About this item
The result of extensive research, including an analysis of over 140 active shooter/killer incidents, Krav Maga Extreme Survival provides an apolitical view of personal safety - concentrating on practical methods to survive violent situations. In his third book, Gershon Ben Keren explains how Krav Maga techniques can be used to survive some of the most relevant, extreme situations including carjackings, home invasions and attempted mass killings. The book also details predator profiling methods to aid in the prediction, prevention and avoidance of violence. Demonstrating effective solutions that have been tried and tested in both the real world and through reconstructions of real-life events, each section of Krav Maga Extreme Survival presents detailed instructions alongside a series of photographs that show how to defend yourself and others against: Attacks in workplaces, homes and public places Instances of domestic violence including violent and abusive relationships Assailants armed with knives, handguns, long barrel firearms, explosives, and improvised weaponsAttacks in cars and other confined and restricted spaces Vehicular rammingsUnarmed attackersOne-on-one assaults and attacks targeting a group Emphasizing a dynamic assessment of your environment, combined with a rapid response, Krav Maga Extreme Survival teaches practitioners to neutralize an assailant's advantage early, before the situation escalates.
About the Author
Gershon Ben Keren (Born 1972) , is a Krav Maga Instructor & Self Protection Specialist, who teaches Krav Maga in Boston, Massachusetts. He currently holds a 5th Degree Black Belt,and received both his Black Belts, and teaching certifications in Israel. In 2010 He was inducted into the Museum of Israeli Martial Arts, in Herzilya, Israel. He has trained under some of the IDF's most highest ranked trainers and instructors (including Dennis Hanover, Miki Assulin, Guy Hanover and Eyal Yanilov etc) , and continues to return to Israel to train.
Having worked in the security sector, as an operative, trainer and consultant, his emphasis is on violence mitigation, prediction, and avoidance. His real world experiences, coupled with his academic background in psychology (he holds an MA in Psychology, and has conducted research in violence and aggression; it's causes and manifestations) , informs the reality-based self-defense training that he provides to individuals, corporations, and agencies. He lives in Boston, where he runs his full time school, and corporate services, as well as free women's self-defense/self-protection training, in-person and online, through Krav Maga Yashir Boston.
He is the author of the weekly "Krav Maga Blog" (www.kravmagablog.com) and is a contributor as www.Jetli.com. His free women's personal safety/self-protection program is available at www.womensselfdefense-seps.com.
