We've created the first in a series of banners for your use. Whether you need wall covering for your gym, or a banner for advertising at seminars, this graphic might suit your needs. We'll be developing additional graphics as well.
The graphic file is much to large to upload or download. We put a sample in the Affiliate Resources section, HOWEVER, if you want to use the actual file, please email erica@kravmagaalliance.com and we will send you a copy on disk.
Look for more to come!
This is a graphic for a 3X8 foot banner. The file is actually too large to upload. If you would like to use this graphic, please email erica@kravmagaalliance.com and we will send out a disk. Thanks!
KMA Force, our law enforcement and military division, has added another certification. This three-day course is for current Law Enforcement Officers only, and will be conducted Nov. 11-13 in Simi Valley, CA. The course will prepare current Law Enforcement Officers to teach Krav Maga to their fellow officers, and comes with a full KMA Force certificate.
KMA Force. For warriors, by warriors!
Dear Affiliates and Instructors,
We are committed to providing good service to you. Recently, I've received a few complaints that student diplomas are not reaching you in a timely manner. I want to apologize personally.
From now on, you have this pledge from me: if you do not receive student diplomas within TWO WEEKS of your request, there is no charge. We will pay the bill for the diplomas.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact us!
Sincerely,
John
KM ALLIANCE BUSINESS TELECONFERENCE
August 30, 2011
“Should We Wear Belts?”
This is a written summary of our business teleconference. Future teleconferences will be recorded (the recording just didn’t take for this one).
There were approximately 30 attendees from all across the country, with some lively participation.
There were two main topics:
TOPIC ONE: WEARING BELTS IN CLASS
Jeremy Stafford of Simi Valley Krav Maga presented some interesting data about his recent switch to belts in classes.
John Gabriele of West Coast Krav Maga in Temecula, California switched to belts around 2003.
Shawni, representing Elite Training Center in Redondo Beach, said they switched to belts approximately two years ago.
A few speakers expressed concern over the image of Krav Maga as a non-traditional self defense system. They worried that switching to belts went against the non-traditional image.
Another speaker was concerned that his students often wear shorts, and belts would look silly with shorts.
Several alternatives were proposed, such a t-shirts, wrist bands, etc. The most succinct response came from Shawni at Elite Martial Arts, who said, “Belts work. Why try something else just to be different, when we know they work?”
Jeremy of Simi Valley Krav Maga said that he was very resistant to belts, but he has seen the results in his school.
Sam Pike of Memphis asked John Whitman why Krav Maga in the U.S. had gone away from belts, since we used to wear them.
John Whitman replied that, back in the early 90s, we wore belts, but as we grew and tried to break away from the image of “kids martial arts,” we stopped wearing them. John suggested that it was possible that time had passed. These days, thanks to the UFC and systems like Krav Maga, martial arts are once again an adult activity, so perhaps we can relax the anti-traditional stance a bit.
The post-conference reaction seemed very positive, with a number of affiliates considering switching to a belt system.
TOPIC TWO: NEW CURRICULUM
That curriculum has been uploaded to the Affiliate section of the website, and you can find a complete explanation there. Thanks!!
We'd like to give an official welcome to Erica Juergens-Bow, who has joined the Krav Maga Alliance staff as the full-time Coordinator.
Some of you will already know Erica. Not only is she a fantastic Krav Maga instructor, she has also been the front desk manager at our headquarters gym for the last year and a half. She will still teach classes at our gym, and run our local Next Generation Krav Maga kids' program, but on the administrative side she is moving full time into the Krav Maga Alliance to help support our remarkable growth. For those of you who have communicated with Valerie, she will still be available in her regular part-time role. Believe me, there is enough work for everyone!
I'm very excited to have Erica working full time to support the Krav Maga Alliance. You can reach her at erica@kravmagaalliance.com.
Thanks!
We have uploaded new monthly checklists for ALL levels. They are in the "affiliate resource" section under "Lesson Plans and Checklists."
As discussed in our recent teleconference, these checklists assume that you are running Beginner (level 1/yellow belt), Intermediate (level 2&3/orange & green), and Advanced (level 4, 5 &6/blue, brown & black) MIXED classes. If you are running unmixed classes, the previous checklists will work.
There are several documents in each file. You will be downloading a .zip file, which should open into a folder with multiple documents.
We welcome your feedback!
This is a compressed file. Once downloaded, you will see a folder containing multiple documents. Please review the document entitled "READ FIRST" for an overview of the program.
This is a compressed file. Once downloaded, you will see a folder containing multiple documents. Please review the document entitled "READ FIRST" for an overview of the program.
This is a compressed file. Once downloaded, you will see a folder containing multiple documents. Please review the document entitled "READ FIRST" for an overview of the program.
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