The guys at IDF Training in Victoria, Australia pride themselves in teaching practical techniques that can be used in the real world. In this video they posted, a Melbourne Rabbi was forced to defend himself against an enraged man that had cornered him and then slapped him. The Rabbi is actually a student trained by the knowledgeable instructors at IDF training.
The story was covered by the local news in Australia and the video quickly become viral across martial arts and self-defense website. The video has already been viewed over two hundred thousand times.
In the clip, an agitated man can be seen screaming at the Jewish man to go back to Israel.
I am from Australia, the Jewish man responded.
Tensions boil over when man in the red t-shirt tries to grab the other man around the neck and is tackled by a group of onlookers in religious dress.
The group calmly hold the man down until police arrive.
Witnesses say the man appeared to be on drugs or drunk.
The man has charged and will appear in court on January 19, according to reports.
The video is a great example of keeping calm in a tense situation. The rabbi completely kept calm until the the man escalated the situation to a point where he felt it necessary to act to protect himself. He used an appropriate amount of force to deescalate the situation.
ABOUT IDF TRAINING
At IDF Training Melbourne Australia we take pride in teaching the authentic and official Krav Maga of the Israel Defence Forces founded by Imi Lichtenfeld. We think it is important to properly research the Krav Maga school that you will be training with before you make any decisions. We only teach the techniques developed by the founder of Krav Maga and welcome anyone who is interested in joining to come try it out as a casual to see if it is for them.
Krav Maga, the Israeli Special Forces Close Quarter Combat system is not like any of the other traditional martial arts systems. We train for all reality based scenarios. We don’t train to compete, we train to survive!
