We are very excited and proud of our  former REKM (Roy Elghanayan’s Krav Maga)/ Krav Maga L.A. student Chadwick Boseman for his upcoming film 42 staring himself and Harrison Ford. Chadwick had train in Krav Maga for a few months with Sensei Roy Elghanayan. According to Roy Chadwick was an outstanding student that  worked hard and always liked to be challenged. Roy remembers how “he would love to spar and be good at it to. I remember how he was in amazing shape and also strong.” The REKM family is looking forward to seeing Chadwick on the big screen.

Chadwick Bosemand next to Roy Elghanayan

Her first month of training focused on studying the basics of KM, the movements and philosophy of real krav. Basic Fighting stance, basic kicks, punches, elbows and knees. Then, she learned different Krav Maga combination that involve different strikes. Jesica’s goal was to truly master in Krav Maga as much as one could have in four months. She was not interested in just knowing the moves for her action seances. She truly was interested in developing a set of skills that can work in a real life scenario. The last week of her first month, she went through her first Aggression Training (a very important element in a worriers development. All Israeli Spacial Forces go through this training) that was one week long.

Her second and third month of training covered different attacks like grabs, chocks, bear-hugs and counter attacks. Roy wanted to make sure she knew more then five different ways of getting out of an attack. Roy and Jesica knew that sometimes things change on set for different reason and they wanted to make sure Jesica will be ready for any changes. By her third month of training, Jesica had over twelve hours of Aggression Training. Her development as a fighter was showing and her skills were becoming second nature.

Jesica’s last month of training included different takedowns, police control (as you can see Jesica in action in the film), Gun Defense and Knife Defense, Israeli Tactical Shooting. Her last month included choreographing her fight scenes. It was a very intense month for Jesica, but also very important, because everything was coming together beautifuly. After four month of intense Krav Maga training, Israeli Tactical Shooting and Aggression Training, Jesica’s performance reached to a 4th level in Krav Maga. She truly trained like a worrier from the Israeli Defense Forces. Click here to view Jesica’s fight scene from the movie.

A second scene choreographed by Roy Elghanayan, Click Here.

To all our new students who have been training hard for several months now, the time is finally here! Ring in the new year by showing off your strength and knowledge and testing into Level 2! The syllabus is available at the dojo, so you can pick one up at your next class and start preparing to become an intermediate student at Krav Maga L.A. In addition to the syllabus, you will need to purchase all REKM gear and the REKM uniform. You must register for the test no later than January 1st to reserve your space.

Sensei Roy will be administering the test, and will determine if you are ready to pass. A pupil ready to advance to the intermediate level is one who knows each item on the syllabus and is never unsure, is confident in their abilities, has put in the extra time at open mat to perfect their technique, and pushes themselves both in class and on their own. We want to see the Israeli Fighting Spirit of never giving up, we want to see you focused and locked on your target just like a raging bull. So come in and reserve your space at your next class! It’s time to move up!

Coming July 2013!!! Master Elyashiv’s Krav Maga & Israeli Ju Jitsu Seminar. All styles and levels are welcome to join us. He will be covering different topics like self defense stand-up and ground with and with out weapons, police tactics using a baton. He will also cover MMA tactics and strategy in addition to sparring. Below is a short video from our last seminar with Master Mati Elyashiv, 2012.

This training event will be open for the public. All styles and levels are welcome.  Please, keep in mind spaces will be limited. More info to come during December, 2013.