Krav Maga History

This martial arts style can first be tracked down to Slovakia where a fighting system was used by Imi Lichtenfeld during times of civil unrest during the periods of 1930-1950. It was in the late 1940's when Lichtenfeld started training others in his newly created style.

Krav Maga is a phrase that is used to refer to combat in close contact.

As a result of the Krav Maga history as described, its popularity really took at the end of the 20th century. The reason for this can be attributed to two Krav Maga Legends - Darren Levene and Etal Yanilov who during this time period worked intensely to promote the word of the combat system and ensure that its techniques are not distorted or modified as it rapidly spread around the world.