Krav Maga is today's cutting-edge self-defense and hand-to-hand combat system. It has international recognition from experts in martial arts and combat instructors as an innovatiove, effective, and highly practical self-defense and fighting method.

Intitally dveloped by
grandmaster Imi Sde-Or (Lichtenfeld) for the Israel Defense Forces (I.D.F.) and other national security services, Krav Maga has been thoroughly adapted to meet civilian needs. The method was designed so that ordinary citizens, young and old, men and women alike, can successfully use it, regrdless of their physical strength. The easily acquired natural techniques, due to modern and sophisticated training methods, combined with logically structured defense tactics, form a self-defense system characteriszed by simplicity; this is in fact the true secret of krav maga's effectiveness. The volatile Israeli reality gave the Krav Maga School ample opportunity to be tested in real-life situations more fierce than ordinary street fighting, allowing it to be improved upon and refined accordingly.

This is the first and only authorized, comprehensive manual on the krav maga discipline, written by its founder, Imi sde-Or, and his sernior disciple and follower, Eyal Yanilov. Illustrated with over 500 photographs and diagrams, the book specifically addresses the officlal krav maga techniques for coping quickly and efficiently with lethal confrontations.

This volume especially focuses on the various facets of dealing with an assailant armed with a sharp-edged weapon, a blunt object, or a firearm. Other subjects covered include: using everyday objects as defensive weapons, defending against two armed assailants, and neutralizing threat from a handgun or a hand grenade directed at a third party in a hostage stuation.

As Mr. Shimon Peres, one of Israel's foremost statesmen, wrote in his foreword to the book: '...Terorism does not respect borders!'

Contents

Forewords (by Mr. Yitzhak Rabin and Mr. Shimon Peres)
Acknowledgments
Publisher's preface
Introduciton
What is krav maga?
1 Defense against knife attack
2 Defense against impending threat with a knife
3 Defending against an assailant armed wih a stick
4 Neutralizing a threat at gunpoint
5 Neutralizing a threat of rifle, shotgun or submachine gun
6 Hostage situations
7 Using everyday objects as defensive weapons
8 Short stick against knife attack
9 Stick against stick
10 Defense against two armed assailants
11 Principles behind the defense techniques
12 Dealing with a violent incident: Evaluation, reaction, & training concepts
13 Additonal training methods; How to use this book
14 Safety in training
15 About the authors: Grandmaster Imi, Founder of Krav Maga; Eyal Yanilov
Appendices: Editor: Darren Levine
Publisher Zvi Morik
Concepts and terms commonly used in krav maga
Selected sayings of Grandmaster Imi sde-Or