Krav Maga - Inside and 360 Outside Defenses (Arm Position)

One of the more challenging drills for a beginner to perform is doing Inside Defenses and 360 Outside Defenses against random attacks. This video explains it detail how using a proper arm position in your Fighting Stance will make it easier to perform this drill.

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Transcript:

"Hello, this is Randall and Glenda with KravMagaTraining.com. In this video we're going to discuss using a proper fighting position or hand positioning when you're practicing your inside defenses and 360 blocks. What I mean by this is that if you have a proper hand positioning, where you position your hands to begin with makes a big difference on your ability to defend these random attacks.

So this is what I mean. Glenda and I are squared off and what most beginners tend to do, even though their taught to have their hands farther out in front, especially when their shoulders start to get tired because they're not used to keeping the hands up a lot, their shoulders haven't developed that conditioning yet, they tend to start to bringing in their hands really close. And the problem is when you start with your hands in really close, by the time that attack is coming towards you, regardless of which attack it is, go ahead Glenda, because you started really close to you, by the time you recognize the attack your hand barely comes out and you barely have time to defend it. So why not cheat, put your hands out a little bit farther so you're already like halfway to the proper positioning. So by the time I see the attack coming my hand barely has to move. Lets do a couple Glenda at like half speed. My hands barely have to move. Whereas if I start really close like this, you're going to notice each one of my defenses require a bigger movement. A bigger movement is a slower movement. Which means you're more likely to miss the defense or going to get hit. So make sure you have your hands farther out in front. As you get more confident with the techniques you can start bringing your hands in a little bit closer. But in general bring them out a little bit farther.

Now another thing is, not only just having your hands farther out in front, but keep them about shoulderwidth apart. Which is another thing that we emphasize but people don't necessarily do it consistently because they don't understand the importance of it. Sometimes I see some people too wide like someone's pointing a fucking gun at them. 'Oh, don't shoot!' I don't know what the hell this shit is. But then sometimes I see people keeping their hands to close as well. Keep them about shoulderwidth apart and the reason why is think of this space between your hands is like a guide. Anything that's going to fly between these two arms is going to be one of your inside defenses. Anything that doesn't fly between your two arms is probably going to be one of your 360 blocks. So this makes a great guide. So if I have my hands out here like this and I see something coming down the middle, 'ah' inside defense. If I see something that's not coming down the middle, it's a 360 block..."

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