Origins of Krav Maga
''People respect power and it comes in many forms. Krav Maga is power and people will respect you for knowing it...'' - Imi Litchenfeld
Krav Maga History
Developed by Imi Litchenfeld during the 1940’s in Israel, Krav Maga combines techniques and drills from Martial Arts such as boxing, wrestling and Judo to create a practical and precise self-defence system.
About Imi Litchenfeld
Imi Litchenfeld was born in 1910 in Budapest and grew up in Bratislava, Slovakia. His dad was a police officer but also a self defence instructor.
Imi often trained at his father’s gym and has developed into a very talented boxer and a wrestler.
Later on in his life, Imi used his skills to help defend Jewish neighbourhoods. He was able to adapt his competition based knowledge into real life self defence.
Shortly after, Imi fled Slovakia to Israel, playing a strong role within the Israel Military developing Krav Maga.
Krav Maga
Imi continued to grow Krav Maga locally by opening his own academy and internationally allowing men, women and children to learn his self-defence system.
The first international Krav Maga school was open in Los Angeles by Imi’s son Darren Levine and has since then grown and developed more so suit individuals from all backgrounds.
What we teach at Zen Combat Academy
Norm Willis (Head coach and owner)
Norm has been teaching Krav Maga for xx years. He’s a qualified Self-Defence Instructor and Krav Maga Instructor with the International Krav Maga Association.
Amongst his other qualifications in Jeet Kune Do, Eskrima etc…he has also earned his Kickboxing Instructor qualification as 4th dan (WKKC).
Norm has combined and included his effective techniques into the Krav Maga Self Defense sessions, drawing from years of dedicated martial arts training and professional experience in the security industry.
You will be taught:
- Simultaneous defence and attacks
- Defence against multiple opponents attacks
- Opponent striking
- Take down and throws
- Ground work
- Weapon drills and disarms (knives, guns, bats and sticks)
- Empty-hand weapon defences
So if you want to learn self-defence, learn to protect yourself and gain confidence contact us today.
At Zen, we run Krav Maga group sessions up to 2 times a week. You can also choose to train it privately with Norm… We look forward to seeing you on the mats!