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HEAD MASTER AVI NARDIA
KAPAP Academy
Israeli Military and Israeli Martial
Arts
www.avinardia.com
Major Avi Nardia is a former intelligence team member of the Yamam,
Israel’s
premier counter-terror (takeover) unit,
equivalent to the U.S. Delta Force and
F.B.I. Counter Terror units. As
a member of the intelligence team and the
instructor of CQB - Defensive Tactics
(known in Hebrew as Kapap – Krav
Panim Le Panim, which means face to face
combat) he  was exposed to many different
tactics, training and real life situations.
In
his 24 years of experience, he
served in the Israeli army (IDF), in
the Lebanese War (1982), where he earned
the rank of major, and he trained armed
forces all over the world, including
SWAT, SRT, SERT teams from patrol police
to special forces, corrections officers,
Army and Marine units and counter terror
units. In Israel, he taught defensive
tactics and operational behavior at the
Operational Police Academy, which is
charged with training the entire police
force of the country. To this day, he
is a CQB trainer in the Israeli Defense
Force (IDF) Reserves, as well as a Reserve
Police Sniper.
The experience
of training all over the globe gave him
a better understanding of the many CQB
styles and the reasons for their differences.
He came to realize that the different
missions of each armed force generate
different CQB needs, which are then specified
in their CQB manual. The same applies
to law enforcement, where liability considerations
lead to moderate, less lethal techniques
and applications requiring greater control.
When training civilians, the CQB training
must be modified again, to be taught
more as a self-defense application, while
taking into consideration the student’s
physical condition and ability.
Military,
Law Enforcement and Governmental Experience
- Israeli Military Academy Graduate
- Israeli Defense Force -Israeli Krav
Maga (CQB in Hebrew) Instructor
- YAMAM – Israel’s
Premier Anti Terrorist Unit – intelligence
team member and
- CQB/Kapap Instructor
- "Nativ" Unit
of Israeli Foreign Ministry
- Operational
Instructor - Israeli Police Operational
Academy.
- CQB/Defensive Tactics Instructor – Israel
Police Operational Academy.
- Reserve
Israeli Police Sniper
In the
last few years, he Major Nardia has
had the opportunity to teach the following
courses (both alone, and with other tactics
instructors), all over the world:
- KAPAP – Krav
Panim Le Panim
- Israeli Krav Maga
- Lotar - Hand-to-Hand
Systems
- Tactical Shooting
- Defensive Shooting
- High Risk Entry
- VIP Protection
- Aircraft Interdiction
- Bus Interdiction
- Train Interdiction
- Command Post Procedures
- Intelligence
Gathering
Experience With Civilians
Major Nardia specialized
in teaching civilians Kapap at Tel-Aviv
University with Lt. Colonel Chaim Peer,
one of the founders of Kapap. He also
taught at Bar-Ilan University and
Spivak Handicapped Center.
Courses ranged
from Traditional Martial Arts to Olympic
Fencing and Theatrical Combat at Tel
Aviv University. He was also involved
with the Israeli Social Service program
in teaching Kapap-Self Defense to battered
women and rape victims.
After
receiving certification as an Athletic
Trainer from the Wingate Institute,
he was the Physiotherapist /Athletic
Trainer for the Israeli National Rugby
team for five years, and participated
in the World Rugby Sevens Games in Uruguay
in 1995 and 5 International Macabia Games.
Major Nardia also spent two years as
the Athletic Trainer of the Herzliya
National League Handball and Basketball
teams, dealing with various sport injuries.
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