Level 1 Test Passed

That test was probably the most physically demanding thing I’ve ever put my body through. Ironman was long (140.6 miles in almost 16 hours), but I was well prepared and was able to set my own pace. Endurance sports are a training/pacing game.

Krav isn’t like that. If you get jumped in a parking garage or end up needing to protect your wife or kid, there isn’t really a ‘your pace’ there is only ‘their pace’ or ‘all out, ballistic, decisive, make them understand they picked the wrong guy’ pace. Those are the only options.

Krav is all about agression and getting into the fight. That doesn’t mean I’m walking around pushing people for no reason (if Krav has taught me anything, it’s ‘don’t fight people you’ve never seen fight before because some people can mess you up’). But if you know something is going to happen, it’s up to you to decide how it’s going to play out.

In training and especially in testing, this equates to a much overused sports cliché ‘leave everything out on the field.’

That’s what we were up to on Saturday, and now Im looking for a good sports massage therapist. Know anybody good?