The only person to be twice named Israeli Krav Maga National Champion, Roy Elghanayan, has established himself as the world’s preeminent expert in authentic Krav Maga.
His innovations and skills recently earned him the honor of being named the only representative of authentic Israeli Krav Maga in Los Angeles by Israel’s leading Krav Maga expert and 8th degree Black Belt, Master Mati Elyashiv.
While serving in the Israeli Special Forces Roy was hand picked to create a training program that is still in use today and was personally recognized by the Chief of Staff of the Israeli Defense Forces for his abilities in hand to hand combat.
As recently as 2011, the Argentinian Marines recruited Roy to train their soldiers in his style of Krav Maga.
On the civilian side, Roy trains fight choreography for film and television. Notably, he trained the Oscar nominated actress, Jessica Chastain, for her role as a Mossad agent in “The Debt.”
Roy is invited all over the world to train other Krav Maga Academies and his world famous reputation attracts students from all over the globe to come and train with him here in Los Angeles.
- 18 years of experience
- RANK-Black Belt DAN 3
- Israeli and US Chief Instructor Authentic Israeli Krav Maga
- Law enforcements/counter terrorism full contact training in the US and Israel
Real Life Experience:
Staff Sergeant, 1st Class – Entire Unit, Paratroopers Israeli Special Forces
- The only 2 time Israeli Krav Maga National Champion
- Twice-IDF Chief of Staff Award for hand-to-hand combat.
- Krav Maga basic/ advanced training Instructors for ‘Krav Maga instruction’ and Certification for the IDF (Israeli Defense Force)
- Krav Maga Chief Instructor for IDF Commando Course
- High jack, hostage situations Training certified
- Israeli Special Forces top Krav Maga instructor for the Special Forces/Air Forces/ Israeli Marines- Paratroopers
- Sports/fitness Instructor
- Certified by the Israeli Defense Forces
- Updated Military Krav Maga and LOTAR (a complete Israeli combat concept, derived from real-life situations and personal experience)
HONORS/AWARDS:
2009
Black Belt DAN 3
2007
Black Belt DAN 2 – Promotion – Rank: NIDAN
2006
Israeli Special Forces Tournament – Krav Maga, basic level- 1st Place (unit 1)
Israeli Special Forces Tournament – Krav Maga, advance level 1st Place (Unit 2)
Chief of Staff Award for hand-to-hand combat (1)