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Profiles In Krav Maga: Avi Nardia

Thursday, August 12, 2021

Krav Maga and Self Defense Blog/Profiles/Profiles In Krav Maga: Avi Nardia

Sometimes a teacher, always a student

Avi Nardia is a world renown martial artist, who has traveled for decades throughout Europe, the Americas and Asia to teach KAPAP.

Avi Nardia (Major, IDF Res.) served as an expert in hand-to-hand combat and safety officer during his 24 years of service. He also served in an Israeli Special Counter Terror Unit as an intelligence team member with the rank of Staff Sergeant Major (NCO) and as its official defensive tactics / CQB instructor.

He is also a former Israeli Operational Police Academy instructor, teaching defensive tactics and operational behavior.

Avi has also trained Police agencies and armed forces all over the world, from Police patrol and corrections officers to SWAT, SRT and SERT team members along with Army, Marine and counter terror units and Special Forces. He is one of a handful of instructors to have been an official instructor for the Israeli army, Israeli Police, and Israeli counter terror units.

With 50 years experience with different martial arts and CQB, Avi Nardia Kapap Combatives serves as a think tank, a repository of knowledge and EXPERIENCE with respect to the next level in reality self defense.

​Today’s KAPAP Combatives are based on understanding and utilizing realistic scenarios that have emerged from real world experience in some of our worst and most threatening environments. Notably, KAPAP minimizes the need for either strength or power on the part of the KAPAP practitioner in taking action to protect themselves or their loved ones.

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Hi, I'm Paul Simoes

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I’ve been knee-deep in martial arts my whole life, and My Krav Life is where I spill the beans on how to keep yourself—and your loved ones—safe in this wild world.

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