Description
Israeli close-combat system taught in the Israel Defense Forces and, from
1964, to civilians by Imi Lichtenfeld at Netanya; led after his death by
federations founded by his and Eli Avikzar's students.
Sources
“Civilian krav maga dates to the 1960s. Again, Imi Lichtenfeld was involved, as
were some of his students, to include Haim Zut and Eli Avikzar. In 1964, after
retiring from the IDF, Lichtenfeld began teaching krav maga to civilians at a
gym in Natanya.”
— Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010).
Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Krav Maga. In Martialis: Martial Arts
Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5H483CZK87194M0J1ZNG9F8 - CC
BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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@incollection{martialis_01M5H483CZK87194M0J1ZNG9F8, author = {Muñoz, Frederico},
title = {Krav Maga}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database},
year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url =
{https://martial.is/entity/01M5H483CZK87194M0J1ZNG9F8}, urldate =
{ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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