ICS - krav maga

One of the most popular of the ICS is Krav Maga (KM) and its variant Commando Krav Maga (CKM).

Krav Maga

The generic name in Hebrew means "close combat." The word maga (מגע) means "contact" or "close" and the word krav (קרב) means "combat". It refers to combat involving physical contact as opposed to combat using a weapon from afar (although Krav Maga does teach the use of modern day weapons such as rifles, pistols and common objects integrated with self defense techniques).

Krav Maga was developed in Hungary and Czechoslovakia in the 1930s by Imi Lichtenfeld, also known as Imi Sde-Or. He first taught his fighting system in Bratislava in order to help protect the local Jewish community from Nazi militia. Upon arriving in the British Mandate of Palestine prior to the establishment of the Jewish state, Imi began teaching hand-to-hand combat to the Haganah, the Jewish underground army. With the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, Imi became the Chief Instructor of Physical Fitness and Krav Maga at the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) School of Combat Fitness. He served in the IDF for about 20 years, during which time he continued to develop and refine his hand-to-hand combat method. In 1978, Imi founded the non-profit Israeli Krav Maga Association with several senior instructors. He died in January 1998 in Netanya, Israel.

Krav Maga is the official self defense and unarmed combat system of the Israeli Defense Forces and every Israeli soldier learns Krav Maga as part of their training, including all Special Forces units. One such unit is the undercover counter terror unit Sayeret Duvdevan whose chief Krav Maga instructor is Itay Gil. Krav Maga is also the official combat system of the Israeli Police and all Israeli Intelligence and security agencies. Today, Krav Maga is taught in Israel and around the world to civilians, military, law enforcement and security agencies.

The Israeli Krav Maga Association (IKMA) is Imi Lichtenfeld's original and longest standing Krav Maga organization, founded in 1978. The IKMA is based in Israel and headed by Haim Gidon.

The International Krav Maga Federation (IKMF) which is based in Israel, founded by several of Imi Lichtenfeld's (the founder of Krav Maga) leading students including Gabi Noah, Avi Moyal, and Eli Ben-Ami, and is headed by Eyal Yanilov.

The Krav Maga Federation/Krav Maga International-Kapap is based in Israel, and is headed by Haim Zut, who was one of Imi Lichtenfeld's leading students.

Krav Maga Worldwide, based in the United States, was founded by Darren Levine, who studied Krav Maga under Imi Lichtenfeld and Eyal Yanilov.

Israeli Krav International (IKI) - A Modern Krav Maga Association headquartered in Maaleh Adumim, Israel and founded by Moshe Katz; curriculum presided over by Itay Gil.

Krav Maga Foundation (KMF) - An independent organization created by 360 Combat Club and Alan Predolin with the mission of promoting a politic-free Krav Maga.