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From IDF to Hollywood: The meteoric rise of Krav Maga
Once secretive Israeli army martial art has become the ultimate form of self-defense, prominent at Hollywood and worldwide.
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By Arutz Sheva Staff
First Publish: 5/19/2016, 7:28 AM
IDF trains Krav Maga (illustration)
Kobi Gideon/Flash 90
Krav Maga, the close-combat method conceived in secrecy by the Israeli army, has kicked its way firmly into civilian life and with Hollywood's help, has become the ultimate form of self-defense.
"The idea is to be able to quickly hit the aggressor's vulnerable spots and to defend yourself with whatever is available - a beer bottle or a stick," explains Elad Nimni, who teaches Krav Maga in the IDF.
"Or, if you're doing military Krav Maga, you can use a gun instead of your body, because your body can get damaged and that hurts," he tellsAFP, wearing military fatigues, his muscles rippling under a tight black t-shirt.
Although Krav Maga - which is Hebrew for 'contact combat' - borrows techniques from boxing, wrestling and jiu jistu, it differs from all other combat sports in one way: there are no rules.
Krav Maga is all about saving your own skin, and anything goes.
But interest in the streetwise style of fighting has stretched far beyond Israel, notching up diehard fans from Hampstead to Hollywood, among them A-listers like Angelina Jolie and husband Brad Pitt, whose daily workouts reportedly caused him to bulk up his muscles and "dramatically" lose weight.
It has even been adapted by one young Israeli from Canada who teaches women how to use their stiletto heels to fight off an aggressor in a method she developed after being sexually assaulted.
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From IDF to Hollywood: The meteoric rise of Krav Maga
From IDF to Hollywood: The meteoric rise of Krav Maga
Once secretive Israeli army martial art has become the ultimate form of self-defense, prominent at Hollywood and worldwide.
16
By Arutz Sheva Staff
First Publish: 5/19/2016, 7:28 AM
IDF trains Krav Maga (illustration)
Kobi Gideon/Flash 90
Krav Maga, the close-combat method conceived in secrecy by the Israeli army, has kicked its way firmly into civilian life and with Hollywood's help, has become the ultimate form of self-defense.
"The idea is to be able to quickly hit the aggressor's vulnerable spots and to defend yourself with whatever is available - a beer bottle or a stick," explains Elad Nimni, who teaches Krav Maga in the IDF.
"Or, if you're doing military Krav Maga, you can use a gun instead of your body, because your body can get damaged and that hurts," he tellsAFP, wearing military fatigues, his muscles rippling under a tight black t-shirt.
Although Krav Maga - which is Hebrew for 'contact combat' - borrows techniques from boxing, wrestling and jiu jistu, it differs from all other combat sports in one way: there are no rules.
Krav Maga is all about saving your own skin, and anything goes.
But interest in the streetwise style of fighting has stretched far beyond Israel, notching up diehard fans from Hampstead to Hollywood, among them A-listers like Angelina Jolie and husband Brad Pitt, whose daily workouts reportedly caused him to bulk up his muscles and "dramatically" lose weight.
It has even been adapted by one young Israeli from Canada who teaches women how to use their stiletto heels to fight off an aggressor in a method she developed after being sexually assaulted.
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From IDF to Hollywood: The meteoric rise of Krav Maga
