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David Kahn, Israeli Krav Maga Association U.S. Chief Instructor and IKMA board member, demonstrates how to defend against a knife attack while on the ground during a weeklong Israeli Krav Maga course held here Oct. 27-30. Krav Maga translated means “contact combat” or “close combat” and is an eclectic hand-to-hand combat system developed in Israel in the late 1940s.
091029-M-4913M-047.jpg Photo By: Lance Cpl. Salvador Moreno

Oct 29, 2009
David Kahn, Israeli Krav Maga Association U.S. Chief Instructor and IKMA board member, demonstrates how to defend against a knife attack while on the ground during a weeklong Israeli Krav Maga course held here Oct. 27-30. Krav Maga translated means “contact combat” or “close combat” and is an eclectic hand-to-hand combat system developed in Israel in the late 1940s.


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