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Krav Maga Principles Applied to Business

and Life

Just to reiterate: Krav Maga isn’t a martial art—it’s a problem-solving system.
Krav Maga is the logical application of a few basic principles to identify a
problem and find a solution. In our case, of course, that problem generally
involves bad people trying to commit violent acts against us. But there are
broader applications for this problem-solving system.

One of the two authors of this book, Darren Levine, is not only the U.S. chief
instructor for Krav Maga, he is also a deputy district attorney for Los Angeles
County. Darren is a lead prosecutor on an elite unit called Crimes Against Peace
Officers Section (C.A.P.O.S.) that prosecutes violent crimes against and murders
of police officers. In 2002, Darren was named L.A. County Deputy District
Attorney of the Year by the Association of Deputy District Attorneys, and in

2004 he was named Co-Prosecutor of the Year by the National District
Attorney’s Association. He has prosecuted the worst of the worst: violent
criminals who have little or no regard for the rest of society. He has been
responsible for the conviction of seven murderers of police officers (one of the
highest in the country). And to date he has a 100-percent conviction rate.

Darren attributes a significant part of his success to his Krav Maga training. The
logical approach to problem-solving inherent in Krav Maga adapts itself
smoothly to other areas of life. One of the most direct applications is to the work
environment. Whether you work for the boss or you are the boss, some of Krav
Maga’s core principles offer lessons you can transfer directly from the mat to the
office. Here are a few examples:

Identify the immediate danger. Krav Maga insists on responding to the

immediate threat in a practical way. Absorbing this method, you can develop the
habit of identifying the actual problem, rather than being distracted by ancillary
issues. How many of us have seen a problem at work grow because, instead of
dealing with it head on, we or our colleagues have worked around the issue?
Krav Maga by its nature eschews this sort of procrastination. By constantly