Here are some pieces by Avi Nardia,in which he goes after those who claim to teach Reality based arts and or arts where they call themselves Commando.
http://realfighting.com/content.php?id=103http://www.usadojo.com/articles/kapap-academy/mens-rea.htmHere is a bit of what he has to say that I found of interest:
Self-defense is more complicated than most “reality based” martial arts claim it to be.
Today we see several new “reality based” Israeli systems showing up. Most of them run by “experts” in “Israeli Martial Arts.” Many students and consumers do not see that any solider of three years in the Israeli army can come to the US and become an Israeli MA “expert” by spending a great deal of money on marketing. They call themselves “commandos” with a “devastating system” and they plug their organizations with words like “International” attached to it.
Today’s students who want to study Israeli martial arts face the “want-to-be” market. It seems that all you need to do today is to put on some commando clothes and say “we are not a traditional martial art, we are a no nonsense martial art.” Does that mean traditional martial arts are nonsense?
After 5 years of teaching in the civilian market, I’ve seen so many krav “grand masters” handing out Black Belts to students who have studied for only a year or so. Few, if any, of these “grand masters” hold a black belt or knows anything about any other martial art such as Japanese Karate or Judo… but they do teach people how to get killed “in style.” KAPAP Academy is definitely NOT part of this festival of “grand masters.”
I know exactly what Israeli martial arts are – the good and the bad. The majority of the Israeli army doesn’t receive any hand-to-hand training. Only a few units receive some basic training, which is more to develop aggressiveness based on their power and not on any techniques. This is all done in a very limited amount of time.
