Born in Haifa, Israel, Tamir Gilad served in the IDF, Israeli Defense Forces, in the artillery regiment, where he was also in charge of a unit of seventy soldiers. That was where he first got in touch with Krav Maga. Back in 1987, during the army services, Eyal Yanilov was one of Tamir´s teachers. He trained also a lot with Gabi Noah in his Gym and also with Eli Ben Ami and Zev Cohen. Also he was trained together with Dori Nemetsky and Amnon Darsa and he traveled a lot around the world with them together. Today he is an Expert Level 5 Instructor, the highest Krav Maga level possible, and the KRAVolution head instructor, also head of our Testing Committe!

Asking, what Krav Maga means for him, Tamir explains: “Actually it was love at first sight. It is a way of life. It is not just about teaching people, using it by myself or encouraging others, it influences everything. I have children and when they are playing next to the road, it sets off my self-defense-alarm. Danger in general is so much clearer to you. Every way of life can be prevented by Krav Maga.”

Before his time in the IDF, Tamir used to train different types of Mixed Martial Arts, like Muay Thai, with the former Israeli champion Rany Kaushinsky. As a firearms instructor he has also worked with top shooting instructors, like Michi & Ricki Hollander, Gabi Bouskila and elite security professionals in Israel.

As the head of our Committee, Tamir travels around the world to teach instructors and ensure the quality of Krav Maga worldwide.

His purpose, is to groom the Krav Maga Experts Team worldwide. In that sense So one may walk in peace, the slogan of the Imi Lichtenfeld, was, is and will always be his vision.

“Krav Maga is meant for the good people, who want to live their life in peace. People looking for trouble have a different mentality. From experience, those are not the ones doing Krav Maga,” Tamir says.

For that vision it is of importance to raise awareness for the spirit and mindset of Krav Maga. The Israeli self-defense system is not just a technique, it is a way of life. It is away to think, it´s that why Krav Maga is so successfull.

Krav Maga is the official hand-to-hand combat system of the Israeli Defense Forces and a worldwide growing selfdefense System for Civilians all over. Its quick counter-attacks and offensive techniques make it the ideal fighting style for dangerous and unexpected situations. It’s also the preferred system for U.S. military and law enforcement personnel. This people where trained from Tamir Gilad - as a former Head of law enforcement Division - international on an very high Level. In Tamirs eyes, Krav Maga is not a traditional martial art, but a revolutionary self-defense program. No katas. No rituals.

Based on simple principles and instinctive movements, this reality-based system is designed to teach extremely effective self-defense in the shortest possible time. Tamir Gilad teach Instructors worldwide to teach their students, like civilians, law enforcement members and Soldiers how to defend themselfes during the stress and shock of a sudden, violent encounter and to prepare their students for violent situations. He teaches the battlefield and street „ no nonsense“ tested Krav Maga on a high, international Level for IKMF Instrcutors.