When Hannah Young, 27, of Jessup walks to her car, she’s paying attention to her surroundings. It’s a habit she learned when she started training in Krav Maga, a military fighting and self-defense ...

CHESHIRE, Conn. — “The groin!” exclaimed Madison Schiavi. Madison, an 8-year-old with a reddish-brown ponytail, had minced no words with her quick (and correct) response to the suggestion that she ...

TEMPLE TERRACE — Grand Master Stephen Del Castillo had 22 years of martial arts experience and multiple black belts before he began training in Krav Maga. Drawing upon his background in multiple ...

ENGLEWOOD, New Jersey (WABC) -- The rise in anti-Semitic attacks throughout the country has led many in the Jewish community to find ways of protecting themselves using self-defense methods like the ...

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Krav Maga is a form of martial arts that seems to be the latest trend in Hollywood. Leonardo DiCaprio, Ashton Kutcher, Jennifer Lopez, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and Tom Cruise are some of the many ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- For years, Yuval Tankel wanted to learn self-defense. But it took a war in the Middle East to kick start his martial arts journey. "It's been very terrifying," he said. "I feel like ...

The self-defense technique is gaining traction with French Jews — and it's piquing interest among the city's Muslim community, too — amid growing street violence. PARIS (JTA) — In a dark alley in a ...

ENGLEWOOD, New Jersey (WABC) -- The rise in anti-Semitic attacks throughout the country has led many in the Jewish community to find ways of protecting themselves using self-defense methods like the ...

PARIS (JTA) — In a dark alley in a poor suburb of this city, five men with violence on their minds closed in fast on 17-year-old Netanel Azoulay and his older brother, Yaakov. “Dirty Jews, you’re ...