Blog | BR Krav Maga

6 Aug 2019
Why Try Kickboxing?

Kickboxing is a great workout for anyone and everyone, it doesn't matter what age, gender or fitness level. Kickboxing is going to work every muscle in the body which in turn will help melt fat away while toning. One of the major benefits outside of fitness is the stress that can be relieved from a kickboxing workout. Below is a list of some amazing benefits from kickboxing. - A good workout for anyone. Everyone loves kickboxing, young people, old people, fit people, out of shape people; it doesn't matter. If you walk on two feet and breathe air you can benefit from this workout. - Easy to modify. There's lots of flexibility with kickboxing, and it's easy to modify the movements ....
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30 Jul 2019
Does It Matter Who You Train With?

Does it matter who you train with? At the end of the day when it comes down to surviving a violent encounter it doesn't, says chief Fit To Fight instructor Ryan Hoover. Nobody is going to show up and fight for you when you are getting a gun pointed at your head. That person doesn't care who you have trained with, what belt you hold or what certificate you have hanging on the wall. Your instructor is not going to be able to show up and fight your battles for you. It doesn't mean that the time was wasted and that there is no value in learning from the best but at the end of the day it's up to you. There are plenty of martial artists out there that train with high-level practitioners all the ....
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16 Jul 2019
30 Minutes Of Kickboxing Is Enough

Kickboxing Fitness has so many benefits. Not only does it benefit your mind but it benefits your body as well. And guess what! You don't have to spend hours at the gym! All you have to do is show up and be ready to work hard for 30 minutes and you can get real results spending only 1 hour and 30 minutes a week at the gym. Yep, your math is correct, all you have to do is workout 3x's a week, At BR Krav Maga & Kickboxing, we get the best results from clients that only come 3x's a week, but they work hard when they are here. So that classic time excuse is out the window. You should make sure that you are getting a total body workout every time you go to the gym if you think that this ....
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2 Jul 2019
Dealing with Knife Violence

Anyone that has spent much time with me knows that I find knife attacks and threats the most frightening to deal with, and that we spend a lot of time looking to avoid them at all costs. However, if avoidance is not an option, there are a few things we believe everyone should know, about the weapon, the user, and the response. The Weapon Edged-weapons rarely fail. Blades do not run out of ammunition. Blades do not have a “line of fire”, as most of what is exposed is dangerous, and blades, once presented, are always live. Edged-weapons, unlike firearms, are often weapons of convenience, gleaned from the environment during a violent encounter, and are therefore more ....
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25 Jun 2019
Best Kickboxing In Baton Rouge

BR Krav Maga & Kickboxing is the best place to train if you are serious about adding kickboxing to your workout routine. BRKM has been in Baton Rouge for almost 7 years now, and during that time they have continued to improve on their kickboxing workouts. (check out the reviews page on the website https://batonrougekravmaga.com/Home/Reviews) The workouts are beginner friendly but still challenging to someone who has a high level of fitness. They are able to accomplish this by using techniques taken from HIIT (High-Intensity-Interval-Training). Here is an example: Let's say we have two different types of people in a class: Person #1: Overweight, over 40 years of age and has not worked ....
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18 Jun 2019
Why You Should Not Always Train From Bad Postions

Far too many krav maga schools spend too much time training from the negative. Most krav maga facilities have made this type of training their bread and butter. While there is nothing wrong with training from the negative, and it should be done, it just shouldn't take up the bulk of your training. If you look online you will see krav maga practitioners training from ridiculous positions such as back mounted with a gun to the back of the head. If someone allowed themselves to get into a position like that the likelihood of them escaping is pretty slim. Our emphasis at BR Krav Maga along with the rest of the Fit To Fight Republic is to focus on not ending up in those really bad places. If you ....
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Get Rid Of Your Fear Of Kale

Kale is one of the most super of superfoods out there loaded with antioxidants and vitamins. It can even help lower cholesterol and prevent cancer. The benefits of eating kale are endless, but that's not what this article is about. The article is about getting more people to start regularly adding kale into their diet, but for some reason, everyone seems to frown upon it?? Maybe it's because not long ago kale was thought to be just a garnish. I was actually told as a kid that it was not edible! So does this have something to do with why so many people are still not excepting this magnificent gift from the earth as a normal staple to their diet? Let's discuss the taste. When I ....
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Why Martial Arts Is Good For Weight Loss

People that are looking to lose weight join gyms every day, and every day they fall out. I own and operate BR Krav Maga & Kickboxing, a gym that specializes in both self-protection and weight loss. The main two classes that we offer are Krav Maga and Kickboxing. We have a weight loss program that goes along with the workouts, basically, we added an accountability and nutrition element to our program. Some people join just because they want to lose weight. They don't care what or how they do it they just want to lose weight. Some people want to be active and do kickboxing because it's fun and has other great benefits such as relieving stress and some people really want to ....
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Got Stress? Kickboxing Can Help

A large part of the population have become accustomed to having to manage high stress levels. People boast about all the responsibilities they’re able to juggle and the things they have to do. The ability to burn the proverbial candle at both ends is worn like a badge of honor, however, we may also be setting ourselves up for future problems with our health. Excess stress is widely correlated with heart problems, obesity, and high blood pressure. Other health problems related to stress include anxiety, insomnia, overeating, headaches, and even more. So how does a solution to all of that sound? Pretty great right? Kickboxing is a powerful stress reducer. The high-intensity workout ....
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Melt Fat FAST

Kickboxing will combine martial art techniques and adrenaline-pumping cardio, kickboxing is a high-intensity workout that will MELT calories and fat all over your body. “It’s an incredibly efficient workout. Kickboxing alone burns about 750 calories in an hour, add in jump rope and conditioning drills, and you could burn anywhere from 750 to 900 calories in an hour.” - Sammie Kennedy, CEO and creator of Femme Fitale. The cardio aspect of kickboxing is one of the best ways to melt the pounds away - even that stubborn tummy fat. A study from the American Journal of Physiology says aerobic exercise is better at melting stomach fat than weight training, ....
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