Combat Survival--Commando Krav Maga (CKM) is considered by many experts as the most devastating Israeli fighting system. In CKM, you’ll learn to defeat any attackers, including attackers armed with knives, guns, bottles, baseball bats, etc. In addition, you’ll learn how to control or debilitate your opponent immediately irrespective of size, training background or experience level. Most importantly, you’ll see immediate results with CKM's easy to learn reality based training methodology. The system is based on crucial and straightforward moves that can save your life! CKM is a complete system, covering all aspects of real hand-to-hand combat and weapons training. The effectiveness of the techniques has been proven time and time again, and they are taught to the most elite commando units and SWAT forces in Israel and around the world. Equally important to the physical and technical benefits, you’ll also be training your psyche to confidently handle any of life’s innumerable challenges.
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    Moni Aizik (Founder of Commando Krav Maga) a believer of physical fitness and conditioning.

HISTORY:
PAST AND PRESENT... The history of Israeli Martial Arts dates back to 1919, with
the implementation of the British Mandate. In this same year the Jews formed an underground army known as the Haganah (the Hebrew word for defense) to deal with the ongoing conflict with Arab gangs, and in anticipation of the creation of a Jewish state promised to them by the British in the Balfour Declaration. Throughout its existence since that time, the little region in the Middle East now known as Israel has had to fight daily in order to survive. Completely surrounded by its enemies at all times, it has always been totally outnumbered in its battles. In response to these overwhelming variables, the Israelis developed systems of combat that had at their core a particular emphasis on mental toughness to overcome any odds, versatility to deal with any attacker, innovation to always be ahead of its enemies, and practical but deadly tactics executed with technical efficiency. The formality of traditional defense systems was abandoned out of necessity, in favors of methodologies that instead valued rapid, instinctive learning. It is these philosophies that have not only helped Israel and its citizens to survive in what is essentially a war zone, but to go on to form one of the most formidable and respected armies in the world. Throughout the globe today, everyday citizens recognize the efficacy of Israeli Martial Arts and what it can do for them as individuals. Currently there are several forms of IMA in existence, each with the common thread of survival and reality based techniques as their main emphasis. Some are used for basic infantry (Krav Maga) within the Israeli Defense Forces, while others are reserved for more elite units within the Special Forces (COMBAT SURVIVAL Commando KRAV MAGA, KAPAP, Lotar, etc.). It was back in the seventies that Moni Aizik, then a senior member of one of the most elite commando units, was approached by senior staff to improve upon the already existing system of close quarter combat. The system that he developed at that time, incorporating various Israeli and other styles, has evolved into what is now referred to in the world as Combat Survival--Commando Krav Maga.

Until recently the techniques from the system were exclusively available to special military and civilian groups. For the first time it is now available to North American and European civilians. Directly from the tip of the spear: the most elite Israeli commando units’ techniques for armed and unarmed combat. Now everyday civilians can learn the most sought after system without having to go through years of grueling military training. Combat Survival--Commando Krav Maga is a product of the most realistic and competitive combat testing grounds around. Taking the most useful elements taught in one of the toughest military environments in the world, the Israeli special forces, in addition to the most practical elements proven time and time again in the no holds barred octagon like Ultimate Fighting, and mixed with Olympic level martial arts and mental training; Combat Survival–the ultimate reality based martial art, has the requisite training components to teach anyone how to survive any street situation.

In Combat Survival--Commando Krav Maga, you will learn to:
• Defeat any attackers, including attackers armed with guns, cold weapons: knives, clubs, bottles, bats, etc.
• Control or debilitate your opponent immediately - irrespective of size or training background.
• Guaranteed immediate results with easy to learn reality based training methodology.
• Crucial and straightforward moves that can save your life.
• Become a devastating hand-to-hand combat expert!
• Covers all aspects of real hand-to-hand combat and weapons training.
• Taught to the most elite commando units and SWAT forces in Israel and around the world!
*COMBAT SURVIVAL Commando KRAV MAGA includes: Proven, effective and unstoppable techniques!!!

Gun Disarming, Blade Attack Defense, Violent Strangles, Israeli ground Survival, Control, Fast and brutal Striking scenarios, Pressure Points, Violent Headlocks, Baseball bat, Clinch defense, Surprise attacks, Edge weapons, Escape from vicious street-holds, Improvised weapons, crime and terrorism survival skills, Grappling and striking techniques ,Commando Training tips and much more!

The Combat Survival curriculum is an integrated fighting system incorporating principles from Hisardut, Krav Maga (official system, Israeli Defense Forces), Lotar, Kapap, Jiu Jitsu (Brazilian and Japanese), Muay Thai, Judo, mixed martial arts, Ultimate Fighting and more!

Combat Survival-Commando Krav Maga techniques are simple yet highly effective! Moni Aizik always says:” Simplicity is the glory of expression!”


Israeli martial arts have been successfully used for decades by Israeli Special Forces, FBI SWAT, Argentinean GOE, U.S. Marshals, Brazilian GATE, the American Military, U.S. Border Patrol, Helsinki Police, the British TSG, high profile bodyguards, counter-terrorist police units, and SWAT units from around the world.

Despite the no nonsense reputation of Combat Survival–Commando Krav Maga, the system also has at its core basic tenets that help guide individuals throughout their daily living. The same way it’s country of origin has had to overcome severe limitations and weaknesses in order to survive, Combat Survival helps empower the individual with the requisite mental and emotional tools (in addition to the obvious technical and physical ones), that help one to properly navigate through life’s difficulties. As such, in CS students are taught to go beyond the physical and explore a side of their consciousness they are not used to confronting. It is in this way that the system helps deal with the many challenges one can encounter in the day to day. Fundamental to this idea is the awareness of one’s limitations and strengths. It is the consciousness of those limitations that makes us humble as individuals, another major value inherent to the system, but it is the overcoming of those limitations that give confidence and an indomitable spirit when facing future obstacles.

 

The constant emphasis on pushing forward no matter the odds reflects a can do attitude, and one of continuous improvement. The training for CS places particular emphasis on a positive state of mind as an approach to everything in life. As such the attitude is not ‘everything good or bad happens for a reason’, but to quote Moni Aizik, “When Nothing is for sure, everything is possible!” It is this philosophy that helps develop survivors on the battlefield, champions in the ring, and winners in life. In order to be a winner, you have to think like a winner. You have to have a positive outlook, and never, ever give up. And, irrespective of the outcome of life’s challenges, it is from this constant struggle of facing obstacles that character and confidence is developed. Not a shell that exists to impress others, but true inner strength that comes from a well defined and well developed sense of self. One way of exercising this inner strength is by participating in a daily workout (physical or mental) that challenges the individual psyche. One should strive to partake in as rigorous a mental or physical training regime that one can, and in so doing continually develop character at any age in life. As such, the abuse of any substances is to be avoided, and the enjoying of life’s pleasures done so in moderation.

This approach to life is very much a balanced path, one that is easy to veer from and one
that takes time to completely internalize and master; but consistent and diligent training in facilitates the development of the required skills on this journey to self-mastery.
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PHILOSOPHY:

 

The Philosophy of CKM can be broken down into three main dimensions.

1. Ethical
2. Pragmatic
3. Dynamic

Ethical:
In CKM, the intention in any conflict situation is to find a honorable path towards a peaceful resolution. CKM abhors fighting. Violence is the absolute last resort.
CKM always gives the aggressor a chance to save face, an honorable solution as a way out without ever compromising its own sense of self esteem. The body says, “I don’t want to fight”. The eyes say, “watch out”.

Many times, a fight is all about somebody’s ego, either ours or theirs. CKM knows that fighting is mostly avoidable and as such its practitioners do best to deescalate any situation that could turn violent. Every practitioner of CKM seeks to dissolve his own individual ego through intense training and introspection.

Precisely because every CKM technique is potentially lethal, CKM insists that its practitioners respect every other human being, regardless of race, religion or gender.
Therefore, the fundamental CKM principle is this: No first use of force.
 

Pragmatic:
The second principle of CKM is this: While negotiating for peace, prepare for war.
CKM evolved in the hostile environment of the Middle East. So, CKM intrinsically is a mature and pragmatic body of knowledge. Though every CKM practitioner does his best to deescalate the conflict, CKM is not oblivious to the fact that there are many unintelligent people out there who might mistake a desire for peace as weakness.

So, even as CKM tries to negotiate a honorable peace with the aggressor, the CKM practitioner instantly begins to prepare for combat. The CKM starting stance for instance conceals far more than it reveals. If there is going to be any kind of fighting, the opponent will know nothing about what the CKM practitioner knows. This allows CKM to launch the most devastating counter attacks from what looks like an innocuous position.

CKM practitioners are taught to loudly announcing their intentions of not wanting to fight. This further ensures that should the law enforcement authorities intervene, they will have witnesses to show that the CKM practitioner did not want to fight and that whatever happened subsequently was the result of the aggression of the aggressor. Fighting in self defense is legally OK in most countries. Aggression and the use of excessive force is not.
 

Dynamic:
Static systems that claim to know all the answers are obviously highly suspect. All bodies of knowledge must keep evolving to keep pace with new inputs or else they become outdated. CKM is no different. CKM knows that criminals and terrorists continuously keep changing their tactics. Therefore, CKM keeps evolving to keep pace with the new tactics and weapons of the enemy. It is totally dynamic.
 

Combat in the streets is totally unpredictable. There are no rules. There is no referee who will stop the fight, or throw in the towel. There is no honor code. Treacherous behavior abounds. The attacker might pull a gun, or a knife, or have friends lurking not too far away (a gang), it may be two or more than two on one. Such people are capable of stooping to any sub-human extent.
 

The CKM Solution: Think like a Commando. Engage and rapidly disengage. Engage the enemy only if there is no other choice, but if you must then finish him off immediately. Then, rapidly disengage before his friends come to his rescue. The goal is simple. Survival. This is the reality of the street, not of the dojo.

Because Moni and his senior instructors are actively involved with teaching the elite Special Forces, CKM keeps evolving spurred by the demands of one of the fiercest fighting environments in the world; the Middle East.
The third CKM principle is this: In the street there are no rules. Train real.
 

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Combat Survival- Commando Krav Maga Founder Moni Aizik's BIO:

Moni started training in Jiu Jitsu & judo at the age of 8 under Opa Schutte, himself 2 generations away from the founder of Kodokan Judo, Jigoro Kano. Throughout his youth, Moni virtually dominated Israel’s competitive scene, winning national titles 7 times. Deciding not to try for an Olympic birth in his late teens, he opted instead to shift his energy to becoming a member of one of the world’s most clandestine and sophisticated military units, responsible for counter-terrorism and intelligence gathering behind enemy lines.

In the 70s, Moni was asked to improve upon the army's existing hand-to-hand combat system, using his extensive knowledge of reality based Jiu Jitsu and competitive Judo, specifically for the use of their special forces. Blending the lethal trinity of Krav Maga, Jiu Jitsu, kappa Lotar and Judo, he founded: Combat Survival-Commando Krav Maga. As such, one factor that has always separated Moni from the typical Krav Maga instructor is his depth and range of knowledge in Krav Maga and other practical Fighting systems.

After finishing his tour with the military, he would frequently travel to Japan to study the technical wizardry of World Judo and Sambo Champions Isao Okano and Katsuhiko Kashiwazaki. In the meantime, his club in Israel, Maccabi Tel Aviv, was quickly becoming recognized as the defacto national training center, with hundreds students training in Combat Survival-Commando Krav Maga Jiujitsu and judo!

Among Moni’s best Israeli students: Avi Nardia – (one of the leading Kapap and counter terrorism instructors in the world) and Yael Arad the nation’s first Olympic and World medalist

Moving to North America in the eighties, Moni was the first one to Introduce Krav Maga to the Canadian when he start teaching at the J.C.C in Toronto.2 years Later he would go on to demonstrate his abilities in elite instruction, as he would establish one of the most successful schools in Canada, the Samurai Club, which was the first in Canada to teach Israeli fighting systems!

Moni’s club would itself become an house for another generation of Reality based Combat Survival-Commando Krav Maga students and instructors!

Among Moni’s Canadian students: champions and world famous No Holds Barred fighters, including Ultimate Fighting Champion Carlos Newton, Japanese Shooto star Joel Gerson The Samurai Club literally dominated every competition, either provincial or national, that it sent fighters to. The reason reality based fighting system and Jiujitsu is as big as it is in Canada is primarily due to the club’s foundation of fighters (also including Mark Bocek, Omar Salvosa, etc.) who are all considered the best grapplers and reality based martial artists in the country. Nevertheless, what distinguishes Moni from most instructors in general is not only his ability to spot talent and develop it in a variety of disciplines, but more so his finesse in bringing out the champion in the average person, helping them reach levels they never thought they were capable of, physically and mentally. His latest successful venture, EDGE COMBAT FITNESS is located in the north end of Toronto, in Concord, Ontario. CANADA.