31/08/2026
Some photos are memories. Others are evidence of history. 🇮🇱🥋
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 2010
One hundred years since the birth of Imi Lichtenfeld, of blessed memory, the founder of Krav Maga.
Masters, instructors, and representatives from the international Krav Maga community came to Brazil to honor a legacy that was born here, in Israel — and over the years became one of the world’s most recognized systems of self-defense and combat.
And in the middle of that historic event — I was there too.
Not as a spectator.
Not as someone who came for a one-time seminar.
But as part of a professional journey I have been living for more than three and a half decades.
Only with the passage of time do you begin to understand that sometimes, while you are training, teaching, learning, traveling, developing, and passing knowledge forward — you are not simply watching history unfold.
You are becoming part of it.
More Than 35 Years Inside Israeli Krav Maga
For more than three and a half decades, I have had the privilege of learning, training, teaching, and standing alongside people who played an important role in the development and transmission of Israeli Krav Maga from one generation to the next.
One of the most significant figures in my own journey is Grand Master Haim Gidon.
Haim Gidon is not simply a name I once read about in a book.
He is my teacher.
The knowledge I teach today did not come from YouTube videos, a short certification course, or a collection of techniques gathered from different sources.
It was built over years.
Years of training.
Years of testing.
Years of teaching.
Years of professional responsibility.
And years of direct learning within the tradition of Israeli Krav Maga.
RIO 2010 | KRAV MAGA GIDON SYSTEM
When I look at this image today, I see far more than an international seminar.
I see an era.
I see people.
I see a professional path that began for me in the early 1990s and continues to this day.
And I understand something today that I could not fully understand back then:
I did not travel to Rio simply to learn more Krav Maga.
I was there as part of a generation carrying that knowledge forward.
For me, that is the true meaning of legacy.
It is not the rank on your belt.
It is not the title before your name.
It is not a photograph with a famous person.
It is the ability to receive knowledge, preserve it, test it, grow within it — and then pass it responsibly to the next generation.
What Is My Responsibility Today?
Today, as MASTER YIGAL ARBIV | DAN 6, that responsibility is greater than ever.
To preserve the source.
To respect the people who built the path before me.
To continue learning and evolving.
To never turn Krav Maga into a performance, choreography, or a collection of techniques designed only to look impressive on camera.
And above all, to teach people how to deal with real-life situations intelligently, responsibly, and professionally.
Because real Israeli Krav Maga is not a sport based on points.
It was created to prepare a person for the moment when they genuinely need to know what to do.
That is exactly the path I continue to teach today to children, teenagers, women, and men through Krav Maga and self-defense training in Netanya, as well as private training and professional instruction.
Why Train Krav Maga with Master Yigal Arbiv?
Because behind every training session are more than 35 years of experience in Israeli Krav Maga, professional education, direct lineage, extensive teaching experience, and one fundamental understanding:
We do not teach people to look for confrontation.
We prepare them for the moment when confrontation can no longer be avoided.
This is my path.
This is my responsibility.
And this is the legacy I intend to continue passing forward.
MASTER YIGAL ARBIV | DAN 6
I.K.M.A ISRAEL KRAV MAGA
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