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- Krav Maga is an Israeli combat system.

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It's not a martial art.

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^It's a system that Israel developed

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^that's simple enough to teach to anyone,

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^but effective enough the military can use it.

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I reached out to the SART and SAPR office

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early when I first got to this base and said,

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"I'd be willing to teach a self-defense

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"Krav Maga class at any point in time."

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They came to me and said,

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"The month of April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month

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"and would you like to teach a class?"

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Personally, I believe having some kind of self-defense

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is essential to the prevention of sexual assault.

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(muddled conversations)

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Swing your wrists and smash your wrists together

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so his knuckles hit each other.

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^- If you ever do get into an altercation with someone,

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^you know what to do.

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You may not always know the correct moves,

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but at least you have some

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sort of basis to protect yourself.

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- Ten!

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Most of the time, people come up and tell me,

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"This is awesome.

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"I love this.

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"It's so simple,"

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and that's essentially what it is.

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It's a simple system to learn.

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It's effective, simple, and easy to learn.

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- The feedback that I would give the instructor

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is to have these courses more frequent.

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They're definitely needed, especially

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being in the military and moving around

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from place to places every two years or so.

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You never know your surroundings

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and it's definitely needed a lot more often,

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like he said, to build that muscle memory.