Boston Krav Maga

This Saturday, Dr. Gavriel Schneider will be at Krav Maga Yashir, teaching Israeli Ju-Jitsu from 12:00-2:00pm, open to the public (followed by a Krav Maga Yashir members-only seminar from 2:30-4:00pm). To read more or register for this event, use the link below:

https://www.bostonkravmaga.com/kravmagaboston-seminar.html

Our Kids & Teens Class Winter Session is now enrolling, beginning December 6, 2025 and running on Saturdays from 10:30-11:15am until March 7, 2026. These classes are for ages 6-17, and are taught by Krav Maga Yashir head instructor Gershon Ben Keren. To read more about the program or book a trial class, use the link below:

Krav Maga Boston | Kids & Teens Krav Maga Boston Krav Maga Yashir Boston offers Kids & Teens Krav Maga & Martial Arts Classes In Boston. These are aimed at teaching age-appropraite self-defense techniques and solutions, dealing with the types of aggression and violence that kids and teens may have to deal with.

Join Gershon Ben Keren and Krav Maga Yashir for a 4-Week Introduction to the Krav Maga Yashir system. This class will run weekly for 4 weeks on Sunday mornings from 10-11am, starting October 19th.

The Krav Maga Yashir system is a system of Krav Maga, which incorporates Gershon Ben Keren's academic and professional background in criminology and criminal psychology, as well as his professional background in security and close protection, to teach the most effective solutions to violence - from avoidance/prevention to physical encounter. To read more about this 4-week course, click here:

Krav Maga Boston - Course Krav Maga Yashir Boston as well as offering regular Krav Maga classes also offers short courses in Krav Maga. Whilst these shouldn't be seen as a substitute for regular training, they do provide a solid foundation in self-defense and coupled with the regular seminars offered by Krav Maga Yashir Bost...

Our Kids & Teens Classes are returning this Fall, beginning September 20, 2025 and running on Saturdays from 10:30-11:15am. These classes are for ages 6-17, and are taught by Krav Maga Yashir head instructor Gershon Ben Keren. To read more about the program or book a trial class, use the link below:

Krav Maga Boston | Kids & Teens Krav Maga Boston Krav Maga Yashir Boston offers Kids & Teens Krav Maga & Martial Arts Classes In Boston. These are aimed at teaching age-appropraite self-defense techniques and solutions, dealing with the types of aggression and violence that kids and teens may have to deal with.

We've added a short video to our corporate training page, to help people understand the way we categorize different types of violence, and our approach to short corporate seminars. To hear from criminologist & instructor Gershon Ben Keren, click the link below to learn how we prioritize what we teach to groups, to maximize preparedness in the time we have with a group. Gershon's teaching process has been streamlined and systemized over decades of training different groups and industries, to deliver the most effective training in the shortest possible time.

https://www.bostonkravmaga.com/kravmagaboston-corporate.html

Join Gershon Ben Keren and the Krav Maga Yashir team for a Free Women's (18+) Self Defense Pepper Spray class at Krav Maga Yashir in Woburn - for more info & to register:

https://womensselfdefenseboston.com/booking/

Interested in Krav Maga training? Check out a beginner/introductory class with Krav Maga Yashir head instructor, Gershon Ben Keren. The next class time is coming up this Saturday!

Krav Maga Boston | Krav Maga Beginner Class Beginner Classes & Getting Started With Your Krav Maga Training At Krav Maga Yashir Boston

Because Krav Maga has to provide solutions to striking and grappling when standing, seated and on the ground, and against weapons (short barrel guns, knives, sticks, long barrel guns etc.), and against single and multiple attackers, if there was a unique solution/technique to deal with each potential threat and attack, it would take a lifetime of training just to see each technique, let alone have the time to practice them to a level where they can be remembered and relied upon in a real-life confrontation.

To deal with these issues, Krav Maga uses a few core movements to power its various techniques and movements. Techniques are grouped into “families”, where there are common movements, and taught alongside each other. This cuts down what needs to be learned, increases training time, and means there is less to remember and recall when attacked.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7_-3F5EeMg&t=4s

Part 6 (of 7) What Makes Krav Maga Effective? Families of Techniques What Makes Krav Maga Effective? Part 6 (of 7): Families of Techniques - Speeding Up Learning TimeBecause Krav Maga has to provide solutions to striking and g...

This is a round up of July's blog articles...

Subjects covered included using the I3 model to help in de-escalating spontaneous acts of aggression, Darwin's concept of naive prey and how this can help us improve our personal safety, why "old" training methods may not have been as beneficial as we once thought, and what the Jeffrey Epstein case can inform us about human trafficking methods.

All of these articles can be accessed using the link below.

https://www.kravmagablog.com/blog-month.php?MonthId=2025July

Non-Life Threatening attacks include things such as pushes and shoves, wrist grabs, lapel and clothing grabs etc. Krav Maga has a common solution for these attacks: attack the attacker.

This could involve punches, open-hand strikes, hammer-fists etc. This is because it is not so much the danger of the initial attack that you need to be worried about but what is going to happen next e.g., a wrist grab in and of itself is not a dangerous thing, but if it's a precursory move before an assailant pulls a weapon such as a knife, it creates a problem.

Rather than put effort into dealing with it, the idea is to disrupt and shut down the attacker before they have a chance to pull a weapon etc.

Obviously, as with all real-life situations, context is important e.g., if a friend or family member grabs your wrist as you try and walk away from an argument, punching them may not be an "appropriate" response, and a "softer" break away technique may better fit that particular context. However, having a simple heuristic to initially guide you improves decision-making and response time(s).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VmX5rBm8eU

Part 5 (of 7) What Makes Krav Maga Effective? Non-Life Threatening Attacks What Makes Krav Maga Effective? Part 5 (of 7) Non-Life Threatening AttacksNon-Life Threatening attacks include things such as pushes and shoves, wrist grabs,...

One of the issues when dealing with an attack is identifying what is happening, and recognizing how you should respond. Krav Maga helps practitioners reach decisions and responses quickly by not only using reflexive movements but by categorizing attacks as either being “life threatening” or “non-life threatening” and directing the initial response that should be made based off of this. If the attack is a choke or strangulation the attack itself must be cleared, before doing anything else e.g., if a rear-strangulation was applied blocking off air to the lungs then the obstructing arm would have to be pulled away so that you can breathe, before you made an attack to your assailant's groin and/or eyes etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ors2HR3hbk

Part 4 (of 7) What Makes Krav Maga Effective? Life Threatening Attacks What Makes Krav Maga Effective? Part 4 (of 7): Life Threatening Attacks - Heuristics Which Guide UsOne of the issues when dealing with an attack is identifyi...

Real-life violent assaults are messy affairs, and usually catch people by surprise i.e., one person attacks another with little or no warning. A real-world violent encounter differs from a combat sports competition, in that you don’t know when it will happen, who it will involve, and/or when the fight will actually start (there is no referee involved).

This means you are likely to perform sub-optimally, and Krav Maga techniques and solutions account for this. This video looks at the concept upon which this idea is founded.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etw3niUa9Pw

Part 3 (of 7) What Makes Krav Maga Effective? Optimal Performance Not Necessary What Makes Krav Maga Effective? Part 3 (of 7): Optimal Performance Not Necessary - Imperfect Ex*****on of Solutions Still Work Real-life violent assaults are...