“REALITY IS CRUEL AND UNPREDICTABLE!”

If you ask 100 different martial artists what kind of training is most important, you’ll get 100 different answers. You’ll get 200 if you come back a year later and ask them again.

Moni Aizik has trained in multiple martial arts genres — in the classical arts, sporting arts and military arts — and the worldview he developed led him to a set of answers he regards as universal truths. He went on to found Commando Krav Maga, Combat Survival and Elite Combat Fitness, and he’s taught those systems to countless clients in the military and in law enforcement, as well as in the civilian sphere, for more than 40 years.

I had an opportunity to talk with Aizik about what Commando Krav Maga is, what it does and how martial artists like you can apply it to their reality-based training on and off the mat.

CHECKING YOUR REALITY

Although renowned for his contributions to the Israeli art of Aizik is also a longtime fan and practitioner of the traditional arts. readers don’t require much reminding of the benefits they get from the martial arts that are taught in the An incomplete list would include stress relief, cardiovascular exercise and falling skills. What’s more, those benefits are