10/03/2026
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Notes from a student of the Udemy Complete Krav Maga Course by Boaz Aviram
I am watching all the Udemy Videos very carefully, with a lot of attention, and taking notes on the main points. I am also training with a training partner who is an instructor, and we are practicing together.
The Material is Very Practical! If someone simply follows the step-by-step of what is shown with dedication, they would not even need to think about creating or structuring a separate course. Just following everything that is done there thoroughly would already put them in a very good place. It is amazing to see how easily the concepts are explained in the videos. I imagine that your experience and the fact that soldiers would arrive with very different backgrounds and levels required you to be able to take the one who understood the least by hand and bring everyone to the same level.
Imrich “Imi” Lichtenfeld (Imi Sde-Or)
• Who he was: The founder of Krav Maga, born in 1910 (in what was then Budapest and grew up mainly in Bratislava). He was a champion athlete in boxing, wrestling, and gymnastics before developing his combat system.
• Role: Lichtenfeld designed Krav Maga as a practical, real-world system of hand-to-hand combat — originally to defend Jewish communities in Europe, and later for the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).
• Legacy: He served as the first Chief Instructor of Krav Maga in the IDF where he refined the methods for military application. After retiring from the army (around the 1970s), he transitioned the system into civilian teaching and Krav Maga organizations.
• Death: Lichtenfeld passed away in January 1998 in Netanya, Israel.
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Boaz Aviram
• Who he is: A senior Krav Maga instructor who trained directly under Imi Lichtenfeld and later in the Israeli Defense Forces.
• Role in Krav Maga: Aviram served as the third Chief Instructor of Krav Maga at the IDF Fighting Fitness Academy — following Imi Lichtenfeld and Eli Avikzar.
• Contributions:
o He specialized in teaching advanced Krav Maga techniques to IDF special-operations units and oversaw instructor training programs.
o After retiring from the IDF in 1983, he continued teaching Krav Maga internationally (including to law-enforcement and security personnel) and promoting what he calls the original IDF-style Krav Maga.
o Aviram also translated and contributed to Krav Maga manuals and has published books and instructional materials on the system.
• Legacy: He is often described as one of the senior living keepers of the original Krav Maga curriculum, maintaining the lineage back to its founder.
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How They Relate
• Imi Lichtenfeld developed Krav Maga and was the first head instructor in the IDF.
• Boaz Aviram trained under that system and later became the third chief instructor, passing on the knowledge and teaching advanced methods after Lichtenfeld’s retirement.
One of the Secrets of Krav Maga is that if you can learn a knockout drop punch and a cross for follow up if the Drop Punch has been evaded in one hour, you can teach it in one hour.
So if you can learn the whole curriculum and drill it in 21 hours plus warm up according to the breakdown of the total training time, you can instruct it in 21 hours. It might take you a little longer, you might have a crowd that want to learn piecemeal section according to their fitness and schedule, but eventually you will get there if you keep track of what you missed, make lessons plans and monitor yourself with notes to self.
The more you teach it the more it forces you to have an introspective look and hammer your own knowledge and ensure you have a sound knowledge and you are delivering a complete practical training system to others that will help them save their lives in critical moments.
Complete Krav Maga by the 3rd in Lineage ex IDF Chief
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Due to diverse range of styles and variations across the globe, there is no definite count of how many martial arts exist. The Original Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Krav Maga Course in the 1980's Curriculum and approximately prioritized 215 techniques and 15 training drills intensively learned in....
