Author: Eyal Yanilov

Eyal Yanilov has been teaching and training Krav Maga for over forty years, Eyal served as the closest assistant and right hand for Krav Maga founder Imi Sde-Or (Lichtenfeld) for about twenty years. He is the only person in the world who holds both the highest grade given by Imi and the “Founder Diploma of Excellence.”

Since 1984, Eyal has developed and turned Krav Maga into an integrated technical and tactical system, and prepared the modern curriculum of Krav Maga. Eyal has been the driving force behind the dissemination of Krav Maga in the world and the Head Instructor and President of KMG (Krav Maga Global), the leading KM organization, active in over sixty countries.

Eyal has been teaching civilians since 1975 and preparing instructors since 1980. Since 1985, he has been educating military, law enforcement, anti-terror, undercover and Special Forces officers, fighters, and instructors in Israel and around the world. Eyal has a degree in Electrical Engineering.

Ole Boe, Ph.D., is responsible for the Norwegian Military Academy concept of stress management, preparing officers both physically and mentally. Ole holds a Ph.D. in cognitive psychology.

He became a Krav Maga instructor under Eyal Yanilov in 1998. Currently an Expert Level 3 and a member of KMG´s International Team, Ole has served as an operational officer for many years in a military special unit conducting VIP protection, hostage rescue, and close combat training.

Ole served as an instructor in close combat for police and military special units in several countries and has served on several international operations all over the world ranging from Congo to Cambodia.

Since 2003, he has been working at the Norwegian Military Academy where he teaches leadership and leadership development to army officers. His military rank is major.