Motorists Join Self-Defence Classes — From Karate To Krav Maga — To Cope With Violence While Driving Chennai: You’ve heard of self-defence instructors modifying lessons to cater to women. Now, you’ve got martial art ...

Mumbaiites are practising their lethal moves in the latest martial arts that have caught their fancy, and how! Clearly, they’ve found a handy way to deal with rising stress levels, work pressures, sexual harassment and their fitness issues with popular techniques like these... Krav Maga Push-ups, squats, ...

New Delhi has India’s highest frequency of crimes against women, including rape, but the females are fighting back.' The police say the number of attacks is declining, but there are still hundreds of cases ...

Manoj Sharma New Delhi, June 27, 2009 Israeli self-defence The setting is somewhat similar at Ultimate Tactical and Combat studio in Saket. It offers Krav Maga - an Israeli form of self-defence and combat tactics - training, engaging young women, clad in black, in hand-to-hand combats. In Saket, portraits of the famed Israeli ...

With terrorists getting bolder and carrying out audacious attacks in Mumbai and Lahore, the Special Protection Group (SPG), established in 1985 after the assassination of prime minister Indira Gandhi, is training in Krav Maga, a martial art devised by the Israeli ...

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, ...

Hindustan Times Newspaper Soubhik Mitra, Hindustan Times Mumbai, January 28, 2009 Through the week, Satish Nair helps software developers make user-friendly programmes for the bank he works with. On the weekend, the 33-year-old business analyst learns how to duck from a flying grenade and defend himself from hoodlums as part of his Krav Maga lessons, which teach the Israeli hand-to-hand combat art.

HCL Technologies 2008 HCL Technologies believes that healthy employees miss fewer days of work, increases productivity and reduces health care costs. Wellness program is seen as an added benefit that encourages employees to stay and work with efficacy.

Krav Maga Practitioner :: Gillan Divecha Pepper spray or OC (Oleoresin Capsicum), is a chemical compound that aggravates the sensitive membranes of the nose, throat and the eyes - where it could result in temporary blindness. Pepper Spray is widely used by security personnel for riot / crowd control and by individuals for personal protection. Pepper Spray has also seen success as a mode of defense against attacking dogs and wild bears. In “An Appraisal of Technologies of Political Control” published by The European Parliament Scientific and Technological Options Assessment, it is said that : "The effects of pepper spray are far more severe, including temporary blindness which last from 15-30 minutes, a burning sensation of the skin which last from 45 to 60 minutes, upper body spasms which force a person to bend forward and uncontrollable coughing making it difficult to breathe or speak for between 3 to 15 minutes."

Tehelka Magazine April 2nd, 2008 The Israeli Defence Forces have a gift for the world. Sanjeev Bery takes a closer look at the spread of Krav Maga martial arts in India Israeli's Arms sales may capture the headlines, but they aren’t the nation’s only export to India. In south Delhi’s upscale Saket neighborhood, a small but growing number of residents are learning Krav Maga, the hand-to-hand combat system of the Israeli Defence Forces. A big man with a gruff demeanor, Vicky Kapoor is the one responsible for bringing Krav Maga to India. He describes the martial art in clipped phrases: “Combat fighting — a system which is quick — easily retained.” Kapoor himself came to Krav Maga after decades of experience in karate, judo, and other martial arts. “What I saw was that Krav Maga is the most practical self-defence system,” he says.

LiveMint Newspaper, Bangalore February 23rd, 2008 Why would an anti-Nazi combat technique be relevant to our times? The answer, in the Garden City, is Krav Maga. Make no mistake. Traditional martial arts techniques don’t prepare you for the real world. Krav maga—the Israeli hand-to-hand combat technique made famous by Hollywood actors Jennifer Lopez and Angelina Jolie and, more recently, by Matt Damon in The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)—does. When you see Damon battle armed and unarmed attackers with lightning-fast hand movements, you see the most advanced form of krav maga in action.Now, we Bangaloreans can aspire to be Jason Bourne too.

Bangalore Mirror Newspaper KRAV MAGA It is an eclectic self-defence and military handto- hand combat system developed in Israel. Today, it’s become one of the most energising forms of martial arts and, therefore, fitness. Originally developed to neutralise real life situations during war time, this form has transformed into something that teaches ...

Bangalore Pages Magazine January 16th, 2008 You are walking down the street and out of nowhere someone comes and grabs your throat and points a gun. You are shocked, and do not understand what is happening. The brain seems to be shutting down, given the criminal the upper hand. This is typical ...