WHAT IS KRAV MAGA?

Israeli Self-Defense System

Krav Maga, Hebrew for “contact combat”, created by Imi Lichtenfeld and is the official self-defense and hand-to-hand combat system of Israel. Krav Maga is a very practical style of self-defense and is used by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to train soldiers and civilians to become efficient in a short amount of time.

Krav Maga is an aggressive, anti-terrorist survival system without rules. It deals with personal safety issues in the context of defending against both armed and unarmed attackers with only one objective: to eliminate the threat in the fastest way possible.

  • Counterattacking as soon as possible (or attacking preemptively).

  • Targeting attacks to the body’s most vulnerable points.

  • Maximum effectiveness and efficiency.

  • Maintaining awareness of surroundings.

Fighting Skills

100

Fitness & Cardio

96

Awareness & Confidence

100

Flexibility & Coordination

93

Adaptable to all Ages & Gender

95

WHY KRAV MAGA?

  • PRACTICAL AND INTUITIVE

    All techniques are built upon the body’s natural instincts. Martial arts are strongly based in ritual and as a result, often incorporate strange techniques. Krav is different, efficiency is the only concern. For this reason, many of the strikes and defenses utilize the same basic motion

  • IT’S NOT A MARTIAL ART

    Krav Maga was designed to be utilized against street attacks, muggings and sexual assaults. Krav Maga isn’t about being a tough guy, it’s not about learning how to fight in a ring, it’s about going home alive no matter what the situation is. There are no rules or illegal moves.

  • IT’S A GREAT EXERCISE

    Between the drills themselves and the conditioning, you are guaranteed a hell of a workout. Three minutes of throwing punches or knee strikes is exhausting. So is three minutes of burpees.
    Even diehard fitness enthusiasts will likely discover moves they haven’t seen before.

  • IT’S A VERY REWARDING HOBBY

    First, you have no idea how to throw a proper punch. After a couple weeks, you realize that you just started learning the basics. After a few months, you look back and you feel rewarded for the progress you made. Experiencing this progress is extremely satisfying.

MEET VITOR FERREIRA

Comandos - Special Forces
Comandos - Special Forces
With only 19 years old Vitor Ferreira joined the “Comandos” (Red Berets), the most demanding Portuguese military force.

This experience gave him the knowledge of real combat, firearms, military techniques but more important 4 main benefits: Loyalty to the Team, Reliable Work Ethic, Motivation and Communication Skills.

Martial Arts
Martial Arts
Since an early age, Vitor discovered Martial Arts and all benefits that come with it. Karate was his first passion, spending countless hours training to be the best, sometimes with multiple daily training sessions.

His reward came a few years later with the call for several regional and national championships, where he won many titles, such as the individual Kata (junior) Portuguese championship in 1986, Kumite (team) and Kata (individual and team) in 1989 Portuguese championship.

Krav Maga
Krav Maga
With more than 40 years of experience, Vitor Ferreira trained in several Martial Arts (Karate, Ninjutsu…) until discover Krav Maga and had the pleasure to train with great masters, such as Richard Douieb, Amnon Darsa, Najim Elkebar, Sam Lumpini, Paulo Pereira…

In 2013 Vitor arrived in Canada to be one of the FEKM (Federation European of Krav Maga) representatives in Canada, soon his work was rewarded and proudly accepted to be the Representative of the Israeli Federation (Krav Maga Core International) from Amnon Darsa and Haim Sasson.

In 2021 was named to be the Representative of FIMA (Federation of Israeli Martial Arts) in Quebec, the World’s fastest growing Krav Maga federation.

Right now, Vitor is the Chief Instructor and owner of MKM Canada – Krav Maga, in Montreal.

“ People respect power and it comes in many forms, Krav Maga is power and people will respect you for knowing it.”

Imi Lichtenfeld

OUR STUDIO

If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.