 There are three ways of getting up off the ground. The first is the “aggressive” method, which I found the hardest to master but the most effective to use once learned. This involves kicking while getting up, moving the attacker progressively away from you while getting up and punching forward, all in one fluid motion (see what I mean by “hardest to master?”). The second is to get up in place, which requires a degree of fancy footwork, but less arm coordination. And, finally, the third is to roll over and run away, which sounds easy enough, but involves giving up the advantage of being able to see your attacker–inevitably, doing the last one, I got “killed” a lot.
Once we’d sufficiently learned the mechanics of getting up off the ground–and we’d all gotten back from Christmas break–we learned the basic arsenal of attacks in a krav maga practitioner’s repertoire: the 360 defense. In 360, you receive a frontal attack (meaning the person is facing you) from a range of either the sides, above, or below, hence the term “360.” These attacks can involve just punches or, in some cases, knives ready to stab, but regardless if there’s a blade in hand or no, the defenses are more or less the same.
The important thing is to neutralize the threat by bringing the attacking hand as far away from any vital parts of you as possible. This meant blocking the hand with your wrist while keeping your arms bent at a ninety-degree angle.
