Home | Blog Posts & Useful Links | KMG Ireland Training Day We are delighted to announce the first ever KMG Ireland training day. This event is open to P & G-level students of all levels from KMG clubs around Ireland. The day will focus on three important modules: Time & Dates Sparring Skills Development… Read more

Home | Blog Posts & Useful Links | Your first class — My journey in martial arts! I first began training in martial arts at the age of 12, beginning with Taekwon-do. Although a fantastic martial art, as it is a very kick heavy style, I also began cross training in boxing after 6 months… Read more

Members Area | Practitioner 01 Grading 2025 We discussed grading in class, KMG Ireland are planning some events in 2025 and one of these is a grading (currently looking at May). Grading can be challenging, so its important we prepare correctly. The curriculum is included below and topics we have covered have been highlighted. Over… Read more

Members Area | Summary: Grabs, Inside Leg Defense and Side Choke Defense This is a summary of some of the techniques we covered last week. We have covered a lot of topics from the Krav Maga Practitioner 01 Curriculum. We are making positive progress towards a grading in 2025. We will continue to work on… Read more

Members Area | Circular Straight Strikes This is summary on defending circular strikes from various positions, in Krav Maga we focus on timeline so we will aways choose to move away or kick from distance, but in a fight or when surprised this is not always possbile. I mentioned in class this week that the… Read more

Members Area | Defending Straight Strikes Here is quick summary about defending straight strikes from various positions, in Krav Maga we focus on timeline so we will aways choose to move away or kick from distance, but in a fight or when surprised this is not always possbile. I mentioned in class this week that… Read more

Members Area | Summary: Bearhug from the Front with Arms Trapped This week we covered a number of techniques and principles but heres are little remoinder of Bearhugs from the Ffront with Arms Trapped. As Jack mentioned we have our timeline options, but the video below shows the release after you have been caught. General… Read more

Members Area | Summary: Bearhug Timeline Here is quick summary of the bearhug option from the front with arms free and the timeline. There are earlier stages of the timeline like running away, use of common objects, kicking, then hand strikes/shoves are always preffered but if you have to release we have a reminder below.… Read more

Members Area | Three Shoulder Stretches After a few weeks of striking, you may be feeling it in the shoulders. We build conditioning from the ground up, and one of the first elements is movement. Self-defense, like strength training or any athletic work, requires the ability to move before we add load or pressure. A… Read more

Members Area | Summary: Week One | Summary: Week Two | Summary: Week Three Here is quick summary of week three. It was focussed on striking with and introduction to wrist grabs and defenses. We have ramped up the physical demands this week to improve conditioning and there was a excellent response. General Principles: Striking:… Read more