I currently teach jujutsu and whenever I see Krav Maga books and videos it looks like the exact same things we do, just modified to a much smaller subset of techniques. I've never been to an actual class. I don't know that many jujutsu places work on weapon attacks like we do, however, as some other systems won't let you deal with that stuff until you hit black belt or ever (which I completely disagree with). However, jujutsu is the parent art of karate, judo and aikido (and the grandparent, I guess, of BJJ). If you take jujutsu it would prepare you quite well for that Krav class you really want to take.

Maybe you could be surprised how effective a traditional disciplinr might be when it is taught properly,not only in the way it is taught but how much knowledge the instructor has on the real art,not rip offs or watered down and or sports versions.Now regarding krav maga, I have not practiced it myself but like many people have said,that popular version of krav maga that is being teached now might be very far off from what is really being learned in army of Israel's soldiers. With that being said I can also tell you that even when krav maga can contain very good self defense techniques and moves that could seriously harm or kill a person, I think that it is also a mind set or state of mind, it does not matter if you have been trained by the best krav maga instructor because if you do not have the mind set to fight back it won't do any good for you the same as any other self defense system. If you are not used to deal with violence it wont matter what system you practice,you might simply freeze in the heat of the moment and on the other hand a person used to being in violence acts might fend off the attack regardless of the system that person knows.

As a Kajukenbo practitioner I object to Kajukenbo being compared to Krav Maga. Kajukenbo is not like Krav Maga. Krav Maga is not like Kajukenbo. I will acknowledge that the Krav Maga knife defense drills are better than the Kajukenbo ones.

From what I have been told, Krav Maga is a self defense course geared towards the general public. Kajukenbo taught in the traditional way has limited public appeal. It's training methods are so brutal that only the most dedicated students stick around for the years required to become good at it. The instructor doesn't care if the student quits. Most beginners quit within the first week. The dropout rate in a traditional school is about 99%.

The ones who stick around become very good martial artists.

Ay, Jujutsu, (Systema, SQT, MMCAMP, and Protect-o)



() = system of differing martial arts combined. Sometimes not considered a martial art in itself.