Post by username on Apr 6, 2015 11:22:05 GMT
In May 1940, 500 immigrants, many Jewish, boarded the last boat to escape the rapidly tightening Nazi death-grip on Europe. The ship, Pentcho, started in Bratislava, Slovakia, wended its way down the Danube, was quarantined in Romanian waters — its passengers purposefully brought to the brink of starvation — and at last scratched its way into the Aegean Sea. Then the cursed ship wrecked. Most passengers were interned at a concentration camp in Italy, but a few evaded capture.
Among the Pentcho’s escapees was Imi Lichtenfeld — and with him survived the concept of Krav Maga, the hand-to-hand self-defense system now officially used by the Israeli Defense Forces. Since the 1980s, Krav Maga has spread at breakneck speed (pun intended) and is taught worldwide to police, military and civilians alike. Amassing techniques from a range of fighting styles, including Muay Thai, boxing and jujitsu, Krav Maga (“contact combat” in Hebrew) looks to laypeople like a wild, merciless flurry of low blows and eye gouges. But Krav Maga isn’t meant to be pretty. It’s meant to provide anyone and everyone with the skills to defend themselves from armed and unarmed attacks on the street.
www.ozy.com/flashback/how-1930s-fascism-created-todays-trendiest-self-defense/34091?utm_source=Taboola&utm_medium=CPC&utm_campaign=USA%20-%20TL%20-%20Mobile&utm_term=patch-thehaddamskillingworth
Read more: www.ozy.com
Among the Pentcho’s escapees was Imi Lichtenfeld — and with him survived the concept of Krav Maga, the hand-to-hand self-defense system now officially used by the Israeli Defense Forces. Since the 1980s, Krav Maga has spread at breakneck speed (pun intended) and is taught worldwide to police, military and civilians alike. Amassing techniques from a range of fighting styles, including Muay Thai, boxing and jujitsu, Krav Maga (“contact combat” in Hebrew) looks to laypeople like a wild, merciless flurry of low blows and eye gouges. But Krav Maga isn’t meant to be pretty. It’s meant to provide anyone and everyone with the skills to defend themselves from armed and unarmed attacks on the street.
www.ozy.com/flashback/how-1930s-fascism-created-todays-trendiest-self-defense/34091?utm_source=Taboola&utm_medium=CPC&utm_campaign=USA%20-%20TL%20-%20Mobile&utm_term=patch-thehaddamskillingworth
Read more: www.ozy.com