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Self-Defense

I teach a type of self-defense called “empowerment self-defense” (ESD). Empowerment self-defense is a method that addresses the psychological, emotional, and cognitive aspects of self-defense and violence prevention as well as the physical aspects.

I am a black belt in Shorin-Ryu Matsubayashi karate, though I no longer practice. I am certified by the Ministry of Sport and have more than ten years’ experience teaching various forms of ESD, including El HaLev’s “The Freedom to Choose” program and IMPACT Self-Defense. I was also involved in the development of El HaLev’s safety program for children and parents.

This is me executing a knee strike on a fellow IMPACT instructor. (Don’t worry, he’s well protected!)

 

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Disengagement

Disengagement

In other times, they would never have met. They come from different corners of Israeli society, rooted in their own beliefs, busy with their own troubles. Farmers and fishermen, skeptics and believers, immigrants and natives, children and grandparents struggle with faith, loss, jealousy, hope—and the turmoil around them only deepens the rifts that divide them. […]

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