MEDIA & NEWS
Since 2002, Krav Maga has generated interest from local TV, newspaper and radio outlets
such as Fox 4, KMBC 9, KCTV 5, KSHB 41, Kansas City Magazine, Kansas City Star, Sun
Publications, The Jewish Chronicle, 93.3, 98.9, 8.10 Sports Talk and others.
Nationally, Krav Maga has generated a great amount of publicity from media outlets
such as NBC, ABC, CNN, Today, Extra, Fox News, Time Magazine, In Style, USA Today
and others.
Plus, there’s the Hollywood connection--celebrities such as Shannon Elizabeth, Brad Pitt,
Angelina Jolie, Christian Bales, Jennifer Lopez and others have trained in Krav Maga both
for fitness and to hone their self-defense skills for movies.
And you may have noticed that as Krav Maga grows in the US, it’s popping up more
and more in main stream media.
Krav Maga in Fiction
- Sam Fisher of Tom Clancy's video game franchise Splinter Cell
is a practitioner of Krav Maga.
- Paris Geller and Doyle McMaster of Gilmore Girls practice Krav Maga.
- Jennifer Lopez's character in the movie Enough, Slim, learned Krav Maga.
- Tony Almeida in the television show 24 is a certified Krav Maga instructor.
- A squad of units in the Heroscape game are called Krav Maga Agents,
presumably using a futuristic form of the system.
- An ex-girlfriend of Ted's in the sitcom How I Met Your Mother learned Krav Maga.
- Sydney Bristow of the TV series Alias is a Krav Maga practitioner.
- Megan Reeves of the TV series Numb3rs is a Krav Maga instructor at the Y.
Other recent Krav Maga "Media Mentions"
Thanks to our members for keeping us updated on when they hear Krav Maga mentioned in the story
line of their favorite shows.
- Huff Showtime, Season I ; Episode 4. Huff’s friend and lawyer Russell Tupper takes
Huff to a Krav Maga class. Note: Although the Krav Maga techniques shown were poorly done
to the point of being unrecognizable, the scene was funny and they said Krav Maga and showed
the Krav Maga logo several times.
- Tyra Banks: Krav Maga was featured on the April 25, 2006, show. "60 Seconds to Save
Your Life".http://tyrashow.warnerbros.com/show_recaps/show_recap_wed33.html"Tyra
assembled a team of experts to teach young women how to save their lives in the critical seconds
following a violent attack. Tyra set up Toccara from America’s Next Top Model in a phony but
terrifying parking lot ambush to demonstrate what easy prey most women were to criminals"
Krav Maga instructor Marcus Kowal from the Krav Maga National Training Center in Los Angeles
demonstrates some self defense techniques. - "Law and Order - Special Victims Unit" CBS: (seen April 2006)The opening
shows kids in a school yard with one little girl "shadow fighting" and repeating
"kick, punch, elbow, knee." - Over and over. A boy says "Is she having a spaz
attack?" Another girl says, "No, it’s Kraft Magoo." The girl doing the shadow
fighting says "No, it’s Krav Maga. It’s what they teach secret agents for self-defense".
"Where did you learn it?" "My mom; they do it in her aerobics class."
- Rachel Ray Food Network (April 2006) On one of Rachel Ray’s shows
(we believe it was Tasty Travels), she talked about Krav Maga and visited to the
National Training Center while in Los Angeles.
Local Media
Kansas City Magazine
January 2006 Issue,
Curing your (Fitness) Commitment Phobias, written by Brandi Wills
"Sometimes all you need to kick start a healthy workout regimen is to find an activity
that helps you break away from your normal routine...Krav Maga is the hottest new fitness
craze in the country "...
November 2003 Edition
A full-page article about Krav Maga & Fitness Center was featured.
On April 18 and 19, the Center was featured on Fox 4 News for a story on
Self-Defense for Women. Thanks to Dodie, Pam, Julie, Sherrie, Anna, Catrina,
Seben, Roger, Erik and Jay for giving up their Sunday morning to come out and
be LIVE on the Fox 4 Morning Show. You all did great! Also, a HUGE thank you to
Fox 4 News reporter Mark Hall and camera man Jason. It was alot of fun!
Below is a copy of the article posted on the Fox 4 website
Lenexa, KS - The Department of Justice reports that sexual assaults against
women occur every two minutes in the United States. Some women turn to self
defense to help them guard against becoming victims. Women are taking time out
to do some heavy bag work as part of their Krav Maga training, but the heavy
bag does not hit back nor does it attack. That's a concern Krav Maga addresses
head on. "We want to give them the tools, so if they are attacked they know
techniques on how to get out of a particular situation," Steve Woolridge, Krav
Maga, said.
Krav Maga is the official defense tactics system of the Israeli defense forces
and is becoming more popular in the U.S. Instructors say it's based on
instinctual fight movements.
Pam works hard practicing taking down her attacker. She says learning self
defense is empowering and a feeling other women need to experience. Pam says
her training gave her confidence recently after encountering two men in an
elevator. "I started going through my training in my mind if they come up
behind me. There are two of them. What do I need to be prepared for?" Pam works
out three or four times a week. She says everyone can benefit from self
defense, especially the smaller women who never shy away from working out with
the guys. "They would have no problem knocking you three feet over their head
to get up and get to safety."
Erik Hulse is a firm believer self defense gives women a fighting chance to
survive an attack. "It's important that whatever you do first is strong and
explosive. It not only makes a point physically but psychological against the
attacker." A good workout and preparing for the dangerous encounter that
hopefully never comes--that is what these women stay focused on.
Mark Hall, Fox 4 News.
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Krav Maga & Fitness Center student, Rusty Sullivan, took a trip with is
brother out to Oregon over the July 4, 2004, weekend. They climbed to the
summit of Mt. Hood and took this awesome picture. His brother, Danny Sullivan,
trains at a Krav Maga Center in Portland. (Rusty is the guy on the right.)
Rusty described the experience as follows: "We started about midnight on Sat
the 3rd and summited around 05:30 Sun the 4th. Temp was about 30 deg with a 60
mph wind. We stayed about one hour on the summit then was forced to leave
because the temp and snow conditions get bad after the sun starts to rise. We
had one heck of a good climb, one of our best. Four in our party; we all made
it. Next one is Mt. Adams! The photo is my brother Danny Sullivan and I. He
lives in Portland Or. and trains at the Krav center there."
Rusty and Danny really took Krav Maga to new heights! Thanks guys!! AWESOME
Picture!!
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