Studying a self-defense system serves a number of purposes. First of all, you learn to deal with and handle aggression, which, in turn will improve your self-confidence. You won’t be unprepared and helpless when bad things happen to you. Overcoming fear and gaining self-assurance will improve your quality of life. One will learn to better understand dangerous situations and, as a result, to react sensibly according to the situation. Krav Maga will also help you to help others in fearful circumstances. You will learn to assess potentially dangerous situations and you will know whether it is advisable to take action or to call the police. So you learn to help and support others better. Studying self-defense will also decrease your risk of becoming a victim. Experience shows that people who display self-confidence are less likely to be victims of violent crimes than others. Should there still be a threat, people who have studied self-defense do have a realistic chance to escape unharmed.