Lichtenfeld (left) with disciple Yaron Lichtenstein [pt]
Born
Imrich Lichtenfeld (1910-05-26)26 May 1910 Budapest, Austria-Hungary
Died
9 January 1998(1998-01-09) (aged 87) Netanya, Israel
Nationality
Israeli
Style
Krav Maga
Notable students
Eyal Yanilov, Darren Levine, Haim Gidon
Imrich "Imi" Lichtenfeld (Hebrew: אימריך “אימי” ליכטנפלד; Hungarian: Lichtenfeld Imre; 26 May 1910 – 9 January 1998), also known as Imi Sde-Or (אימי שדאור),[1] was a Hungarian-born Israeli martial artist. He is widely recognized for developing Krav Maga, an Israeli martial art.[2][3]
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Imrich "Imi" Lichtenfeld (Hebrew: אימריך “אימי” ליכטנפלד; Hungarian: Lichtenfeld Imre; 26 May 1910 – 9 January 1998), also known as Imi Sde-Or (אימי שדאור)...
Hungarian-born Israeli martial artist ImiLichtenfeld. Having grown up in Bratislava during a time of anti-Semitic unrest, Lichtenfeld used his training as a boxer...
Gerhard Lichtenfeld (1921–1978), German sculptor and academic teacher Herbert Lichtenfeld (1927–2001), German television writer ImiLichtenfeld (1910–1998)...
of the IKMA (Israeli Krav Maga Association) in 1977. In 1994, upon ImiLichtenfeld's retirement, he became the Grandmaster and president of the Israeli...
ImiLichtenfeld (also known as Imi Sde-Or) beginning in 1974. He is one of two Krav Maga practitioners who holds the highest level granted by Imi Lichtenfeld...
and Elitzur Netanya has a lacrosse club. The founder of Krav Maga, ImiLichtenfeld opened a sports academy in Netanya for the continuation of his way...
training in Israel, Levine was befriended by Krav Maga founder ImiLichtenfeld. In 1982, Lichtenfeld traveled to Los Angeles to stay with Levine and continue...
World Figure Skating Hall of Fame Péter Lékó (born 1979), chess player ImiLichtenfeld, boxer and wrestler, developed the self-defense system Krav Maga Andor...
in 1997 by Richard Douieb. Richard has received the delegation of ImiLichtenfeld, the founder of Krav Maga, to represent the discipline in Europe in...
ice hockey coach and administrator Lily Kronberger - figure skating ImiLichtenfeld - martial arts Zoltán Magyar - gymnastics Gyula Mándi - football Opika...
Mateos, Mexican politician, 48th President of Mexico (d. 1969) 1910 – ImiLichtenfeld, Hungarian-Israeli martial artist, boxer, and gymnast (d. 1998) 1911...
Japanese chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918) 1998 – ImiLichtenfeld, Slovakian-Israeli martial artist, founded Krav Maga (b. 1910) 2000...
neighborhoods from antisemitic gangs,[citation needed] and one of them, ImiLichtenfeld, would later use his experiences to develop Krav Maga. Some 5,000 Jews...
destroying many documents and records of earlier martial arts. 1930s – ImiLichtenfeld begins developing Krav Maga in Czechoslovakia 1932 – Mestre Bimba opens...
training in the martial art of krav maga in 1967 under its founder, ImiLichtenfeld (1910–1998). Lichtenstein began teaching the art at the age of 15....
from 1995 to 1998. Miriam Lexmann (born 1972), Slovak politician. ImiLichtenfeld (1910–1998), Israeli martial artist; founded the Krav Maga self-defense...
the Jewish population of Bratislava. It was during this time that ImiLichtenfeld helped to defend his Jewish neighborhood against racist gangs by utilizing...
Kremer (born 1996) – Israeli-American Major League Baseball pitcher ImiLichtenfeld – Hungarian-born Israeli martial artist, developer of Krav Maga Ido...
Alberto Isaac, 74, Mexican swimmer, film director and screenwriter. ImiLichtenfeld, 87, Israeli martial artist. Lia Manoliu, 65, Romanian discus thrower...
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