David Kahn, IKMA United States Chief Instructor and Award-Winning Author, received his advanced black-belt teaching certifications from Grandmaster Haim Gidon and is the only American to sit on the IKMA board of directors. The United States Judo Association also awarded David a fifth-degree black belt in combat jujitsu. David has trained all branches of the U.S. military, the Royal Marines, in addition to federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. David has received many invitations to teach at respected hand-to-hand combat schools, including the Naval Special Warfare Advanced Training Command and TRADET 2, the Marine Corps Martial Arts Center of Excellence (MACE), U.S. Army Combatives School, the FBI Academy, U.S. Secret Service Academy, and the New Jersey State Police Academy. David serves as the lead Police Krav Maga® instructor certified by the State of New Jersey Police Training Commission. David has created a program for marquee NFL and collegiate football players, including his alma mater Princeton University, utilizing modified krav maga tactics for the sport of American football. David is regularly featured in major media outlets, including Men’s Fitness, GQ, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, Penthouse, Fitness, Marine Corps News, Armed Forces Network, Special Operations Report, and Military.com. David is the author of Krav Maga, Advanced Krav Maga, Krav Maga Weapon Defenses, Krav Maga Professional Tactics, Krav Maga Defense, and Krav Maga Combatives. To date, he has won five national book awards. He also produced the Mastering Krav Maga® DVD series, Volumes I, II, III and IV, along with the Mastering Krav Maga® online program. This unique learning offering includes 500+ lessons, or more than forty-two hours of online lessons covering approximately 90 percent of the krav maga civilian curriculum. Please visit: www.masteringkravmaga.com and www.davidkahnkravmaga.com for more information. David and his partners operate several Israeli krav maga training centers of excellence. For more information contact david@israelikrav.com.