By quality I mean truly capable of teaching someone to fight, I'm planning to become a SWAT officer so it's not just one of those stupid I wanna kick ass things. Any advice is appreciated.
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I'm not familiar with KM schools in Phoenix. One thing that I always suggest to people is to find a place that is affiliated with John Whitman's Krav Maga Alliance. I'm not one hundred percent sure, but I don't think that there is place in Phoenix that's affiliated with Krav Maga Alliance. But that doesn't mean that there isn't a legit facility. What I suggest that you do is visit some of the KM schools and watch several classes of the beginner and advanced levels. Any legit place will have pretty hardcore stress drills, and sparring in levels 2 and higher. They should have one or two nights a week set aside for "fight classes". Also, it's a good idea that the school have other disciplines that they specialize in other than KM; BJJ, and MMA is always good. Nothing like having an advanced KM instructor who's well versed in BJJ. Make sure that the instructors have a deep background in martial arts. A lot of KM schools will have instructors that have no background in any other martial art. They simply got passed off to instruct certain levels of KM. Avoid those schools. Some schools have a propensity to dumb down their classes to the lowest denominator to accommodate the weak. Avoid those as well. KM is NOT for everyone. Finally, take one or two gratis class
