The easiest and most straightforward way to become a member is by attending one of our beginner Krav Maga classes. These run several times a month, and give you a good introduction to the founding principals and concepts of our Krav Maga system, introduce you to our training methods and approach, along with demonstrating some of our solutions to armed and unarmed, threats and attacks. The seminar/class is 90-minutes in length and will give you a good idea as to whether Israeli Krav Maga is something that you want to continue training in. We recommed these introductory classes to all potential students, regardless as to whether they have previous Krav Maga training, have existing belts from another school etc. or not.

To see the upcoming dates and book a class, please use the form below. The cost for this 60-minute seminar is $25. This includes three months of access to our “Introduction to Krav Maga” online short-course. Our school has ample off-street parking and is easy to locate. The class is held at the following address:

To sign up, and book a class, please use the form below.

Membership at Krav Maga Yashir is $185/mo (or $155 if you are a veteran, first-responder - law-enforcement, fire-fighter, EMT - or work in private security), there are no long-term conracts i.e., you only need to give 30-days notice to cancel. We don't offer pay-by-the-class, as this goes against our ethos. We want students to make a commitment to their training, so that they can see personal gains and be good training partners to others. If your schedule makes it difficult for you train in-person, we do have a virtual/online program that may better suit your needs. This can be accessed by clicking here.

If you are interested in joining the school you must first take one of our introductory Krav Maga seminars. This 90-minute seminar will introduce you to the Krav Maga approach to self-defense and provide you with the fundamental skills to take part in our regular classes. To sign up please use the button below.

To see the upcoming dates and book a class, please use the form below. The cost for this 60-minute seminar is $25. This includes three months of access to our “Introduction to Krav Maga” online short-course. Our school has ample off-street parking and is easy to locate. The class is held at the following address:

To sign up, and book a class, please use the form below.

Our training facility is located 15 minutes south of Waltham, just off of exit 54 from I-95 South. Our Krav Maga studio is both convenient and easily accessible to Waltham residents and anyone located on the North Shore.

Many Krav Maga schools in the US, combine Krav Maga with other martial arts such as Tae Kwon Do, Muay Thai and/or BJJ. This is usually because their Krav Maga syllabus is lacking in certain elements such as ground-work and/or grappling etc. This is because many instructors have only completed a short instructor course, and don't have enough Krav Maga material to teach a full syllabus. This is one of the big differences between Israeli Krav Maga and that which is taught outside Israel. Israeli Krav Maga teaches all dimensions of a fight, and although elements of it, such as fightine when on the ground share elements of BJJ and Judo, the mindset and the approach is very different. Reality Based Self-Defense is very different to combat sports and martial arts, and to try and combine things from a system, that has as part of its goal, the ability to "win" on points etc., goes against everything that is needed to survive a real-life violent altercation. A complete Krav Maga syllabus shouldn't have to borrow techniques from other martial arts and systems.

This is probably the most often asked question and the hardest to give a straight answer to. To master any physical technique, in and sport, or physical pursuit, takes around 10 000 perfect/good repetitions. This is why there are few successful adult gymnasts who didn't start training when they were children i.e., these athletes have to master a large number of "techniques" and movements, and this takes a large number of years etc. Krav Maga techniques are based on a few common movements that are reused over and over again (we group techniques that resemble each other into "families"). This means that it is necessary to learn, and practice only a few movements, which means it takes less time to get 10 000 perfect/good repetitions e.g., when you are practicing defenses against a rea-strangle, you are alos practicing defenses against a rear knife-threat to the throat etc.

Whilst it is difficult to predict how quickly each individual who starts training in Krav Maga progresses, the progression will be faster than with any other martial art or system of self-defense that doesn't take this approach. If you would like to experience this methodology and Israeli Krav Maga first-hand, please use the below below to sign up for one of our introductory Krav Maga seminars/classes.

To see the upcoming dates and book a class, please use the form below. The cost for this 60-minute seminar is $25. This includes three months of access to our “Introduction to Krav Maga” online short-course. Our school has ample off-street parking and is easy to locate. The class is held at the following address:

To sign up, and book a class, please use the form below.