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FOUNDER OF KRAV MAGA

Imre (Imi) Lichtenfeld, born in Budapest in 1910, was the founder of Krav Maga. Imi trained at his father’s gym and became a successful boxer and wrestler, and competed in National and International competitions. As a young man, he learned to defend himself during the anti-Semitic riots that riled his neighborhood. He began developing what would be the precursor to today’s self-defense system of Krav Maga. In his 30s, he left his country during the Nazi occupation and began teaching his self-defense methods to the Jewish underground. He served in the Czech military and after his discharge in 1942 he settled in Israel and taught the special forces self-defense. He became the chief instructor of hand-to-hand combat for the Israel military and in the 1970’s began building his training techniques for the civilian self-defense method known as Krav Maga. Imi Lichtenfeld died in 1998.


Erik Brown and Kevin Mack
Instructors


INSTRUCTORS

Kevin Mack’s Instructor:
Alan Feldman (3rd degree black belt) is one of three Americans trained in Israel under the founder of Krav Maga, Imi Lichtenfeld, and his top instructors in order to introduce the Krav Maga system to the United States. He has been teaching the Krav Maga system in the Philadelphia area since 1981 and has trained thousands of students  in various venues. As a personal student of the founder, Alan was provided with deep insights on how to teach and represent the system in the US. Certified by the Israeli Ministry of Education his knowledge, depth and understanding of the details of the system is second to none. Over the years Alan has trained and promoted a number of students to high ranks and qualified several instructors. All of the instructors at AKM are high ranking students of Alan Feldman, and we strive to maintain the quality and integrity of his teaching style in all of our programs.

 


Head Instructor of AKM:
Head instructor Kevin Mack has over 8 years experience in the Krav Maga system and 20 years experience in the martial arts including Muay Thai kickboxing, Savate and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. He has trained exclusively with Krav Maga instructor Alan Feldman who is a direct student of Krav Maga founder Imi Lichtenfeld and who was responsible for introducing Krav Maga to the eastern United States in the early 1980's. Kevin Mack has also trained with several high ranking instructors of the Israeli Krav Maga Association. He was awarded his Black Belt in Krav Maga by Alan Feldman in 2009.
 

 


Assistant Instructor:
Erik Brown has spent the last nine years training in Krav Maga and was awarded a brown belt under Alan Feldman. Erik was attracted to the art by its simplicity and functionality. Instead of spending hours studying katas and traditional movements, time was spent learning to defend oneself in the most efficient manner. Being a total fitness freak, Erik also found the classes challenging and addictive. Despite the occasional shots to the head, Erik has managed to complete a master's degree at Drexel University. He was awarded his black belt in Krav Maga by Alan Feldman in 2010."

 


Assistant Instructor:
Scott Greisler has spent the better part of the last decade studying martial arts, and during a majority of that time has trained extensively in Krav Maga with Alan Feldman.  He was awarded his black belt in Krav Maga under Alan and is privileged to be working with Head Instructor Kevin Mack in training the students at Atlantic Krav Maga.  He has also trained with many other great Krav Maga instructors during his many years of instruction while attending numerous seminars and training events.  In addition, Scott has also trained in the martial arts disciplines of Jeet Kune Do, Muay Thai and Kali, but has devoted his focus to Krav Maga due to its simplicity and direct approach. He feels very honored to be able to contribute to assisting in the lineage that Alan has started and that Kevin has continued.


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