Krav Maga levels are divided into 4 sections:

Practitioner Levels (1-5) ;

Graduate Levels (1-5) ;

Expert Levels (1-5) ;

and Master Levels (1-3).

There is not much correlation to Belt Levels, however, with regular training it takes around 2-3 years to get G1, 5-7 years to get Expert1.

Unit 1: General Information and Theory (Including: history, explanations on the way and systematical & logical thinking of the KM, as we teach it; Principles of action and motion behind the attack, defense and release techniques; The essence and nature of confrontation, avoidance, prevention and de-escalation.

Unit 2: Teaching Methodology (including the teaching science of KM as taught by the IKMF).

Unit 3: Preliminary Considerations (including Safety in training, warm-up & stretching).

Unit 4: How to Handle Falls to the Ground (or towards large objects).

Unit 5 – Attacking with the Hands.

Unit 6 – Attacking with the Legs.

Unit 7 – Defenses against Punches.

Unit 8 – Defenses against Kicks.

Unit 9 – Releases from Grabs, Chocks & Holds at high level

Unit 10 – Releases from Grabs & Holds at medium level.

Unit 11 – Releases with Throws (When being pushed towards the ground/wall).

Unit 12 – Release from Holds & Dangerous Grabs on the Floor.

Unit 13 – Leverages & Takedowns.

Unit 14 – Defense against Attacks With a Stick / Club.

Unit 15 – Defenses against Attacks With a Knife & other Edged Weapons.

Unit 16 – Defense against Threats With a Knife & other Edged Weapons.

Unit 17 – Defense against Threats With Handgun.

Unit 18 – Defense against Threats With Rifle or Submachine Gun.

Unit 19 – Using Common Objects as Weapons in Defensive Tactics.

Unit 20 – Self Defense against Multiple Opponents (armed or unarmed).

Unit 21-25 – Military Material & Units of Training.

Unit 26-30 – Law Enforcement Material & Units of Training.

Unit 31-34 – Security and VIP and 3rd Party Protection Material & Units of Training.

Unit 35 – Correlations Integration Between Self-Defense and Fighting Skills.

Units 36-38 – Fighting Tactics and Applications, Fighting Drills.

Unit 39 – Fighting from Different Positions & in Different Locations/Places.

Unit 40 – 41 – Ways and applications of Mental Training.

Unit 42 – 46 – Training Methods for the Above Units.

Unit 47 – 48 – Simulations and Scenario Based Training. Analyzing of Past Incidents.

Unit 49 – Self-defense for Children – Applications and transformations of the basic techniques and training methods for children and Teenagers.

Unit 50 – Self-defense for Women – Applications and transformations of the basic techniques and training methods for women.