seminar, Glasgow, 12pm-4pm, our annual nightclub seminar, bigger and better for 2012!!

 

AUGUST

Saturday & Sunday 25th & 26th – Krav Island!! , Night training on the banks of Loch Lomond followed by a day’s extreme training on Inchcailoch Island

 

OCTOBER

Sunday 7th - FREE Pre Grading Workshop, FKSDA Dunfermline 1pm -5pm

Saturday 27th – Student Level Testing (Grading) , St Modans High School, Stirling, 9.30am – 6pm

 

DECEMBER

Friday 28th – 6th Jan – KMG Tour & Train – Join us in Israel as we attend this event. Contact us for details and to reserve your place

 

2012 is here!!

Many of us will have been through, or going through the process of making our New Year resolutions. Full of good intentions and enthusiasm for the year ahead we promise ourselves to train harder, loose weight, lift more, run longer, swing heavier, or whatever the goal may be. How many of us will have stuck to the resolution by March?

Unfortunately many of us have difficulty sticking to the resolutions, not because we lack the desire or motivation, but  because we fail to structure and plan to achieve or goals.

Why not ask your instructor to help you set and devise a plan for how to achieve your Krav Maga related goals?  The IKMS team will be more than happy to help you and will work with you to help you make sure your Krav Maga resolutions become a reality!!

 

Stay Safe!!

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I am frequently asked by students how they can practice on their own to help them develop their Krav Maga skills. Continue reading “Solo Krav Maga training?”

Go to any Krav Maga class and you’ll see people using a variety of different types of gloves. Boxing gloves, Karate mitts, and MMA gloves to name a few.

So which type are best for Krav Maga? Continue reading “Which Gloves for Krav Maga”

Depending on who you ask, you’ll get several different answers to the question “What is Krav Maga?” some will say “it’s a defensive tactics system”,  some will say  “it’s an Israeli Martial Art” , and maybe some will say  “it’s a self defence system”.

Of course they are all correct, Krav Maga can be defined in a number of different ways (please share your thoughts on how Krav Maga should be defined).

Continue reading “Gloves and Krav Maga?”

Krav Maga training can be surprisingly addictive! Both new and experienced Krav Maga practitioners can fall into the trap of over-training. IKMS classes are 2hrs long, very structured, and contain a variety of exercise and drills designed to improve general fitness, strength, speed, power, and flexibility. We design the class syllabus and structure to allow members to attend up to 5 sessions per week without over-training.

Problems tend to arise when overly keen individuals (I have done it myself in the past!) add additional personal training on top of the regular classes.

Continue reading “Got the Krav Maga bug? Beware of overtraining!”