Krav Maga, which literally means "contact combat", though commonly translated as "close combat", is now the official system of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) of the Israeli National Police and other security services and armies around the world. It is also taught in public schools and centers affiliated to the Israeli Ministry of Education.
Given origin and specialization of military, Krav Maga acquire some of those features that still distinguish it from other martial arts:
- Extreme ease and speed of learning (to be taught in a very short time the soldiers)
- Minimum practice required to maintain effective and efficient
- techniques that attackers very effective against certain
- Techniques applicable under conditions of stress , even when tired or injured
- techniques really effective even against opponents bigger, stronger, or several armed