To understand Krav Maga, you must know its history.
Timeline of Krav Maga:
- 1910: May 26, Imi Sde-Or (Lichtenfeld) is born
- 1928 – 1935: Imi’s wrestling, boxing and gymnastics career
- 1940: Imi boardsthe ‘Pencho’ from Europe to Palestine (Israel)
- 1940 – 1942: Imi joins the British Army in the Czechoslovak Legion, serving nearly two years
- 1942: Imi joins ‘Haganah’ – teaching knife and stick fighting
- 1948: Imi joins the IDF – later becoming Head of Hand to Hand Combat (Krav Maga) in the IDF
- 1964: Imi retires from the IDF and opens two Krav Maga clubs in Natanya and Tel Aviv.
This marks the beginning of Israeli self-defense Krav Maga.
- 1974: Imi retires from active teaching and gives his Natanya club to Eli Avikzar
- 1978: Creation of the first Israeli Krav Maga Association (IKMA)
- 1981: The first Instructor’s Course for Americans in Israel takes place
- 1989: Formation of the Israeli Krav Maga Association (KAMI) Eli Avikzar (Eyal Yanilov’s first Krav Maga teacher)
- 1993: Creation of the Association of Krav Maga International-Kapap by Haim Zut
- 1995: International Krav Maga Federation (IKMF) is created by Eyal Yanilov, Avi Moyal, Gabi Noah and Eli Ben-Ami
- 1998: Imi passes away in peace
- 1999: Darren Levine creates Krav Maga World Wide
- 2010: Gabi Noah forms the Gabi Noah International Krav Maga (IKM)
- 2010: Eyal Yanilov creates Krav Maga Global (KMG)
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