Very popular, Krav Maga has more and more followers and clubs in Corsica and every major city has at least one. ” Our club is now 6 years old and has about thirty members from 4 to… 94 years old. » underlines Vincenzo Magurno, president and instructor of the KMS extension. «Our lessons take place in Bastia or Biguglia depending on the levels and days “. In addition to the courses, the KMS very often organizes internships with big names in the discipline. Courses also open to other clubs on the island. And this Sunday for this “specific fight”, the graduates of Close Combat de Calvi, Kwando de Lecci, Krav Maga Corte, Krav Maga Bastia Biguglia.” This course is conducted by Thomas Oliati, a point of reference in combat sport. In these internships we focus above all on quality. It was subtitled Combat because for many people Krav Maga is a self-defense sport. It’s perfectly fine to know how to defend yourself, but you also need to know how to fight to put your attacker out of harm’s way. It reassures, it gives more self-confidence, it leads to overcoming oneself».
Thomas Oliati is an expert fighter in MMA, Full contact and K1, civil and military krav maga expert. “I started combat sports at 8 with full contact. When football arrived in France I was 18 and I dived there. The difference between the two is in the punches allowed: not below the waist for full contact, while leg kicks are allowed. In MMA we also have the right to knee strikes “. MMA, in fact, Thomas Oliati has been trying since 2012 by doing some fights abroad, because he was then banned in France. ” I was at the end of my professional kick and k1 career, a national and international kick boxing, K1 and MMA athlete for more than 15 years, and I wanted to pursue combat sports for the purpose of accomplishment. I started Krav with Jean-Paul Jauffret, today in Ajaccio, who trained me as an instructor. In 2014 I joined his team, T3: team tactical training. I run a club in Château Arnoux in the Alpes de Haute Provence. With my experience in the sport of kick and foot I have adapted some techniques to krav».
As for this course, followed by about thirty followers of all ages, it consisted first of all of a good warm-up with lots of push-ups, stretching, short runs, muscle strengthening and then putting it into practice in combat. ” I always adapt my work, my teaching to the apprentices, depending on whether they are beginners, experts, young or old… “. A much appreciated, promising and rich course of teachings according to the participants.
