Founder of the self-defence system Krav Maga. Krav Maga (Hebrew קרב מגע: contact combat) is a martial art, at first developed in Czechoslovakia in the 1930s. ...
Imi was born 1910 in Budapest (Hungary). He grew up in Bratislava (Slovakia). He was a successful boxer and wrestler. In the late 1930's Anti-Semitic riots threatened the Jewish Population of Bratislava. Together with other Jewish boxers and wrestlers, he helped to defend his people. In this time he learned that sport has nothing in common with real fighting. He started to develop a system of simple techniques for self-defence. Budapest (pronounced ) is the capital city of Hungary and the countrys principal political, industrial, commercial and transportation centre. ... Bratislava (until 1919: Prešporok in Slovak and Pressburg in German and English; Pozsony in Hungarian) is the capital of Slovakia and the countrys largest city, with a population of some 430,000. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Self-defense usually refers to the use of violence to protect oneself and is a possible justification for this otherwise illegal act. ...
In 1940 he fled from Slovakia to Israel, where he arrived in 1942. There he taught fighters of the Jewish underground organisations Haganah and Palmach. After the foundation of Israel in 1948 he became a instructor at the School of Combat Fitness. The Haganah (Hebrew: Defense, ×”×’× ×”) was a Jewish paramilitary organization in Palestine during the British mandate of Palestine from 1920 to 1948. ... The Palmach (in Hebrew - פלמח ) was the regular fighting force of the Haganah (the underground army of Jewish settlers during the British mandate in Palestine). ...
Later he modified Krav Maga for the needs of police forces and civilians. Krav Maga (Hebrew קרב מגע: contact combat) is a martial art, at first developed in Czechoslovakia in the 1930s. ...
He died in January 1998 in Netanya (Israel). Netanya (Hebrew: × Ö°×ªÖ·× Ö°×™Ö¸×”, Standard Hebrew NÉ™tanya) is a city in the Center District of Israel in Israel. ...
ImiLichtenfeld Sde-Or, founder of Krav Maga, was born in 1910 in Budapest and grew up in Bratislava in a home where sports, law, and Central European education were equally respected.
Imi's father was self-defense chief instructor for the police force and with his encouragement, Imi became active in a wide range of sports: swimming, gymnastics, wrestling, and boxing.
ImiLichtenfeld, father of the Israeli Krav Maga passes away in 1998 at the age of 87.
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