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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 ...
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".
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]
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 ...
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.
On August 29, 2009, Couture faced former UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion and former PRIDE Heavyweight Champion Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira at UFC 102 in Portland, Oregon, [39] and lost by unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, and 29–28). After the bout, Couture stated he felt he was in the best shape of his life, and would wait and see what ...
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Excelling as an instructor, Perets was assigned to the top level of Krav Maga instruction in the IDF, certifying the hand-to-hand combat instructor course; having taught some of the IDF top instructors, Perets then was selected for the Shayetet 13 IDF elite naval commando unit where he built the unit's hand-to-hand combat program.