Kobi Lichtenstein

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name = Kobi Lichtenstein


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birth_date = 1964
birth_place = Rechovot, Israel
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occupation = Chief Instructor of the [http://www.kravmaga.com.br South American Federation of Krav Maga]
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Kobi Lichtenstein (1964- ) is the Chief Instructor of the [http://www.kravmaga.com.br South American Federation of Krav Maga] . He is also the Krav Maga's Introducer in South America.
Kobi Lichtenstein was born in 1964, in the city of Rechovot, Israel.

Biography

At the age of three, he began his Krav Maga training with Imi Lichtenfeld, the founder of the art. Accepted in class only for a trial period, due to his young age, he was quickly approved by his master, who soon "adopted" him.

Being renowned as a prodigy, he became notorious to the press at age six. His life was dedicated to Krav Maga, his movements and instincts were shaped by the technique of this art, and at the age of 15, he began teaching his first classes. He joined the first and only special group selected to be trained and prepared by the creator to ensure the continuity of his creation, and with the mission to spread out and divulge the art to the world and to the next generations.

He gave lessons to several specific groups such as autistic people, where he obtained surprising results, female rape victims, problem teenagers considered to be juvenile delinquents, as well as others. After serving three years in the Israeli Army, he received a black belt diploma from the Krav Maga Association in Israel, and as an instructor from the [http://www.jewishsports.net/wingate_institute.htm Wingate Institute] , Israel's National Center for Physical Education and Sport, which is also known as one of the best in the world. He also did extension courses like Physical Therapy, First Aid, Special Nutrition for Athletes and has a deepened knowledge of six different kinds of martial arts. He was the one responsible for all the Krav Maga teaching in the central-south region of Israel, therefore, having millions of students. As an ex-combatant in the 1982 Lebanon War, he joined innumerous special missions of the Israeli Army, worked in National Security Services and earned his master's degree in National Security and Terror by the University Hod Hasharon in Israel, with a partnership with Newport University in California. In 1990, he arrived in Brazil with the support of Master Imi, with the goal of divulging, spreading, and teaching Krav Maga in South America.
He established himself in Rio de Janeiro and founded the Brazilian Association of Krav Maga, which is recognized by the Secretary of Sports and the Ministry of Education of the Brazilian Government. As the first black belt to leave Israel to accomplish the mission entrusted to him, he began his work, and with great success. He surprised everyone, including the army elite and the police with Krav Maga's objectivity and efficiency, as well as with his indisputable competence as instructor and an expert in the subject.

All of the press (media, TV and radio), documented his work every step of the way: the diffusion and spreading of Krav Maga in South America, since the first lessons in clubs and gyms, up until the foundation of the Brazilian Association and later, the South American Federation, the inauguration of the National Training Center [http://www.academiatopdefense.com.br/index.php (Top Defense)] , the many courses in several Brazilian states, and the publication of three Krav Maga books in Portuguese.
During these years in Brazil, Master Kobi has been graduating Instructors who today teach in several gyms in different Brazilian states. He supervises the practice and divulgence of Krav Maga, keeping a high ethical and technical level of his instructors and students, following the suggested steps by his master and creator of Krav Maga.

As a Krav Maga Master and a specialist in security, he has already taught courses to several military, police and private security forces. The training for the security business has been reaching excellent results and the courses have been requested by almost all Brazilian states and by other countries in South America.
He received his last graduation from grandmaster Imi in January 1996, a 6^th dan black belt.

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SHORT DESCRIPTION=the Chief Instructor of the [http://www.kravmaga.com.br South American Federation of Krav Maga]
DATE OF BIRTH=1964
PLACE OF BIRTH= Rechovot, Israel
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