Loki
Black Belt
Here's a brief run through of how Krav Maga is structured. Curriculum is made up of two parts: combatives and self-defense.
Combatives
Sparring and everything around it. This part is usually covered in the warm-up, where we abstract a few concepts (i.e. defending by evasion alone, marking weak points on an immobile partner's body) and then move on to a few rounds of sparring. Probably nothing new to any martial artist that's sparred before. Combatives are learned as individual techniques as part of belt progression, and are usually incorporated fast as they are a must for sparring. As the ranks progress, there is less combatives in the curriculum and more self-defense.
Self-Defense
Self-defense techniques divided between the ranks of yellow and black. The higher the rank, the higher the need for technical ability, coordination, dexterity etc. Some techniques are only reserved for higher ranks because they're more dangerous. As the ranks progress, self-defense becomes more dominant than combatives.
Belt Curriculum
Yellow Belt
Comabtives - Covers the basics of combatives, namely the stance, closing of the fist, jab, hook, uppercut, front kick, roundhouse, sidekick, push kick, elbows.
Self-defense - This rank focuses on releases from chokes as well as the basic roll and fall-break (I'm not sure about the name, when you slam your arms against the ground to break your fall).
Orange Belt
Combatives - Advanced striking with the hand, instep kicks, defenses against kicks and punches and more advanced rolling and fall-breaking.
Self-defense - Bear hugs.
Green Belt
Combatives - Slap, scissor and spinning kicks and defenses against roundhouses and jabs.
Self-defense - Defenses against a knife at leg distance, one defense against a stick, hair pulling, bear hugs when lifted off the ground and an arm-choke from behind.
Blue Belt
Combatives - Some of the fancier kicks (Spinning slaps, scissor side and scissor roundhouse), ax kick, outer defenses against jabs, defenses against sidekicks and three defenses aginst front kicks to the head.
Self-defense - Releases from chokes on the ground, wrist grabs on the ground, full nelsons, shirt grabs, wrist grabs and wrist lock techniques, as well as two more stick defenses.
Brown Belt
Combatives - Kick combinations and sweeps.
Self-defense - Knife VS knife, empty-handed knife defenses at close range, two outer stick defenses (ending at the attacker's blindside), three bayonette techniques (a relic, true, but good against any long weapon used in a stabbing motion like a heavy lead pipe), drills against two armed attackers and neutralizations of gun threats.
Black Belt
Combatives - Impossible kicks like jump spinning roundhouse, jump spinning mule kicks and so on, two kicks defenses with takedowns, and counter attacking drills.
Self-defense - Agressive bear hug releases involving throws, releases from wrist grabs from behind, stick VS stick, quarterstaff VS quarterstaff and neutralization of knife threats.
Black II - Black V
Mostly LEO and military curriculum, things like use of a rifle as a striking weapon, takedowns, neutralizations with armbars and wristlocks, defending a third party, defending against a chain, binding, use of police riot gear, application of choking (air and blood), takeovers, Judo techniques, Aikido tehcniques and more.
Combatives
Sparring and everything around it. This part is usually covered in the warm-up, where we abstract a few concepts (i.e. defending by evasion alone, marking weak points on an immobile partner's body) and then move on to a few rounds of sparring. Probably nothing new to any martial artist that's sparred before. Combatives are learned as individual techniques as part of belt progression, and are usually incorporated fast as they are a must for sparring. As the ranks progress, there is less combatives in the curriculum and more self-defense.
Self-Defense
Self-defense techniques divided between the ranks of yellow and black. The higher the rank, the higher the need for technical ability, coordination, dexterity etc. Some techniques are only reserved for higher ranks because they're more dangerous. As the ranks progress, self-defense becomes more dominant than combatives.
Belt Curriculum
Yellow Belt
Comabtives - Covers the basics of combatives, namely the stance, closing of the fist, jab, hook, uppercut, front kick, roundhouse, sidekick, push kick, elbows.
Self-defense - This rank focuses on releases from chokes as well as the basic roll and fall-break (I'm not sure about the name, when you slam your arms against the ground to break your fall).
Orange Belt
Combatives - Advanced striking with the hand, instep kicks, defenses against kicks and punches and more advanced rolling and fall-breaking.
Self-defense - Bear hugs.
Green Belt
Combatives - Slap, scissor and spinning kicks and defenses against roundhouses and jabs.
Self-defense - Defenses against a knife at leg distance, one defense against a stick, hair pulling, bear hugs when lifted off the ground and an arm-choke from behind.
Blue Belt
Combatives - Some of the fancier kicks (Spinning slaps, scissor side and scissor roundhouse), ax kick, outer defenses against jabs, defenses against sidekicks and three defenses aginst front kicks to the head.
Self-defense - Releases from chokes on the ground, wrist grabs on the ground, full nelsons, shirt grabs, wrist grabs and wrist lock techniques, as well as two more stick defenses.
Brown Belt
Combatives - Kick combinations and sweeps.
Self-defense - Knife VS knife, empty-handed knife defenses at close range, two outer stick defenses (ending at the attacker's blindside), three bayonette techniques (a relic, true, but good against any long weapon used in a stabbing motion like a heavy lead pipe), drills against two armed attackers and neutralizations of gun threats.
Black Belt
Combatives - Impossible kicks like jump spinning roundhouse, jump spinning mule kicks and so on, two kicks defenses with takedowns, and counter attacking drills.
Self-defense - Agressive bear hug releases involving throws, releases from wrist grabs from behind, stick VS stick, quarterstaff VS quarterstaff and neutralization of knife threats.
Black II - Black V
Mostly LEO and military curriculum, things like use of a rifle as a striking weapon, takedowns, neutralizations with armbars and wristlocks, defending a third party, defending against a chain, binding, use of police riot gear, application of choking (air and blood), takeovers, Judo techniques, Aikido tehcniques and more.
