A group of Bangaloreans wants to make the city the Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation capital of India, finds Arati Rao. Frank J, who conducts Krav Maga classes in Richmond Town, offered a different perspective. He usually delivers a five minute talk on how to deal with bullet wounds and shrapnel gashes, and also attempts to include a session by a doctor every two-three months. "Today, the war isn’t happening on the borders. If a car bomb goes off at a mall and your family’s injured, what do you do?" he asked. All of it may be rather grim talk for a city in which a pint is considered more a measure of beer than of blood, but, as Chatterjee said, "Everyone must know what to do in an emergency."

Keeping in Shape At Solace, a 20,000-sq-ft gym in Calcutta, members can choose from yoga, body balancing, Krav Maga and salsa.

DNA Newspaper, Bangalore It’s never too late to learn a how to defend yourself — after all, the streets aren’t getting any safer You could be petite or small-built, but ...

Mr. Vicky Kapoor, Director and Chief Instructor of Krav Maga India will be conducting workshop in Chennai. 03 October 09 Saturday : Chennai Krav ...

June 12, 09 By V. Vishwanath If there is one martial arts that does not require perfect fitness, upper body strength, and ability to learn complex nitty gritties, it is Krav Maga. The Israeli based technique is useful under a ...

GlobalPost.com Website [gallery link="file"]The terror attacks in Mumbai have sparked new fears, and new business opportunities, in India's outsourcing capital. By Saritha Rai - GlobalPost India — During the week, Anoop Ramakrishnan, 25, an engineer in a Bangalore-based outsourcing firm, provides technical support for telecom networks in Canada and Europe. On the weekends, ...

NDTV.com Vasanthi Hariprakash, Neha Kidwai Saturday, January 10, 2009, (Bangalore) A private company in Bangalore is now offering training for ordinary citizens to combat terror. The trainers say that special skills and techniques, imported all the way from Israel, are being used. They are ...

Karate and Tai chi take a backseat as this Israeli form of hand-to-hand combat prepares Chennaiites for the real world 5 reasons why Krav Maga could work for you YOU belong to the low-carbs and six-pack set. Great, but how much of your gym work is going to help you save yourself from a sudden violent attack, an assailant or road rage? Imagine being assaulted by hoodlums when getting back home in the middle of night. You’ll require more than just washboard abs and yoga stretches to get through unarmed and unharmed. Krav Maga, a street-smart self-defense technique favoured by the Israeli military, promises to bail you out. It is as much about self-defense as it is about fitness and the good news is that it has come to Chennai.

Hindustan Times, Front page Bangalore IT Pros train in Israeli Survival Techniques SOFTWARE PROFESSIONALS like Anoop Ramakrishnan, 24, and many others in the tech industry here are picking up new survival skills - not to endure the economic gloom, but to survive a terror attack or a hostage crisis. Following the recent terror attacks, techies are queuing up to be trained in anti-terror and hostage survival techniques being imparted as part of Krav Maga, an Israeli school of self-defence and combat tactics. They are being taught how to hold their nerve during a terror attack, ensure minimum injury, how to escape a fire, and avoid being trapped in a stampede during evacuation.

Outlook Business Magazine Companies could be the next ‘trophy targets’ of terrorists. Those that don’t rush to build adequate cover, whatever the cost, may not live to regret it Corporate India has just realised how vulnerable it really is. And it is terrified. "If we pool in our resources," says Mazumdar-Shaw, "such a force can get common training from an international training agency from Germany or Israel." "In Israel, it is compulsory for all buildings to have bomb shelters," says Vicky Kapoor, a security expert who trains special forces and heads the Indian Krav Maga Foundation. "How many Indian companies can claim to have one?" Counter-terrorism has not been a priority so far. Now it is. Corporate India has just realised how vulnerable it really is. And it is terrified.

Time Out Magazine Amrita Gupta finds out how one of the city’s self-defence coaches is training citizens to tackle the threat of terrorism. Ashish Puri, an employee at Cisco, is pragmatic about surviving a terror attack. “In a situation involving terrorists, regular self-defence skills won’t help, because the basic premise that the opponent will be afraid of getting hurt or losing his life becomes irrelevant,” he said. “It’s definitely not the time to be bold. Instead we need to be practical: look for exit routes, notice opportunities, know how to react.”