{"id":318,"date":"2017-04-21T15:44:17","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T15:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kravmaga-autodefense.com\/?page_id=318\/"},"modified":"2025-02-21T20:53:03","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T20:53:03","slug":"krav-maga","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kravmaga-autodefense.com\/en\/krav-maga\/","title":{"rendered":"Krav Maga"},"content":{"rendered":"[mk_page_section bg_image=”https:\/\/kravmaga-autodefense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/groupe-scaled.jpeg” bg_position=”center center” bg_stretch=”true” adaptive_height=”true” max_height=”800″ min_height=”600″ full_width=”true” js_vertical_centered=”true” padding_top=”200″ padding_bottom=”200″ top_shape_color=”#ffffff” has_bottom_shape_divider=”true” bottom_shape_color=”#ffffff” sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][mk_padding_divider size=”250″][mk_ornamental_title tag_name=”h1″ text_color=”#ffffff” font_family=”none” font_size=”70″ ornament_style=”norman-short-single” nss_align=”center” ornament_thickness=”2″ el_class=”roboto”]KRAV MAGA[\/mk_ornamental_title][mk_padding_divider size=”50″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][mk_button dimension=”flat” size=”medium” url=”\/en\/classes\/” align=”center”]SUBSCRIBE [\/mk_button][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][vc_row el_class=”row-padding”][vc_column][mk_ornamental_title text_color=”#000000″ font_family=”none” font_size=”45″ ornament_style=”norman-short-single” nss_align=”center” ornament_thickness=”2″ el_class=”roboto”]Presentation[\/mk_ornamental_title][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]\n

Krav Maga means “Close combat” in Hebrew. Krav Maga is an easy and efficient self-defense system created in the 1930s by Imi Lichtenfeld. Its guiding principles are: simplicity, efficiency, speed and self-control. This system was developed for the Israeli military and is based on natural reflexes. It was then adopted by numerous police forces and elite units such as the NGIG, the FBI and the SWAT. You can see Krav Maga in action in popular TV series such as NCIS and 24, or in movies such as Enough<\/em> starring Jennifer Lopez and the Bourne<\/em> saga.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=”row-padding”][vc_column][mk_ornamental_title text_color=”#000000″ font_family=”none” font_size=”45″ ornament_style=”norman-short-single” nss_align=”center” ornament_thickness=”2″ el_class=”roboto”]Krav Maga Principes[\/mk_ornamental_title][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1491603132131{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]Krav-Maga consists of two parts :
\n–Self-defense<\/strong>,which is the essential framework. This is made up of a variety of techniques which aim to enable those have been begun training to defend themselves against an attack<\/strong>, to avoid being injured and to finish-off an assailant. It includes responses to a wide variety of attacks, armed or unarmed and from various positions: upright, seated, lying down…
\n– Hand-to-hand combat<\/strong> ; which constitutes a more advanced phase of Krav Maga; here one is taught ways in which to neutralize an opponent quickly and effectively<\/strong>. It includes elements which are, strictly speaking, more concerned with actual fighting: tactics, feints, various attack combinations, the psychological dimension of combat\u2026 and the training exercises reinforce its spirit and develop the ability to manage violent confrontations whilst in a state of stress..[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][mk_image src=”https:\/\/kravmaga-autodefense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/presentation-confiance.jpg” image_size=”full” align=”center”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][mk_image src=”https:\/\/kravmaga-autodefense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/presentation-never-give-up.jpg” image_size=”full” align=”center”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]Krav Maga is not just another school of martial arts, based on conventional approaches. It is above all concerned with a modern methodology of self-defense characterized by a coherent and logical approach allowing natural, practical and easy techniques, based on relatively simple movements of the human body. This discipline’s concern with realism does not therefore permit rules, limits or its use in sporting events.
\nKrav Maga grew out of an environment in which violence, particularly of an ideological or political nature, was commonplace. It was consequently tested, studied and refined and has demonstrated itself to be a comprehensive method of self-defense when faced with critical danger.
\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=”row-padding”][vc_column][mk_ornamental_title text_color=”#000000″ font_family=”none” font_size=”45″ ornament_style=”norman-short-single” nss_align=”center” ornament_thickness=”2″ el_class=”roboto”]The search for effectiveness[\/mk_ornamental_title][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1491603146885{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]In Krav Maga we believe that simplicity is a determining factor in safeguarding one’s chances of survival when faced with physical aggression. Simple movements are short<\/strong> and consequently less tiring. There are two good reason for simple movements: they constitute the most effective way of preserving one’s physical stamina during a fight, and a simple movement<\/strong>, being short has less distance to cover, and is thus inevitably faster.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][mk_image src=”https:\/\/kravmaga-autodefense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/presentation-muscle.jpg” image_size=”full” align=”center”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][mk_image src=”https:\/\/kravmaga-autodefense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/presentation-cant2.jpg” image_size=”full” align=”center”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]In spite of the absence of limitations in Krav Maga, we obviously abide by all the necessary safety regulations to ensure that students can improve their level of practice in a secure environment. We must also however, ensure that no movement, nor any attack, is foreign to us. Aesthetics are of no concern to us; our priority is effectiveness<\/strong>. Our concern is to avoid any false teaching, and to prioritize instead a culture of effectiveness which we will be able to use in moments of absolute necessity. First of all we will make every effort to remain alive and, if necessary to kill in order not to be killed. Secondly, we will try to be sufficiently effective to exercise the self-control<\/strong> necessary not to have to kill or to cause irreparable damage. This is the point at which Krav Maga becomes an art form.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=”row-padding”][vc_column][mk_ornamental_title text_color=”#000000″ font_family=”none” font_size=”45″ ornament_style=”norman-short-single” nss_align=”center” ornament_thickness=”2″ el_class=”roboto”]The Branches of Krav Maga[\/mk_ornamental_title][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text align=”center”]As many martial arts unfortunately, different schools of Krav-Maga appeared even before the death of the founder, Imi Lichtenfeld. Theses branches were created by recognized instructors who all worked with Imi and who are or were excellent but with a point a view different regarding to their personnality. The very first instructors were Eli Avikzar, Raphy Elgrissi et Haim Zut.<\/p>\n

Eli Avikzar was Eyal Yanilov’s, Ha\u00efm Giddeon’s, Kobi Lichtenstein’s and Richard Dou\u00efeb’s teacher. Richard Dou\u00efeb also worked with Raphy Elgrissi and Ha\u00efm Zut. These 4 persons were also Imi’s students.<\/p>\n

Nowadays, 5 main organizations exist: FEKM, IKMA, IKMF, WKMF and Federa\u00e7ao Sul Americana de Krav-Maga. ” (Source: F.E.K.M)<\/p>\n

For more information, please consult the F.E.K.M website : www.krav-maga.net<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_accordions action_style=”toggle-action” container_bg_color=”#ffffff”][vc_accordion_tab title=”Krav Maga history – Imi Lichtenfeld”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]\"\"<\/a><\/strong>Imi Lichtenfeld, was born in 1910 in Bratislava, in Czechoslovakia. Inspired and encouraged by his father Samuel, a former circus acrobat and prize-fighter, teacher of physical education, police detective and chief instructor of the Local Police who was reputed for his self-defence instruction and for his impressive arrest record, Imi practised many sports. He finally specialised in gymnastics, wrestling and boxing, and for ten years took part in many competitions, which he frequently won, mainly as a wrestler.<\/p>\n

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In\u00a01928<\/strong>\u00a0Imi won the championship for free-style wrestling for the youth of Slovakia.<\/p>\n

In\u00a01929<\/strong>\u00a0he won the same championship for free-style wrestling but for adults and in two categories of different weights, as well as the national boxing championship plus an international gymnastic competition.<\/p>\n

In\u00a01935\u00a0<\/strong>: a rib broken during training just before a competition in Palestine kept him from competing ; from this event he drew a lesson concerning the question of safety while practice, contrary to the belief that you must win at all price : \u00ab first of all, avoid being wounded …. \u00bb…..<\/p>\n

From 1936 to 1940<\/strong>\u00a0Imi practised mainly wrestling. He trained, practised and won a dozen medals and prizes. He was considered one of the best wrestlers in Europe. Simultaneously, he practised acrobatics and devoted himself also to dramatic art. He taught gymnastics to one of the best theatre companies in Czechoslovakia and acted in various productions.<\/p>\n

During this period, Imi took part in numerous oppositions and street fights against anti-semitic agressors, either alone or in a group. With the rise of fascism and anti-semitism, the nazis spread over Slovakia and the Jews were violently attacked ; Imi organised a group of young Jews mainly from boxing, wrestling or physical culture clubs to counter these attacks and to stop the gangs of anti-semites invading the Jewish neighbourhood.<\/p>\n

These incidents forged the spirit and body of Imi and transformed him from sportsman to accomplished street-fighter with a unique experience which planted the seed which was later to become the system of self-d\u00e9fense he initiated – the Krav-Maga.<\/p>\n

The bases of his self defense were :<\/p>\n