Good day,

I am an Israeli soldier currently in the reserves and I have taken the
Krav maga course during my service. It is a collection of direct, line
based movements and take downs collected from ju jitsu, hapkido and
judo. There may be other influences such as the Applegate book but the
firsts mentioned are prominent. Most of the "art" consists of blitz
attacks meant to kill or knock the opponent out. There are some
grappling moves but they are simple force or simple judo leverages.
There is a weapons section usually kept from civilians but it is
pretty much the same moves with a blade and some simple spear
movements taken from the Applegate book.
Krav maga has little to do with the mental side since it was created
for soldiers who already go through modern martial training and
conditioning. I feel that comparing this young and in my opinion mish
mash of techniques to Systema is wrong. I have trained in Judo and
Karate and now I am training in Korindo aikido and Systema and from my
perspective Krav maga is not worth the time when you have the
alternative of Systema and other real MARTIAL ARTS.

My two cents, Sharon Friedman.