PRIMAL = Striking, Grappling & Weapon Combatives

PRIMAL as a system teaches and practises a full combative triangle of-

Striking- kick, punch, knee, elbow, headbutt.

Grappling- Jiont lock, takedowns, controls, submissions.

Weapon fighting- Knife, Machete, Stick.

Authentic Krav Maga lands in South Africa

PRIMAL finds it foundational system in Israeli Krav Maga in 2010. Between the years 2010 and 2014 Ryan Davies would make continuous trips back and forth from South Africa to Netanya Israel, in order to receive his formal education in the original Israeli Krav Maga system, directly from Grand Master Hiam Gideon and his highest ranking instructors. Still to this date, Ryan Davies is the only South African Krav Maga Instructor to receive full instructorship directly from the Israeli Krav Maga Association.

Survive a Knife Fight South Africa

With distance you have the power to make him miss and make him pay. Providing he is taking committed cuts and stabs to your face, throat and body with the correct space / range you can time a stop hit / counter cut cutting into his offensive strike. Training with a professional who can simulated a realistic attack is also incredibly important in skill development i.e you need a good teacher.

Survive a Knife Attack South Africa

“It is more important to explicitly know your human limitations then hold a false sense of skill.”

The PRIMAL Personal Protection Course is a 24 hour short course in Krav Maga & Armed Combat - the PACT system designed and adapted for Drivers, CPO and Tactical officers. We have a ligitimate track record teaching and working with the private security sector. The PPP divided into 3- 8 hour modules- levels 1,2 and 3, each to be taken separately over 3 working days. The PPP course covers the most essential skills and mindset needed to survive the worst case scenario, it is a deep dive into criminal behaviour patterns, the nature of violence and our human limitations when facing life threatening attacks. We teach you / Drivers / CPO / Tactical Officers how to transition under the pressure of a close quarter attack from empty hand to deployment of a weapon- 1. Firearm 2. Knife 3. Tactical baton 4. Improvised We teach how to survive the time and space in-between and how to fight with that weapon in armed confrontation to get to higher ground, distance and safety. To save your life, to save a life. We provide a safe and secure laboratory environment where we can explore our human limitations, biomechanics and work to attain a real combative skill set. The training is to simulate reality as close as possible making use of safe but accurate weapon simulators. The mission being to identify what are the most essential skill sets for surviving an armed confrontation of 1 or more attackers with the simplest most effective gross motor responses guided by principles and context of third party protection. +27 82 678 1371 www.primal-krav-maga.com