Krav Maga - The First Israel Defense Forces Hand-To-Hand Combat Training Manual

Krav Maga - The First Israel Defense Forces Hand-To-Hand Combat Training Manual Translated to English by Boaz Aviram and Steven Hartov is the source of All Krav Maga Practitioners. "There are more than 150 Krav Maga organizations across the globe, with more than 15 million practitioners of Krav Maga worldwide. Each one of these traces their training lineage back to The First Israel Defense Forces Hand-To-Hand Combat Training Manual. For every student of Krav Maga, this book is the ultimate original resource." - Boaz Aviram - Former Chief Krav Maga Instructor, IDF The book illustrates the training lessons in methodical Israel Defense Forces Intensive Training of Hand To Hand Combat. The Authors/Translators: The book was first published in 1967 in the Hebrew Language by the IDF General Staff. It was translated and clarified by Boaz Aviram and Steven Hartov. BOAZ AVIRAM was third in the lineage of Krav Maga Chief Instructors, following Imi Lichtenfeld and Eli Avikzar, at the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Combat Fitness Academy. He was recognized as one of the IDF‘s Krav Maga Top Experts by the Combat Fitness Academy commander and the first director of the original Israeli Krav Maga Association, Colonel David Ben Asher. After leaving the IDF he trained Israeli Sky Marshals for several years, then relocated to the United States, where he continues teaching IDF style intensive Krav Maga seminars. He has published several books and training videos of this original IDF Intensive Hand-to-Hand Combat training System, including: Krav Maga - Use Your Body as a Weapon (Skyhorse Publishing), The Krav Maga Expert (Lulu Publishing), and The Complete Krav Maga Online Training Videos (Udemy Platform). STEVEN HARTOV is the coauthor of the New York Times bestseller In the Company of Heroes, as well as The Heat of Ramadan, The Nylon Hand of God, The Devil‘s Shepherd, The Soul of a Thief and The Last of the Seven, among others. For six years he served as editor in chief of Special Operations Report, and has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, Fox and the History Channel. A former Merchant Marine sailor, Israel Defense Forces paratrooper, and task force commander in the New York Guard, his works are recommended readings by the US Army War College. He studied Krav Maga under Chief Instructor Boaz Aviram.