Self defence for children & adults. Making people safe, confident, disciplined & fit through Self defence & Krav Maga
10/09/2026
Canterburys Thursday night crew 💪🏻👊🏻 smashed it tonight! This is what we love about training: people from all different walks of life, different ages, nationalities, races, backgrounds all coming together to lift each other up, strengthen each other, fortify each other 💪🏻🙏🏻 there’s no better medicine to life’s problems than a dose of Krav Maga!
02/09/2026
Back to school photos are a lovely tradition, but before you post, take a second look at what else the picture might be giving away.
Self defence isn’t just about what happens when things get physical. It’s also about awareness, prevention and protecting information about you and your family.
A single photo can sometimes reveal far more than you realise…
• Your child’s name
• Their school or uniform
• Their year group
• Your street or house number
• Your car registration
• Regular routines and timings
• Where you live or travel from
None of this means you shouldn’t share those proud moments. Just check the background, crop or blur anything identifiable, and think about what a stranger could learn from the picture.
Enjoy the moment. Share the memories. Protect the details.
“Our objective is to change the attacker’s mind.”
Someone has chosen you as their target. Your job is to make them very quickly reconsider that decision.
That’s why good quality striking matters so much in self-defence.
You can know every technique in the book, but if your strikes have no power, no intent and no ability to disrupt the attacker, that technique may not be enough when it really matters.
This session was all about striking and moving. Hitting effectively, creating space, changing angles and staying difficult to deal with.
Krav Maga isn’t about standing still and trading punches. It’s about creating an opportunity to get yourself safe.
Want to learn practical self-defence that works under pressure?
📍 Canterbury & Medway
🥊 Adults, teens and kids
👉 Message us to book a FREE trial class.
Training for the situations you hope never happen. 👊
In this recent session we were working on defending against attacks with a bat style weapon. From different angles, different directions and learning how to react when something is coming at you fast.
That’s what Krav Maga is about.
Not learning flashy proscribed routines. Not memorising techniques just to pass a grading. It’s about developing practical self defence skills, confidence under pressure and the ability to keep going when things get messy.
You don’t need to be fit to start.
You don’t need any experience.
You just need to turn up.
Want to see what Krav Maga is actually like?
🥊 Adults, teens and kids
📍 Canterbury & Medway
👉 Message us to book a FREE trial class.
24/08/2026
Saw this today and it’s a tragic reminder that every action has consequences.
A single punch can change two lives forever.
Sometimes the punch itself causes the injury, but often the person falls, strikes their head on the ground and suffers a fatal brain injury. What might have been intended as “just one punch” can have consequences nobody can take back.
That is one of the reasons I take the responsibility of teaching self defence so seriously.
We train people to protect themselves when they genuinely need to, but we also teach that our response must be necessary, reasonable and proportionate to the threat we are facing.
Learning how to strike, defend yourself and fight does not give you permission to use those skills because someone has annoyed you, insulted you or challenged your ego.
In fact, the more capable you become, the greater your responsibility to exercise judgement and restraint.
There is no room for ego on our mats!
We want our students to have the skills and confidence to protect themselves and others, but equally, the awareness to recognise when they do not need to fight.
Walk away when you can.
De-escalate when you can.
Fight when you genuinely have to.
And understand that once you throw that punch, you cannot always control what happens next.
23/08/2026
🥋 SELF-DEFENCE & MARTIAL ARTS FOR CHILDREN AGED 7–12
Would you like your child to become more confident, focused, disciplined and resilient, while learning practical skills that could genuinely help keep them safe?
Our Warriors Programme at AMK Krav Maga Canterbury combines practical self-defence with martial arts training in a fun, structured and supportive environment.
Children learn:
🥊 Practical self-defence skills
💪 Confidence and resilience
🎯 Focus and self-control
🥋 Discipline and respect
🗣️ Awareness, boundaries and using their voice
🤝 How to work with others and handle pressure
And most importantly, they have a brilliant time doing it.
We’re not interested in creating bullies or teaching children to fight for the sake of fighting. We teach them how to avoid trouble, stand up for themselves and have the confidence to act when they need to.
⭐ FREE TRIAL AVAILABLE ⭐
Our Warriors classes are for children aged 7–12 and take place at our dedicated training centre in Canterbury.
📩 Message us to book your child’s free trial or ask any questions.
If you know a parent who might be interested, please tag them below or share this post. 👊
22/08/2026
🥷 Little Ninjas are at AMK Krav Maga Canterbury!
We have two parent-and-child programmes specifically for our youngest members:
👣 Ninja Tots: Ages 3–4
A fun first introduction to movement, confidence and self-defence through games and play.
🥷 Little Ninjas: Ages 5–6
The next step, with more structure, challenge and practical Krav Maga skills while still keeping sessions fun and age appropriate.
And there’s something that makes these classes a little different…
❤️ Parents are on the mats too.
You don’t sit at the side watching; you join in, play, learn and experience the class alongside your child.
It’s a brilliant opportunity to spend proper one-to-one time together, have fun, build their confidence and be right there for all those little wins.
No martial arts experience needed! Just come along, get involved and enjoy it together.
📍 AMK Krav Maga, St Dunstans Street, Canterbury
🥋 Ages 3–6
👉 Book a trial: www.littleninjas.carrd.co or message us on here!
Know someone with a little ninja at home? Tag them below or send this their way. 🥷❤️
21/08/2026
More women’s safety events are coming to Kent! 💪
Yesterday we were at Dover Police Station meeting with the Dover District Community Safety Partnership, and our delivery partners Loz and Baz • Stress Less Live More and we’re delighted to say that we’ve secured funding to deliver another 10 safety events across Dover, Deal and Folkestone.
This follows the success of the work we’ve already been delivering in the area and will allow us to continue reaching people both in the community and in local secondary schools.
The programme will include:
🟣 Women’s Safety Events (WSE) in the community – practical personal safety, awareness, confidence and physical self-defence skills.
🔵 Women’s Safety Events and Young Men & Boys Safety Events (YMBSE) in secondary schools – helping young people better understand personal safety, healthy behaviours, awareness, confidence and how the choices they make can affect themselves and others.
We’re incredibly proud to see this work continuing to grow and, more importantly, to know that hundreds more women and young people will have access to these sessions.
A huge thank you to Dover District Community Safety Partnership for continuing to support and fund this vital work.
📍 Dover | Deal | Folkestone
More details and dates coming soon.
Last night the teens were working on kicks in all directions. Kicking is a great long distance tool and a great way to close distance whilst striking.