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years I had slowly been morphing Krav Maga into the
Toxic Fighting System.

Many of these changes had come about from watching
how my students were trying to learn the Krav Maga I
was teaching. But also many of the techniques were born
from the questions they asked and experiences they had.
I now had a wide spectrum of students of different si-
zes and ages. Some were Police Officers, Doormen and
Prison Guards. And some were housewives, accountants
and teachers. Some were even disabled and this was
making me re-assess the techniques to make sure they
would work not only for them but everyone.

From the outside I could see things from a completely
different perspective than that of when I was the student.

From now on I would never see myself as an Instructor
but more as a ‘Giver Of Ideas’.

Some Of The Major Changes

I had to make changes. Many of my students were only
able to attend classes for 1 or 2 hours a week and what I
taught them had to be simple and be able to be retained
if it was need in a real life situation and under stress.

Defence: The Fortress

One of the initial changes I made was I designed a defen-
sive system. I called it THE FORTRESS.

It was more of a cover rather than blocking technique.
It was much safer than blocking as it kept the hands
constantly in contact with the head. This allowed a kind
of 360 defence for the head. With ‘traditional’ blocking
the hands are away from the face and body. This allows
a second attacker to come from the side or behind and
strike the head. Most blocking techniques are designed
to deal with an attacker being in front of you. But if you
were confronted with multiple attackers you could be in
trouble.

As blocking required constant moving to try and keep
pace with an attacker who knew where they were going

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