The Missing Link in Self Defense Training

I took my very first Krav Maga class in 2009, I was working as a police officer for the city of San Antonio and Krav Maga seemed to be the most practical for real world self defense. Krav Maga isn't technique based, it's philosophy based and their approach to self defense was unlike anything I had ever experienced compared to other martial arts training.

In 2014 Lisa and I became certified Krav Maga Instructors and as good as a self defense system we believed Krav Maga to be, we always felt something was missing or lacking from the training. Krav Maga prepares you to defend for when things go bad, it teaches you how to quickly and efficiently stop the threat or incapacitate an assailant long enough for you to get away.  But anyone who has had to "fight" for their life knows there is so much more that takes place before and after the "fight".

Some schools/gyms "touch" on the subject of situational awareness and talk about not going to bad places where trouble is most likely to happen. While this is a great idea, merely "touching on the subject" does an injustice to all students who want to learn how to protect themselves. Remember, a part of protection is early detection that something bad is about to happen. It's simply not enough to tell your students to be aware; you must teach them what to look out for and why.

So what is the missing link? What is it about self defense training that most instructors do not teach? It's actually a combination of things but one of those is teaching them what to do after an attack. While common sense says, run or leave the area and go some place safe, the question still remains; and then what? With your adrenaline pumping and your heart racing, what "after the fact" training have you had that your mind will recall and put into action?

This lack of training can put you right back into the danger you fought so hard to get away from if you're not careful. You see, it's not enough to tell someone to be safe, you have to teach them to be safe. It's not enough to teach them how to defend by kicking and punching, and then leave them clueless once the kicking and punching is over. You must prepare your students for the before, during and after actions of an attack in order to make sure they are well rounded just like you should to prepare them physically, emotionally and mentally for the attack itself.

This is why Concealed Tactical trains its students to a higher standard than most "self defense" facilities. We try to fill in all the missing links left out by other schools because when it comes to protecting your life or the lives of your loved ones, no subject is too small to ignore. Our training curriculum takes self defense to a whole new level and we believe every self defense school, gym or dojo will soon follow. Con-Tact Instructors have been in the fight; they've experienced violence and know what you'll be up against. My take on it is this; "If I want to learn how to fight fires, I want to learn from a Fireman who has been in a burning building fighting fires, not from someone who has merely studied fire fighting from the safety of their desk." – David Escobedo – Chief Con-Tact Instructor

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