Krav Maga in London

The history of Krav Maga

Created and developed by Imi Lichtenfeld and the IDF, Krav Maga only came into civillian life in 1965. It grew outside of Israel in the early 1980's and is now popular around the world, being used not only by Military and Security Forces but civillians as well. In fact in a recent article in the Independent, Krav Maga was reported to be the self-defence training of choice amongst Hollywood stars such as J-Lo, Lucy Liu and Angelina Jolie.

When Imi Lichtenfeld, the creator of Krav Maga, was given the task of creating a fighting system for the fledgling IDF he studied how soldiers reacted naturally under intense stress and pressure. Having studied people's instinctive reactions under pressure to various forms of attack he then amplified those natural movements and so created Krav Maga, over half a century ago. Since then Krav Maga has been adopted by the likes of the FBI, The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), Beverley Hills PD - in fact more than 60 agencies in the USA alone - as well as the Finnish Paratroopers to name but a few.