Forge Krav Maga San Francisco

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Forge Krav Maga San Francisco Forge strength, resilience, and peak fitness through modern self-defense and combat-based training. Forge Krav Maga used to be Tactica Krav Maga Institute.

With Krav Maga, boxing, kickboxing, BJJ, and Filipino weapons tactics, you’ll build practical skills to protect yourself and those around you. Danny Zelig retired from the San Francisco space and his most senior student - Micha Hershman - now runs the school.

The Forge bonfire is starting at 4 o’clock. Between the 17th and 18th stairs. See you there!
10/03/2026

The Forge bonfire is starting at 4 o’clock. Between the 17th and 18th stairs. See you there!

10/01/2026

A high roundhouse kick is one of the harder strikes to deal with. The Dutch takeover block gives you a an effective answer.
Coach Xavier walks through it: step slightly to the right, put one hand up to protect your head, and use the other hand to redirect the kick as it comes in. Small movement, early tactical reaction.
Striking skills like this carry straight over to self-defense, which is why Dutch Kickboxing is part of how we train at Forge.
Dutch Kickboxing in San Francisco: Tuesdays 6pm, Fridays 12pm, Saturdays 9am. All three classes are included in your Forge membership at no additional cost.

Forge Community Bonfire. This Saturday, October third. 4 to 10pm at Ocean Beach.Fog, fire, food, training, and friends. ...
09/30/2026

Forge Community Bonfire. This Saturday, October third. 4 to 10pm at Ocean Beach.
Fog, fire, food, training, and friends. The Forge community is back on the beach for round two.
We’ll bring the food, the drinks, and the fire. You bring a blanket, a hoodie, and a buddy or two, plus a favorite snack or drink to share if you want.
Optional 15 minute training sessions through the evening:
- Coach Sydney demos advanced Krav Maga from the Graduate levels, material most folks never get to see.
- Coach Pierre runs padded stick sparring under the stars. Jump in or just watch.
- Coach Micha teaches knife defense where Krav Maga, Kali, and grappling meet.
- Plus beach games that have nothing to do with training.
Everyone is welcome. Members, former members, family, friends, and guests. No experience needed for any of it.
It’s free. Just come.
We’ll be somewhere between stairwells 15 and 20. Exact spot to come.

09/30/2026

Seven days at the 2026 PTTA Europe Conference in Portugal. A ton of drilling, pressure testing, and then this to close it out: full contact single stick sparring, in helmets and gloves.
Sparring is an important part of any martial practice. Drilling builds the skill. Sparring is where you find out how much of it holds up when someone is swinging back.
Thank you to the PTTA, to my sparring partners and to everyone who trained hard that week.
Pekiti Tirsia Kali at Forge, Sundays at 11am. All levels welcome.

Received my Lakan G**o certificate in Pekiti Tirsia Kali from PTTA Head and Grand Tuhon Jared Wihongi at the PTTA Europe...
09/29/2026

Received my Lakan G**o certificate in Pekiti Tirsia Kali from PTTA Head and Grand Tuhon Jared Wihongi at the PTTA Europe 2026 conference in Albufeira, Portugal.
This was my 7th PTK test, and it’s my first formal PTTA teaching rank. Grateful to Grand Tuhon Wihongi and the PTTA leadership team for the recognition.
The conference was fantastic. I’ve now trained at seven PTTA conferences in Portugal, Spain, Canada, the US, and the Philippines, and I learned a ton at this one, as I always do. Reconnected with old friends and met some new ones. If you’ve been curious about the PTTA, their conferences are a good way to see the system up close.
If you’re looking for Pekiti Tirsia Kali in San Francisco, we train Sundays at 11am at Forge in Hayes Valley San Francisco (539 Gough St). Stick, knife, footwork, and angles, all levels welcome, and it’s included with every Forge membership.

09/27/2026

True lead->Switch stance -> false lead. Using position to set up the angle to enter with strikes: hammer->cross->hook.

09/25/2026

Countering the defense against the tripod, takedown with another self-defense, friendly tripod variation.

09/23/2026

Dutch kickboxing three days a week, and included in every Forge membership.

Coach Moses and coach Evandro - good dudes.
09/18/2026

Coach Moses and coach Evandro - good dudes.

09/17/2026

At Forge we teach modern Krav Maga, and part of what modern means to us is that the curriculum gets revisited and updated on a regular cycle.
This round, we took a hard look at the legacy self-defense material we inherited from the KMG lineage (all respect). Our read: it runs light at the graduate level, and it doesn’t say much about what happens when you have to defend yourself, your loved ones, or your community with something in your hand: a knife, a pen, a flashlight, a wrench. Whatever is there.
So we’re building what we call knife boxing into levels G1 through G5, our sixth through tenth levels. It borrows heavily from Belton Lubas’ material, and it builds on fundamental boxing: slips, rolls, straights, and hooks, with a tool in hand. Simple flows that ask you to switch between forward and reverse grips, and between lead and rear hand.
To be clear, this is an idea and a first step, not a finished product. We’ll keep exploring it, pressure testing it, and refining it.
Modern Krav Maga for real life. That’s how we train at our self-defense school in San Francisco.

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539 Gough
San Francisco, CA
94131

Opening Hours

Monday 6pm - 8pm
Tuesday 6pm - 8pm
Wednesday 6pm - 8pm
Thursday 6pm - 9pm
Friday 5pm - 7pm
Saturday 9am - 1pm
Sunday 10am - 12pm

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+17343539539

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