Krav Maga Academy, San Diego

Have a safe holiday everyone! See you on Tuesday for training 💪🏼

Krav 1 groin kicks class from yesterday.

Also a last class/promotion for before he leaves to study abroad for a year so he was given his yellow belt for all his hard work and dedication.

Official promotion day for the rest of the Krav program will be announced next week. Keep coming and putting the work in! 💪🏼

Big thanks to SD UNITED for bringing us into their gymnastics camp this week to teach some self defense to their students! Got to work on the fundamentals of the bottom of mount and reversals 💪🏼

Awesome bjj class with Steve as well as some promotions for our students/instructors. Big congrats to Chery, Robert and Alan for some well earned purple belts and stripe.
I'm beyond proud of our students and their hard work and no one better to earn it under than someone who is a consistent example of dedication to the sport and a great teacher/leader/role model like Steve.

It feels too formal to write about myself in the third person, but I was also awarded my brown belt and can't thank everyone who's contributed to my journey enough. I'll be sure to make some posts on my personal account as well.

First Women's self defense class for the women at curology!

Just a little snapshot of the Krav 1 and kids classes from yesterday, with a behind the camera photo at the end 😉

Krav 1 working on some grappling with the punch block series, followed up by boxing and a good workout.

And happy to see some familiar faces drop in for some training from out of town 👀

BJJ @ 6:30-7:30 PM Monday and Wednesday!

Fundamentals on Saturday @ 11:30-12:30 PM

Krav 1 putting in work on bear hugs defenses last night!

So many smiling faces on a Saturday morning!

Krav 1 class working on bear hug lifts and escapes today 💪🏼

Boxing on Tuesday/Thursdays at 6:30 PM!

Kids coming in full force this week working on back control and carotid artery chokes 👀

Today’s beginners Krav class.
Saturdays @ 10:30 AM!
Working on defenses to being choked 🤘🏼

SCHEDULE UPDATE

Hello Krav Maga Academy Members!

Starting August 2nd, we are re-expanding our schedule to reinstate our normal 3 classes a night. This means that our kickboxing and jiu jitsu classes are coming back into the mix!

In addition to expanding our schedule, we are also happy to announce we are adding a Libre Knife Fighting class into the mix with Scott Babb and Anna Kasmir on Thursday nights from 7:30-8:30 PM.

Just a reminder that you have the option to continue to participate in the Krav 1 classes via zoom if you don’t feel comfortable participating in person yet, as they will be streamed live from the gym during their class times. If this is something you’re interested in, make sure you get in contact with us, and we will send you the link via email.

The new schedule is as follows:

Monday:
5:30-6:30 PM Krav 2
6:30-7:30 PM BJJ
7:30-8:30 PM Krav 1
Tuesday:
4:30-5:30 PM Kids Krav
5:30-6:30 PM Krav 1
6:30-7:30 PM Boxing/Kickboxing
Wednesday:
5:30-6:30 PM Krav 2
6:30-7:30 PM BJJ
7:30-8:30 PM Krav 1
Thursday:
4:30-5:30 PM Kids Krav
5:30-6:30 PM Krav 1
6:30-7:30 PM Boxing/Kickboxing
7:30-8:30 PM Libre Knife Fighting
Saturday:
9:30-10:30 AM Kids Krav
10:30-11:30 AM Krav 1
11:30-12:30 PM BJJ Fundamentals

Lastly, the only change to the schedule that will be upcoming is the BJJ advanced class on Saturdays from 12:30-2 PM when numbers build back up.
We look forward to seeing everyone! If you have any questions let us know, you can call or email us. All this information will also be sent out via email, so make sure to check your spam folders if you didn’t get it.

Regards,
KMASD Staff

COVID UPDATE

Hello Krav Maga Academy San Diego Members!

Just wanted to give everyone a brief reminder about how classes are currently being run and update everyone on what’s to come in the next couple months. Our priority is to keep everyone safe and healthy while still being able to get some quality training in.

So here’s what’s new and what you need to know:
We still have a temporary stop on boxing and jiu jitsu classes until students are allowed to make contact with one another. We don’t know whether or not that will be in June/July but we forecast that maybe by the summer once everyone has had ample opportunity to get vaccinated, and things are more comfortable, that we will make these classes available again. Until then, we are still socially distanced, still wearing masks, but able to work with pads/focus mitts, bags, etc. and get as much as we can out of our training in the meantime.

You also have the option to continue to participate in the Krav 1 classes via zoom if you don’t feel comfortable participating in person yet, as they will be streamed live from the gym during their class times. If this is something you’re interested in, make sure you get in contact with us, and we will send you the link via email.

Schedule:

Monday:
Krav 2 - 5:30-6:30 PM
Krav 1 - 7-8 PM
Tuesday:
Kids Krav - 4:30-5:30 PM
Krav 1 - 6-7 PM
Wednesday:
Krav 2 - 5:30-6:30 PM
Krav 1 - 7-8 PM
Thursday:
Kids Krav - 4:30-5:30 PM
Krav 1 - 6-7 PM
Saturday:
Kids Krav - 9:30-10:30 AM
Krav 1 - 11-12 PM

Please sign up for the classes you are planning to attend in person in advance online, as we will have a max capacity for all classes. We don’t anticipate reaching that capacity, but we don’t want to turn anyone away at the door.

We look forward to seeing everyone! If you have any questions let us know, you can call or email us. All this information will also be sent out via email, so make sure to check your spam folders if you didn’t get it.

Regards,
KMASD Staff

COVID UPDATE: OPENING NOVEMBER 2ND!
(and more news)

Hello Krav Maga Academy San Diego Members!


We’re happy to announce that we are going to be reopening as of November 2nd. While we are excited to be back, in light of everything that has been going on, we are making some accommodations to keep everyone as safe as possible.

We also wanted to thank everyone who has continued their support through these tough times. Because of your flexibility, we’ve been able to pivot to zoom to keep training, and we’ve been able to survive what is a really hard time for everyone. As a way to say thank you to everyone, once contact is allowed, KMASD is going to put on 2 free seminars for our student-base to show you how much we appreciate everyone sticking with us..


That being said, here’s a list of some of our accommodations for in-person training:


A new schedule, with breaks for cleaning in-between classes to ensure that the gym is as clean as possible and all surfaces are wiped down.

Capped class sizes that will require online sign ups so that we can ensure everyone has plenty of room to work safely within 6 feet of each other.

A new check in process with waivers that need to be signed daily, consenting that each individual entering the gym has not knowingly been exposed to COVID-19 as well as a forehead surface temperature check upon entering the gym.

Face coverings are required upon entering and when each individual is within 6 feet of one another.

Hand sanitizer will be provided throughout the gym

Temporary closure of the showers and water fountain, but drinks will be available to purchase.

All employees are required to wear face masks at all times.

A temporary stop on boxing and jiu jitsu classes until students are allowed to make contact with one another.

The option to continue to participate in classes via zoom if you don’t feel comfortable participating in person yet, as they will be streamed live from the gym.


Schedule:


Monday: 5:30-6:30 PM Krav 2

7-8 PM Krav 1


Tuesday: 4:30-5:30 PM Kids Krav

6-7 PM Krav 1


Wednesday: 5:30-6:30 PM Krav 2

7-8 PM Krav 1


Thursday: 4:30-5:30 PM Kids Krav

6-7 PM Krav 1


Saturday: 9:30-10:30 AM Kids Krav

11-12 PM Krav 1


Please sign up for the classes you are planning to attend in person in advance, as we will have a max capacity for all classes. We don’t anticipate reaching that capacity, but we don’t want to turn anyone away at the door.


We look forward to seeing everyone! We hope you understand our mission is to keep everyone as safe as possible, while still doing what we all love, and providing learnable self-defense, even while we can’t make direct contact with one another. We hope everyone is staying safe and healthy!


Regards,


KMASD Staff

COVID UPDATE:

Hello Krav Maga Academy San Diego Members!


We’re happy to announce that we are going to be reopening as of November 2nd. While we are excited to be back, in light of everything that has been going on, we are making some accommodations to keep everyone as safe as possible.

We also wanted to thank everyone who has continued their support through these tough times. Because of your flexibility, we’ve been able to pivot to zoom to keep training, and we’ve been able to survive what is a really hard time for everyone. As a way to say thank you to everyone, once contact is allowed, KMASD is going to put on 2 free seminars for our student-base to show you how much we appreciate everyone sticking with us..


That being said, here’s a list of some of our accommodations for in-person training:


A new schedule, with breaks for cleaning in-between classes to ensure that the gym is as clean as possible and all surfaces are wiped down.

Capped class sizes that will require online sign ups so that we can ensure everyone has plenty of room to work safely within 6 feet of each other.

A new check in process with waivers that need to be signed daily, consenting that each individual entering the gym has not knowingly been exposed to COVID-19 as well as a forehead surface temperature check upon entering the gym.

Face coverings are required upon entering and when each individual is within 6 feet of one another.

Hand sanitizer will be provided throughout the gym

Temporary closure of the showers and water fountain, but drinks will be available to purchase.

All employees are required to wear face masks at all times.

A temporary stop on boxing and jiu jitsu classes until students are allowed to make contact with one another.

The option to continue to participate in classes via zoom if you don’t feel comfortable participating in person yet, as they will be streamed live from the gym.


Schedule:


Monday: 5:30-6:30 PM Krav 2

7-8 PM Krav 1


Tuesday: 4:30-5:30 PM Kids Krav

6-7 PM Krav 1


Wednesday: 5:30-6:30 PM Krav 2

7-8 PM Krav 1


Thursday: 4:30-5:30 PM Kids Krav

6-7 PM Krav 1


Saturday: 9:30-10:30 AM Kids Krav

11-12 PM Krav 1


Please sign up for the classes you are planning to attend in person in advance, as we will have a max capacity for all classes. We don’t anticipate reaching that capacity, but we don’t want to turn anyone away at the door.


We look forward to seeing everyone! We hope you understand our mission is to keep everyone as safe as possible, while still doing what we all love, and providing learnable self-defense, even while we can’t make direct contact with one another. We hope everyone is staying safe and healthy!


Regards,


KMASD Staff

Join our Cloud HD Video Meeting

Latest closure/COVID update:

Hello Krav Maga Academy Members,

Since the Governor’s mandate that all gyms be closed in San Diego, we have decided to pivot back to Zoom. On the bright side, no more masked workouts!

Below we’ll provide the full zoom class schedule, along with the link and password to be able to access the classes. We appreciate everyone’s ongoing support and understanding through these rough times, though it’s been hard, we will continue to do what we can to continue to enable everyone to learn and practice self defense.

Use this link to join the Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8077816646
Meeting ID: 807 781 6646

Schedule:

All levels Krav Maga:

Monday: 5:30-6:30 PM

Wednesday: 5:30-6:30 PM

Friday 5:30-6:30 PM

Abs (and fitness but it wasn’t as catchy) with Anna:

Monday: 6:30-7:00 PM

Friday: 6:30-7:00 PM

Please feel free to contact us with any questions!
Our first Zoom class will take place on Wednesday July 22nd.
Hope to see you all there!

KMASD Staff

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Hello Krav Maga Academy San Diego Members!


We’re happy to announce that we are going to be reopening as of July 1st. While we are excited to be back, in light of everything that has been going on, we are making some accommodations to keep everyone as safe as possible.


What does that mean?


A new schedule, with breaks for cleaning in-between classes to ensure that the gym is as clean as possible and all surfaces are wiped down.

Capped class sizes that will require online sign ups so that we can ensure everyone has plenty of room to work safely within 6 feet of each other.

A new check in process with waivers that need to be signed daily, consenting that each individual entering the gym has not knowingly been exposed to COVID-19 as well as a forehead surface temperature check upon entering the gym.

Face coverings are required upon entering and when each individual is within 6 feet of one another.

Hand sanitizer will be provided throughout the gym

Temporary closure of the showers and water fountain, but drinks will be available to purchase.

All employees are required to wear face masks at all times.

A temporary stop on boxing and jiu jitsu classes until students are allowed to make contact with one another.


Schedule:


Monday:
5:30-6:30 PM Krav 2
7-8 PM Krav 1

Tuesday:
4:30-5:30 PM Kids Krav
6-7 PM Krav 1

Wednesday:
5:30-6:30 PM Krav 2
7-8 PM Krav 1

Thursday:
4:30-5:30 PM Kids Krav
6-7 PM Krav 1

Saturday:
9:30-10:30 AM Kids Krav
11-12 PM Krav 1

Remember, if you want to take classes starting July 1st, you will need to sign up on our website. We are updating the website currently and expect to be able to start taking reservations by the end of next week.

We look forward to seeing everyone! We hope you understand our mission is to keep everyone as safe as possible, while still doing what we all love, and providing learnable self defense, even while we can’t make direct contact with one another. We hope everyone is staying safe and healthy!


Regards,


KMA Staff

San Diego Police Department To Cease Chokeholds As Method Of Restraint

Our instructor Anna demonstrating a proper carotid artery chokehold on KPBS tonight.

San Diego Police Department To Cease Chokeholds As Method Of Restraint Civil rights groups have been calling for an end to the use of the carotid neck restraint hold for years… and now San Diego Police Chief Dave Nisleit and May...

Big announcement!

Starting May 25th, we will have online Zoom classes on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, every week from 5:00PM to 6:00PM led by our instructor, Anna.

If you check your email you should’ve received instructions on how to attend. This includes a Zoom link, meeting number and password. If you have any questions feel free to message or call us. If you didn’t get an email please get in contact with us for the Zoom access information. See you there!

We’re finishing up renovations on the gym as well! Peep the photos to see some updates 🙂.

Hey KMA members,

Still working hard here at KMA on renovations and we can’t wait to show you all the updated pictures this week!

If you’re looking for something to mix up your routine, tomorrow night at 6 PM Anna is hosting a challenging ab class for 30 minutes on zoom. The link will be provided below.

Here's the zoom link 🙂 hope you guys will join us!
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/8077816646

Meeting ID: 807 781 6646

Closure update.

We hope everyone is staying healthy and we know and we all know you miss training as much as we do but we are still working on renovations in the meantime and hope you all are as excited as we are to get back to it when we reopen.

While we are closed we are remodeling the gym! In a week we will be adding online content and fitness classes via Zoom. We will keep you all posted as we set up the processes! We want to thank everyone for their patience and understanding.

Krav Maga Academy San Diego: Response to Covid-19

To our valued clients, students, and friends. It pains us to do so, but after taking guidance from our public health experts, Krav Maga Academy San Diego will close its doors for group training immediately (March 16th) through March 31st,. This is not a decision that is taken lightly, however Covid-19 poses a distinct threat to the health of many of our community members and as such we take it seriously.

As a small business there will be potential impact that affects the long-term viability of our gym. As such we ask that clients NOT cancel their memberships. We understand that each person has their own financial struggles and all such requests will be processed per the contract terms. We will provide a three-seminar series, free of charge, to those that do stay enrolled. These seminars will be led by head instructor Alex Trafton and will occur in consecutive months once we feel it safe to re-open our doors. We are concurrently working on providing an online or streaming training option and will update via social media and email accordingly.

We strongly urge our clients to comply with CDC recommendations and to stay home as much as possible. It is possible to be asymptomatic and spread this disease which may prove life threatening to members of our community. This has the potential to overwhelm our medical system and increase the loss of life. As such we advise everyone to take precautions to “flatten the curve” of infection and help our dedicated medical professionals confront this virus safely and effectively.

Please find CDC guidance here:

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prepare/prevention.html

If you have any questions please feel free to email us at [email protected] or direct message us on social media.

We are closed today but we will see everyone at the gym tomorrow!

Great Jiu Jitsu seminar today with Steve Gable. Arm bar and triangle escapes. Congratulations to everyone who earned new stripes and to our two new purple belts!

We are open today!!!

Krav Maga promotions from this weekend. Congratulations to everyone who leveled up and we will see all our new yellow belts in Krav Maga 2 tonight at 530pm.

Jiu Jitsu tonight at 530. In January everyone is welcome in Friday night Jiu Jitsu. We will be covering more sneaky escapes from side control!

Combat Grappling Seminar February 1st at 1130am - 2pm with Steve Gable. Jiu Jitsu belt promotions will follow. Steve is a third degree Jiu Jitsu black belt, a former MMA fighter, and masters black belt Jiu Jitsu world Champion. $70 in advance, space is limited.

Jiu Jitsu tonight at 530pm. Every member is welcome to Friday Jiu Jitsu for the month of January. Come try out one of our most popular programs!

We are back tonight for regular classes! We have Krav Maga and Jiu Jitsu promotions coming up so get in and train.

Happy Holidays. We will be closed Dec. 24th through Jan. 1.

We will be closed November 28,29, & 30. We will be back to training Saturday, Nov 30