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Darren Levine
U.S. Chief Instructor Krav Maga Worldwide
Darren Levine is the Chief
Instructor of the Krav Maga Defensive Tactics
System in the United States. Levine holds
a 6th degree black belt in Krav Maga, making
him one of the highest ranked Krav Maga belt
holders in the world and the highest ranked
Krav Maga instructor outside the State of
Israel. Darren brought Krav Maga to the United
States from Israel in 1981 after an intensive
training period with Imi Lichtenfeld, the
Founder and Grandmaster of Krav Maga, and
other top Krav Maga instructors.
Darren Levine is the Chief Executive Officer
and the Chief Instructor of Krav Maga Worldwide,
the Krav Maga National Training Center,
and the Krav Maga Association of America,
Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated
to educating the civilian public and law
enforcement agencies about Krav Maga.
Darren is one of only two holders of Founder’s
Diplomas in the world, an award given by
Imi to outstanding individuals who have
made extraordinary contributions to the
development of the Krav Maga system.
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Darren continues
to train civilians, law enforcement agencies
and specialized military and anti-terrorist
teams across the United States. He works
on an official basis with members of elite
units actively involved in the war on terror.
In addition,
Darren Levine serves as a prosecutor for
the Los Angeles
County District
Attorney’s Office - Crimes Committed
Against Peace Officers Section. This special
trial unit is dedicated to prosecuting
violent crimes committed against police
officers, including the murder of on-duty
police officers. Mr. Levine has received
numerous commendations and awards for his
work and devotion to this unit. Awards
include, but not limited to, Los Angeles
County District Attorney of the Year 2002,
Special Prosecutor Award 2002 presented
by The Justice for Homicide Victims, and
Award of Exemplary Performance given by
the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s
Department 2003, and many more.
“Krav Maga is a no-nonsense approach
to both fitness and self defense. It’s
an effective system that can be learned
quickly, because it uses your body’s
natural instincts and reactions to create
an easy to learn and easy to perform complete
self defense and street fighting system.
Krav Maga is designed to be taught to any
person regardless of size or strength.
We teach people how to use everything in
your environment, to fight every type of
attack. In fact, every part of your body
becomes a weapon and every part of your
attacker becomes vulnerable. It’s
a no holds barred survival tactic that
has the side benefit of getting you into
the best shape of your life.”
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