Team CrossFit is very honored and privileged to announce the newest member to our Krav Maga Instructor staff - Barry Borses.  Barry is certified Black Belt Instructor and was one of the original groups of Americans to have trained in Israel with the founder of Krav Maga - Imi Lichtenfeld.  He brings a wealth of history and knowledge to Team CrossFit's Krav Maga program and we are all super excited to have him here.  Now we have two certified Black Belts teaching here!  Check out Barry's bio:

Barry was fortunate to be introduced to Krav Maga as early as 1983.  In a short time it became a passion which pushed him to excel through yellow, orange, green, and blue belt in just over a year and a half through intensive training and seminars.  In the summer of 1984 he had the opportunity to train for four weeks in Israel with Eyal Yanilov, Elli Avikzar as well as Grand Master and Founder Imi Lichtenfeld at the Wingate Institute for Physical Education and Sport. He returned with his assistant instructor’s degree from the Administry of Education in Israel and a desire to teach all levels of Krav Maga to children and adults.  In 1986 after his second trip to Israel and continued training with Darren and Eyal, Barry received his black belt and continued teaching in numerous locations and schools to help spread the system which he loves. After many years away, the desire to train has brought him back to Krav Maga with the same desire and passion to teach that had excited him before.  He is proud to be able to once again pass along his knowledge and passion to Team Crossfit students and its members.

-  Black Belt - Full Instructor – Krav Maga – Administry of Education Israel

-  Certified Massage Therapist  - Specializing in Sports Injuries and Rehabilitation

Our lead instructor James Lee is featured in up coming issues of Black Belt magizine along with Krav Maga Alliance Founder John Whitman in 3 different articles regarding Krav Maga and CrossFit, Krav Maga ground fighting, and Krav Maga Anti-terrorist training.  Check out the behind the footage video of the photo shoot.

Krav Maga Alliance is conducting a Krav Maga and firearms training in Las Vegas on June 4th - 6th.  This will be hosted by Krav Maga Alliance with Krav Maga Las Vegas and American Shooters.  This one is not to be missed!  Click on the poster for more details and registration.

Training will include
- Krav Maga self defense and weapon defenses
- Firearms training
- Stress drills involving KM and firearms combined!!

Check out this video about "what is Krav Maga?".  This video is from an upcoming Krav Maga instructional DVD called "The ultimate Krav Maga".  Our lead instructor James Lee had the honor and the pleasure to be a part of this video and you can check it out for yourself HERE.

Who has the right to defend themselves?  EVERYONE!  Anyone and everyone has the god given right to defend themselves from harm and that includes kids of all ages.  Check out Brandon our in-house prodigy showing everyone that age is nothing but a number and it doesn't matter how young, small, different you are, you can still fight and fight like your life depends on it.

Congrats to our new Level 2 students!  They worked their butt off in the Level 1 test this Saturday and they really kick some booty!  Our Krav Maga family is growing and it's wonderful to see everyone progress into higher levels.  They are the future of Krav Maga and its looking good!

In case you didn't know, we are a proude member of the Krav Maga Alliance. Krav Maga Alliance was created by John Whitman, a fourth degree black belt in Krav Maga. John is the former president of Krav Maga Worldwide, and earned instructor degrees from the Krav Maga Association of America, Krav Maga Worldwide, and Wingate University in Israel.  Our lead instructor James recieved his instructor degree also from Krav Maga Association of America, Krav Maga Worldwide, and his 1st Dan Black Belt from John Whitman.  We are very fortunate and lucky to have such great talents and instructors as part of our family!  Check out this picture from the last Level 1 instructor training at the Krav Maga Alliance HQ in Culver City.  Our very own Stu and Chritian was among the new instructors to be included in this great honor.  Congrats guys!