Krav Maga, meaning "Contact Combat" is Hebrew is the term the IDF (Israeli Defense Forces) use to refer to their unarmed/close combat systems. Krav Maga is a comprehensive martial art/self-defense system that teaches you how to deal with a variety of attacks and assaults, that may or may not involve weapons (knife, gun, stick etc...) and which may be carried out by one or more assailants. The system teaches all of its defenses from a state of unpreparedness and never makes the assumption that you are athletically superior to your attacker(s) e.g. you're stronger, faster etc. The underlying goal of Krav Maga training is to get an untrained person "Combat Ready" in the shortest possible time. This is achieved by using instinctive reactions, and natural movements, rather than forcing a person to respond to an attack in an "artificial" manner.

Our Krav Maga program is taught and run by Gershon Ben Keren, a 5th Degree Black Belt, who was trained, tested and certified in Israel. He has been training in Krav Maga since 1993, and teaches that, which is taught in Israel, regularly returning, and training with IDF members to make sure that the Krav Maga taught in the school is the most up-to-date and modern approach to reality based self-defense. If you would like to find out first-hand why our approach to self-defense training is so effective, you can sign up for one of our introductory Krav Maga seminars using the button below.

Our Kids and Teens Krav Maga program runs throughout the school year on Saturday mornings between 10:15 and 11:00 AM. The program is broken down into three semesters of 10-weeks. Classes are suitable for children and teens between the ages of 5 and 17 - although the classes run at the same time the class is structured so that kids and teens of the same age get to train together. This isn't just because of differences in size and strength etc., but because different age groups experience aggression and violence differently.We don't just teach physical solutions to dealing with aggression and bullying etc., we also teach verbal de-scalation and violence avoidance etc.

Our classes focus not only on age-appropriate personal safety and self-defense but also on improving psychological, emotional and physical well-being. Classes are taught in a fun and enjoyable manner, with an emphasis on productive learning. Training is conducted in a co-operative non-competitive manner, with each student progressing at their own pace. This doesn't mean that we don't value improvement but rather that we understand this can't be forced, and we would rather help individuals realize their own potential, and become motivated to improve. If you would like to learn more about our Kids and Teens Krav Maga program, please click the button below.

We have been teaching our free women's self-defense program since 2010, and have created a virtual training platform that accompanies it. This can be accessed by clicking here. Our program as well as teaching physical self-defense techniques and solutions, also looks at ways in which it is possible to predict, identify and avoid violence before it occurs. Our program looks at the victimology of women targeted for violence, and how to act and present, in a way that means you don't appear on a predator's radar.

Our program is evidentially and research based i.e., we don't promote "good" or "well-intentioned" but unfounded, ideas and tactics, and instead base what we teach on established facts from those who work in areas, where violence against women is experienced. Rather than stick with simplistic, but statistically unlikely scenarios, such as rape and sexual assaults, committed by strangers in public places (we do include this in our program), we deal with the more uncomfortable, and socially awkward assaults that are committed by predatory individuals the target knows, in their home or somebody else's etc. We also teach the use of OC/Pepper spray, and how to diffuse and de-escalate potentially dangerous situations. To get a better idea of our program's content and structure please use the button below.