Mollie Tibbetts. Wendy Martinez. Karina Vetrano. These names remind us of the risks of running blissfully alone, something that many runners—especially women—now feel uncomfortable doing. Runner and ...

(New York Jewish Week) — Last year, as antisemitism spiked in New York City after Oct. 7, occupational therapist Ruth Peer began to hear about troubling incidents from the Jewish children she works ...

On a typical Tuesday night, when most of my friends are headed to Spin or yoga class, I put on a groin guard and grappling gloves to get punched, kicked, and choked — voluntarily. This might sound ...

YouTuber Laurie Shaw's previous 30-day challenges have seen him taking on a wide range of fitness routines, including calisthenics training and running a mile every day to see how much he can improve ...

If you saw Meagan Harvey carrying her toddler on the street, your first thought wouldn’t be trained fighter. The 30-year-old from Kerrville stands 5-foot-8, weighs 145 pounds and has a sweet smile and ...

Getting pummeled by three men with kicks, punches and jabs is not how I typically spend my vacation. Yet there I was on Military Base 8 defending myself from a trio of Israeli attackers. But my ...

GYMS IN ISRAEL that teach krav maga, an Israeli martial art, have seen enrolment soar following Hamas’s terror attacks on October 7th. Training in krav maga is up ...

Krav Maga, or “contact combat” in Hebrew, is a self-defense and fighting system that combines techniques from judo, boxing, wrestling and aikido. It was originally taught to the Israeli army. Today, ...

Krav Maga is a practical approach to self-defense designed by the Israeli Defense Forces and now utilized by special forces and law enforcement around the world; learned by survival-minded civilians; ...

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Krav Maga (contact combat), a military self-defense and fighting system, is derived from the street-fighting experience of Hungarian-Israeli martial artist Imi Lichtenfeld in the late 1950s. Initially ...