The noon class today will be cancelled due to weather. There is no change to our evening schedule.  All evening classes are on as scheduled.

Kick off the New Year right in one of our Krav Maga Foundations Courses! What we'll cover in the Foundations Course: *Basic Striking Using Hands, Elbows, Knees, & Legs *Defending Strikes *Releases from Chokes *Releases from Headlocks *Releases From Bearhugs *Releases from Wrist Grabs *Using Common Weapons for Self-Defense *Defending Yourself on the Ground *Dealing with Stress *Developing the Proper Mental Attitude Every registrant will receive a First Defense t-shirt and access to our brand new First Defense app.

First Defense is very excited to announce that we will host KMG UK Director, Jon Bullock, for an evening seminar on Friday, November 15th. Jon Bullock, the director of Krav Maga training in the UK, will teach a 2 hour training session called Surviving Edged Weapons.

2013 Zombie Defense: Humans vs. Zombies   Friday October 25th starting at 6pm. Be prepared for when zombies attack! Join us on Friday, October 25th for our third annual zombie defense. As part of our members workshop series, October brings out the zombies at First Defense.

Starting on Monday, October 21st, we will once again be holding classes at the Ohr Kodesh Congregation in Chevy Chase, MD.

We have a limited Fall schedule before going back to a weekly schedule in 2014.  For the Fall of 2013, Classes are on Monday nights from 7:30-9:00pm and will start October 21 and run through November 18. 

The classes will be held at the Ohr Kodesh Congregation, 8300 Meadowbrook Lane, Chevy Chase, MD 20815.

For more information, email Jonathan at info@thekravmagaedge.

Workshops with U.S. Shuai chiao pioneer, Dr. Chi-hsiu Daniel Weng Friday September 20 & Saturday September 21

 

Dr. Weng performing Shuai chiao demo in Yixing, China First Defense is honored to host Dr. Chi-hsiu Daniel Weng for a series of workshops on Shuai chiao (also spelled Shuaijiao), or "Chinese Wrestling". The oldest form of Kung-fu, dating back to the days of Huan-Ti, the "Yellow Emperor" (2700 B.C.) Shuai-chiao or Shuaijiao (sometimes referred to as "Chinese Wrestling") focuses on the use of throws, trips, and take downs.

First Defense is excited to bring our 8-Week Krav Maga Foundations Course to Fairfax! We will hold the courses at the Stacy C. Sherwood Community Center (3740 Old Lee Hwy, Fairfax, VA 22030).  There are 2 Sessions available: SESSION 1 begins on Monday, September 9th & the class time is 7:30-8:30pm and will run for 8 consecutive Monday evenings.

Fall Krav Maga Foundations Course begins September 11. Don't miss this opportunity to join our popular 8-Week Krav Maga Foundations Course.  In this course you will see a sampling of many of the techniques that we practice in our regular classes.  This unique course is also a great base point to empower yourself in the fundamentals of self-defense through easy to learn and remember self defense techniques and self-protection principles.

In this workshop we'll review the techniques and strategies that were initially covered in the Fighting Tactics seminar from May 15th.  There was a lot of material covered in that seminar and many participants suggested another meetup to allow for more practice and repetitions on techniques.

We have scheduled a Beginner-level class at Charlottesville Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Muay Thai at 3pm on June 29th. Address: 601 Concord Ave. Charlottesville, VA 22903 Cost: $20/person You can pay at the door or rsvp & pay through our meetup group: The Charlottesville Krav Maga Self-Defense Meetup Group.