There are many situations in which you could find yourself without a means to defend yourself. In those situations, knowing something like Krav Maga would be invaluable. The best training would be one on one with an expert. However, if you can’t afford training or live in an area where you can’t access a gym, a book might be the next best thing.
In Krav Maga, Tactical Survival, Personal Safety in Action, Gershon Ben Keren writes, “Rather than simply present an encyclopedia of techniques, I have tried to demonstrate what real-world violence looks like and how Krav Maga can be used to deal with it. This is not a book about techniques, but about solutions to violence – which may be non-physical as well as physical.”
Getting the pictures for this review was a little frustrating. The pages are so glossy that every camera angle that I tried reflected back the glare (see below). The pages are also thick, making the book heavy. All of these things are not negatives. They speak to the quality materials the publisher used to put this book together.
Krav Maga, Tactical Survival, Personal Safety in Action can be found at Amazon. It has 44 reviews and a full five stars.
Peace,
Todd
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As a brown belt in Krav Maga, I would caution the reader into not being lulled into a false sense of security or confidence after reading any book.
Muscle memory only occurs after practicing it multiple times. Even at my level, I continue to practice to maintain my level of knowledge, speed, confidence, stamina, etc… Krav is great, but you need to practice the movements with a partner (s) at least twice a week to maintain proficiency. Good luck and God bless.