Upcoming StrikeFit® cert taking place September 1-2, 2017 in Las Vegas, NV!  Coach Rachel "Meanbaum" Greenbaum is running this course on a Friday/Saturday instead of the regular Saturday/Sunday schedule, just so you can have a rest and recovery day by the pool on Sunday.  See, she's not really that mean. Don't miss out!  Register here https://krav-maga-alliance.sites.zenplanner.com/event.cfm?eventId=9B109CA9-D351-474B-ACE3-C39392FB17D2

These guys worked hard and represented their schools well here at KMA HQ!

Melissa, Francesco, and Michele recently earned their Level 3 Instructor Certifications in Verona, Italy.  Congratulations, everyone!

Congratulations to Nicola Provolo of Fight and Fit Club and Krav Maga Verona for earning his 3rd Degree Black Belt.  Nicola is part of the KMA Training Team and has done a fantastic job helping Krav Maga to grow in Europe!

Congratulations to Heather Rider, this month's Featured Instructor of the Month! Heather is the lead instructor at New Mexico Krav Maga, the only Krav Maga Alliance affiliate in New Mexico. Heather has been a fitness trainer and instructor as her only job for over fifteen years. She was a reebok master trainer and was featured in many magazines such as Self, Glamour and Shape. While living in New York City and Los Angeles, Heather taught step, boot camp, spinning and body shaping classes.

In 2001, in Los Angeles , Heather found a whole new way to stay fit and to get safe by taking her first Krav Maga class. Heather instantly loved krav maga and eventually started teaching bag classes at Krav Maga Alliance in Culver City.

In 2010 Heather moved to NM and searched for a Krav Maga school. When she found out that there was none she decided to get certified to teach. Since then, three of her students have become Alliance certified and one has become certified to teach kids krav.

New Mexico Krav Maga regularly holds women's self defense seminars to raise money for women's shelters. They also hold week long camps for kids in the summer and spring break. Heather enjoys hiking, teaching spinning  and punching her punching Bob for exercise!

Hwang’s Martial Arts has a family tradition of teaching martial arts in the U.S. since 1960.  In our martial arts classes children and adults learn Tae Kwon Do, Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, and Krav Maga assuring the student of learning realistic self-defense standing up or while on the ground.  You can check out our website at PalmBeachSelfDefense.com

KMA, meet Takeshi Nishio from Maga Gym in Japan!

Takeshi is a 1st degree Black Belt with Krav Maga Alliance, a certified KMA Force instructor and proficient in MMA, Grappling and BJJ. Takeshi has been teaching Krav Maga since 2004 and on average spends a 1,000 hours a year teaching civilians and the Japanese Self-Defense Force. His teaching experience is considered one of the biggest in Japan.

Flagstaff Krav Maga was the first to bring Krav Maga to Northern Arizona. Located at the foot of the San Francisco Peaks, FKM trains at a crisp 7000 feet of altitude. This family-run training facility incorporates the best in self-defense training, athletics, competitive bodybuilding, and sports nutrition. Owners and founders, Daniel and Sarah Pawlicki, are one of a rare few, multiple black belt, husband and wife teams in the KMA. Daniel has served Flagstaff as a law enforcement officer. Sarah heads Northern Arizona University's program design classes for fitness majors. Flagstaff Krav Maga holds classes in all levels of Krav Maga, Young Warriors youth Krav Maga, Fiercely Female lady's self-defense, and Bags and Barbells striking and fitness. 

Everyone worked incredibly hard. Way to bring it! 👊🏼💪🏼

We've been asked a couple of times recently about the KMA fight requirement, so I thought I would update and re-post the link to that requirement. Check out the details here!