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Posts Tagged ‘Israeli’

Hindustan Times :: Fighting fit

Friday, May 14, 2010 14:12

Hindustan Times Krav-Maga Less a martial art and more a system of hand-to-hand combat devised by the Israeli defence forces, Krav Maga isn't for the weak-willed. The system combines grappling and wrestling techniques with street fighting skills. You learn how to break the stranglehold of an attacker by going for his groin, ...

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Times of India :: Krav Maga: Women executives new weapon for self defence

Times of India :: Krav Maga: Women executives new weapon for self defence

Tuesday, March 9, 2010 18:18

Times of India Newspaper "Twist and turn ...straight punch" — an instructor barks out these orders in a room full of women learning to kick and punch their way out of trouble. It's a place where young female professionals are undergoing training in Krav Maga, the lethal Israeli martial art. With an alarming rise in crime against women professionals, many firms have started offering self-defence training courses to their female employees.

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20-21 Feb., 10 :: Master Eyal Yanilov, IKMF Head Instructor's Seminar in Varanasi, India

20-21 Feb., 10 :: Master Eyal Yanilov, IKMF Head Instructor’s Seminar in Varanasi, India

Friday, February 19, 2010 15:09

Master Eyal Yanilov will be conducting a seminar on Krav Maga in Varanasi on 20th and 21st of February, 2010. To attend the seminar, please contact our Krav Maga Chief Instructor of India, Mr. Vicky Kapoor at

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Hindustan Times :: Abhay Deol’s new love & new moves is Krav Maga

Hindustan Times :: Abhay Deol’s new love & new moves is Krav Maga

Tuesday, February 16, 2010 23:03

The Hindustan Times Newspaper New Delhi, December 14, 2009 [caption id="attachment_2564" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Abay Deol learning Krav Maga"][/caption]Abhay Deol is learning Krav Maga, an Israeli form of martial arts that Akshay Kumar is well versed with. 

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Bangalore Mirror :: Street style combat

Bangalore Mirror :: Street style combat

Tuesday, December 15, 2009 18:51

Dressed in fatigues of a soldier is Frank, Bangalore’s Krav Maga practitioner. Krav Maga is a system of self defence created by Israeli military and combines the various forms of martial arts. It is highly dynamic and street oriented...

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Times of India :: Land of the new warriors

Monday, August 24, 2009 11:59

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, ...

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Article :: Neutral Views - Updates from SVP National Police Academy Hyderabad

Article :: Neutral Views – Updates from SVP National Police Academy Hyderabad

Wednesday, July 29, 2009 14:55

We, Indian Revenue Service (IRS) probationers are at NPA [National Police Academy], Hyderabad...We are doing activities like Drill [parade], Firing, Aerobics, Krav-Maga [Israeli self defense technique], jogging, sports etc...

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Russian Today :: Indian women shape up to confront rapists

Russian Today :: Indian women shape up to confront rapists

Friday, July 24, 2009 14:52

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 ...

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Deccan Post :: Krav Maga for self defense

Deccan Post :: Krav Maga for self defense

Thursday, July 23, 2009 23:22

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 ...

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In unsafe Delhi, women learn to fight

Monday, June 29, 2009 10:05

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 ...

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Indian Express :: Game not over

Sunday, June 21, 2009 17:04

Vicky Kapoor, director and chief instructor of the Krav Maga India, an organisation that teaches the Israeli self-defence form, says that “anybody from five to 55 can learn the moves if they aren’t suffering from serious heart or joint problems or abnormally high blood pressure”. At the organisation’s Delhi centre, older students get a separate set of strength training and stamina building exercises until they are ready to push the limits.

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Deccan Chronicle :: Learn Krav Maga to take on racist attacks

Saturday, June 6, 2009 14:42

Chennai, June 5: When under attack, there are no rules. You can bite, scratch, poke and even aim a kick on the groin — absolutely anything to get away in one piece. These are the instructions given by experts from the Krav Maga federation to students and young professionals planning to ...

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Tour and Train in Israel – Part 1 by Mr. Gaurav Shorey

Thursday, June 4, 2009 16:27

Krav Maga Practioner : Mr. Gaurav Shorey 14th May 2009 - Day 1 It was the journey we had awaited for the past several months, after hearing stories from Mr. Vicky Kapoor our beloved teacher (Sensei : Mentor/Teacher in Japanese) about his experiences in the land of the origin of Krav Maga, ...

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Metro Plus Tiruchirapalli :: A close encounter

Saturday, March 7, 2009 16:53

Self-defence techniques learnt in a dojo can prove useless in a street fight. This is the first thing Vicky Kapoor tells anyone flaunting his titles in martial arts. Street fights are not governed ...

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Times of India :: Women besieged: How to make it a safer world for women

Times of India :: Women besieged: How to make it a safer world for women

Wednesday, March 4, 2009 8:34

Times of India Bangalore : Women have been pulled, punched and abused in front of a paralysed public in the heart of town over the last 10 days. It didn't matter what you wore: salwar kameez or a spaghetti top. Random violence had made Bangalore ask urgently: `How do ...

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GlobalPost.com :: Cubicle commandos in Bangalore

GlobalPost.com :: Cubicle commandos in Bangalore

Tuesday, February 24, 2009 16:00

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, ...

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Hindustan Times :: More takers for self-defence

Hindustan Times :: More takers for self-defence

Wednesday, January 28, 2009 12:59

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.

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The Sunday Indian :: ...and yes, yes we can :: Interview with Mr. Vicky Kapoor

The Sunday Indian :: …and yes, yes we can :: Interview with Mr. Vicky Kapoor

Wednesday, January 14, 2009 21:56

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.

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About Vicky Kapoor

Monday, August 11, 2008 6:26

Designation : (Director and Chief Instructor), IKMF-India Training qualifications: More than 34 years of experience in hand-to-hand combat training, Military Close Quarter Combat Tactics and specialist Law Enforcement tactics. Certified by IKMF, Israel, he became India's First Law Enforcement Instructor, SWAT Instructor, Civilian Instructor and Military Instructor. Managing Director of ...

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TheNationTalk.com :: Vicky Kapoor Interview

Sunday, August 10, 2008 14:54

The Nation Talk Blog Sunday, August 10, 2008 India is one of the worst sufferer of terrorism, but things will go worse if common man is not prepared and vigilant enough to fight back and sensitive enough to pressurise the system to take strong steps. While doing a research on 'terrorism and the role of civil society', I came across Mr. Vicky Kapoor. He and his team of dedicated instructors teaches Krav Maga, an Israeli self defense system to civilians across the country. Krav Maga India has also trained units of Indian Army, paramilitary and special forces. Vicky Kapoor is the first Indian to bring Krav Maga to India.

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Tehelka Magazine :: The Tel Aviv Tango

Saturday, April 5, 2008 16:25

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.

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Stress Busting – Krav Maga way

Wednesday, February 27, 2008 12:24

February 27th, 2008 It’s been a while since the wifey and I have started something new for our weekends, it’s called ‘Krav Maga’… the official explanation in Hebrew is contact combat. An effective, easy-to-learn, battle tested Israeli system of Self Defense & combat tactics trained in realistic scenarios with 'no rules' & muscle memory based instinctive techniques to eliminate or escape from the threat.

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LiveMint.com :: Welcome to reflex city

Saturday, February 23, 2008 14:07

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.

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The Economic Times :: Contact Combat

Sunday, March 4, 2007 10:55

The Economic Times 4 Mar, 2007, 0000 hrs IST,Ranjeni A Singh, TNN Sandra Bullock used it in ‘Miss Congeniality 2’, J Lo used it in the movie Enough. And it is a fad with thousands of Americans. And it’s also steadily gaining ground in India. We are talking about Krav Maga, a self-defence martial arts that has its roots in Israel. Krav Maga literally means ‘contact combat’ in Hebrew. The technique is the official self system of the Israeli Defence Forces, and has been taught to hundreds of law enforcement agencies and thousands of civilians around the world.

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Times of India :: Self-defence the Israeli way

Monday, April 12, 2004 10:22

The Times of India 12 Apr 2004, 0009 hrs IST,TNN NEW DELHI: The growing incidence of crimes against women have once again brought the spotlight back on their safety. About 70 women undertook a self-defence programme in a city school on Sunday. The four-day training programme, spread over four weeks, is based ...

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