BOAZ AVIRAM was third in the lineage of Krav Maga Chief Instructors, following Imi Lichtenfeld and Eli Avikzar, at the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Combat Fitness Academy. He was recognized as one of the IDF’s Krav Maga Top Experts by the Combat Fitness Academy commander and the first director of the original Israeli Krav Maga Association, Colonel David Ben Asher. After leaving the IDF he trained Israeli Sky Marshals for several years, and then relocated to the United States, where he continues teaching IDF style intensive Krav Maga seminars. He has published several books and training videos of this original IDF Intensive Hand-to-Hand Combat training System, including: Krav Maga – Use Your Body as a Weapon (Skyhorse Publishing), The Krav Maga Expert (Lulu Publishing), and The Complete Krav Maga Online Training Videos (Udemy Platform), and Krav Maga - The First Israel Defense Forces Hand-to-Hand Combat Manual (Translated by Boaz Aviram and Steven Hartov, Lulu Publishing)