East Texas Krav Maga

TrainingOptions

Three training formats and twelve workshop subjects — each one designed to make you more capable in a specific area of real-world self-protection.

How We Train

Training Formats

Testing

ETKM Level Testing measures your proficiency at your current level of training to determine readiness to advance. Tests typically run three hours and cover the full scope of your level’s curriculum.

Workshops

Two- to three-hour deep-dive sessions categorized into specific areas of training and further broken down for proficiency. Where regular classes introduce — workshops pressure-test.

Seminars

Focused training events covering specialized areas of self-defense — Women’s Self-Defense, Law Enforcement Training, and guest instructor sessions from outside the ETKM system.

It’s not about collecting techniques. It’s about drilling the ones you know in different areas of pressure and stress.

The ETKM Workshop Philosophy

Deep Dives

Workshop Training Subjects

Each workshop focuses on a specific area of violence — covered in more depth than regular classes. The goal is well-rounded self-defense proficiency across every scenario you could face in the real world.

Ground Fighting

4 areas▾

Position and Pressure

Locks / Chokes / Striking

Fight from Guard / Bad Positions

Defending Weapons on Ground (R.C.A.T.)

Close Quarter Fighting

6 areas▾

Clinch Positions / Gain Control / Striking

Duck Unders / Arm Drags / 2 on 1 Control

Takedowns / Sweeps

Front Headlocks / Rear Headlocks / Neck Leverage

Using Surroundings / Walls

Deploying Weapons / 2nd Attacker

Focus Mitt Work

4 areas▾

Principles / Combos / Footwork

Adding Ducks / Slips / Covers

Adding Elbows / Kicks / Knees

Adding Clinch & Dirty Fighting

Blunt Object Defense

3 areas▾

Defending & Disarming

Defending from Bad Positions / Ground

3rd Party Defense

Blunt Object Offense

3 areas▾

Striking & Blocking

Clinching & Leveraging

Retention / Grappling

Handgun Defense

6 areas▾

Working the Principles of R.C.A.T.

Defending All Angles

3rd Party Defense

Against the Wall

On the Ground

Confined Spaces / Vehicle

Long-Gun Defense

6 areas▾

Working the Principles of R.C.A.T.

Defending All Angles

3rd Party Defense

Against the Wall

On the Ground

Confined Spaces / Vehicle

Knife Defense

6 areas▾

Working the Principles of R.C.A.T.

Defending All Angles

3rd Party Defense

Against the Wall

On the Ground

Confined Spaces / Vehicle

Knife Offense

4 areas▾

Working the Principles

Attacking All Angles

Retention / Working Bad Positions

Against the Wall & On the Ground

Law Enforcement / Security

5 areas▾

Strong Foundation (Striking, Cover, Takedown Defense)

Position / Takedowns / Sweeps / Control

CQF & Weapon Retention Standing

Control on the Ground

Cuffing

Armed Citizen Tactics

5 areas▾

Handgun Basics / Clearing Interior Structures

Fighting with Weapon / Weapon Retention

Low Light / Defending Family

KM vs 21 Ft Rule

3rd Party Protection

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