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Groin Strikes
Hey, everybody. Today, it's all about groin strikes. It's probably one of the most misunderstood targets that's out there. It's a bit of punchline for many years. You've seen, you know, funny antics in the movies, America's Funniest Videos, you know, dad gets the wiffle ball bat in the crotch, he goes down, everybody laughs. Um, and you've heard people say things like, "Well, I kicked him in the in the nuts and nothing happened." I've heard I've heard that a couple of times. So today, my attempt is to show you what real strikes to the groin do, what the physiological effects are, and then just some of the parameters of how to properly train them, because I think there's just a lot of misunderstanding. Um, so what I'm going to do is I'm going to show a couple videos from sports, and the reason I use sports is because sports the injuries that happen with sports are humans colliding with humans, humans colliding with the planet. Those are forces that you and I can replicate. So, I'm going to look at a soccer injury that happened. I'm going to look at a couple of MMA fouls that happened. And then, I'm going to look at a training methodology of what's important when you're striking the groin to give you a better understanding of this one, you know, it's probably one of the top three targets people talk about when it comes to self-defense, and I'm just going to kind of take all the mystery out of it. Show you what works, what doesn't work. So, and before we get into it, please subscribe, hit notification button. Please share this with everybody. Thanks so much for the help you've been doing, because of course, Google doesn't really give us much help, and you guys have been sharing all this information left and right, so I really appreciate it. All right, first up, let's take a look at a soccer I'm going to say it's an accident, but it looks pretty deliberate to me. It's a shin kick from behind, and really, what I want you to do is just watch the reaction, just watch how quickly the individual goes down. Um, so here we go. Right from behind. You'll see it from another angle now. Boom. Look, the hands go down, in, and he drops. That's your classic response to a groin injury. So again, you know, it drops people. When done correctly, it drops people very quickly. So now, let's take it into a MMA contest in China. This fight is over in 9 seconds. The first strike that lands is a strike to the groin. What I want you to pay attention to is the fighter that gets struck to the groin. Just just look what happens to him. Look how he can't control himself at that point, you know. The injury itself has taken over, and how quickly everybody, you know, shuts things down. So again, it's in Chinese. You're not going to really be able to understand what they're saying, but I'll walk you through anything that's important. There you go, squaring off. Do you hear that? Okay, I'm going to pause it here just for a second. Now, I just did a video a while back called Martial Arts Parlor Parlor Tricks, where I was showing a a group that was training themselves to get kicked in the groin, okay, and tried to get hard. Now, I told you the parameters of that, why it's a parlor trick, the fact that, you know, you can't you can't train your body under dynamic circumstances like an MMA match that we're talking about or like you out in the street. Uh, when you're there, that kick was a very hard kick. You're seeing this guy go down, and he's a big dude, and his body still reacted very violently to it. And then I want you to watch the after-effects here. He's just, I mean, look at him. He just he can't even operate. Even if he wanted to get back up, he couldn't. He's literally trying to pull his shorts above, you know, to release some pressure just in the groin down there. All right. And just, again, look at look at the agony on this guy's face. Yeah, it's just It's just absolutely brutal. So, okay, so what what do we need to, you know, pay attention to this? You just saw that really, what happens is when you get struck to the groin, there's there's two things. Yes, it's genitalia on men, but the strike to the groin is universal as far as the reaction. Um, if you see a male skateboarder going down a rail, you know, sliding down a rail, he misses, and then his um, you know, his his uh, you know, crotch drops onto the the rail, he is going to react the same way that a female gymnast, when she is doing, say, a backflip on a on a balance beam, and she misses, and then she goes in between, and her crotch strikes the balance beam, they both react the same way. Why? Because you're hitting the pelvic floor, basically. You're just putting an impact on the pelvic floor. It's causing a real big reaction. And then, the goal is, you know, your ability your abdominal your your abdominal integrity, your ability to bear down, to keep your feet, is severely hampered, okay? So now, we're going to go into two US competitions, where both guys were taken down. Sometimes, the kick doesn't look immediately like it was a powerful kick, but then when you see the replay, you can see why the guy went down. Now, these two guys both exhibit some of the really harsh effects of being struck, and we'll talk more about that after I go over both of these videos. But let's watch both of these guys. And again, you know, realize it's a competition. These guys don't want to quit. Nobody wants to quit. But just look at this and just realize that neither one of these guys, no matter what they wanted to do, they had to sit here and respond to the trauma. Okay, so here's this one. Big kick by Gonzaga. Teixeira caught it. Teixeira Oh, yeah, he called it. Low. Low. The guy loses it. Okay. That didn't look that bad, right? Oh, man. You didn't even have to see the It's a little bit of a delayed response. And you're going, "Well, Tim, I thought he was supposed to drop right away." Every strike we've seen so far, really badly. Oh, listen. He's he's coughing. And he he might have a serious injury here, Mike. He's throwing up. He's throwing up. Okay. Yes, that's a physiological response to being struck. Now, the delayed reaction, why is it why is it delayed on on these guys? Even the soccer player, it was a bit of a delayed reaction. And you're going, "Tim, you're telling me it was going to be immediate when he came down." What are all these guys wearing? They're wearing protective gear. They're wearing a cup. So, this is just blunt trauma to the area. This isn't direct striking of the testicles on top of everything else, because again, I told you we're going after the abdominal wall, but also in the males, you can also crush testicles. So, it's a it's almost like a bonus. It's the one that most people focus on is crushing of the testicles, but again, as I told you, male or female, you're going to get the same type of response because that's that's just a physiological response to being struck to that area. I don't think there's any woman out there that would volunteer for a full-force cook into the full-force kick into the pelvis. All right, so now let's see the next one. Here we go. Go to round two. Good leg kick by Oop, that went low. And there he goes, to the knees. Again, he can't keep his feet because of the the the pelvic floor being struck. Right to the olive branch. How long it takes for him And this guy, you're going to hear him coughing and retching. Oh man, he's hurting. He's hurting bad. This This might be the end of the fight. He's writhing in pain. I I mean, this isn't Let's take a look at the replay again. Again, there's there's He's not going to be able to compete. There's the kick. Right to the jewels. Uh but that's not helping Secor right now. And again, just blunt trauma to that area is more than enough to put the guy down and end the competition. The athletic commission is looking at him right now. There's that. All right. So, you know, we sit there and we say, um, you know, I gave you three examples from the sports, and and then the one thing I want you to notice is every one of those strikes that came through, even the shin kick from behind with the soccer player, they really didn't deploy the body weight all the way through, meaning keep going forward through the strike, which is really how you want to train. If you want to do this on the street, you want to strike the groin in such a way that all your body weight transfers through there, because you want this guy to catch everything. So, we were having a seminar a while back, and some of our clients are just having a hard time understanding body weight deployment to go through. So, two of the instructors just did a demo. Now, let me emphasize this is a demo. Yes, the other instructor is just standing there, allowing the guy to come in and put a knee. What the instructor is trying to show is, okay, look at how much area I cover when I come crashing through this groin. Had he done something to injure the guy, to where maybe he hit him in the eyes or something, he was going back like this and and then the other instructor would cover the distance, and second injury would be the groin at this point, okay? So, I just want to be very clear about the setup here, because we do not believe that this set up right here, that somebody's just going to stand there and allow you to do this, okay? Demo. But what I want you to pay attention to is watch the instructor as he does the strike and how much distance he covers all the way through the target. And he even pulled back a little bit. Okay. And what he's doing now is he's facing everybody and saying, "Look how much distance was covered here," you know. I started the strike at this point and I ended up here, you know, saying, you know, "That's where he was standing. I did the strike all the way through this area. That's where he ended up." And that is a true deployment of body weight into the groin area. Now, you notice some of the guys were retching and throwing up. What's What's interesting is some of the physiological effects of it. We talked about the loss of abdominal pressure, the ability to not keep, you know, bear down and and and keep yourself standing up. That is, uh you know, one effect of a groin strike. We also talked about crushed testicles. We understand that. Striking the groin multiple times will cause the person to throw up. You notice some of these guys retching and they're going in there and they're and they threw up a little bit. If you do it twice in a row, you will guarantee that the person throws up. So, it's just another physiological response. It's funny, in all the years of watching media, I've only seen one movie that depicted that correctly. I can't remember what the movie was, but I remember I saw the guy do two strikes and the guy went to his knees and started throwing up, and I'm going, "Man, I wonder who consulted on this, because that's absolutely what happens." So listen, the reason I wanted to share this with you is because, again, you have to do the work on any of these. I know my training is called Target Focus Training. I know I talk about injury to the human body, but these are not magic points on the body. You have to do real work. Every one of the strikes that you saw prior to uh prior to the demo, every one of those individuals had protective gear on, okay? Some of the most horrific injuries that I've seen in sports have come through cleats going up under a cup and absolutely tearing apart the testicles. Again, this is YouTube. I can't share super graphic stuff with you guys. But again, if uh if you have an interest in seeing more, you know, deliberate training and stuff like that, please go to the link down uh down here to surviveviolence.com and start getting some real information from us. Again, we can be a lot more deliberate in what we show, and we don't have to censor ourselves as much. Um, but this is just one area of the human body. Again, it's one that's talked about often times, but it's also miscategorized a lot. So, I hope this helped clarify, um, some of the ideas, especially if you put this together with the martial arts parlor trick video that I did, you can kind of contrast the two and see it'd be absolutely ridiculous for you to sit here and try to condition parts of your body that are, you know, essentially targets. You know, it's it's just it's just a waste of your time. What you want to do is learn how to correctly put injury on people and make sure that you're doing it to them, and they're not doing it to you. Anyways, all the best. Thanks for your comments. Look forward to hearing from you and any questions or comments that you have on this particular video.
Camouflage Stance and Moving in Camouflage Stance
Hello guys, I'm Gheorghe Husar, Krav Maga master with Spartans Academy. Hello guys, on this session we are talking about a camouflage stance. So, camouflage stance is part of your pre-fight. You want to cause no intention to fight, no threat towards your opponent. Also, you want to make sure that everyone who is watching the, the incident will see actually you are the victim there. So talking about camouflage stance, my hands are in front of my body with the fingers pointing up, one palm in the front, one on the back, elbows coming to the center. So if you look from this angle, you'll see that palms are not close to me, are quite far away from me. Also, I can control the distance having the palms far away from me. So, what I want to achieve with this, I want to send a message to my opponent, and the message is, I don't want to fight, I'm not a threat, and also if you want to strike me, there is no straight punches going to my face. So I'm kind of encouraging my opponent to come with a circular attacks through my body language. Now, obviously because we want to avoid the fight, that's what is all about self defense, avoid a fight, I want to move away from my opponent in order to keep the distance, at least, or increase it. Now when I'm moving, I will never move on a straight line backwards because it's not natural, I move left, right, right, left, on proactive manner. So when I'm moving sideway, if I'm moving to my right, I'm pushing on the left leg, with a small steps. If I'm moving towards my left, I'm pushing on my right leg, moving towards the left. So, let's have a look. I start to move away from my opponent in order to increase the distance, or to keep the same distance. Which is very, very important to avoid a fight. Now, a second camouflage stance, and we talk about facing an attacker with a weapon, and I'm talking about knife or any blade, screwdriver, anything that can slash or stab you. So this is a, a modified one because I want to protect my heart, I want to protect my main arteries. So for that I'm bringing forearms on the front of my body, palms together, so also protect my, my tendons and my veins, protecting your liver and your spleen. Legs close. Shoulders up, head sink between your shoulders. And I'm moving the same way, moving left, moving right, so I'm becoming a target in the motion, which always a target in, in a move it's a hard target. So, is very, very simple. Practice this home. Practice to make it better. I will see you on the next session.
CPR Simple Steps
Hello, in this Health Sketch we want to talk to you about CPR, which stands for cardiopulmonary resuscitation. We use CPR when someone has collapsed and is not breathing, because it can keep people alive until emergency services arrive. Learning these simple life-saving skills is as easy as A, B, C. All you have to remember is the Dr. ABCs. D is for Danger. First, look around carefully to make sure the area is safe for yourself and others, before approaching. R is for Response. Shake them gently by the shoulders, and ask them loudly, "Are you all right?" If there is no response, you need to: S, shout for help, as any assistance will be helpful. A is for Airway. Gently tilt the head back like this to open up the airway. B is for Breathing. Look, listen, and feel for signs of normal breathing. Look for normal chest movements. Listen for normal breathing sounds. And try to feel their breath against your face. Do this for no more than 10 seconds. If there is no sign of breathing, or if they are breathing in an unusual, noisy way, we need to start CPR. First, make sure that an ambulance is on its way. If you have someone with you, ask them to make the call. Putting the phone on speaker mode is useful as the ambulance service can talk you through the steps. C is for Circulation. Circulation means the flow of blood around the body. And when the heart stops pumping, we need to take over this role by pushing down hard and fast on the chest. Start by placing the heel of one hand at the center of the person's chest, and interlock your fingers like this. With arms straightened, press down hard and fast, letting the chest come back up fully each time. Fast means around two times every second. And hard means that the chest needs to go down by about five centimeters. This might sound a lot, but you do need to push hard for it to be effective. If you have been trained, you can give two rescue breaths after every 30 compressions, as this helps provide some oxygen. However, if you have not been trained or are not comfortable, just keep going with hands-only continuous chest compressions. If someone else is with you, swap over if you begin to feel tired, and don't stop until either a health professional takes over, or the person is definitely breathing normally. Sometimes, we can add another step: D. D is for Defibrillation, which is about delivering a shock to restart the heartbeat. Some public areas and workplaces have an easy to use defibrillator on-site, called an automated external defibrillator or AED. Automated means that it is the machine that decides what to do, so you can't go wrong, and it even talks you through the steps. If there is no AED available, keep going with CPR until the ambulance arrives. That's it! So, to recap, remember Dr. ABC, and if you have it, D. That's: D for Danger, R for Response, S, shout for help, A for Airway, B for Breathing, C for Circulation, and D for Defibrillation. In this Health Sketch, we've shown you the simple steps you can take to help someone who has collapsed, is not breathing, or not breathing normally. Why not take a training course to practice these steps? Share this video with friends and family to make sure we all know what to do. Health Sketch. Health for all to see.
TIP 1: STRIKING SPEED AND CONNECTION
Golden rule when you strike. If your limb travel 100 mph towards the target, on the way back, it's double the speed. And make sure the connection between the target, between the striking limb and the target happen in a millisecond. You don't stay there. That makes sense to you?
Knife Threat To The Neck From The Front Blade Same Side
Hello, everyone. I'm Örjan Pettersen, I'm an expert level Krav Maga instructor with Spartans Academy. Hello, guys, I'm Gheorghe Husar, Krav Maga Master with Spartans Academy. Hi, in today's lesson, we're going to look at knife threats from the front, where the knife hand is on the same side on the on your neck. So we're going to show this, first, in a in a flow motion, and then we'll break down all the details of it. So, as you can see, the knife is on the same side as my opponent's hand on the side. So, shh shh Let's look at the finer details of what we did here. As you can see, the knife threat comes from a very close range, and the person, at this point, is not conducting any action apart from threatening you. My hands will come up in a in a controlled motion, so not to get a reaction from from your partner. And I'm keeping this very close to my opponent's hand. To get the knife away from me, I will conduct a strike with my far hand, bringing the knife far away from me with like a straight punch and a C grip across the hand. Let's look at this one again. That strike will be accompanied by a similar straight punch with my near hand, which you will see will collect in my the crook of my arms, the knife hand as I'm landing with the foot matching the side of the knife. Shh Also accompanied with this, you will see as I'm landing, my elbow will go above the knife hand so to control it on my landing. Shh This will enable me, as I got a grip on the knife, to strike against my opponent's neck with forearm strikes, horizontally or vertically depending on the position of my opponent's neck. Let's look at this again from a flow motion. Shh shh This again is a type of attack that you can practice yourself, again, in a dry drill, or even better, with a partner. Now, as we all know, with knife threats, there's a decision to be made, whether you take action, or whether you comply with the demands of the person. That's a decision we all have to make, depending on the scenario. Obviously here, we're learning how to deal with it in a very aggressive way if we have to. So keep practicing this, and we'll see you in the next lesson.
Stop the Bleed Tourniquet Training
Hi, I'm Gina Solomon. I am the trauma program manager here at Gwinnett Medical Center. Uncontrolled life-threatening hemorrhage is one of the leading causes of preventable death after traumatic injury. Gwinnett Medical Center is partnering with the national Stop the Bleed campaign to provide training to bystanders on how to control this life-threatening hemorrhage. Everyone should know how to identify life-threatening bleeding and know how to take the appropriate steps to control the bleeding until help arrives. There are a couple of primary principles to controlling life-threatening hemorrhage. First off is to ensure your own safety. It's very important that you make sure you are safe before you render aid to anyone else. The second principle is what we call the ABCs of bleeding control. A, alert, you want to call 911. B, bleeding, be able to identify the life-threatening bleeding. And C, compress. And there's three ways that you can compress the bleeding and we're going to go into detail about each one of those. The first principle of the ABC is A, alert. Call 911. It is really important that you get the pre-hospital providers in route to take over care while you render aid. B is bleeding. Being able to identify what is life-threatening bleeding. If you see bleeding spurting from a wound, pouring from a wound, clothes that are soaked in blood, you have bandages that are soaked in blood, if the person is missing all or part of a limb, an arm or a leg, or the person is becoming dizzy or unconscious, those are all signs of life-threatening bleeding. Wounds that can lead to death from bleeding are often located in the arms and legs, torso junctional, which is the armpits, the groin, or the neck, or the chest and the abdomen or internal bleeding. Unfortunately, with internal bleeding, bystanders cannot really impact those injuries and they need quick access to a trauma center. And then C, compress. There are three ways to compress. First is just holding pressure. It is really important that if you have access to gloves, you want to put those on before you render any care. If you can protect yourself from blood-borne pathogens, this is an important safety step. So you want to put your gloves on, and then if you have access to gauze, that is great, but if you do not, any clean cloth will work. If you have a clean towel, a t-shirt, whatever you may have handy will work just as well. You want to take the gauze or the clean cloth, and and fold it and place it directly over the wound. You want to put the heel of one hand on the cloth, the heel of your other hand on top of your first hand, and lean in and put as much pressure on the wound as you can. You want to stay this way until help arrives. Do not peek. You don't want to look. You just want to hold pressure until the pre-hospital personnel can arrive and take over care. The second principle of compress is tourniquets. Tourniquets are used when you have life-threatening bleeding to an arm or a leg. If you have access to a bleeding control kit, they will have tourniquets in them. This is a what's known as a CAT tourniquet and is the most common tourniquet that's placed in those kits. It is a Velcro band, so you just want to unfold the band, and take the circle and place it on the limb over the site of the bleeding. It's really important that you go above the wound and you also want to go above a knee or an elbow. It is okay to put it on top of clothing, just make sure there's nothing bulky in a pocket like keys or such that would impact the tension that we're going to place on the tourniquet. You want to take the Velcro strap and tighten it down on the limb. It just has to be snug. You are then going to notice there is a rod that is attached to the tourniquet. Once you have the Velcro strap snug on the limb, you want to turn the rod as tight as you can. You're going to twist until you cannot twist any more and it is very tight. Once you can no longer tighten the rod, you're going to place it in the C-clip to hold the rod in place. You then can take what's left of the strap and place it on top of the rod through the strap. Many of the tourniquets will have another Velcro strap that you can place over the C-clamp. Tourniquets are very painful and it's okay to tell the injured person that this is going to hurt. You do not want to loosen it. You want to leave it as is until the pre-hospital providers take over care. They can give the person pain medicine to help with the pain, but it is normal for them to feel significant pain after the tourniquet has been placed. The third principle to compress is wound packing. Again, if you have access to gauze, that is great, but if you do not, any clean cloth, t-shirt can be used as well. What we're going to do here is actually insert the gauze or the clean cloth into the wound to stop bleeding. So you want to take the end of the gauze or cloth and actually pack the wound. You want to use your fingers to place the gauze tightly and as deeply into the wound as you possibly can. And you're going to continue to pack until you cannot get any more gauze or cloth into the wound. Once you have packed it as tightly as you can, you then want to compress with pressure. So you want to put what's left of your gauze or t-shirt on top of the wound, apply the heel of your hand, the heel of your other hand on top of that, and lean and apply direct pressure. Again, you do not want to let off of the pressure until the pre-hospital personnel arrive to take over care. Bystanders can make a huge impact with life-threatening bleeding until first responders can arrive. The only thing more tragic than a death is a death that can be prevented. Thank you.
How a Glock Works
How a Glock works. As the trigger is pulled, the trigger bar pulls the firing pin back. The connector guides the trigger bar downward, releasing the firing pin and allowing it to strike the bullet primer. The expanding gases from the powder charge propel the bullet out of the barrel. The recoil forces the slide back, unlocking the barrel as it tilts downward, and allows the extractor to remove the spent cartridge from the chamber. As the cartridge case is fully extracted, it comes into contact with the ejector and is forcefully ejected from the firearm. As the slide moves forward, the bottom rail of the slide strips a new cartridge from the magazine and pushes it up the ramp of the barrel and into the chamber. The cycle is now complete and the Glock is ready to fire the next round. As the slide moves back, the hook on the connector is forced inward. This allows the trigger bar to move upward. As the slide returns forward, the trigger bar is then able to retain the firing pin. Releasing the trigger allows the connector to move back into place, again enabling the downward movement of the trigger bar. The Glock contains three safeties. The first is the trigger safety. The trigger cannot be pulled back unless the safety is engaged, allowing it to move past the frame. The second is the firing pin safety. The firing pin cannot move past the safety unless the trigger bar has pushed it up, allowing the firing pin to move past this safety. The final is the drop safety. The trigger bar is held in place by the housing. The firing pin cannot move forward unless the trigger bar has moved back and cleared the ramp of this housing. The inside of the barrel contains polygonal rifling. This rifling causes the bullet to spin, providing stabilization throughout its flight and increases accuracy. Cartridges are fed into the firearm via a spring inside the magazine. When the final cartridge has been ejected, the magazine follower forces the slide lock lever up and locks the slide back when the magazine is empty.
Standing Up From The Floor
Hello everyone, I'm Orjan Pettersen. I'm an expert-level Krav Maga instructor with Spartans Academy. Hi. In this lesson, we're going to talk about standing up from the floor. There's a couple of ways of standing up from the floor. It's about facing the opponent, opponent, or standing up and running. So, let's look at the starting position that we're in having fallen backwards onto the floor. So, repetition from your falling lesson, remember the key components of fighting or moving on the floor. My head is elevated up, chin down, looking forward. Same with my hands in a fighting stance or camouflage position with my hands. They're elevated in front of me, preventing my elbows dropping onto the floor. As I've fallen, you know that I'm one on one side, keeping my spine off the floor to protect it. From a frontal position, my legs, one of them will be close to me, enabling me to move on the floor, whilst the other one, with the toes pointing upward, is protecting my groin area. So this is my starting position to stand up from. Now, there's a couple of ways of standing up. I may choose to stand up, still having to face the opponent that is in front of me. To do so, I'm leaning towards the side where my leg that is elevated, which is ready to kick, is situated, dropping my hand down and rolling towards that position, keeping the other hand in the same position. As you see, as I'm rolling over, it doesn't change, but it maintains an elevated position to protect myself against any attack. From this position, I elevate myself. My palm and my sole of my foot are the only contact points. From here, I'm pushing off with my leg, moving my other leg between my leg and my arm, pushing backwards, landing in a fighting stance position, ready to face the opponent. Let's look at the other way of standing up. Now in this case, I want to stand up and run. To do so, I'm dropping my hand down and my knee, elevating myself up slightly. Now I got this the the the the second leg ready to turn as I'm moving that leg across, ready to push off, enabling me to commence a run. Let's look at that from a more fluid movement. Both these options for standing up from the floor are are very useful. You may need to face an opponent, you may have time to run away. So practice both of them, and we'll see you in the next lesson.
FROM VERBAL TO WEAPON
Do you think this guy overreacted to someone sitting on his car? Leave your thoughts in the comments below. Sometimes your ego defense leads to a lack of emotional control in a fight. This violent encounter teaches us the value of emotional control when arguments escalate into fights. This situation escalates to violence through a range of multiple contacts and gestures towards violence. From a psychological perspective, there's a lot of aggressive posturing. And it's important to recognize these. If you can recognize these in your everyday life, you can avoid conflicts that lead to deadly force. Keep watching the video, and I'll highlight what to look out for to avoid escalation to deadly force. So, keep watching. What would you do if you returned to find someone leaning against your car? This guy in the white vest had his family, so he did what most of us would do. He tapped the guy, asked him to get off his car. The guy leaning on his car's on the phone, so he hesitates a little bit. In fact, he puts his hands up, makes a little gesture, but in the process of that, there's a miscommunication here. And then he tries to lead him off his car. Now, does this escalate the conflict? Many of you would say touching the guy's arm and asking him to get off your car, or trying to lead him off your car is a step too far, this physical contact. For many people it would be crossing the line. But either way, the guy on the phone overreacts by trying to get his hand free, by swinging it free. To me, that's an act of ego, and it is an act of dominance as well. But instead, he puts the phone down, and he goes after the attacker. He follows him around. And in one final insult, he kicks his shopping across the road. Kicking the package is an act of aggression. From a psychological and emotional perspective, there's a lot going on here. The guy escalates to a weapon because he's angry, and I've said this before, if someone is angry, or they want to inflict harm, or they don't feel that they'll win a fight, they'll escalate to a weapon. Now what's critical here is, once the guy pulled the knife, you'll see that he holds it up and he shakes it first. So he shows his victim the knife as he's running around to attack him. That's significant because that shows an element of rage. It shows an element of anger. So what are the takeaways? What are the lessons to be learned from this? In your own self-defense, it's important to be aware of the escalation markers. If you're having a verbal conflict with someone, and you're noticing a change in behaviors, actions, touches, grabs, pushes, and it's slowly escalating, it's important to take note of this. And it's easily done. Most of the time when you're in the middle of an argument, you get distracted by the argument. Lots of things can change and happen around you and suck you literally into a fight that you, frankly, weren't intending. Sometimes people gesture subconsciously. They don't consciously plan to do it, but these signals can be taken as threat. For example, the guy on the phone, when he pulls his arm free, he steps off the car, then he lifts his hands as if to gesture to slap or strike the other guy. That clearly is a threat signal. It's an escalation. Whether he intended to do it or whether it was subconscious or not, it could be interpreted as only one way. Now more often than not, these micro signals, a body language cues that people pick up as threat, and they respond accordingly and escalate in their response. For the guy in the black takes it a stage further, pushes the other guy away. Not subtly, but quite violently. Most of the time people push to make space to defend their personal space. But in this case, it looked like he was lashing out. Pushing the guy because he was angry, and not necessarily because he was trying to establish personal space to defend himself. Pushing the guy was unnecessary. But that wasn't what instigated the attack. What instigated the attack was the build-up. There are many issues to this. Ego defense is one of them. The public arena itself casts a different light on an event. We have to manage our impressions in public, especially in front of our friends and family. So developing what I call psychological fitness is important. Having a good sound mind is just as important as a good sound body. Ego defense is a very simple psychological term. It's something that everybody has, and we do it on a normal everyday basis. Except, in street fights, it becomes more extreme. In a confrontation with a stranger, for some people, ego defense becomes much more of a process towards fighting. They defend their ego physically. So, always avoid arguing with strangers, because you really don't know their capability, or what they're willing to do. Thanks for watching.
Striking The Throat
Hey, everybody! So, the big three: eyes, groin. We've already covered those. What's the third one? The throat. Those are the big self-defense targets. So today, we're going to look at the throat. Before we get into that, please subscribe to the channel, make your comments, hit the notification button, and most importantly, share this channel with anybody you think needs great self-protection information. Thanks so much for the growth that we've experienced and all the great comments. Now, getting into the throat. It's a very straightforward target. You know, the neck has three areas that you can strike: the throat, the side of the neck, which we did in another video, and then the very back of the neck, which I'll probably cover in a future video. But the throat is really the gateway to the, ah, respiratory system, as far as breathing, you know, your, your ability to breathe. And that's what we're trying to shut down. We're going to crush the cartilage in here because we're talking about a life-or-death situation. We're not talking about trying to make the guy cough and sputter or any of those things. What we're looking do to do is actually cut the airway off. Crush, think of it as like a tent pole that we're just crushing, we're turning on its side and now it's sealed and the person can't breathe anymore. So you want to start the asphyxiation process. If the person has a crushed cartilage, ha- crushed cartilage and the windpipe is, uh, is blocked, 3 to 5 minutes they're going to start to shut down. Okay, it's just, it's going to starve the body of oxygen. So, it's a serious, serious injury. Now, you've seen, you know, all the classic self-defense, uh, looks, all the different line diagrams and combatives manuals, and, you know, what we're doing. And, and, you know, like, like the one up, uh, the one up on, that's, yeah, right here, this one. Um, that is the classic, uh, thumb, you know, thumb strike. So it's using your thumb, coming in and striking the guy right in the throat. That's usually made of, you know, for people to cough and sputter. Um, Sean Connery in the movie, The Presidio, did a really nice job on a bouncer in this one. It was one of the better depictions I've seen of using that kind of a strike. But again, that's not really designed. They're not trying to crush the throat, which is, again, in a self-defense situation, in a fight-for-your-life situation, we don't want to just cough and sputter on the individual. We want to shut them down. We want to cut that airway off. So again, you know, you want to make sure that you're striking with a hard, you know, part of you into this area to get the full result. So, what I'm going to start with is I'm going to start with a video from, uh, the NBA. You can see LeBron James catch a, uh, elbow, or really like a forearm, right into his throat. And you're going to see, you know, he's going forward, the other guy's going forward, they meet badly, and, uh, you can see LeBron really is hurt in this one. He's not- Luckily, it wasn't crushed, the throat wasn't crushed, or anything like that. But it definitely took him out of the game. And, um, you know, we'll see it from the multiple angles. So, let's go ahead and tee it up here. All right. - Bobcat, you got to make sure that Jefferson's involved - Here it comes. - in those possessions. Here's LeBron going to the hole. And he's fouled, and he is hammered by Josh McR- Okay, so now they're going to replay this, so, so pay attention to where it is. You're going to see that the striking surface is, is right about here when the guy goes up, but you're going to see he really lunges out there to stop LeBron right in his tracks, and LeBron- LeBron is looking up at the basket, opening up the throat, which makes it just a very easy strike for this guy. But check out all the multiple angles here. - They're going to probably take a look at this. Not sure that McRoberts made a play on the basketball. Let's see if we have a replay of that one. - Okay, here it comes. - Roberts coming in. - Right. Boom! So, off from that angle. - Question is, is it a flagrant 2? - And that's him trying to get away from it. - Watch. - and he goes above the neck. - He catches it all right there. - Especially at this point in this game. - That really shows it. - Where we still have a game that's in doubt. Okay. So, you know, that's really what you're looking at, you know, when you're looking at the throat. Here, the guy was coming up. Now, you saw LeBron try to pull away from it, but he still caught a really good shot there and he was definitely coughing and sputtering on that one. Um, again, these are sports injuries. This is a sports, uh, you know, this is a, um, an accident. It's not, the person wasn't deliberately trying to crush LeBron's throat. He was just trying to, you know, enforce that area to make it much tougher. He wants everybody to think every time they go up for a lay-up, they're going to have to think about maybe getting a forearm to the throat. You know, that's what enforcers do. They do it in all sorts of sports, hockey, uh, they'll do it in, um, roller derby. They'll do it in basketball. You know, people are just known for being that way. Uh, but what for our purposes, what I want you to see clearly, you know, what it was like when, you know, two, two bodies come up and just meet, you know. That's physics and physiology meeting badly and this is the area you're looking for. Now, we're going to see a law enforcement application of the throat, striking the throat. This is going to be an open hand. But there's a couple things I want you to point out. Um, this happened in Las Vegas. The backstory on this is the, uh, the guy that they're going to pull up on, he has a knife, he's not showing his hands, and he is, you know, he's drunk and he is not responded to multiple requests by the officer to show his hands. And, uh, this Las Vegas officer does a really good deceptive job of getting in and then taking him down. But we'll talk a little bit about, uh, things, cause there's a lot to unpack on this particular one. Okay. Go ahead and play this. There's no sound. Okay, it's taking him down. Now we're, they're going to slow it down. And you'll see, I want you to take a good look at the curb there. Okay. Now watch. Boom! All right. There. Okay. That worked out okay for the officer. Boy, that was dangerous. And why was it dangerous? Well, it's dangerous because he was just trying to arrest the guy. Yes, the guy may have had a knife in there, and, and he did. But did you notice how close his head was to the curb? Okay, this is the other thing. When somebody's standing up and you're going to strike the throat, my primary goal is obviously to crush the throat, but my secondary goal and my ultimate hope is that I'm going to get massive head trauma. How? By throwing his head right into the concrete. Okay, because once you get the person going back like that with a open-hand, and especially with a, a hard strike, either a forearm strike or a punch into the throat, you have a much greater chance of getting massive head trauma, because the person's going to go, they're going to lose their balance, they're going to, you know, go back. It's a very violent reaction that they have to getting hit in the throat. And the dangerous part for that particular officer wa- is, he easily, a couple of inches over to the side, he easily could have hit his head on the curb at that point and brained himself. And so again, you have to be- you have to understand that when you go to the throat, uh, especially when somebody is standing, that, uh, there's a really good chance that they're going to lose their balance. And there's an even better chance, if you're on a hard surface, that they're going to bounce their head off of that surface. So, it's again, another thing you have to think about on there. But it's pretty straightforward, the, the strike itself. It's really easy. And the, and the goal again, you know, what you're doing is, you, you want to- you want to strike under. The one thing I will say about targeting the throat, I hear a lot of people talk about, "Oh, if a guy keeps his, his, uh, chin down, it's harder to hit the throat." Don't aim for the throat. I've- I've taught all of my people, uh, for years, to go right at top of the sternum. Basically, right about here is where you strike and then it always goes up into the throat. It just- even if the person's chin is down, it'll knock him up and get right into the throat, each and every time. Um, so it, it's a, it's a really straightforward strike. But, the most important thing on this is, you have to use all your body weight. You saw that police officer throw all of his body weight into the shot. You know, that was one thing where he did it really, really well. Again, you know, his goal was to arrest the guy, so again, it could have- it could have been a much more grievous injury to that individual. Luckily, he was drunk, he hit a flat surface, his head was up, it worked out okay. But again, you want to be very careful, uh, especially, you know, when I'm training officers on use of force and stuff like that, that you have to be careful. What you do on the mats often times doesn't translate to the street because the street is the street and there's hard surfaces. And if you're only training on mats all the time, often times you'll do things that you can get away with on the mats that a real human in the street could easily break something on them or severely injure themselves. So you have to always, you know, you know, be aware of that. But your goal is very straightforward, it's asphyxiation. You want to cut off the airway. That is what, you know, you get from the throat. And it's just crushing that windpipe. Yes, there are ways you can get in there and you can just, you know, use your hand, and you can crush all of that. Not worth going into. I'd much rather see you do something where you use a hard surface on you and you throw all your body weight into the strike and that's the result that you're looking for. Okay. But again, this is something that's a very serious strike. I see people screwing around with throat strikes all the time, even making people cough and sputter and do stuff like that. It is dangerous. I've seen people, you know, hurt thyroid. Uh, you know, the thyroid is here. Uh, there's a lot of damage you can do in the neck area. It's definitely not anything to screw around with and be very careful when you're training this that you make sure that you're going light striking on this, because again, the throat can't take a lot of trauma at all, and you have to be really careful. Highly effective, though. You know, you can put somebody down really quick with one of these strikes if you know how to do it correctly. So, it's worth learning. All right. So, that gives you your big three. So if you look at, uh, the videos that we have right now, we have the eyes, we have the groin, and we have the throat. All right. So, we've covered those targets. I'll continue to do parts of the body, um, and break those down for you. Have a lot of good videos. The challenge for me is my best stuff as far as- And I don't mean to be gratuitous, but if I wanted to show real injury and real graphic injury, I have that information. It's hard to view, sometimes. It's extremely useful, but YouTube- the parameters of YouTube just don't allow me to use it. So, a- again, I'm just trying to, you know, I'm just trying to, you know, anticipate some of the comments, because yes, there are better videos out there. I just have to be careful which ones I use. Anyways, I appreciate everything. If you have any questions about this target, please post them. Um, I, I really appreciate the comments. I try to answer as many as possible, um, but again, it's getting kind of overwhelming right now, but I- I do peruse them, and, um, if there's something that I really think I need to respond to, I do. But I appreciate you guys all taking the time. Look forward to, uh, you know, hearing from you. 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Soft Break Fall Backwards And Sideways
Hello, everyone. I'm Örjan Pettersen. I'm an expert level Krav Maga instructor with Spartans Academy. In this lesson, we're going to talk about break fall backwards and sideways. This is an important break fall to learn because it's designed to protect yourself and put yourself in a position where you either can very quickly get up from the floor or to continue to fight from the floor. It's also designed to in terms of protection to avoid your your shoulder, elbow and wrist limb being exposed to any gravitational force by avoiding putting your hand downwards as you're falling. So let's look at the key critical checkpoints of that break fall. I'll just go through it in its entirety, and then we'll break it down a little bit later. As you can see, I'm dropping down from a controlled position where one of my legs will remain on the floor. That is to prevent the momentum pushing me to roll backwards as I'm dropping down. What I'm also doing as I'm falling is to land for my glute area and roll my glutes alongside the side of my back up towards my shoulder, so that's the contact point as I'm falling. Let's do this from a lower position, and you can see this in more detail. This is a good position to start training from, and then you can build it up to a greater height as you progress. Start with your hands up. Chin is dropped down. I'm rolling from a glute alongside my back, keeping my spine off the floor to protect it. As I've landed here, these are the key checkpoints that you need to focus on. Your head remains high, chin down, looking forward, protecting it against a fall against the surface at the back of your head. Your hands remain high, again, to protect yourself, but also to protect your elbow from any impact on the floor as you're falling. As I've said, one legs remains very close to you. This enables you to move on the floor, whilst your other leg has an outward knee, same with your toes in front of your groin, ready to protect your groin against any strikes. This is also placing yourself in a position where you can readily strike to multiple areas on your opponent. You can strike towards the knee, you can strike towards the groin, or, indeed, you can strike against the upper chest. Let's look at it again from a fluid motion. Key check points, head up, arms up, elbow up, leg close, other leg protect your groin, you're ready to strike. Standing up from this is covered in a further section, but you'll see the motion here. I've got a couple of options. I can stand up and face the opponent, or indeed, I can stand up and run away from my opponent. I can also conduct this fall in a sideways motion. The sideways one is very similar to the fall backwards. I'm just doing it more in a sideways motion. My impact comes to my right, and I'm falling down in a similar fashion. I will fall along the side of my spine, sorry, the side of my back close to the floor. Again, close leg is dampening the the momentum. And the far leg is ready to to strike. And from there, I can stand up or run away. So practice this break fall. It's important in terms of protecting your limbs, get yourself in a defensive position, and enabling you to fight on the floor. We'll see you in the next lesson.
Knife Threat to The Neck from The Front Blade Diagonal
Hello everyone, I'm Orian Pettersen, I'm an expert level Krav Maga instructor, with Spartans Academy. Hello guys, I'm Gheorghe Husar, Krav Maga Master, with Spartans Academy. Okay, so on this lesson we are going to deal with knife threat to your neck from across or opposite side. So I'm face to face with my opponent. For any how, any reason you end up on this situation with a blade to your throat. So start first acting. So we're talking about camouflage behavior. So I'm bringing my hands up on a very slow manner, to don't trigger my opponent. As soon as I have an opportunity, so the far hand is going to grab his wrist and remove his wrist. It's like a straight punch as you'll learn on the previous technique. So hands up, head grab, strike. So I'm sending his hand onto the crook of my arm, the other arm, yes. And now, when I'm wrapping, I'm going to perform a shoulder strike against my opponent. Let's see this again. Once more. I'm bringing a knee on the game, so I'm going to strike his groin, to make the knife even deeper if it's there, the connection. And I'm moving away from him with a forearm strike. And I carry on striking either performing more forearm strikes, or now a straight palm strike behind my opponent till he's going on the floor. Maintain the grip on his arm, control his forearm against your belly chest, and perform more strikes till opponent is dropping and not moving, okay? So let's see this from the on a flow. So practice this home, practice this at your local gym. I will see you on the next lesson.
FROM MONKEY DANCE TO DEATH
Descarado, mampo! Miren allá el chispazo. Miren de tras algo de cada huevada, oye. Mami. Tranquilo, pa. Tranquilo, pa. Mire que le va a pegar a usted. Quieto ahí. ¿Ah? Quieto ahí, quieto ahí. Ojo ahí. Tranquilo, pa. Tranquilo. Mami, a ver, a ver. Mami, ya está. Miren, se está ahogando. Ya está. Tranquilo, parcero. Tranquilo que ya acá abajo va. Sí. Tranquilito. Venga, venga, venga, venga. Felipe. El balazo. Vaya que se le escape. Felipe. Felipe. Felipe. Que no haga bulla. Mira. A donde yo estoy no fue nada, guevón. Partió el espejo. Felipe. Felipe. No no no no. Felipe. Ay, María, toma el lente, ya sabe. Usted que me la saca a patadas a usted. Oye, oye. ¡Ay, Felipe! Usted que me la saca a usted. Alístate la bola. ¡Eh! ¡Ay, ay, ay! Usted que me la saca a usted. Llamen, llamen la patrulla. Oigan, oigan, oigan. Venga, orden. Pida la patrulla, la patrulla. Hay una policía. Miren a la policía pues. Vea hombre, vea, que se van a terminar de quebrar. Oye, el hombre está vivo, echémoslo en un carro. Está vivo, está vivo.
Tips 2: T-shirt grab from behind, turn and strike
Krav Maga stance, hands goes up. So, every single time in my head is shoulder squeeze my ear to protect my temple area, and my neck and ear, the hard line, right? This palm is a shield. I'm turning to see. Now I can see the target clear and I keep the palm between the target and my face. I'm turning.
How a Revolver Works
A Colt Python is loaded by first pulling the cylinder latch to the rear. This unlocks the cylinder by means of the spring loaded latch pin. The crane is now able to swivel the cylinder out of the frame. Cartridges are then loaded into all six chambers. The cylinder is then pushed back into the frame and then rotated to ensure the bolt has locked it into position. Many revolvers feature both double-action and single-action operation. In double-action operation, the trigger is pulled until it cocks and releases the hammer to fire. In single-action operation, the hammer is drawn back to the cocked position and held by the sear. Squeezing the trigger releases the hammer to fire. As the trigger is pulled, the trigger pushes up on the hammer strut, cocking the hammer. As the hammer rotates, the main spring is compressed by means of the hammer stirrup and the rebound lever, which is pushed up by the trigger. As the hammer reaches its cocked position, it slips off the trigger. Simultaneously, the trigger pushes down on the bolt, dropping it out of the cylinder pocket. The hand engages the ratchet of the cylinder ejector, indexing it to the next chamber. Just as the hammer is released, the bolt drops into the next pocket, locking the cylinder's rotation. At the same time, the trigger raises the transfer bar up behind the firing pin. As the hammer is released, it strikes the transfer bar, transferring its energy to the firing pin, which travels forward, impacting the cartridge primer. This detonates the priming compound and ignites the powder charge, propelling the bullet down the barrel. With the rebound lever under constant tension from the main spring, its tension is transferred to the trigger. Releasing the trigger pivots the hammer strut out of the way, allowing it to return to its forward position. During single-action operation, the hammer is pulled back, driving movement of the trigger. At its peak, the trigger rests on the sear surface of the hammer. Pulling the trigger, releases it from the hammer sear, allowing it to strike the transfer bar. Releasing the trigger again resets its forward position. To eject the empty shell cases, the cylinder latch is pulled, allowing the cylinder to swivel out of the frame. Holding the revolver in a vertical orientation and pushing the ejector rod, forces the cases out of the cylinder.
What is Krav Maga
Welcome to this explainer. Look, today we're completely stripping away the Hollywood martial arts myths to get right to the absolute core of Krav Maga. We're going to see exactly why this system is really all about getting you home safely rather than just winning a fight. We'll be looking closely at the approach taught at the Spartans Academy of Krav Maga, specifically dialing in on the survival focus that literally drives every single technique and mindset they teach. Okay. So we need to start this off by asking the ultimate question. What actually works under real pressure for real people in real situations? I want you to put yourself right in the reality of a sudden high-stakes confrontation. Adrenaline spikes, panic sets in. All those complex, highly choreographed moves, they completely vanish. We really need to figure out what actually works for the average person on the street when they need it most. Let's get right into Section 1, Real Defense for Real Life. The history here is super fascinating. Krav Maga literally translates from Hebrew as contact combat. It was originally developed by a guy named Imi Lichtenfeld, who basically mashed up boxing, wrestling, judo, and gritty street fighting before it was officially refined for the Israel Defense Forces. But here's why that actually matters for us. The civilian form keeps that exact same core principle. It completely prioritizes simple, direct, trainable responses for regular people under extreme stress. It relies almost entirely on natural body mechanics. So when the adrenaline drops and panic hits, you actually have usable, instinctive tools ready to go. You're not trying to recall some complicated flying roundhouse kick you saw in a Jason Bourne movie. The Survival Focus. Now this is a massive paradigm shift. We're shifting from fighting to surviving. The literal survival blueprint is incredibly simple. Number one, avoid first. Two, defend decisively. Three, escape whenever possible. Notice how it prioritizes awareness and de-escalation over physical engagement every single time. Honestly, it's a huge misconception that self-defense is all about throwing the perfect punch. True survival focus means avoiding the physical fight altogether if you can help it. To successfully avoid danger, you've got to build up a mental arsenal. We're talking situational awareness, threat recognition, setting verbal boundaries, distance management, and stress control. Long before a physical threat even materializes, these mental tools empower you to read someone's body language, notice your escape routes, set firm limits using your voice, and critically, keep your heart rate in check so you don't just freeze up. It's about learning to protect your personal space with total confidence without even coming off as aggressive. So, the crucial takeaway here is this. The strongest self-defense skill is recognizing a problem early and leaving safely, right? It might not look like a blockbuster action sequence, but avoiding danger entirely is your absolute biggest victory in any confrontation. It has nothing to do with ego. It's a hundred percent about survival. Avoid, defend, escape. But, you know, we've got to be realistic. What happens when avoidance fails? You can't de-escalate and suddenly you're backed into a corner. In the pure chaos of real-world violence, attacks just don't happen fairly. They can be sudden, close range, from behind, or even armed. This system trains you to decisively counter these exact unpredictable nightmares. We're talking practical muscle-memory responses to punches, slaps, wrist and clothing grabs, or terrifying situations like chokes and bear hugs. It even covers threats involving knives, sticks, or bottles, and those super scary confined-space scenarios where you can't just easily back away. It is totally comprehensive simply because real threats are entirely unpredictable. The goal is not to beat someone. It is to get to safety. Like, why do we learn to violently break a chokehold? Is it to win a fight? Score points? No way. In a survival situation, creating enough distance to escape is your true objective. You do exactly what is necessary to stop the immediate threat, and then you get the heck out of there. Krav versus traditional arts. It's actually really eye-opening to compare Krav Maga with traditional martial arts. While traditional arts often focus on sport, tradition, getting fit, or technical mastery, Krav is just purely about survival, escape, and personal safety. Sports are usually governed by strict competition rules, right? But in Krav Maga, there are absolutely no sporting rules because your training has to reflect real-world threats where an attacker definitely won't play fair. The mindset is entirely built around awareness, prevention, control, and escape. While sports require rules and referees to function safely, real life demands pressure-tested, rule-free survival instincts. Training for everyone. Now, if you're sitting there thinking this is just for elite athletes or military personnel, think again. Krav Maga is honestly designed for beginners, students, busy professionals, parents just looking to protect their families, older adults, basically people with absolutely zero martial arts background. You don't need to be fit, you don't need to be naturally aggressive, and you definitely don't need to be flexible to start at places like the Spartans Academy. They run classes across the UK in places like York, Leeds, Sheffield, Hull, Newcastle, and Harrogate. You literally just need the desire to feel more capable. The training is highly structured and progressive, meaning complete beginners are totally welcomed and they're never thrown into situations they aren't prepared for. And this brings us to a really empowering realization. Training provides vastly better options than panic, hesitation, or just doing nothing. By practicing these structured, beginner-friendly scenarios, ordinary people become completely empowered to make split-second decisions under stress. You're practicing how to function when your adrenaline kicks in in a safe class environment, so that out in the real world, you don't freeze, you act. And that clear, decisive action, that can ultimately save lives. Which leads us to our final thought for this explainer. Are you ready to develop skills you hope you'll never need, but will be incredibly glad to have? Seriously, when you walk home tonight, ask yourself if you're prepared to trade the illusion of fantasy combat for the practical reality of just getting home safely. This survival focus isn't about paranoia. It's about preparation, confidence, and real peace of mind in your everyday life. Thanks for joining me on this explainer. I really hope you found it as fascinating as I did. Stay safe, and stay aware out there.
How to Improvise Life Saving Pieces of Medical Equipment
How's it going, guys? My name is Sam, and welcome back to PrepMedic. As you can see, I am not in my usual surroundings. I'm actually traveling for the channel working on a project with a company. But until that video releases, I figured I'd take this time to show you guys how to improvise a couple life-saving pieces of medical equipment. So, on this channel in the past, we've talked about a couple pieces of medical equipment a lot, and those are tourniquets, chest seals, packing gauze, and splints. And today on the channel, I want to show you guys how to improvise this. If you don't have a commercial device out there, these are some techniques you can use to accomplish the same objective. I would like to point out that this should never be your plan A. Anybody that carries a strip of cloth in their first aid kit and a little stick saying, "Well, I'm just going to do a makeshift tourniquet," I would not recommend that at all. In the Boston bombing, there were a lot of makeshift tourniquets applied, and what they found is that a vast majority of them were ineffective. Now, you might be thinking, well, what's the problem with a tourniquet that's not 100% effective? And I'll tell you. So, if you have a tourniquet that is not completely tight, is not occluding blood flow 100%, all you're actually doing is occluding the vascular return in the leg, not the arterial discharge. So, you will still have bleeding from the artery, but now you've stopped any vascular return into the body so they're not getting any of that blood back, and you can actually speed up blood loss. So, it's really important that if you use this technique, you do it right. You know, the same thing goes for chest seals. Chest seals are actually pretty easy to make, but they take a lot of time. So, all of these things I'm showing you, you should practice. You should make sure you're proficient in them if you foresee a situation where you might have to do it. You know, having this knowledge is something that's good, but you have to understand that there are limitations to it, and plan A should always be a commercial device because, quite frankly, they're more effective and they're quicker to apply. So, let's start with tourniquets. So, to make a makeshift tourniquet, you just need three things. And right here, I have a cravat, which is a triangular bandage. It doesn't have to be this. It can be any kind of fabric. And you're going to need two strips. So, this is just a cut up t-shirt that I'm going to be using. And then you need something to act as a windlass. So, I'm going to be using my XShears for this. However, this can be anything. This can be a stick. It can be a piece of silverware, what have you. It just needs to be something that can have a lot of force exerted on it and not break. So, to make a makeshift tourniquet, the first thing you're going to do is you're going to take your main, most sturdy piece of cloth, and you're going to make sure it's pretty wide. You want this cloth kind of as wide as you can get it and put it over the arm or the leg that's bleeding. So, you want it above the injury. So, they're saying 2 to 3 inches above the injury site, just not over a joint. You're going to wrap it around the leg, and you're going to tie just an over-under knot right across the leg. We're going to do it on the leg for this scenario. Then you're going to put your makeshift windlass inside that. You're going to tie another knot on top of that, and potentially a second one, depending on how well that fabric is holding. Then you're going to take your makeshift windlass, and you're just going to start turning it. It's the same concept as a SOF Tactical Tourniquet Wide or another windlass tourniquet that you can buy commercially. You're going to turn that until blood flow stops. At that point, you need to hold that windlass right there. You're going to take the second piece of cloth and put it across and feed it through that windlass, and what that's doing is that's keeping it from turning back and loosening all the way. Once you have that secure, make sure that all the blood flow is stopped. If it hasn't stopped completely, try tightening the windlass one or two more turns. If that's not working, prepare to put a second tourniquet on there. Now, ideally, I wouldn't even go for this technique. I would actually try to do wound packing first, if you can. That's because it's going to be a little bit more effective, and it's a lot quicker. It takes time to set up a makeshift tourniquet. You know, if you don't have a cravat right here, it's going to take time to get a t-shirt ready to do it. You can do it with a whole t-shirt, you can cut strips, but just be aware that those are all seconds wasted. So, try to pack the wound first. And that brings me to the second thing we're going to talk about for improvising. And this is the one thing that, honestly, you can improvise and it doesn't bother me at all. It's not going to take you a whole lot more time. You can pack a wound with basically any kind of fabric. You know, you don't have to worry about it being sterile or anything like that. I get a lot of comments about like, "Oh, why aren't your gloves sterile on the ambulance?" That's because nothing is sterile in the emergency environment. Whatever cut them was definitely not sterile. So, it doesn't really matter what we're putting in the wound. They're probably going to get an infection, and they're going to get broad-spectrum antibiotics regardless. So, all we have to do is make sure that blood stops so that they can live long enough to get that infection and to get those antibiotics. So, for the wound packing, just take anything you have, and you can just pack the wound like normal, like you would with regular gauze. That's completely fine. All right, so the third thing we're going to talk about today is going to be a chest seal. So, the first thing you have to do when you come across somebody that has a sucking chest wound is have yourself or a bystander take their hand and put it on top of that injury. That's going to form a very effective occlusive dressing. Keep in mind that if it's a bullet hole or penetrating trauma, make sure you're looking for an exit wound as well. Ideally, you're going to have a bystander do that, and that will give you time to set up your makeshift chest seal. So, you can choose to make an improvised chest seal two different ways. Number one is you take the plastic bag, and you're going to tape all four sides down and put it on top of the wound. All that's doing is creating what's called an occlusive dressing, which means that it won't allow air in or out. Now, the second way to do it is you can tape three sides and leave the third side that's facing down open. What this will create is a flutter valve. So, in theory, if they start developing a tension pneumothorax, that tension won't be able to build because it will be released through that valve. That being said, there won't be any air that's able to come back into the lungs, so it's still accomplishing the objective. Now, I will tell you that there's no science to support a vented chest seal over a non-vented chest seal. I found non-vented chest seals tend to adhere over the wound a little bit better than a vented one, so that's what I opt to do. Just be aware, if you do that and they start to develop signs of a tension pneumothorax, you can just lift one corner of that chest seal and burp it. All right, so the final piece of improvised medical equipment we're going to talk about today are going to be splints. For this, all you need is some kind of brochure or magazine and either tape, some kind of fabric, or a pressure dressing of some kind. Now, to do this, all you do is you take the magazine and you fold it into kind of a boat shape there. You take their arm, and for this example, we'll do a wrist, and you're going to put it on their arm just like you would a SAM Splint. Once that's up and it's bowed up, this will not be able to flex up and down, which makes it an ideal splint because it's also not something that's completely rigid like a stick or a board or something like that. After that, you're going to take your tape or your fabric or pressure dressing, and you're going to secure it above and below the injury site. You want to make sure that if it's a joint injury, you are splinting the long bone above and below, and if it's a long bone, you're splinting the joint above and below. Obviously, this gets a little bit more complicated when it comes to elbows or ankles. However, most of the time, if you're improvising a splint, it's going to be for a wrist because that's one of the most commonly broken bones in the body. So, I want to drive this point home really quick. Improvising medical equipment should never be your plan A. This is your plan C or D. Ideally, you're going to have commercial devices that you can use because, quite frankly, these are going to be a lot quicker to use and they're going to be a lot more effective for your patients. That being said, we might be in a situation where multiple devices might need to be used, or we've run out, or we just didn't have something on us, and we have to be able to think on our feet and intervene for that patient. So, these are good skills to have. Just please, please, please, practice them before you have to do it in the real world because that's going to make all the difference for your patient. That's all I have for this video, guys. If you have any questions, please leave them in the comments down below, and I will see you next week.
Fighting Stance & Moving In Fighting Stance
Hello, everyone. I'm Örjan Pettersen. I'm an expert-level Krav Maga instructor with Spartans Academy. Hello, everyone. In this session, we're going to talk about fighting stance. Fighting stance is important both in terms of posture and movement because it is the foundation by which you can move effectively and strike effectively, both with your legs and your hands. As a posture, taking it from the top to the bottom, your hand position are as in camouflage behavior. overlapping hands, keeping them away from you, protecting your face, elbows closed, protecting your torso and vital arteries on the inside of your arm. That position is kept against an unarmed opponent. Against an armed opponent, you switch to the camouflage behavior on your on your top as you would against edged weapons. In terms of your leg position, what you want to achieve is a position where your your your legs are shoulder-width, so in a good, balanced position in terms of width. Small step forward, and with your knees slightly bent, your toes always pointing forward. Looking from the side, you will see that the back heel is slightly elevated, giving you a very loose position in your knees that you can move from. The way we move in terms of fighting stance is that we're pushing with the leg opposite to the direction that we're going. For example, if I want to if I want to go forward, I will push with my back leg. If I want to move backwards, I will push with my front leg. Moving sideways, I will push again with the opposite leg. Just like this. I can change direction in fighting stance. The ways I can do this can be with a simple turn facing a different direction. Here, again, facing that position, replicating the position that I was in. Or I can turn around my back leg. Again, pivoting, and I'm now facing a different direction. So these are very effective turns. So both the turns, the movement, and the good balance that the fighting stance provides is something that we all should practice. So go home and practice this, and then we'll see you in the next session.
STRIKING THE SIDE OF THE NECK
Hey, everybody, it's Tim Larkin. I'm here to talk about the knockout everybody should know, but doesn't. It's so easy. It's so straightforward. It's going to be something that you're going to want to have in your quiver. Okay, but before I get into that, please subscribe to the channel. Please put on your notifications. Please make comments, and share this. Share this with anybody that you think needs good self-protection information. All right, so the getting into it today. We are going to be looking at the side-- I'm going to pull a graphic up here, and this is basically showing the side of the neck. Now, there's there's a couple of things you need to look at. You need to look at the two nerves that we're talking about that you'll be uh interacting with. It's a phrenic nerve and the vagus nerve. Vagus nerve basically is the heart and the brain. It's the connection between the two, and when you interrupt that nerve flow, it basically causes the body to do a reset, like a vasovagal response, where they come in. Um, the blood flow that we're talking about, it's the jugular vein and the carotid artery. You can interrupt blood flow there. Again, you can cause the body to think that there's an issue, there's high blood pressure, and then it dumps all the blood out of the brain, k? That's it. And also, if you strike hard enough to the side of the neck, you can get a concussion, you know, a traditional concussion which is just, you know, boom, immediate knockout. And you're going to see examples of both types of results when you get that. So I just wanted to point that out. Okay, so the first one is the Marines. I go to the Marines because I love the Marines, man. They are hands-on learners. Let's put it that way. So two instructors, they're going over some course curriculum, and I guess it involves a knife hand strike. And the one instructor doesn't know how to use the knife hand strike, so this instructor, this other instructor is going to help him show him how to do it to the point to where the other guy says, "Hey, just do it on me. I want to see what it's like. Like, how hard do you have to hit somebody in the side of the neck?" And you'll see the result. All right, let's watch it. I'm laughing because I just love military guys. All right, so he's going to give him a demo, but not good enough for this guy. Okay, watch how he drops. All right. So, yes, it's a funny video, but they're lucky. Why? You saw how quickly the guy dropped, right? You just, the body just goes. It goes in that dimmer-switch fainting right away. He dropped like a sack of potatoes. Luckily, his head didn't hit the floor. He didn't jack his neck up against the wall. All sorts of things could have happened, you know, additional traumas that you didn't want to have happen. Luckily, it didn't. But you also saw how quickly this guy reacted to the strike. He basically just took a knife hand, and he went right across the side of the neck. It catches everything. You don't have to be pinpoint accurate. As long as you hit the side of the neck, you're going to get this result when you, when you get in there. Um, and you saw how quickly the guy went. That was the vasovagal response. It was kind of like the dimmer switch, where you saw him just go, go, go, go, go, and then he just dropped. Okay, so now we're going to see another example of this being used on the street by a martial artist who was filming some sort of a law enforcement uh video, and he gets involved with some altercation between a pimp and uh his sex worker. So we'll just uh play this out, and I want you to know, watch how this guy does the strike on top of everything else. The man he's attacking is J. Lee, an award-winning karate expert. The only thing the pimp hits is the pavement. Minutes earlier, while making a training video for the local police, J. Lee went outside to stop the fight. But when the pimp attacks, J.'s black-belt reflexes take over. All J. All right, so basically, you saw, it was really-- he used basically his uh ulna side of, you know, pinky side of his forearm. It's the ulna bone. Great striking surface. No problem with that. Right across the side of the neck. Got his result. But what did you notice? One, he let this guy cover all the distance. He just stood there waiting for this guy, you know, like a like some sort of a, you know, challenge, almost like one of those old video games where he's waiting for the fighter to come at him. Listen, if you've got to take action, you close your distance, and you get your injury right away. The pimp could have had a uh a gun, could have deployed a lot of other things, well, you know, during that that distance that he covered, where the guy was just standing there. Secondly, did you notice that when he did the strike, he pulled his body weight away from the strike, meaning instead of throwing his body weight through the strike, he actually stepped away from uh from the strike. Now, he got the result, as I told you, just like you saw the Marine. A light strike on some people works really well. We don't want to ever, you know, bank on that. We want to put everything we have in each strike that we do. But again, another example of getting a result. Now you're going to see two combat sport applications. First one, this is an Irish MMA uh competition. Watch the punch. The first time, you'll probably miss it. Second time, they slow it down. Oh, and that's the vasovagal. All right, see that placement? Right there on the money. K? And it's immediate. It's just an immediate. The next one. This guy uses a back fist, okay? He uses a back fist, and he catches him. Now, it looks almost, because the guy's chin moves, it looks like he struck him in the chin. It's not. The bulk of the fist strike goes right into the side of the neck, and that's it. And you can tell by the reaction and how he just drops, that it was a side of the neck shot. So let's watch. Boom. Okay, you'll catch it from a couple of different angles here. K? Here's the replay. Here's one angle. Look, everything just drops. He goes right to the ground. Doesn't even try to hold himself up. He's out before he hits. Now, you can really see it. Boom. He came around, and and this part hit the chin, but the rest of the fist all went right to the side of the neck. The reaction says it all. So, in closing, guys, this is just one area of the human body that gets you a huge result. Why it's not used more, I have no idea. It's a really simple area. It's hard. The head moves around a lot. The neck can't move, and the neck will catch all of the strike. So, again, this is one you should have in your quiver. Please post your comments. Uh, look forward to any uh any of your feedback on any of this, and I will be back soon with another self-protection video for you. And thank you, again, for all your support.
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
Knowing what's around you and who's around you can make a difference in your own self-defense. So, what are the questions you should ask to focus your attention? The point of the video today is how to pay attention in your environment. What sort of things you should look out for. So keep watching. It's always a good idea in any environment to pay attention to the people around you. At the end of the day, they are the potential risks to you. Now you don't have to go overboard about this, and you don't have to be paranoid. But there are simple things that you should look out for, simple questions to ask yourself. Developing your situation awareness is much easier than you think. Especially in this day and age. You look at any town, city, and what you'll notice is that most people are on their mobile phones. They've either got headphones, they've got their heads down, and they're just walking like zombies in a particular direction. If you note one person that stands out from the crowd, who maybe isn't standing there staring at his phone, maybe he's looking around at everybody else. That should draw your attention. So a good question to ask yourself is, is the person behaving normally for the environment? Look at what they're doing. Is the person vigilant? Are they looking around? Are they paying attention to their phone? It's up to you to pay attention to the anomalies in the environment. You see in any environment, you should pay attention to people. Pay attention to what they're doing, how they're moving, even their rate of movement. Your threat indicators are going to come alive when you spot an anomaly, when you see something that doesn't make sense. For example, if you're in a gas station, and someone's riding a bicycle through the gas station, is that normal behavior? Would you expect to see that? Would that attract your attention? It's up to you to notice what stands out. Pay attention to the threat signals, potential risks, the anomalies in the environment, the people that don't blend in. Yes, you could pay attention to how they dress, but more importantly, look at how they behave. Are they doing what normal people do in the street? Are they keeping up with the rate of flow? Are they standing, watching people? Is that person being vigilant? A classic example of anomaly is people that stand on a busy street. What should draw your attention is where they're standing. This is a good example of an attempted kidnapping, where the guy's standing outside of a building on a busy street where people are walking past, and then he suddenly reaches out for the child. Now this is something to look out for, to pay attention for. Sometimes people that are standing around are doing so for a reason. So try to focus your attention on them. Once your attention has been drawn to someone, you need to identify whether that person's on their own or not. This is a key factor in your own self-defense, is how many people are there in a group. Try to identify if someone's on their own or with a group of people. And this is a crucial factor. You see, obviously, there's a difference in your action, in your preparation for your self-defense, if someone's acting on their own or in a group of people. Because you need to be able to assess the danger factors. You need to be able to assess what's happening around you quite quickly. Testing boundaries is a major threat signal. Whether the person does it physically or verbally, it's a red flag that you should pay attention to. Bad guys will often test the boundaries first. They'll move into your personal space just to see how you react, or they'll ask you a question just to see how friendly you are. And it's quite easy to manipulate compliance with a simple question such as asking for directions. And once engaged in a conversation, it reduces your guard and puts you at risk. So when navigating transitional spaces, look out for people that test boundaries, that close in on people's personal spaces. Once you've identified the anomaly, the person that's drawn your attention, try to see if there are any nonverbal threat signals. Body language and movement is another question. When you identify someone that stands out from the crowd, have a look at their posture, how they're moving, how they're dressed. Are they trying to cover their face? Are they making an effort to keep the chin down, head away? Are they wearing shades in the winter? Are they wearing a hood? All of these factors you should include in your threat assessment. What you're looking for is their posture, how they're standing, how they're moving. Understanding threat signals and how they relate to body language is a skill in itself. But I always say use your natural instincts. Someone looks like they're ready to go, then there's a good chance that they are ready to go. So try to pay attention. Good situation awareness starts with attention. If your attention is poor and you don't know what's happening around you, you are going to be a victim of a crime. So don't be that victim. Try to look out for the anomalies around you. If something doesn't make sense or someone stands out from the group, focus your attention on them. Ask yourself a series of questions. And it doesn't matter if you're wrong. At the end of the day it's better to be safe than sorry. Paying attention to the norms in your environment is crucial for your own self-defense. You have to identify what's normal behavior for the environment that you exist in. Look for what stands out. Look for the anomalies around you, and trust your instinct. Thanks for watching.
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## What is Instructor Course Level 1? Instructor Course Level 1 is a certified entry point for people who want to teach Krav Maga and self defence. It gives you the core skills to lead a class, explain techniques clearly, and manage students safely. If you are a beginner instructor in the UK, this course helps you move from training to teaching with confidence. ## What does Krav Maga mean? Krav Maga is a practical self defence system built around simple, direct techniques. It focuses on realistic responses, clear instruction, and pressure-tested training. On this course, you learn how to teach that material in a way students can follow and practise safely. ## What will you learn on Instructor Course Level 1? You will learn how to teach with structure and control. The course covers three core areas: - teaching methodology - class management - core curriculum delivery You will also practise how to explain techniques clearly, keep a group focused, and move students through drills at the right pace. ## Why does this course matter? Good technique is not enough. You also need to coach it well. A strong instructor keeps the class organised, gives clear instructions, and helps students improve without confusion. This Level 1 course is designed to build those habits from the start. ## Who is this course for? This course is for Krav Maga practitioners who want to start teaching. It suits you if you want to lead beginner classes, support self defence training, and build real instructional confidence. You do not need to be a seasoned coach. You do need the right attitude, discipline, and a willingness to learn. ## What will you be able to do after the course? By the end of the course, you should be able to: - deliver the basic Krav Maga curriculum - manage a class in a practical way - teach with clarity and confidence - keep structure while students practise That means you can begin stepping into the instructor role with a clearer method and a stronger base. ## Start your instructor path Instructor Course Level 1 gives you the foundation to begin teaching Krav Maga as a certified instructor. You gain the structure, language, and delivery methods needed to coach self defence in a clear and professional way. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Instructor Course Level 1? Instructor Course Level 1 is a foundational certification for people who want to teach Krav Maga and self defence. It focuses on how to run classes, explain techniques, and deliver the core syllabus properly. It is a practical starting point for new instructors in the UK. ### Do I need teaching experience before I join? No, not usually. This course is designed for practitioners who want to begin teaching and build instructional confidence. If you can train consistently and follow coaching, you are in the right place. ### What skills does this course focus on? The main focus is teaching methodology, class management, and core curriculum delivery. You also learn how to communicate clearly and keep training sessions organised. Those skills matter just as much as technique. ### Is this course suitable for beginner instructors? Yes. It is aimed at people who are taking their first step into instruction. If you want to coach safely and lead a class with structure, this course gives you a solid base. ### Does this course cover Krav Maga self defence teaching? Yes. The course is built around Krav Maga self defence instruction. You learn how to present the syllabus clearly and guide students through practical training in a safe, controlled way.
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## Instructor Course Level 2 Instructor Course Level 2 is advanced Krav Maga instructor training for people who already teach the basics and want to improve how they coach, correct, and make decisions under pressure. It builds on core self defence skills and helps you lead classes with more confidence, better control, and cleaner instruction. If you teach Krav Maga in the UK and want to sharpen your coaching, this is the next step. ## What is Krav Maga? Krav Maga is a practical self defence system built around simple, direct responses to common threats. It focuses on awareness, fast decisions, and efficient movement. For instructors, that also means teaching clearly, correcting mistakes quickly, and keeping training realistic. ## What does Level 2 Krav Maga instructor training cover? Level 2 usually focuses on three main areas: - **Advanced Krav Maga techniques** for stronger, faster responses - **Scenario training** so you can coach under pressure - **Leadership skills** so you can run safer, clearer classes You also work on how you explain technique. A good instructor does more than show the move. You help students understand what to do, why it works, and when to use it. ## How does Level 2 help you as an instructor? This course helps you move from teaching basics to coaching with authority. You learn to spot mistakes faster. Just as importantly, you learn how to correct them without stopping the lesson every few minutes. That matters in real classes. Your instruction becomes clearer. Your students get better timing, better decisions, and more realistic self defence practise. ## Who should take Instructor Course Level 2? This course suits instructors who already have a solid grounding in Krav Maga and want to progress. It is for you if you already teach beginner material and want to handle more advanced content. It also suits instructors who want more confidence under pressure. If you teach self defence in the UK, Level 2 can help you lead with more control and precision. ## What will you learn on the course? The exact syllabus varies by organisation. Even so, the aim stays the same: help you teach Krav Maga more clearly and safely. Typical areas include: - Refining technique and timing - Coaching under stress - Managing student movement and space - Giving clear instructions - Correcting errors without losing flow - Leading realistic self defence scenarios ## Why does scenario training matter in Krav Maga? Scenario training bridges the gap between drills and pressure. It shows you how students respond when stress rises and decisions need to happen quickly. For an instructor, that is useful. You can coach students to stay calm, keep things simple, and avoid freezing. It also helps you build lessons that feel relevant to real self defence. ## Is Instructor Course Level 2 suitable for beginners? No. This is not a beginner course. If you are new to Krav Maga, start with foundational training first. Level 2 is for instructors who already understand the basics and want to deepen their teaching. If you arrive too early, the pace and coaching demands will be a stretch. ## How does this fit into Krav Maga instructor development? Think of Level 2 as the next stage in a teaching pathway. Level 1 usually builds core instructor skills. Level 2 then pushes further into advanced technique, stronger communication, and better scenario control. That progression matters because teaching Krav Maga is not just about knowing the moves. You need judgement, structure, and the ability to keep students focused. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Krav Maga? Krav Maga is a practical self defence system focused on simple, direct responses to common threats. It puts a strong emphasis on awareness, speed, and clear decision-making. For instructors, it also demands strong class control and precise coaching. ### Is Instructor Course Level 2 the same as beginner instructor training? No. Beginner instructor training focuses on the basics of teaching and technique. Level 2 goes further and expects you to handle more complex material, more pressure, and greater leadership responsibility. ### Do I need previous instructor experience? Yes, usually. Level 2 is designed for people who already teach Krav Maga and want to improve. If you are still building your own basics, a beginner pathway is the better place to start. ### Is this course useful for self defence teaching in the UK? Yes. If you teach Krav Maga or self defence in the UK, Level 2 can help you structure lessons better and coach with more confidence. It supports safer, clearer, and more realistic training. ### What makes a good Krav Maga instructor? A good Krav Maga instructor teaches clearly, corrects mistakes quickly, and keeps training realistic without making it chaotic. You should be able to explain simple principles, manage a class, and adapt when students struggle.
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