Welcome to the Blog of Krav Maga Instructor Gershon Ben Keren. A Boston based Krav Maga instructor who teaches civilians, law enforcement and military personnel Krav Maga, self defense & self protection. For his main Boston Krav Maga Website please click here
Watch Sample Video Clips Of Gershon Ben Keren Teaching From The UKM DVD Set
Rear Naked Choke Defense
In this clip Gershon teaches how to escape from a standing rear naked choke (RNC). The clip can be viewed by
clicking here
Basic Bridge Escape From Mount.
In this clip one of the escapes from a mount position - where an attacker is sitting on your chest - is taught. The clip
can be viewed by clicking here.
Boston Krav Maga Instructor
Gershon Ben-Keren has been involved in the martial arts since the age of 8. Initially he studied Judo going on
to gain a Black Belt (2nd Dan) in this system as well as several national titles (1990, 1992 & 1993). He also
has a 1st Degree Black Belt in traditional Japanese Ju-Jutsu.
He started training in Krav Maga with the IKMF (International Krav Maga Federation) in the early-1990's under Marcos Lall - one of the highest ranked instructors teaching outside Israel - and eventually became an instructor himself under Eyal Yanilov (one of Imi Lichtenfelds - the founder/creator of the system - top black belts).
During his time with the IKMF he began to question the approach and direction that the system had taken and after spending some time with David Kahn (the IKMA - Israeli Krav Maga Association - representative for the U.S.A) travelled to Israel and took instruction under Haim Gidon and Yigal Abriv.
As well as training in Krav Maga he has also trained with other notable Israeli martial artists, such as Moni Aizik and Avi Nardia.
He has appeared and instructed on several martial arts and self-defense instructional DVD's and continues to lecture, teach, train instructors and conduct seminars internationally on the subject of reality based self defense. His clients, include members of Special Forces units, Law Enforcement Agencies and he has even acted as an advisor to the UK National Sporting Body on how to grow and develop wrestling in preperation for the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
He continues his own training in BJJ (Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu) and MMA.
