Martial Arts are not predominately concerned with self preservation. Often the techniques learnt either take too long to develop or are not practical in so far as they cannot be used in certain circumstances.

When learning self defence, you have to figure in 'the fog of war'- adrenal stress. When you are very scared and full of adrenaline you need techniques that are going to work with as little modification as possible. You will experience the loss of fine motor skills during an encounter and often techniques will fail if they have been practiced inappropriately.

The method in which Krav Maga is trained differs as we try to put more pressure on the student so that they can learn to function better under stress.