Krav Maga Academy

Specialties

Krav Maga and Self Defense training for civilians and law enforcement. Krav Maga Academy now offers high level classes on the upper west side.

History

Established in 2009.

Our instructors have been teaching the highest level of military and police units since 1999. Krav Maga Academy was voted #1 in NYC for self defense by CBS news and top 5 in the country by Details magazine. We have been featured as experts on National Geographic, Anderson Cooper and many national and international publications.

Meet the Business Owner

Matan G.

Business Owner

Matan Gavish is a former Krav Maga officer for a special-​ops unit in the Israeli Defense Forces in charge of training Krav Maga, Close Combat, and Counter Terrorism to hundreds of Special Ops soldiers. Matan has trained US Navy Seals, US Army Rangers and is actively working with NYPD Tactical Training Unit in design, practice and implementation of Krav Maga to the New York Police Academy (See certificate of appreciation).

Matan has been featured as an expert in various media channels including the British BBC, Shape Magazine, New York Times, Woman’s Day, Washington Post, The Inquisitr, Russian NRS and Player Magazine. With over 15 years of military, law enforcement and civilian training experience in the US and around the globe, Matan Gavish has a solid reputation of being one of the leading Krav Maga experts in the world. In additions to Krav Maga, Matan holds 8 fitness certificates and has a BA from Columbia University in NYC.