We Are Warriors Krav Maga Online

Our Goal

To train 100,000 people, no matter where they live, to have the confidence and ability to be able to defend themselves without wasting years learning traditional martial arts.

Because Martial Arts & Self-Defense Are NOT The Same Thing

Think of it this way. There are two pies. One is a martial arts pie, and the other is a self-defense pie.

The slices of the martial arts pie are made up of all the different martial arts. There are slices for Judo, Tae Kwan Do, Kung Fu, MMA, Ju-jitsu, Hapkido, Boxing, and so on.

Now, only one slice of the self-defense pie is for fighting, and it's made up of the best techniques of all of the martial arts.

Other slices include things that martial arts don't teach, like Tactical Medicine, Verbal De-Escalation, understanding the laws of self-defense so you don't go to prison, Avoidance and awareness strategies, travel and vehicle security, and what to do in an Active Shooter Event or carjacking.

So, roughly 80% of self-defense happens before the physical altercation, and yet, the physical is where martial arts begin.

A picture showing a sign warning drivers about the hazards of being carjacked on this particular stretch of road.

Car Jacking Zone

What martial art style teaches you to deal with carjacking?

Crimes like this exist everywhere and yet martial arts schools don't have classes on it.

Self-defense schools like ours cover real-world scenarios.

A picture of someone applying a tourniquet to themselves illustrating the importance of knowing how to take care of yourself in an emergency.

Tactical Medicine

What if you're stabbed or shot? In an Active Shooter Event, EMTs will not be allowed in till the shooter has been neutralized.

In a natural disaster, hospitals may be overwhelmed.

You need to be able to take care of yourself.

A picture showing people arguing in a classroom setting where participants are learning the benefits of using their verbal skills to de-escalate a potentially violent situation.

Verbal De-escalation

Not a single martial art offers a belt in how to de-escalate a potentially violent situation verbally. Yet how many fights start this way? Unless you're being attacked by ninjas, most of them do.

Self-defense schools do.

Chief Instructor

After being bullied as a child, Nick Hughes started learning Judo and Ju-jutsu when he was eight. His pursuit of the arts earned him black belts in all the major martial arts, as well as boxing and stick fighting.

He then joined the French Foreign Legion to hone his skills to become a bodyguard. It was during his career in personal protection that he realized self-defense was more about avoidance and awareness than just fighting.

That's why he created Warriors Krav Maga. Unlike the original version, WKM includes all of the avoidance skills associated with bodyguarding as well as other essential "soft" skills.

He's worked as a crowd-control specialist and bodyguard, is a former para commando in the French Foreign Legion, and is the author of the best-selling "How To Be Your Own Bodyguard."

Nick Hughes, Chief Instructor of Warriors Krav Maga is shown picking up a client from her private jet while working as a bodyguard.

How Warriors Krav Differs From Other Krav Systems

Many of the organizations teaching Krav Maga have neglected to modify their instruction for a civilian market. In the military version defending against a headlock involves punching someone in the throat.

Punching someone in the windpipe is great if you’re an Israeli commando fighting a terrorist. The same technique in a bar on Friday night is going to get you into legal hot water. Just what are the legal ramifications of the techniques you’re learning? Unlike a lot of organizations, we teach our students those ramifications because we believe there are two fights to win. Number one is the physical fight, and number two is the equally important “legal” fight.

Those same organizations are also neglecting to teach what we call soft skills.

Soft skills comprise 75% of self-defense. Things like situational awareness, avoidance, de-escalation strategies for verbal conflict, recognizing pre-fight warning signs, and so on. Again, most organizations begin with you in a fight. We can recognize an assault before it reaches that point, however, and avoid it. We will teach you how to do that as well.