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Profiles In Krav Maga: Mark Slane

Friday, October 08, 2021

Krav Maga and Self Defense Blog/Profiles/Profiles In Krav Maga: Mark Slane

Train. Train Safe. Train Hard. Train Often. Be An Opponent Not A Victim.

- Mark Slane

Who Is Mark Slane?

Mark Slane is the United States Krav Maga Association> Founder and Chief Instructor. In 1999 Mark Slane was a member of the very first group of outside instructors ever trained at the Krav Maga National Training Center in Los Angeles. He then went on to open one of the first half dozen Krav Maga schools in the United States.

Mark became a black belt in November of 2003 (one of only two dozen in the U.S. at the time), tested with the USKMA to Second Degree Black Belt in 2009, to Third degree in 2012 and received 4th degree black belt in 2016. Mark then received his 5th degree black belt in 2019. Mark has trained in Israel with one of only 12 whom the founder of Krav Maga (Imi Lichtenfeld) trained to black belt, Grandmaster Yaron Lichtenstien.

Mark has studied the martial arts for over thirty years. Mark started his training in Tae Kwon Do and holds a fourth degree black belt in that art. In Olympic style Tae Kwon Do he won a national championship in sparring in the light weight division – 33 to 40 year old age group. He has also coached and trained dozens of national medalists, national champions, U.S. team members and World medalists. Mark has trained in boxing for several years with Olympic Gold Medalist, Jerry Page and has spent years studying Muay Thai, BJJ, and Mixed Martial Arts as well.

​Mark has been published in Black Belt magazine and is the author of Be Safe! Self Defense for Women In the Real World>, American Krav Maga>, Krav Maga For Law Enforcement>, Defending the Blade & the Barrel> and Adults in the Dojo, Where’d they go?

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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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