Hey everybody, listen up: This is El Guapo speaking-Bas Rutten, former UFC heavyweight champion, three-time King of Pancrase, and now spokesperson for the International Fight League. If you've ever seen my fights or trained with me in mixed martial arts, you know that I only teach techniques that work in the ring. The same is true for the street-I believe in only doing things that work
Krav Maga works. I know it does, because the very day I met one of Krav Maga Worldwide's instructors, Amir Perets, he loaded a pellet gun and told me to put the gun to his chest. He said, "If you see me move, you pull the trigger." The next thing I knew, he had the gun in his hand-and he repeated it six more times. It was incredible to observe, and it was simple to do.
Amir later introduced me to Darren Levine, one of the authors of this book. Darren trained in Israel with Imi Lichtenfeld, the creator of Krav Maga. Imi personally asked Darren to be the US. chief instructor. If you heard of Krav Maga at all before picking up this book, it was most likely because of the efforts of Darren and the organization he put together.
Darren and I hit it off right away, because he thinks about fighting and self-defense the same way I think about fighting in the ring. Of course, he's not as good-looking as I am, but you can't have everything!
Darren told me a great deal about the system taught by his organization, Krav Maga Worldwide, and I admit I was initially quite impressed. The system is simple and easy to learn. You don't have to be a mixed martial arts champion to perform its techniques. But what I like most about Krav Maga is that it has all the answers. In fact, I gained so much respect for both Darren and Krav Maga that I attended a martial arts trade show with him in 1999. He was the keynote speaker, and once I heard him talk, 1 became even more impressed. Darren has the ability to explain the Krav Maga system so that it is both easy to understand and obvious.
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