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Krav Maga is a non-competitive self-defence system that focuses on real-world situations. Krav Maga employs principles that emphasize threat neutralization, simultaneous defensive and offensive techniques and aggression. It has been refined for civilian, police, VIP and military applications.

Because there are no sporting rules, individuals trained in Krav Maga are not limited to techniques that avoid severely injuring their opponents, but training and sparring drills are conducted with maximum safety to the students by the use of protective equipment and the use of reasonable force. For example, kicks to the groin are common, but groin protection must be worn by all students at all times.

Why should you choose our school?

So maybe you have done a search for Krav Maga or self-defence and arrived at our website - now you are wondering, what's so special with this school and why should you join this one? We will answer this below.

First of all, our Head Instructor Laurent Mougeot is one of the most experienced and highest level Krav Maga Instructors in the world (see bio)- Laurent has been practicing Krav Maga since 1989 and in his 20 years in the IKMF (International Krav Maga Federation) he reached the rank of Expert 3, served as National Director for Canada (2010-2018) and developed IKMF throughout the country, then was a part of the GIT (Global Instructors Team- 2018-2024) and traveled the world to train new Instructors.

Krav Maga Ottawa's approach to Krav Maga has remained the closest to the spirit of the founder Imi Sde-or:We only teach the most practical, simplest solutions to a wide variety of problems and we have never mixed any martial arts into our system, it is an entirely original defence system, very easy to learn and very hard to forget.

Krav Maga Ottawa opened its door in 2007 and we haven't stopped growing and improving; our Instructors team undergoes rigorous training with Laurent Mougeot on a regular basis as it is crucial for us to maintain the highest standards possible.

Why choose us for your self-defence needs? Because we are the best if you want to learn Authentic Krav Maga, as it was intended to be taught. So that you can defend yourself in real life situations even if it is against multiple opponents with weapons. You need more reasons?

• We do not enter you into any long term contract to trap you: it's very easy, after completing our Beginner Course offered three times a year, you pay $150 monthly, $350 for 3 months, $650 for 6 months or $1200 for a year! (prices already include HST).
• In class you will learn a wide variety of techniques and principles EVERY CLASS, you will NOT spend half of the class doing cardio exercises and combatives. We do a 10-15 min. warm up, including review of the previous week's techniques, then it's down to business!
• We GUARANTY that if you put in the work and come to every class, you will learn at an incredible speed how to effectively defend yourself in a wide range of situations!
• The atmosphere of the class is informal: we work hard and seriously but we have fun, no macho attitude there. Women are very welcome and Krav Maga is the best approach for women's self-defence!

• Striking techniques
• Prevention
• Dealing with all unarmed attacks
• Dealing with armed assault: knives, sticks, firearms
• Multiple opponents
• Third-party protection

• Combat tactics
• Use of common objects as weapons
• Agression and determination
• Surviving swarming
• Ground fighting
• Post-fighting
• Psychology of violence