About Vicky Kapoor

Vicky Kapoor is currently appointed as the Chief Instructor and Director of International Krav-Maga Federation (IKMF), India. Krav-Maga is a world-renowned, effective and practical Israeli System of Defensive Tactics, Fighting Skills and Self Defence and is the official system of defense and tactical fighting of the Israeli Defense Forces, Israeli National and Military Police and has been adapted and incorporated by many law and military agencies worldwide.

Vicky has trained in Israel with Eyal Yanilov (Head Instructor), Gabi Naoh and Amnon Darsa, the three senior most instructors of IKMF. Certified by IKMF, Israel, he became India’s First Law Enforcement Instructor, SWAT Instructor, Civilian Instructor and Military Instructor. He has also been appointed Managing Director of Ultimate Tactical and Combat Pvt. Ltd., a firm catering to military and combatgear and trainingequipment and various security related services. He also supports Indian based Stick Fighting (Lathi) martial arts to help it achieve international standards.

Vicky Kapoor has been involved in the field of martial arts and Fitness for the last 29 years Apart from Krav-Maga, he has also trained in the Japanese martial arts like Karate-do Judo, Aikido, and Kobudo (the art of Japanese weaponary). His teacher in Karate-do was “Shihan Morio Higaonna“, IOGKF, Chief Instructor

In Chinese martial arts, he has trained in Tai-chi-chuan and Qigong. He has also trained in Boxing, Kick boxing, Taekwondo, Pilates, Thai massage, Foot Reflexology and other rehab forms. In the quest for knowledge, and the study of various martial arts, he has traveled widely to such places as Okinawa-Japan, China, Thailand, Singapore, England, Italy, France, Spain, Holland, Russia, Israel, Argentina, Hungary and Germany.

At present Vicky is based in Delhi and heads various organisations. He founded Vicky’s School of Oriental Arts (VISOA) whcih is a Registered Trust dedicated to promoting and imparting training in martial arts to various govt., semi-govt. organizations, schools and the general public. VISOA is one of the few organizations in the country offering a comprehensive package in health, fitness, Self-Defence and martial arts to all age groups for holistic health, fitness and Self-Defence and also promotes better physical, mental and spiritual well-being in people.

“It is my goal and a mission to contribute towards our society by helping future generations to grow-up into a cadre of physically fit, emotionally strong and responsible citizens for the best of our country and the world.”

To this end, VISOA’s team of senior and dedicated instructors we are imparting martial arts training to more than 50, 000 students in Delhi, Mumbai, Maharashtra, Karnataka, J&K, H.P., Uttaranchal, Utter Pradesh and Rajasthan and is now gradually spreading its wings to many more states on demand.

VISOA also conducts health awareness and physical fitness programs – both intramural and outbound, for employees of several corporate bodies under Vicky’s guidance while he also conduct fitness training’s to promote healthy lifestyle practices for the corporate and several celebrities of Delhi, Mumbai and London on an individual level.

VISOA is affiliated and associated to many national and international karate organizations of repute like World Karate Confederation (WKC), Geneva; Sekai Goju-Ryu Karate-do Ryusyokai, Japan; Goju Ryu Karate-do Federation of India; Karate-Do Federation of India; Delhi State Karate-Do Association, Hapkido federation of India, Kubudo Federation of India, Qi-Gong Federation of India, ‘Chin na’ Federation of India, Women Self Defence and Safety Awareness Foundation, Martial Arts Federation for Physically Challenged and Aikido Federation of India.

In the past, Vicky has personally conducted training courses in Martial Arts for the personnel of Indo-Tibetan Border Police, Central Reserve Force, Border Security Force, the Dogra Regiment, Rapid Action Force, the Air India cabin crew, security and ground staff as well as Mumbai Customs and Excise.

In June, 2003 Vicky Kapoor was awarded 5th Dan - Karate-Do by World Karate Confederation and am the only Asian to hold this title in Goju Ryu style. He was also been certified by WKC as a referee & coach and has refereed in two international events, 4th World Karate Championships 2003, St. Petersburg and Pan-American Open World Karate Championships- 2003, Argentina. Recently, Karate-Do Federation of India awarded him with a 7th Dan.

Recently, he concluded Self-Defence training for women in Delhi, based on Krav-Maga, which was hosted by India Today Group and Electrolux. Krav-Maga training has been imparted to many corporates, as a regular event. VISOA was also involved in helping the women inmates of Tihar Jails to regain their sense of balance about life through the Chinese art of self-healing- Qigong.

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