Translated, “Defense” in Hebrew, is a hybrid Martial Art created by Israeli Special Forces Commando and Martial Arts Master, Mike Lee Kanarek –
Our Haganah program is designed to help you develop practical self-defense skills right away. You are exposed to the system’s entire repertoire over a four-month cycle, called a rotation. Rotations consist of a series of agility, strength, and combative exercises to increase physical fitness and proficiency.
Each class starts with aerobic exercises and foundational, precision drills to program your mind-body, muscle memory. After warmup, you pair-up and train a series of combative moves for engaging in hand-to-hand and weapons-based, real-life street scenarios. While effective for many situations, Haganah/F.I.G.H.T. is based on a few simple principles:
- Avoid getting hit
- Don’t be fancy
- Defend yourself in the quickest, safest and most effective way
- Use the opponent’s vulnerable and weak points
- Use available objects as weapons
- If forced to fight, no rules, no limits
- Maximum Efficiency in Minimal Time