Reviews for Essential Krav Maga: Self-Defense Techniques for Everyone

The average rating for Essential Krav Maga: Self-Defense Techniques for Everyone based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-07-13 00:00:00 Mike Cuomo I wasn't really expecting much from a book of this size. I have to say it explains things very poorly. For instance, it says something like "Scrape the knife from the attacker's hand." What? It expects you to have previous knowledge. Also, it has a chapter about protecting other people. It would be very dangerous if you tried some of these things, and you would end up hurting yourself or people you were trying to protect. I'm sure there are better books out there that explain Krav Maga.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-03-14 00:00:00 Michael Reijpert Overall, like Galang's other books, this is a commendable work, and is a great documentation of Filipino Martial Arts techniques and expression of their philosophy. I don't think that one could conceivably learn Sinawali from this book alone, but it nonetheless is an impressive work that Eskrimadors will value. The historical information on Sinawali and the Pampagan region is very interesting. While I have read criticism from certain circles on Sinawali, in my experience, Sinawali can help to develop both ambidexterity and a simultaneity of attack, defense, etc. in open-handed fighting that can be of great benefit to the martial artist. I had years of open-hand training before Eskrima, but Eskrima enhanced my open-hand skills tremendously, and some of this came from numerous Sinawali drills I had done over the years with partners, on the bag or dummy, etc. The repeated claim that Sinawali is the precursor to mastery of Espada y Daga (Sword and Dagger, though usually it is more properly Olisi, single stick, and Baraw, a specific type of dagger) is a sensible one, for the ambidexterity required of Sinawali is required for Espada y Daga. The majority of the book is sequences of pictures of Sinawali techniques, and one should weigh the efficacy of this type of presentation relative to one's needs before purchasing it, I think.