I wore my NWFA t-shirt to krav maga last night.

[PlayboyPenguin]

I forgot to do laundry yesterday so I did not have my krav maga shirts for class last night. Instead I wore my NWFA t-shirt. It did get noticed. I got a couple "Hey, I read that site." and I got more than a few "You like guns?" The later was followed about haldf the time by a "Do you own an x? I am thinking of getting one." or something similar...but a couple of times it was followed by very disapproving looks.

Only one person was a little bit of a jerk about it. I made sure to hit him a little extra hard later. Just to show I do not necessarily need the gun.

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[ejmpnu92]

I have no idea what Krav maga is? Would you enlighten me?

 

[phathom]

The official Martial Art of the Israeli Military.

 

[ejmpnu92]

Ah, ok, thank you

 

[sweetbeard]

This is my coming out post, I wanted everyone to know I'm gay.

 

[Spray-n-pray]

Where are you taking Krav? I have been interested, but it seems that there is a lack of schools (that I know of) in Vancouver with the exception of East West Martial Arts. I hear the instructors are legit, but then again, my 4 year old niece also takes karate there.

 

[Unka-Boo]

I get looks when I wear my Hello Kitty shirt.....I get more looks when they realize Kitty is holding a Kalashnikov.

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[phathom]

Where'd you get the hello kalishnakov shirt?
I want one.

 

[Unka-Boo]

Guy on akforum does a run of them every once in a while. Kinda hit and miss as to when though.

 

[Rix]

I have no idea what Krav maga is? Would you enlighten me?

The official Martial Art of the Israeli Military.

The offical "everyone around us hates us, we better learn to fight HARD" martial art.

 

[PlayboyPenguin]

The offical "everyone around us hates us, we better learn to fight HARD" martial art.

You got the HARD part right. I am sitting here now with extremely sore and bruised forearms from practicing outside defenses all night tonight. They think pads are for wimps.

PS: For the person asking where I go, I go to East West. How good they are depends on which instructor you get.. I go to the one by the Fred Meyer on 164th. Ms. Harmony will work your butt off. Some instructors lean more on the fighting and some more on the cardio and balance.

 

[PromptCritical]

Guy on akforum does a run of them every once in a while. Kinda hit and miss as to when though.

The kalashnikitty guy got banned a while back (imagine that).

However, Here: <broken link removed>

He does a run every few months.

 

[PlayboyPenguin]

 

[RainMan_PNW]

I used to do Krav at the EW on Hwy99, a couple of years ago. Too many bruised ribs later, I switched to CrossFit. As far as I know, EW is the only one(s) - they have the two locations - in Vancouver that I know of. My wife and I have a few friends that still go to it, and one guy's wife is an instructor at the west-side one.

Like PBP said - how good they are really depends on the instructor you get. Some are really sharp and good at the fighting side, and others just want to use it as a glorified jazzercise class. There's one that I dealt with that just liked to use it as a way to show off how much he knew about it.

 

[Rix]

That's the problem(s) with ANY instructor.

 

[RainMan_PNW]

Very true. The fact that two different instances of bruised ribs were caused by said instructor was why I finally left.

 

[huntpotter]

sweetbeard

This is my coming out post, I wanted everyone to know I'm gay.

I foresaw this happening. Psychoanalysis, of your previous posts, confirms that this is true. You can drop the straight man persona now. Just remember, don't blow out your o-ring!

 

[sweetbeard]

I always thought you were kinda cute.

 

[Silver Fox]

For those of you a little further north, there is a krav magra in Puyallup. I am very interested in it myself but the Army Docs say no. Just a little while longer.

SF-

 

[NoAim]

I used to do Krav at the EW on Hwy99, a couple of years ago. Too many bruised ribs later, I switched to CrossFit. As far as I know, EW is the only one(s) - they have the two locations - in Vancouver that I know of. My wife and I have a few friends that still go to it, and one guy's wife is an instructor at the west-side one.

Like PBP said - how good they are really depends on the instructor you get. Some are really sharp and good at the fighting side, and others just want to use it as a glorified jazzercise class. There's one that I dealt with that just liked to use it as a way to show off how much he knew about it.

Kind of like some gun owners.