Everyone worked so hard in that Vegas heat!

We at the Krav Maga Alliance are proud to announce the addition of three new 3rd Degree Black Belts to our ranks!  Sepi Melamed, Daniel Hines, and Michael Hooker all fulfilled the requirements for a 3rd Degree Black Belt during our Advanced Testing in August 2017.  They were fantastic!

In the martial arts world, adding high level black belts can be a questionable experience. There are so many belt factories, and so many people breezing through promotions, that high ranks sometimes become meaningless.

That is not the case here.  I feel confident in saying that these individuals have earned every one of their stripes. Not only are they proficient in the highest levels of Krav Maga, they also pursue training in other disciplines including boxing, Muay Thai, and BJJ. All three have fought competitively. All three are well versed in firearms.  One of them has even been shot (not necessarily a requirement for 3rd Degree!).

In Krav Maga, they have proven excellence in defending against hand guns, long guns, knives, and sticks. They have shown high levels of skill in standup and ground fighting, and have displayed an ability to handle extreme stress while maintaining precision and aggressiveness.

Sepi, Daniel, and Michael represent both the present and the future of the Krav Maga Alliance, and we are proud that they are part of our team!

Congratulations to Jeanna Cournoyer, owner and head instructor of Fight Back Fit - Self Defense & Fitness in Houston, TX. She's the Krav Maga Alliance Featured Instructor of the Month!

Jeanna is a certified Krav Maga Black Belt Instructor through the Krav Maga Alliance. Jeanna is the only female Krav Maga Black Belt in Houston, and one of only a few females teaching Krav Maga in the United States. She is a member of the Krav Maga Alliance Training Team – a select group of Krav Maga instructors who have “train the trainer” status.  Jeanna is a certified Fear and Adrenal Stress Training (F.A.S.T) Coach and specializes in working with women and teens on self-defense tactics and survival skills. Jeanna is a certified Tactical Pistol Instructor through Combat Shooting and Tactics (CSAT), and is the only female to have successfully completed this certification.  She offers handgun training, including women’s only classes.  Jeanna is also a CrossFit Level 1 instructor and personal fitness trainer.

To learn more about Jeanna's gym, Fight Back Fit, visit their website: http://www.fightbackfit.com

Congratulations to Reflex BMC Krav Maga in Utrecht, Netherlands. You're our Featured Affiliate of the Month!

Reflex Body and Mind Control (BMC or Reflex Reflex) represents practical self defense training in which the combination of body and mind centered.

SLR stands for realistic self-defense based on the natural reflexes of your body. At times when you are exposed to stress and anxiety you react based on your natural reflexes.

Our mission is to make people aware of the physical and mental capabilities they have by providing effective Self Defense training the body and mind are central.

To learn more about Reflex BMC Krav Maga, visit their website: https://www.reflex-bmc.nl/

Congrats to our most recent group of StrikeFit Instructor candidates!  It was great working with you at Revgear University!

Congratulations to everyone who came for the Krav Maga Alliance Advanced Test at KMA HQ in Culver City. Every year, I assume that either the group will get smaller or the quality will go down. However, the opposite has happened. This was our largest group and the quality was incredibly high.

Thank you to Tony Morrison, Richard Swords, and Derrek Hofrichter for helping to conduct the test. Thanks to Rachel Greenbaum for helping me to coordinate everything. Thanks to everyone at Alliance Culver City for all your work in managing the gym during this time.  This was a great event, and we owe it to all of you and all the participants for their dedication!

John Whitman will be conducting seminars in Newcastle and Swindon in September. Please see the attached flier for details. I hope we see you there!

Congratulations to Katie Toliao-Hurd of Combat Sports Academy in Dublin, CA. You're our Featured Instructor of the Month!

Katie is a 1st degree Black Belt in Krav Maga and the Program Manager of Krav Maga at Combat Sports Academy (CSA) in Dublin, CA. She held a spot on the 2009 U.S. National Muaythai team that competed at IFMA, the Muaythai World Championships in Bangkok, Thailand. Katie also held the U.S. National Title with the MTAA at 135 pounds. She eventually decided she loved teaching regular people how to protect themselves and their families more than she loved fighting, and went on to focus on her Krav Maga career. As a member of the Krav Maga Alliance Training Team, Katie holds "train the trainer" status and is a certified KMA Force Instructor.

To learn more about Katie's gym, Combat Sports Academy, please visit their website: http://csagym.com/

Congratulations to Krav Maga Evolution in Liege, Belgium! You are our Featured Affiliate of the Month!

Founded in 2006 by Brice Martens, Krav Maga Evolution is today for one hundred members and several high level instructors. Krav Maga Evolution, a system initially created to enable each person to defend themselves, pursues this essential objective of Krav Maga by proposing numerous techniques adapted to the different physical and tactical skill levels of the participants.

Learn more about Krav Maga Evolution on their website... http://www.kravmagaevolution.be/

If you plan on attending the Advanced Prep Weekend in Culver City this Saturday and Sunday, July 15 & 16, please register. If you think you have registered, please log in and confirm. We have a very large group coming this weekend and we want to be as organized as possible.

We will be sending out an email confirmation and schedule to everyone on Wednesday morning.

Looking forward to seeing you all soon!