Nike Gun Defense : Krav Maga

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Part of the video series: Krav Maga Self Defense Techniques

Summary: In this free video clip learn how to properly perform the nike defense according to Krav Maga teachings for self defense training.

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Steve Jimenez Steve Jimenez is the lead instructor of the South Austin location for Krav Maga International. He holds three black belts in three martial arts disciplines --... read more

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by SMG

A semi automatic pistol WILL absolutely fire 100 percent of the time contrary to your statement in the video when the aggressor is down on the ground and pulling the trigger.

by SMG

An advantage to the defender is if the firearm discharges once while they are holding firmly onto the slide the firearm will not cycle when it fires and will be rendered inoperable until the slide is racked again.

Teacher, thank you for the insightful lesson.

SMG it wont go off if you push it far out of battery and then hold it there. Which I assume this fella will do out of instinct.

this guys is not a krav maga expert. he makes many mistakes and does not take into consideration many different scenarios. it is clear he wasnt trained by i.d.f experts

by Farukh

The point of the weapon he is holding is also dangerous for his hand. In case, your enemy fire a single shot, the bullet might not hit you, but the weapon would itself become a fireball and hot gases would comeout of the weapon and you will quickly leave the weapon and that would be a more dangerous situation. I suggest, instead of holding the weapon, try holding his hand, so that if he fire a shot, it would not harm you in anyway.

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Nike Gun Defense : Krav Maga

I am Steve Jimenez with Fit and Fearless Krav Maga along with Heath Jones. In this segment I am going to go back over the principles of weapon, you know, to guard it coming to my face. Now one of the things that you want to keep in mind with the weapon is once you redirect the weapon again RCAT redirect, control, attack the assailant take away the weapon, once you redirect the weapon you never want to get back in the line of fire, never. Once that weapon is redirected its gone that’s it. You don’t ever want to allow your body to reach in front of the weapon while you are striking you want to make sure you maintain good control of the weapon and when you control the weapon you are always going to use the assailant’s body to help you control the other side of the weapon. Once you redirect down you are going to force your weight, force your weapon right into the body and I demonstrate why we do that. So from here redirect now the weapon is redirected from here and I want to make the shortest line and I don’t want to go up, I don’t want to go down, I want to go straight across the shortest line of my body here redirect and now the bullet can no longer harm me. From here I am going to come straight down punching my two knuckles, these two knuckles right here into his body. Coming straight in, stepping in and bringing my weight down here. I want to make sure I am punching through his body. The reason why is if I do this what’s going to happen is all is got to do is step back and now he is got the weapon pointing to right back at me. So what I am going to do is I am going to actually run through him, he is going to have to follow me here, run through him because he is stepping back right here. As he steps back, again he can push the weapon back on me. This is assumed… the assailant’s… you are after the strike for back up, now we have already directed. We control now we are going to go back to attacking. Now I attack him. Now I swear to God this punch right here is going to be the punch of your life. Your life depends on this punch right here. Now even with that said let's just say the person fell to the ground. As he is falling to the ground if I am not stepping forward look what happens. The weapon is then again pushed out towards you. His finger is still on the trigger. When it is happening this finger will pull the trigger as well. Depending on what type, now this is a slide gun, this is an automatic. This gun will probably not fire. Let's just say it snaps out. Let's say it's a revolver, revolvers will fire if you just grab the barrel. So coming back up. So from here from this position here I am going to strike forward, forward, forward, he falls; I am going to keep my weight down on him here just like this. This weapon will never come up. My knuckles are glued and attached to his body. This arm has now become a limb of his body until I am ready to take that weapon away here. I can still disarm from here by breaking, pulling up, now the weapon is mine. Now keep in mind the other segments when I did take way the weapon you see me tapping and racking. I do that out of habit because we do teach law enforcement and military personnel which you probably want to do once you take away the weapon and probably just get up and do what we call a Nike defense, just run, use your shoes. Just take up and hold on to weapon and never drop the weapon.

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