HISTORY Imi Lichtenfeld Sde-Or (bless his memory) was the father of the Krav Maga method. He started implementing his method of training in 1944 with the Haganah Brigade, prior to the declaration of the1948 State of Israel. Over the course of the years this training method was used and improved in the IDF, (Israeli Defense Forces), by Imi and later by his top student, Eli Avikzar (bless his memory). Eli was granted the first Krav Maga Black Belt by Imi in 1971. Full Contact Krav Maga is the next generation of this unique street fighting and self defense method. The basic principles are the same: * “The most natural and short movement is the best and right movement.”~ Imi. * “Minimum movement against maximum attack” ~ Eli Avikzar. Guy Dar, the chief instructor of Full Contact Krav Maga, started his training in Krav Maga in 1980. He was authorized as a Black Belt and a Krav Maga Instructor in 1989. Mr. Dar was personally trained by Eli Avikzar through the last 15 years of Eli’s life in a special class of Eli’s top instructors. Guy became one of the highest ranked students of the late Master Eli Avikzar. Guy Dar is also a highly regarded Certified Martial Arts & Self Defense coach from the world renown Wingate Institute in 1995. In addition, he is a Senior teacher and Expert of Defensive Arts in Israel (Wingate 2003). Full Contact Krav Maga is the next generation of this fighting and self defense method. Through the years of real life experience, Full Contact Krav Maga has become simpler, more instinctive, faster and stronger than ever before.