On a typical Tuesday night, when most of my friends are headed to Spin or yoga class, I put on a groin guard and grappling gloves to get punched, kicked, and choked — voluntarily. This might sound ...

GYMS IN ISRAEL that teach krav maga, an Israeli martial art, have seen enrolment soar following Hamas’s terror attacks on October 7th. Training in krav maga is up ...

Getting pummeled by three men with kicks, punches and jabs is not how I typically spend my vacation. Yet there I was on Military Base 8 defending myself from a trio of Israeli attackers. But my ...

“The groin!” exclaimed Madison Schiavi. Madison, an 8-year-old with a reddish-brown ponytail, had minced no words with her quick (and correct) response to the suggestion that she “talk about some ...

YouTuber Laurie Shaw's previous 30-day challenges have seen him taking on a wide range of fitness routines, including calisthenics training and running a mile every day to see how much he can improve ...

Krav Maga, or “contact combat” in Hebrew, is a self-defense and fighting system that combines techniques from judo, boxing, wrestling and aikido. It was originally taught to the Israeli army. Today, ...

Krav Maga is a practical approach to self-defense designed by the Israeli Defense Forces and now utilized by special forces and law enforcement around the world; learned by survival-minded civilians; ...

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Robert Koski would prefer you use verbal judo over your fists, but if you must get physical, at least you’ll know how to throw an elbow or use a knee. About 15 men and women, of all ages, shapes and ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. As someone who has been around the martial arts block a few times, I have learnt how to count to 10 in Japanese, how ...

“Even in the worst-case scenario there’s always a way out,” Chen told the students. “There’s always a solution.” Last year, as antisemitism spiked in New York City after Oct. 7, occupational therapist ...