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YELLOW BELT

OVERVIEW

Yellow Belt is the first stage in learning our Krav Maga curriculum. If
you attend class at one of Krav Maga Worldwide’s certified schools,

you will start here at Yellow Belt, or “Level 1.” The average training
time for this level (assuming at least two training sessions per week) is

four months.

The curriculum at this level introduces basic strikes such as straight punches,
elbows, front kicks, and knees—the meat and potatoes of a street fight. You’ll
also learn how to deal with common chokes and headlocks. In addition, the
techniques here offer a clear representation of the principles of Krav Maga—

ideas such as explosive movements, instinct-based responses, and simultaneous
defense-and-counterattack.

Material introduced at this level includes the following:

Combatives

Krav Maga defines “combatives” as the ballistic techniques used both in fighting
and in self-defense. The bulk of these techniques involves punches, kicks, elbow
strikes, and knees, but Krav Maga never excludes other combative actions such
as biting and scratching. Think of combatives as tools to help you in a fight.

They are an integral part of self-defense. Even if you’re interested in Krav Maga
only for self-defense and have no interest in fighting, you must learn basic
combatives. While Krav Maga self-defense techniques address the danger,
combative techniques are vital in order to eliminate subsequent threats. The
combative techniques described here are designed to cause sufficient damage to
the attacker in order to remove further threats, while keeping you relatively safe.

Hammerfist punches are made using the meaty part of the fist as a contact point