[caption id="attachment_2549" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Hit back at the times of terror"] [/caption] Times of India, Bangalore Times Newspaper The Israeli army’s self-defence tactics for civilians are a fave among IT professionals Did you watch helplessly as goons mugged you and took off with your valuables? Frustrated that you didn’t know what to do as you were pinned to the ground? How about learning to fight back? Well, a bunch of city-based professionals have done just that and what’s more, they are even equipping themselves with skills required during a terror situation. It is Krav Maga — Hebrew for contact combat — the Israeli military’s effective, easy-to-learn system of unarmed self-defence and combat tactics that has caught their fancy.

The Sunday Indian :: Website On the night of November 26, when terrorists stormed the Taj, in a room on one of the floors, there was one of India Inc’s bright young beacons lying on the floor, alive, but terrified, confused and unsure. Next to him on the floor lay others, some bleeding, others perhaps weeping… A wall away, they could hear the crack of assault rifles, the cries of victims as they crashed lifeless in corridors and rooms and the deafening sound of explosions.

CNN IBN Deepa Balakrishnan, CNN-IBN Bangalore: Three IT companies in Bangalore recieved e-mail threats of attacks last week. Following this Bangaloreans are training themselves in the elite Israeli form of self-defence called Krav Maga. Ashish Puri, a product manager for an IT ...

“Our country needs pro-active awareness and training from the grass-root level. Our people, staff and society itself is the first line defense by being aware & provide constructive surveillance & be prepared in any kind of crisis management, hostage evacuation or to dodge terror hostage takeover like Mumbai 26/11. Vicky Kapoor” Indian Express Newspaper Sweta Dutta Posted: Dec 07, 2008 at 0309 hrs IST New Delhi Hotels give staff combat training Following the Mumbai terror nightmare, several hotels and corporate houses in the Capital are training staff to deal with hostage situations and bomb blasts. A city-based tactical and combat training institute has been flooded with calls for training modules post 26/11. The training institute, Ultimate Tactical and Combat Pvt Ltd in Saket, claims three five-star hotels and as many prominent BPO firms have hired its services to train staff.

“Hi all, here we have complied down some basic yet important points which should be given out to everybody regarding Anti-Terror & Hostage Survival. Kindly, print the notice pamphlet given here and paste it around your office, restaurants, hotels, bus stops or any other places or people who might read it. Or you can email it to your friends. Hope this helps. Vicky Kapoor”