Salah satu adegan yang membuat Rob Cohen, sutradara The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, kebingungan adalah laga final antara Rick O’Connell (Brendan Fraser) dan Kaisar Han (Jet Li). Problemnya, bagaimana mengemas gaya bertarung Rick agar terlihat keren saat melawan style kung fu si Kaisar.
Cohen, sutradara The Fast and the Furious dan Dragonheart itu akhirnya come up dengan ide brilian. “Saya memilih gaya bertarung Krav Maga, street style!,” katanya. Hasilnya pun not bad lah. Fraser terlihat cukup bisa mengimbangi Jet Li.
Pertanyaannya, what the heck is Krav Maga?
Singkatnya, Krav Maga adalah cabang ilmu bela diri yang dikembangkan di Israel. Tujuan utamanya sih, untuk melatih tentara Israel melawan tentara Hezbollah. Huh, dasar Yahudi. Namun, pada perkembangannya, Krav Maga di populerkan ke masyarakat umum dengan beberapa modifikasi.
Intinya, latihan yang ditekankan Krav Maga adalah RBSD atau Reality-based Self-defense. Yakni menitik beratkan latihan pada sisi pembelaan diri didalam kondisi mendekati sebenarnya. Termasuk, dikeroyok dengan beberapa orang.
Dalam episode Fight Quest : Israel, Doug Anderson dan Jimmy Smith sempat kewalahan saat menghadapi final tes, dimana mereka dihadapkan pada 10-15 orang secara simultan. Belum lagi training fisik gila-gilaan serta drills tanpa henti yang menghisap oksigen di jantung. Check out the picture, when Jimmy trying to take out several opponents.
”You need to get up and keep fighting. You going to attack no matter what,” kata instruktur mereka. Prinsip utama Krav Maga memang menciptakan mindset agar murid merasakan kondisi perkelahian secara nyata. Salah satunya menempatkan seseorang seolah-olah dalam kondisi terkeroyok (multiple attacker), ataupun menghadapi lawan bersenjata seperti pisau atau tongkat.
Dalam satu adegan, Jimmy didorong-dorong dengan 5-10 orang menggunakan kicking bag. Itu saja sudah membuatnya kehabisan nafas. “Krav Maga bukanlah jiujitsu, Mixed Martial Arts, atau Thaiboxing, melainkan masalah hidup dan mati,” kata instruktur Krav Maga itu.
Selain Jiujitsu dan tinju, Krav Maga ini bagi saya seduktif sekali. Dari googling, ternyata ada juga istrukturnya di Jakarta, meski muridnya terbatas beberapa orang saja. Saya sudah mengontak dua diantaranya (mereka punya blog :P), dan mendapat tanggapan positif. Well, kita lihat saja kelanjutannya nanti. He he he.
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Great post I learned alot! Thanks =)
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yeap, Krav Maga emang top bro. Dibanding Brazilian Jiujitsu, ini lebih praktis buat brantem. hehehe.
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“Check this out. This is some solid MMA training. I don’t train to compete just as an exercise regiment and this is the best workout schedule I have found to date. It’s not free but worth the fifty bucks.”
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i cant open your link dude.
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best Martial Arts, original Mossad self defense
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drillnya gila bro. sadis. hehehe
SukaSuka
krav maga memang untuk menjatuhkan lawan secepat mungkin karena minimal musuh memakai senjata pisau atau pistol jika tidak secepatmungkin merobohkannya. kita yang menjadi mangsa
SukaSuka
betul sekali masbro, langsung ke inti : surviving.
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Teach Sunday School, or talk to a neighbor’s kids. Kids are uluasly starved of friendly adult attention, with families split up or living far away from extended family members. Particularly if you have teenagers or young adults in the family who are big on pushing you away. Go to church. Go to a couples Alpha course and suspend cynicism or discouragement at the state of the world. Dig in the garden. Walk the dog. Blog. Buy a DSLR and take thousands of photographs. Plant only old fashioned scented roses, and pick armfuls of them for the house. Ditto peonies and lilies. Knit a scarf for your husband out of the softest wool you can find (non itchy) and think of something kind you want to do for him every time you start a new row. Write it down on a piece of paper and give him a jar with the vouchers written down inside it. Unplug the internet connection for 24 hours and see how much time you have to read a really good book you haven’t “had time” for. Commit to visit an elderly person in a nursing home every week and bring them small gifts and read to them if they want you to. Ask them to tell you the story of their life, and write it down. Every person has a story worth being recorded. Go to a flower show or a botanical garden. Take funny pictures of animals at a zoo. Volunteer regularly in your local elementary school to help kids learn to read. Give money or gifts anonymously to individuals who you know need it. Pay someone else’s bill (a good place is at the pharmacy where old people are often having sticker shock when their medicine is no longer covered or the pharmacy is out of the generic but the person needs the medicine now. Whisper to the cashier to put the brand name one (that is in stock) on your credit card, and to tell the person that they had exactly the amount they needed about to go back to the manufacturer so they can have it for free as nobody else had had a scrip for it.When I am most jaded or discouraged, doing something kind for someone else (despite my natural selfishness) brings back hope and light to the day. Of course, do as I say not as I do….
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