Krav Maga in Virginia Beach

Krav Maga was developed by the Israeli military to be simple and effective under pressure. At our Virginia Beach location, adults and teens of any size or fitness level learn practical, modern self-defense from an internationally certified Black Belt instructor, working through a professionally designed curriculum — a certification very few American instructors hold.

What classes look like

• Technique drills that build muscle memory for real-world situations.
• Fitness conditioning that meets you at your level and pushes you forward.
• Community — an encouraging environment where training partners become friends. Close to twenty couples have met here and gone on to marry. Headmaster Scott Gilbert has performed several of the weddings himself.

Modern self-defense, field tested

Krav Maga is not a traditional art with a fixed syllabus. A large part of it is anti-terrorism and real-world scenario training — the situations you would actually face, not tournament technique.

And because the Israeli military is continuously in the field, the system never sits still. When something stops working in a real situation, word comes back and the curriculum changes. Those updates reach us. You train what works now.

You will learn to defend yourself against people who would normally be able to overpower you, even armed attackers. Come ready to learn, make friends, and work up a sweat.