They advocate anything thats useful as a weapon in Krav Maga.
The one true strength of Krav Maga in my opinion is its way of dealing with the self defense mindset. They try to instill agressiveness, and the ability to seriously hurt someone into your brain.
Most martial arts dont have you train like this, in karate you learn how to kick and punch, do you think the average karate student is prepared to kick their attacker in the face until they stop moving?
(thats what Krav Maga would advocate if it was a real threat on your life, that or running the **** away)
Even in "modern" mma's, boxing, mma, bjj, etc... you are taught to beat your opponent into submission. A boxer may be willing or have the mindset to punch the guys face in while hes standing against him.
The do whatever it takes to survive mindset they drill into you from day one (at least they should) is what sets it apart in my opinion.
I'd also like to disagree with Tanto about the knife defenses, although the ones I have seen would be useless/WORSE for you if you were fighting a person trained with the blade, they are designed for the everyday douche bag, who is gonna give you the giant vertical hammer fist attack, the haymaker attack with the knife, or try to ram it up your gut.
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