Englewood Krav Maga

Great school. Great teacher. If you want to learn to defend yourself this is the place to be.

Martial arts schools and instructors are not licensed, so you need to do your research. What should you look for in a school? An instructor who truly knows what he is doing and has put in the time to learn the art and cares about the art he has invested so much time in. An instructor who knows how to teach and convey what he has learned. An instructor who has integrity — one who puts the education and welfare of his students first, ahead of even his own business interests. A school that is welcoming, safe and friendly, but where the students take what they are doing seriously. A school that offers varied class times and where the instructor doesn’t hesitate to go 10 or 15 minutes over the allotted time to get his point across. You will find each and every one of these attributes to be true at Englewood Krav Maga. Juan is a great teacher and the school is very well run. You won’t find a better place to learn Krav Maga, or any martial art.

At 50, I decided to seek out a new martial art to become my primary exercise. I wanted it to replace my active soccer and weightlifting routines, the latter of which was doing in my shoulders while the former was jeopardizing my knees. While Krav Maga has become much more well-​known these days, I didn’t really know much about it initially, though I did study Tae Kwon Do, at a top school in Boston, for nearly a decade, and have been active in the gym and on soccer fields for many decades. While I thought I might be a little long in the tooth to pull this off, I was inspired to go-​for-​it by a friend who completed his 9^th Degree black belt in Okinawan Karate as a senior citizen.
Because I research all of my undertakings carefully, I had three schools picked out to try before I jumped. I took a trial class at a different school first. I had another trial class lined up to take at a third school, too, but I never got there. The very evening that I took my free trial class with Juan was the day that I signed up — and for a year (and since then another one)!! I knew immediately that Juan and this school and art were something special and very real!
EKM is definitely not a belt factory! I work very hard to learn and demonstrate this art, and I’m still very novice (even though I was pretty advanced in my former art). It takes everything I have to try to get it right, and there’s always plenty of room to improve! I consider it a distinct honor and a privilege to study under Juan, who brings an incredible depth of passion, knowledge and skills to this path and learning. Juan brings it, expects the same of us, and genuinely cares about Krav Maga and he cares about making sure that we get it and do it right.
Juan offers the best, toughest and most real training I’ve ever experienced. And yet, somehow, all of the students I see and meet here — of every size, age, gender and other diversity — feel cared about, well taught and totally welcome. While I’m not as muscular as I was at 20, my fitness and endurance levels are at literal all time high points. I don’t look for or expect trouble, but I’ve never felt better prepared to handle it if I had to. I’m nothing but excited about the road and the material ahead.
The school is beautiful (and the best I’ve been to)! Juan and Traci are awesome owners! And Juan is the toughest and best teacher I have ever had the privilege to know or work under! Great people! Great art form! If you are willing to work hard, the pay off is big and this is the place to learn. Two thumbs up and highest and most enthusiastic recommendations to any and all who have the heart and the wish to try.

So I know what you’re thinking …” Oh Unilocal is full of bias commenters, who skew their comments because they are on some sort of hustle” well let me tell you, this Krav Maga place is the real deal and that is no hustle !!!
The best, let me repeat, the best instructor. I have been to other Krav classes and with those classes they have no tangible way to improve because they don’t use a syllabus — this system does, and they use a belt system.
Very comfortable environment. Many people are a bit apprehensive when taking on something like this. But there are always beginners and everyone is cool with eachother, even if they don’t know eachother .
Trust me when I tell u this is the best place to take Krav in NJ– it is affiliated with Krav Maga federation — u will learn to defend yourself and condition yourself — come by and just take a look… And see how this place will positively impact your life — like I said I’ve been to other places and they fail, in comparison– you’ll see that this is the truest system and not some mixed bag of crap other places offer.

I have been going to englewood krav maga for 3 months and the results are amazing. I feel like im in the best shape of my life, i lost a lot of weight and learned a lot of self defense techniques. Great school if you want to get back in shape and learn how to protect yourself in real life.