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The term krav maga in Hebrew is literally translated as 'contact combat' – the three letter root of the first word is q-r-b (קרב), and the noun derived from this root means either "combat" or "battle", [14] [15] while the second word is a participle form derived from the verb root n-g-‘ (נגע), that literally means either "contact" or "touch".
Lichtenstein arrived in Brazil on 18 January 1990, [2] [3] [4] appointed by Lichtenfeld to introduce his martial art to South America. [3] He has written at least three books on krav maga, [5] including Krav Maga: A filosofia da defesa Israelense [6] (Krav Maga: The Philosophy of the Israeli Defense) and Krav Maga: Sua defesa pessoal contra a violência urbana [7] (Krav Maga: Your self-defense ...
Eyal Yanilov (Hebrew: אייל ינילוב; born 30 May 1959) is an Israeli Krav Maga instructor and currently Chief Instructor of Krav Maga Global. [1] He was a co-founder and Chief Instructor of the International Krav Maga Federation from 1996 to 2010.
Krav Maga covering starts in an athletic fighting stance with both arms raised, fists balled, and palms facing the body. [4] If the opponent is delivering a straight punch, the hand that mirrors the attackers punching hand redirects and blocks the strike, while the opposing cover hand sends an identical straight punch toward the attackers head.
Levine is one of only two recipients of a Krav Maga Founder's Diploma awarded by Lichtenfeld before his death in 1998 (the other recipient was Eyal Yanilov, who founded Krav Maga Global). At the time, Levine was the highest ranking instructor in the United States, [ 7 ] [ specify ] and had training centers in West Los Angeles, New York City ...
In 1994, upon Imi Lichtenfeld's retirement, he became the Grandmaster and president of the Israeli Krav Maga Association. [2] He was granted an 8th dan white and red belt by Imi Lichtenfeld (also known as Imi Sde-Or), the founder of Krav Maga. [3] [4] Today Gidon now holds a 10th dan red belt which is the highest degree in his style of Krav ...
He trained teams of Krav Maga instructors, who were accredited by him and the Israeli Ministry of Education. [1] He also created the Israeli Krav Maga Association (IKMA) on 22 October 1978 and the International Krav Maga Federation in 1995. [5] On 9 January 1998, Lichtenfeld died in Netanya, Israel, at the age of 87. [17]
Whitman founded the Krav Maga Alliance, and he has been teaching Krav Maga in 1994, and served as president of Krav Maga Worldwide for eight years. He also became the first person in the world to be given a Senior Instructor degree from the Wingate Institute. As well as teaching Krav Maga to civilians and military personnel, Whitman helped to ...