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Krav Maga Master UK

We have our first Krav Maga Master in the United Kingdom! Spartans Academy of Krav Maga is immensely proud to congratulate Krav Maga Chief Instructor Gheorghe Husar on his Masters diploma from Protect College. This Masters, an accredited diploma acknowledged by the state of Maine department of education USA.  A huge achievement! Krav Maga Master …

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Krav Maga with Dr Itay Gil

Photo: taken over the weekend where Itay Gil and Husar have been working with Engage Movie (engageacademy.club). Spartans Academy of Krav Maga, working with Dr Itay Gil for 5 years.  Our Chief Instructor, Master Gheorghe Husar is Dr Itay Gil\’s partner and UK representative. Gheorghe is Itay Gil\’s right hand man. If Gil needs another …

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A Krav Maga Interview – Gheorghe Husar

A Krav Maga Interview – with Gheorghe Husar, Chief Instructor of Spartans Academy of Krav Maga and Engage Academy Solutions, and Gabe Cohen, Owner of American Krav Maga and Author of Pitbull Bouncer. A Krav Maga Interview ONE TO WATCH: Expert Gheorghe voices his passion for Krav Maga and people. The interview summarises the broad range …

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THE THREE R’s ON THE ROAD TO ACCELERATED KRAV MAGA DEVELOPMENT

Do you want to progress faster? Learn more quickly? Speed up your path to self defence competency? Learning Krav Maga is no different to acquiring other life skills. Although instinctive and based on natural movements, your development will be directly proportional to the effort and thought you put into it. There are no short cuts. …

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SELF DEFENCE DURING A BURGLARY

SELF DEFENCE DURING A BURGLARY – WHAT DOES THE LAW SAY? This is again headline news across national media following the death of a burglar this week. A seventy-eight year old pensioner faced two armed intruders with screwdrivers in his home in south-east London and killed one of them with an edged weapon in his …

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Itay Gil and Krav Maga

There is a key difference between Krav Maga and traditional martial arts. Beyond the obvious dissimilarity that our system is not a sport, not intended for competition and not restricted by rules except those imposed by domestic self defence law, a significant philosophical mindset is omnipresent in what we do. Our skills in situational observation, …

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Do You Need to Learn Self Defence?

The Lottery that is Your Life and Crime – 2017 – Do You Need to Learn Self Defence? The Office for National Statistics provides its annual crime numbers for England and Wales each spring and Spartans Academy of Krav Maga reviews the data to analyse where we need to focus our training and education for …

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The Lottery that is Your Life and Crime

How safe are you from crime? The Office for National Statistics provides annual crime numbers for England and Wales. The latest data from 2016 states that all of us have around 1 in 4 chance to be a victim of a crime each year. Although a significant proportion of this crime is electronic fraud, on …

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Krav Maga Mixed Ability

Krav Maga Mixed Ability: proven advantages of learning within a mixed ability environment. The class is in full progress. John is a near-retiree, carrying a bit more weight than desired, and attending his first Krav Maga session. Phil is a karate practitioner in his late teens, strong and agile, and have practiced Krav Maga for …

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Krav Maga: My Perspective

Hello, my name is Hannah Ostapjuk; I joined Spartans Academy of Krav Maga York in 2011. Many of you will recognise my name from the bottom of your emails, yep, that’s me, Secretary to Spartans Academy. Recently, we’ve been writing about all the wonderful things our students have achieved and posting testimonials from our grateful …

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