Dear Kravers,

We hope you all made it through 2020 without too much difficulties and we wish you all the best for 2021! We are looking forward to a year of getting back to “business” and getting back in shape! More about all of that later on in this newsletter. Enjoy reading and see you soon at our trainings, seminars or trainingcamps.

1. Our goals for 2021

Given the ongoing pandemic and its associated uncertainties, Team SMART Krav Maga Brussels has agreed to some general principles rather than specific goals:

• we will do the best we can under the circumstances.
• at least for the foreseeable future, any permitted training will be done ad hoc via meetup until normality resumes.
• we will maintain the online HIIT sessions
• we do not charge the usual annual fee at this time (a pro rata fee later in the year might be suitable if full normality is resumed)

2. Online High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT)

To stay fit during any lockdown, we are all doing work outs at home of course.

To support and motivate each other, some of us are meeting for online HIIT sessions twice a week, usually Tuesdays and Thursdays at 19:00.

Want to join us? Keep an eye out for the Zoom invitation in our Whatsapp group.

Not in our Whatsapp group yet? Send a messsage to Nina or Maurits!

3. Brussels Self-Defense Krav Maga Meetup

Join the Brussels Self-Defense Krav Maga Meetup to not miss any upcoming Krava maga training, seminars or trainingcamps.

4. Empowerment Self Defense & IMPACT

As you might or might not be aware of, Nina started training to be an Empowerment Self Defense (ESD) instructor in 2019 in New York. In 2020 she started her training as an ESD Master Instructor and IMPACT instructor in Jerusalem. This is an ongoing process that will allow her to grow as a Self Defense professional. Against all odds in Covid times, she was invited to give an ESD & IMPACT Level 1 instructor training in Albania last year November! The training was organized with multiple  partners, including UN Women. Fun fact – our SMART head instructor Amnon Darsa also participated as a padded instructor for IMPACT.

Empowerment Self Defense is an evidence-based self defense system for women and vulnaurable groups, keeping in mind the reality that most violence is experienced in familiar circles by people that we know. This changes the dynamics of violent encounters, including verbal, emotional & physical violence. The main objective is violence prevention, empowerment & equality.

IMPACT is a specific self defense program which aims to prevent sexual assault, harrassment and any other boundary violations. It includes a lead instructor, and a fully padded instructor. In this program, realistic scenarios are mimicked which allow women to experience high-stress situations and fight back with all their force. Training as realistically as possible under stress allows for your muscle memory to retain the moves you have learned, and shorten your freeze response if you ever do find yourself in such a situation. It is truly a one-of-a-kind experience! Fun fact: Nina’s mother took an IMPACT course last year at the age of 60 (!) and was absolutely fierceless.

Both Empowerment Self Defense & IMPACT are trauma informed and research-backed self defense systems. If you want to know more, have a look at:

www.esdglobalselfdefense.org & www.impactselfdefense.org

Hopefully we will get IMPACT and more ESD trainings to Belgium in 2021! Stay tuned!

You can follow Nina on Facebook if you want to stay updated on these events. Feel free to contact her directly if you have any questions or would like to know more!

5. Stock SALE! Dry-fit T-shirts SMART Krav Maga

Are you interested in getting an extra dry fit SMART Krav Maga T-shirt or you do not have one yet? We are selling the last 2020 design SMART Krav Maga T-shirts for the reduced price of 15 euro(normally 20 euro, price does not include 2,20 euro shipping costs). Place your order by e-mail to bxl.kravmaga@gmail.com.

6. Keep in touch and share

If you have any specific questions and/or remarks, please don’t hesate to contact us directly through email, Facebook or Whatsapp.

Send a SMS message with your name and text “add to whatsapp” to +32 491526232 (Nina) or +32 468156004 (Maurits) to be added to our Whatsapp group.

Have you been enjoying our classes? Please give us a review or some feedback on our Facebook site, Google or Twitter:

• Facebook
• Twitter

KIDA!

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Train hard and have fun!
Team SMART Krav Maga Brussels

Important update:
Due to COVID-19 measures, following the decision of the Minister of Sports, it is with regret that we announce cancellation of our Krav Maga classes until further notice. Stay safe and healthy!

Team Krav Maga Brussels

Dear SMART Kravers,

This is the newsletter for Q2 2020…

1. Covid 19

For the past few weeks, SMART Krav Maga Brussels has been closely monitoring the spread of COVID-19 throughout Belgium and we have been following guidance from local health authorities to ensure we have the right plans and resources in place to safeguard your health and well – being. 

As you are probably aware, movement within Belgium is severely restricted until the 19th of April with a high probability to be further extended. Group gatherings are banned, and it’s advised to keep social distancing. Given these circumstances, we have been left with no choice than to postpone the regular Krav Maga classes, the SMART Krav Maga Camp in Ardennes and level tests, until further notice. 

We will continue monitoring things closely and will keep you informed in case of any changes. In the meantime, we will also transfer back your camp contributions, as we cannot predict how the situation will evolve.  

SMART Krav Maga Brussels’ students may postpone the payments of the monthly fees until we get back to regular training.

Remember your safety is always our top priority! 

2. Online High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT)

To stay fit during the lockdown, we are all doing work outs at home of course.

To support and motivate each other, some of us are meeting for online HIIT sessions three times a week, usually Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 19:00.

Want to join us? Keep an eye out for the Zoom invitation in our Whatsapp group.

Not in our Whatsapp group yet? Send a messsage to Nina or Maurits!

3. Krav Maga Curriculum

What is a curriculum?

Find the answer and download your Krav Maga curriculum on our website now:

Curriculum Download

4. Thursday Q&A sessions and Krav Maga videos

Soon we will be sharing Krav Maga training videos and start with online Q&A sessions where we will discuss Krav Maga Curriculum, how to train Krav Maga by yourself at home and of course we will try to answer all your questions concerning Krav Maga and self defense. Q&A sessions will be announced in the Whatsapp group or drop us a message at bxl.kravmaga@gmail.com if you prefer to be notified by e-mail.

5. Online Empowerment Self Defense workshops

Hello! Hello!

Meet Bob! We offer online Empowerment Self Defense workshops for young people, women and parents with their children!

* Have you always wanted to try a self-defense or assertivity course?
* Are you a teacher who would like to do a workshop against bullying with your students?
* Are you a parent who would like to teach your child about setting limits and self-defense?

Then contact us! One or more online workshops will learn:

– recognise potentially dangerous situations and escalating
– how you can physically and verbally define your borders
– Some basic physical self-defense techniques

What do you need? Internet, a little space, a mattress or something similar, and a little imagination 🙂

Interested? Send us a private message via Facebook or email!

Bob and I will react as soon as possible!

Nina.

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6. Upcoming seminars and Krav Maga camps

POSTPONED

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7. Keep in touch and share

If you have any specific questions and/or remarks, please don’t hesitate to contact us directly through email, Facebook or Whatsapp.

Send a SMS message with your name and text “add to whatsapp” to +32 491526232 (Nina) or +32 468156004 (Maurits) to be added to our Whatsapp group.

Have you been enjoying our classes? Please give us a review or some feedback on our Facebook site, Google or Twitter:

• Facebook
• Twitter

KIDA!

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Train hard and have fun!
Team SMART Krav Maga Brussels
Nina, Alex, JP and Maurits

Amnon Darsa is indisputably one of the world’s greatest Krav Maga professionals.
Amnon started training in Krav Maga when he was just thirteen years old, and from 1988 was the protégé of Eyal Yanilov, Imi’s closest and most trusted student.
Before creating S.M.A.R.T Krav Maga Amnon created Krav Maga Core, and before thathe spent almost a decade working with the International Krav Maga Federation and Krav Maga Global. As the lead global instructor in both of these organisations, he has developed an unmatched expertise in all sectors of Krav Maga, with particular emphasis in military, law enforcement, special weapons and training, and executive protection.
Amnon is also an advanced driving instructor, Master RKC kettlebells instructor and a Primal Moves instructor.
Amnon’s contribution to the Krav Maga industry has been immense, from training civilian instructors and armed forces units across the globe, to serving as the head of the testing committee in the IKMF, through to founding the E and G crash camps, and even developing grading systems and testing software.
Amnon is universally respected for his unwavering standards.

Amnon is the Chief instructor of SMART Krav Maga.

Find out more about Amnon Darsa on his new website: amnondarsa.com

Here you can also find out more about the Krav Maga Curriculum

© S.M.A.R.T Krav-Maga – All Rights Reserved

Dear SMART Kravers,

This is the newsletter for Q1 2020; we are starting the year with a BIG BANG!

1. Welcome new Krav Maga students

Last months several new students have joined Krav Maga Brussels. A big warm welcome to our newcomers!

We are happy to have such a fun and motivated group of advanced and beginner Krava Maga practitioners at the beginning of this year!

2. Bring a friend or family member

Bring your friends/colleagues/family for a free trial class and get free months of training upon their registration.

1 registration = one month free training for you

2 registrations = two months free training for you

3. Thursday training

Every first Thursday of the month we will give a special training, outside of the regular curriculum. High level Krav Maga!

Any subjects you would like to have a special training on? Let us know!

On following Thursdays, we will train “outdoors”:

February 6th

February 20th

March 12th

April 16th

May 7th

May 28th

4. Payments

A kind reminder: the annual membership fee is due in January. The fee includes insurance costs and your new dry-fit SMART Krav Maga T-shirt.

In case you did not pay yet, please do so as soon as possible.

5. Practitioner level test

The date is set: we will conduct our P-level test on June 20th 2020.
Level testing is not mandatory, but it will allow you to have a clear idea of where you stand on the Krav Maga ladder and push yourself further. Questions about level testing? Ask your instructors.

Please note: regular training is necessary in order to properly prepare yourself for the level test.

Location: Sports hall Emanuel Hiel, Freesiadreef 7, Schaerbeek.

6. ESD (Empowerment Self Defense)

On Saturdays 18th and 25th of this month, we conducted our second ESD workshop, with very positive feedback!

12 women of different ages and backgrounds worked on mental, verbal and physical self defense – including awareness, boundary setting and deescalation – for a total of 8 hours. It was fun, exhausting, inspiring, challenging and much more!

Due to great success and demand for more, more workshops will be coming up soon! Stay tuned! Questions about ESD? Contact one of your instructors.

7. Upcoming seminars and Krav Maga camps

SMART CAMP ARDENNES

May 15/16/17th 2020, SMART Belgium will organize a Krav Maga weekend in the Belgian Ardennes near to pitoresque Han-sur-Lesse.
During 2 nights and 2 days you will experience training outdoors in a beautiful natural environment.
Besides revision of all P-level curriculae (preparation for upcoming level test, June 20th), there will be special trainings, on Krav Maga Graduate and Expert level themes (open to all level students).

On top, we will alternate our Krav Maga training with outdoor activities, such as rappelling, lasergaming, BBQ, campfire and night dropping, to guarantee an exciting weekend.

SMART CAMP GERMANY

SMART CAMP ISRAEL

Amnon Darsa is excited to inform you that SMART will be holding another two camps in 2020!
One will be in the summer, around May/June in the north of Israel and the other will be in winter (winter camp) around December in Eilat.

The winter camp will be a joined venture. We will again try
something new and collaborate with another club and a good friend from the Netherlands.
Therefore another fantastic opportunity to train in a warm climate while winter sets in Europe.

Exact dates and program are to be confirmed.

Self Defense Trainer course

The SDT course is the first step on the journey to becoming a fully qualified Krav Maga instructor.

Requirements
The will to learn and teach Krav Maga

Duration
7 days of full training that will bring you to the high level of S.M.A.R.T. Krav Maga.
During the course, you will learn and understand the techniques, put your knowledge to the test by stress drills, train and understand the zombie games and the fighting we use in Krav Maga and how to teach them.

Price
S.M.A.R.T. Krav Maga is running SDT course on demand for its members or for professionals who like to learn more.

Interested? Contact one of the instructors.

8. Keep in touch and share

If you have any specific questions and/or remarks, please don’t hesitate to contact us directly through email, Facebook or Whatsapp.

Send a SMS message with your name and text “add to whatsapp” to +32 491526232 (Nina) or +32 468156004 (Maurits) to be added to our Whatsapp group.

Have you been enjoying our classes? Please give us a review or some feedback on our Facebook site, Google or Twitter:

• Facebook
• Twitter

KIDA!

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Train hard and have fun!
Team SMART Krav Maga Brussels
Nina, Alex, JP and Maurits

As in 2019 Amnon Darsa will come to Erfurt to conduct a full week of training with our friends at PSV (that stands for Polizei Sport Verband Erfurt). And the good new is : you can be there too.

Undersigned was there in 2019 and it was amaaaaazinnnng. First of all, the members of PSV (who coincidentally, apart from 2 policemen have nothing to do with the police) are fun and made me feel at home immediately, despite the fact that I do not speak any German.

The second reason is that these guys leave nothing to chance. To conduct a bar fight session, they arranged a mega dancing and the noise and the smoke that goes with it. Check out the link https://www.facebook.com/PolizeisportverbandErfurtKravMaga/videos/178124846418667/.

For the carjacking/road rage session they organised a trip to a car breaker yard where we practiced the techniques in real cars. And that wasn’t all, for the public transportation session, they arranged a bus and a tram. We practiced while the vehicles moved…

Like last year, most days will be split in basic level training in the morning and seminar style training in the afternoon or evening. This year we will i.e. go for fighting in an airplane (cabin simulator), fighting in the woods or waters and we’ll have a session in a shooting range.

The third reason why this seminar is not to be missed is the opportunity to train with Amnon Darsa. Amnon is synonym for Krav Maga. He travels the world to deliver training, and wherever he is, it’s fun.

Date : May 30th to June 5th, 2020 Place : Erfurt, Germany
Language : English with translation to German or French if needed

If you want to go, don’t wait to long to reserve your spot (contact JeePee). The people at PSV cannot guarantee a place to stay otherwise.

The Krav Maga Brussels instructor team congratulates all Krav Maga students, from Gembloux, Namur, Fernelmont, Liege and Brussels, that participated and passed the level test last Sunday!

Also want to learn Krav Maga self defense skills and test yourself? Sign up for our Krav Maga classes in Brussels: https://kravmagabrussels.be/ or join one of our other clubs in Belgium:

https://www.kravmaganamur.be/

http://www.kravmaga-gembloux.be/