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 ...

Indian Express Newspaper Sreenivas Janyala Posted online: Wednesday, Dec 02, 2009 at 0259 hrs Hyderabad : The changing security situation in the country has made training for the IPS probationers ...

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.

Hindustan Times Newspaper [caption id="attachment_2584" align="alignright" width="235" caption="Hindustan Times Newspaper"] [/caption] Let’s face it — it is easy to tire of workouts. Running on the treadmill every day or following the same weight-training routine for a few months can become boring. It also ceases being challenging when your body gets used to it.

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. 

The Asian Age Newspaper Shruti Badyal With crime against women continuing unabated in the city, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, recently appealed to women to join self-defence training courses offered by the government and private agencies.

Times of India HYDERABAD: Terrorism has made life unimaginably tough for the latest batch of IPS probationers what with new combat techniques being introduced into the training schedule. The latest addition for budding police officers at the Sardar Vallabhai Patel National Police Academy (SVPNPA) is "Krav Maga" an Israeli hand-to-hand combat ...

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: With the PM hinting at fresh strikes from across the border, security concerns have once again taken centrestage. Post 26/11, the security industry was inundated with myriad demands. In what can be termed as a step further, private security guards in the country will now get trained in close combat along the lines of the Israeli defence forces.

Deccan Chronicle Newspaper 6th, Jan, 2009 By Asit Jolly Chandigarh Recently “handicapped” by a High Court order significantly scaling down the number of security men and vehicles deployed to protect top politicians and bureaucrats, the Punjab police is now seeking to better its ...

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 ...

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.

[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.

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.

Times of India, Frontpage Leena Mudbidri | TNN Fighting Back First introduced in New Delhi five years ago, Krav Maga teaches Israeli self-defence skills against armed street attacks and muggings, home assaults, car thefts and attacks. It was introduced in Bangalore last year and over 75 citizens have enrolled for the course. Anti-terror training capsule, designed by New Delhi-based Vicky Kapoor, director and chief instructor of International Krav Maga Federation, India, is the first of its kind in India.

NEW DELHI: Every 60 minutes, two women are raped in this country. What is more horrendous is that 133 elderly women were sexually assaulted last year, according to the latest report prepared by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). A total of 20,737 cases of rape were reported last year registering a 7.2% increase over the previous year, with Madhya Pradesh becoming the "rape capital" of the country by topping the list of such incidents. Going by the NCRB statistics, two women are raped in the country every hour. Madhya Pradesh (3,010) accounted for 14.5 per cent of the total cases, with West Bengal following with 2,106 such incidents. Records of high incidence in other states are Uttar Pradesh (1,648), Bihar (1,555) and Rajasthan (1,238). The national capital had 598 cases in which 602 women were sexually assaulted.

The Hindu Newspaper June 14, 2008 At a Krav Maga class, Nandini Nairlearns that the best defence is attack Beware! I might not be armed, but I’m dangerous. I’m just back from a Krav Maga class. It is the official self-defence system of the Israeli Defence Forces. ...

Times of India Newspaper They Are Taking Self-Defence Lessons To Fight Attackers Sinchana B A Bangalore: The number of aggressive crimes against women in the city is on the rise, a case in point being the spate of home-alone murders. Along with strict policing and home security, self defence has also become necessary. With this view, several institutes in the city have begun self-defence classes specially tailored to suit the safety needs of women. These programmes focus on making women more alert and aware of their surroundings and impending danger. According to victims of attacks and self-defence trainers, the most common mistake that women make is to think, ‘it cannot happen to me’.

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 ...

Mid Day Newspaper, Bangalore November 28, 2007 With increasing incidents of crime and sexual assaults against women, here is a way to battle it out and have a upper hand.

Hindustan Times / Yahoo News By HT Sunday September 10, 10:42 AM Remember Bob Marley's famous song "Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights, Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight?" Well, if you know Krav Maga you will really never have to give up. So quite ...

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.

Hindustan Times Newspaper Varanasi, February 25, 2007 To RAISE  awareness about Israeli combat system, Krav-Maga (the self-defence technique preferred and popularised by the Israeli defence forces), a two-day training camp was organised at Gandhi Bhawan in Town Hall on Saturday and Sunday. Head instructor/chairman of the International Krav-Maga Federation (Israeil), Eyal Yanilov ...

The Hindustan Times Posted on 23 Apr 2006 # IANS New Delhi: An Israeli martial arts system, Krav-Maga, which includes special anti-rape and anti-assault techniques for women, was demonstrated in the capital in an effort to pass the self-protection tools to civilians. The system used by Israeli forces is practised in 45 countries ...

Times of India Newspaper 26 Dec 2005, 2144 hrs IST, AAKANKSHA NAVAL-SHETYE ,TNN Being a celebrity bodyguard is no mean task, more so when the celebrities involved include the likes of Michael Jackson and Madonna. Yet, for Commander Avi Moyal, it was an experience he cherishes till date. Having been with the army for five years and worked as a combat official for a few years later, Israel based Moyal agreed to being a VIP bodyguard. "That's when I took up the assignment of security for Madonna and Michael Jackson. I think they are more like children — quite impulsive in what they want and when," he says.

Hindustan Times Namita Bhandare New Delhi, June 9, 2005 They’re the face of the new generation in Parliament. And they look the part. Shed your preconceived notions about overweight gents in khadi. These men are lean, mean fighting machines. Namita Bhandare talks to the fittest MPs in Parliament. ...

Hindustan Times Ashima Bajpai 24 November 2004 When it comes to martial arts, there’s no stopping Vicky Kapoor. His passion for self-defence is the driving force behind his 26 years of experience in the field and reason for his proficiency in the unique form of self-defence — Krav-Maga — the Hebrew ...

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 ...