The krav maga guy agrees that people from MMA wouldn't stand a chance against a bear.

My go to self defense after a decade of martial arts and combat sports is verbal de-ecscalation and a 40 yard dash, ass whoopings stay reserved for when i got family with me who cant run faster than me.

As someone who practices kickboxing in many styles it’s way harder to avoid kicking someone in the nuts than not when throwing inner leg kicks 😂

There is a big difference between the two arts. To get good at BJJ takes years. Krav Maga was designed to teach an untrained person some rudimentary self defense skills in a very short time period.

'Jamie, pull up that video of the grizzly mauling the Krav Maga guy'

I’m not a Krav Maga dude but let me tell ya it’s a whole new world when you introduce weapons … mma goes out the window unless a one on one lol gl

My Krav Maga instructor said that its critical to learn Krav AND jujitsu or mix martial arts. He said that once you're on the ground Krav will work if the person has no idea how to fight bit if they are a fighter you will need to adjust to jujitsu or you will get owned. His gym teaches both for that very reason.

In krav you are taught situational awareness and to grab an improvised weapon to use There’s no shame in getting home safe as long as you did what you could to deescalate the situation first

In Krav maga we don’t play around and have 5 fight rounds, we kick their asses and are gone

Krav Maga it's used in War to beat other soldiers in Phisically combats it's a style to kill not a sport.

Easy, someone who knows how to fight, just don’t fight, those who insist on a fight can’t fight anyway.

It's all fun and games until a guy bites you and grabs your balls when you're wrestling him

My Krav Maga instructor always told us " There are no rules in Krav Maga"

A real krav maga class practices mma with street technics in mind

Meanwhile they stop fights for groin kicks and eye gouging. 🤣

It doesnt matter what martial art you do, it matter how you use it

You know Krav has many styles of martial arts...including BJJ

The Guy with the Gun wins.......

Two things here- 1)This is great as long as it's a legit 1v1 fight and there are no knives or other weapons involved. Taking a guy to the ground so his friends can use your head to play kick ball is an unwise move. You get that guy on the ground and he starts stabbing and slashing with a knife from his waist band and you're screwed. The reality is that the person who comes out on top is the guy who can stay in the fight longer. Whether you have formal training or not is secondary to your ability to not quit. 2) There is a huge difference between fighting and violence. Altercations in the real world should be met with blinding violence that results in life altering consequences for your attacker. Street violence is not a school yard fight nor is it a cage match, it's mayhem and should be treated as such..

Former krav maga instructor here, real krav always uses whats most effective and pulls a lot of stuff from many other martial arts, theres no like ancient honorable rules or way to do things. It is solely for keeping you alive by incapacitating your opponent as fast as, and in any way, you can. So if an mma move is better than what’s already in krav that move will be adapted in and maybe changed a little to be more aggressive and without any consideration of rules. A lot of krav is MMA moves used in ways that would be illegal. For example we use standing arm bars that wouldn’t be effective slowly building pressure because the other person would get out of it faster and easier than a regular arm bar(which we also use), so like not great for MMA but if you just do it quickly at full strength then their arm just snaps backwards. but thats not grappling like an arm bar, it’s basically just a vicious attack with intent to maim. I get nervous jus showing that shit to people. I get the miss conception tho, there are a ton of basically fake krav gyms that are basically targeted towards the frail and elderly. Also krav gyms vary vastly in terms of their techniques cuz krav is continuously evolving as better techniques are invented. You also run into a lot of people that are borderline fucking insane so be careful who you agree to spar

Real Krav Maga is not for competition... Is a war style fight!

The thing Joe always seems to neglect is the guy who knows how to fight is probably not going to fight you. If you press hard enough they'll stop you, but you're not getting attacked by trained bjj fighters in a bar (most of the time, some guys are just crazy I get it).

Just make it a “fight free zone” then it should resolve itself. 🤷🏽‍♂️

My go to self defense is to stay in the nice parts of any town I visit..

Joe doesn't know what krav maga really is

“It’s way better against someone who knows how to fight” Does joe think most robbers are karate masters or something?

Master Ken countering that gun with his head 😂

Krav Maga is MMA. It’s a mix of martial arts

Armies would be teaching mma instead of krav maga if this was true

Master Ken cut is a genius detail :D

I think Krav Maga is more of a principal that a art

True Israeli Krav Maga is a brutal art that is meant for life or death situations and is meant to end a fight as fast as possible.

I rolled with a blue belt in high school, I had no experience and he wasn’t trying to hurt me, but I guarantee even if he was trying his hardest I could’ve stabbed him. If someone pulls out any kind of weapon don’t try to grapple, that’s just a death wish.

Its like saying, if a submarine met a fighter jet, it will be shocking if the fighter jet didn’t kill the submarine. Krav Maga wasn’t made to “fight”. It was made so you could disable a stronger opponent so they cannot attack you OR long enough for you to run. That’s why special ops and military services don’t end up training in MMA, they train in Krav Maga. MMA is about stamina before its about technique. Krav Maga is all about technique and muscle memory and very little on stamina.

In the 4 years of krav maga training we've never trained for this "using your keys in your fist" bullshit. We did train against knifes (from day 1), baseball bats and guns (not a prevalent thing in EU). All from various angles. Also, we DID train a lot for defending against holds and chokes, so Joe's comment is incorrect. Most of the groundfighting comes straight from BJJ, but adapted to streetfighting. What Joe also misses is the legal aspects of streetfighting being taught in class, and a lot of prevention and situational awareness, this includes 1v3 or 1v4 which is NOT trained in a competition based martial art. A lot of my training partners came from various other martial arts before coming to us, wing chun, karate, judo, bjj, boxing, kickboxing, mma. Maybe Joe only looked at some bs krav video's, not from a respectable organisation with always improving curriculum like KMG. My instructor has also trained police and military for years, and did MMA as a hobby.

If you have martial arts knowledge like boxing and Maui Thai , I believe Krav Maga can be useful

Joe Rogan is a BJJ fan boy and a Mr. Know it all..

"Jamie, pull up this video of a grizzly bear on DMT doing Jiu Jitsu"

Krav Maga is self defense. It is the every and the all of hand to hand combat. It is any martial art that can be used in any given position

Joe has never had his brain touched through his eyeball, tough guy until it happens.

Bro the pound for pound best fighter pokes people in the eyes all the time

It took me more time and research to find, and yes a slightly longer drive. But finding a MMA dojo that incorporates krav maga is a blessing. Joe is right. Knowing how to fight someone who also knows how to fight is extremely important. But if you can do that while also eye gouging and crushing windpipes, it's even better odds for you.

Krav maga is not a martial art,it's a set of close quarters combat motions to be used within martial arts.

The krav maga i learn has grappling, stand fighting and regular sparring in both, plus weapon defense, focusing on turning an opponents unexpected attack against them, and advises running whenever you have space. I also train jiu-jitsu because someone may try to fight you in an elevator. Its all good to know.

Typical misconception about Krav Maga. People see the watered down Krav Maga gym or funny videos on the internet but the Israeli special forces use Krav Maga. It's for killing not fighting

Of course Joe is gonna say mma is better than any other. It pays his bills.

I'd argue that Krav Maga is better in a street fight. That's what it's designed for, it's not a sport.

Every good move in Krav Maga is illegal in Kickboxing, MMA, Bareknuckle fighting, and Boxing. That keys comment is disrespectful, he knows Krav Maga is a combination of other fighting styles and dirty fighting moves.

In a street fight, I fear the guy who knows how to wrestle and box. Everything else is elementary

"Truly strong people never hurt others"

Wrestling is the most important and most useful martial art.

Gonzaga vs Krocop. Iconic legends

I genuinely don't know if a jiu-jitsu fighter would survive a bunch of stomps or elbows on his face. Or a stone or a brick, whatever you find near you. On the other hand, he would probably break my arm faster than I'll be able to stomp his head into the concrete floor.

As Jorge once said, all you need in a street fight is a sucker punch and a good 50 yard dash.

Yah, krav maga is designed mostly for situations that require killing. I took all sorts of martial arts, and the krav maga stuff was probably the most functional for combat oriented tactics. Jiu jitsu was fun for a workout or friendly competition

Do people not know or forget why Krav Maga was created???

The problem is that many Krav Maga gyms don't do much or any sparring, both stand up and on the ground. They rely on these techniques that only work well against a semi-cooperating opponent. People feel safe, get a belt, etc but if it comes to it they really can't defens themselves.

“It’s way better to know what to do against someone who knows how to fight.” Moreover. You have no idea what your opponent knows. Be wise. And, of course, diffusing the situation is preferred. Always.

Grappling and takedowns are so much more effective in my experience than just striking. Some people just have iron chins, some have good reflexes. But a lightning fast throw and a headbutt to the nose on the ground and you have ample time to escape from the situation.

The thing to do to someone that knows how to fight…🔫

If eye pokes, bites, nut shots, and strikes to the back to the head were legal in Mma, Mma fights would last every bit of 15 seconds.

As someone who wrestled a bit in High School and I now train Muay Thai - I can say Krav Maga is legit. What it lacks is consistency. These Muay Thai, Boxing and BJJ schools I see are open 6 days a week. My Krav training was twice a week. I just don’t think twice a week is enough mat time to get good enough to compete with these combat sports. But it’s better than nothing and if you choose Krav choose a school that spars.

This is dumb because trained fighters are rarely if ever the aggressors, Krav Maga is amazing for self defense against criminals

I think Joe is underestimating Krav Maga. Mossad use krav maga. It's pretty brutal. But people who use krav maga are usually trained in other forms of martial arts and don't pull hypothetical scenarios out of their arse. Do they, JOE.

Jujitsu is great as long as you tell the other guy no biting or eye gouging😂

As a Krav Maga expert I can say it is infinitely more effective than MMA. In 2015 I was in Vegas and took out Cain Velasquez and Shane Carwin behind a club. You can't find the video online of course as it was far too vicious for the human eye to comprehend. And legally im not allowed to fight in a cage or teach anybody my lethal techniques. 🤫

Krav, to me, is a set of "immediate action drills" to deal with a violent encounter. And then training them in a way that conditions that response. So you have an initial response to a bear hug, choke, knife threat, gun, etc. After that, you better know how to fight. The better Krav studios have cross training in BJJ, Muay Thai, MMA, etc. because they understand that after you've gotten out of the initial problem, you still have to be able to fight your way out of the situation. All the Krav places I've trained at, have also had guys complete in amateur MMA fights.

It only works on unarmed Palestinian children .

Krav Maga dude instantly kicks the MMA guy in the balls, punches him in the throat, then gouges out his eyeball with his thumb

my favorite and always go to self defense technique is my 9mm Beretta M9 in the streets and 12 gauge Remington 870 in home 😎

I prefer the ancient technique of the Glock-fu as a self defence

The cult of jiu-jitsu is just insane. They truly do believe they can't be touched.

"Jamie, pull up the video of the bear fighting the krav maga guy"

Point of krav maga is learn normal people basic self-defense. Can't compare vs elite fighters.

depends on what Krav Maga guy you're talking about if you're talking about a Krav Maga guy who just is learning for self defense he'll lose. but if you're talking about a Krav Maga guy who is a master and is ex military all that MMA "trained killing" doesn't match up

“Hey Jamie pull that video of the Krav Maga bear wrestling a mma fighter”

Boxing and wrestling builds your actual strength to win the fight. A lot of other fighting archetypes focus on cheap tactics to win.

That's like a similar logic to I don't go to the gym because I've got a gun

Krav Maga is perfect when fighting civilians, villagers or any untrained people who may or not acting violently, but against a solid street fighter, kick Boxer or MMA, it's useless. Rarely krav Maga is even used in the field because of random obstacles that makes ods unpredictable.

‘hey jamie pull up that video of a krav maga guy fighting a bear with keys’

Masterful use of the mirko ko clip for joe sayin shocking

I've been in iver 100 street fight situations i taught bith mma and Krav Maga and in self defense situations Krav Maga served me better. If you square off and backyard fight mma obv. But mma doesn't train you how to react after being hut in the back of the head w some shit or stole. And that's how moat fights outside of sports go. In fact I would argue vehemently that a single Krav class or even 6 months 9f Krav would serve the average person far better than 6 months of mma. I've seen too many people trying to apply techniques they've not mastered or experienced in reality. Where Krav Maga grains you to react under stress after being hit stole or having a weapon brandished.

I do both, I train Krav Maga and MMA (Thai Boxing and Jiu-Jitsu) for 11 years. It's way better to understand both sides.

Surprise is massively effective in a fight. If a mugger expects you to fold, EFFECTIVELY mounting a counter can end a situation. At least enough to book it.

Its not about style. Its about who is good in that critical moment. That split micro second.

The point of kravmaga is to GET OUT OF A FIGHT, to deliver a strike and get out of dodge ASAP. Its not designed for prolonged combat rather to avoid complications because in a bad situation, you can not guarantee the right will be one on one. It was engineered for idf uncover operatives to escape from bad situations not sporting competition

Krav Maga is a martial art where the sole purpose is to kill your opponent. MMA is a fantastic take on self defense and MMA fight are sport. Every single move in Krav Maga is to kill there is no knockout there’s is no submission it’s kill or be killed

Hey, krav maga isn't as silly as Joe makes it seem. Joe is awesome so I dont take it personal. Krav does teach ground fighting. Mostly how to get out of a situation, but if u were to fight a b.j.j guy or a grappler, they'll dominate the fight on the ground. Krav is more tactical and geared more towards combat.. against people with guns knives and clubs,how to get out of chokes when attacked how to get off the ground e.t.c the fighting stance is western style boxing so it's pretty comparable to kick boxing. Krav maga is pretty awesome. Israel has been using it since the 40s,50s so its proven to be combat effective.

Joe, Either you've never trained Krav Maga, or just watched a few clips, or American KM is seriously different than Israeli KM, cause Krav Maga is about so much more than using your keys to hurt people. I trained for year's combined with MMA and KM we did everything in KM that we did in mma except way more brutally. Mossad, probably the most feared organisation in the world created KM and it wasn't just too hit people with you're keys.

A krav maga guy never fight if he really have to. This is rule.

A third class swim qualification is taught to all recruits in U.S. Navy boot camp. That means you don’t just “bob around”. One of the requirements for that qualification is a 50 meter unassisted swim.

I learned my entire life to read body movements in basketball. Then I started watching UFC and realized they are trained to avoid what we hope for. "contact". Such a similar but completely different sport.

We're not being attacked by experienced martial artist we're being attacked by hooligans. And stabbing them with your Keys has worked quite well Many times in the past. Groin strikes, throat strikes, And eye strikes, are all viable, And efective emergency martial arts Techniques Taught in every ancient style of martial arts..

MMA beats Krav Maga according to joe rogan

That's why it's fun to know a lot both!

Krav Maga is about getting out alive and using situational awareness. A lot of people who do Krav Maga train in another discipline to improve all around.

Krav Maga is like first-aid for those who don't care to become a fighter. It's like CPR and first-aid. It's like how you latch your doors at night before sleeping. It has nothing to do with becoming a fighter, unless yeah, you want to become one. I don't think any attacker, whether a fighter or non-fighter, picks someone who they think is better than them. Attackers usually pick someone weaker... and preemptive strike is what gives you an edge. Krav Maga isn't a martial art anyways. It's a self-defence system meant for the military, who aren't entertainment fighters.

That last sentence was everything.

Well Krav Maga has been used in war.....and incorporates Jujitsu......

They gonna have a hard time avoiding getting cut with me lolol