March 19th, 2009 Hyderabad March 18: Employees of corporate and BPO firms are learning martial arts such as Krav Maga of Israel and Ninjutsu of Japan to deal with possible terror attacks. Security personnel of information technology companies are also picking up Krav Maga, which has become popular among police forces across ...

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 ...

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 by rules. While you tackle two attackers, three ...

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 ...

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.

Yahoo India News New Delhi, Jan.10 (ANI): Under constant threat of terrorism and urban street crime, all military forces, security & law enforcement agencies, youngsters of India are opting for ”Krav Maga, an Israeli system of self-defence and combat tactics. In this system, students are instructed in state-of-the-art defensive principles that apply ...

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.”

Also check out # Israeli Anti-Terror/Counter-terror Krav Maga Courses # Israeli Krav Maga S.W.A.T. (Special Weapons And Tactics) Courses With the recent episode of terrorist attack in Mumbai, the need for Self-Defense and Disaster Management and Planning is further emphasized. Situations like the below needs training to be averted or walk away from: A hostage crisis: This situation develops when one or more terrorists or criminals hold people against their will and try to hold off the authorities by force, threatening to kill the hostages if provoked or attacked.