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From kapap to krav maga - my crowdfunding project

Great news from our friend Noah Gross... BTW, for more information on Kapap and Noah Gross please reference this article ISRAELI MARTIAL ARTS – A LOOK INTO HISTORY: http://iccf.freeforums.org/israeli-martial-arts-a-look-into-history-t66.html

I'm writing you because you are a member of the Historical Kapap group for the past four years since I started this page I have been regularly providing information on the history of Israeli hand to hand combat. That was the purpose of the page and my research which led me to this information.

I have always wanted to have this information and much more in book form readily available to the general public. It is my hope through such a book we can learn to truly appreciate the people and processes that helped shape Kapap and Krav Maga. This remains a yet untold story. 

The process of completing this book involves, trips to archives, interviews, more than 500 hours of work on my part, hiring a professional translator, editor, graphic designer/editor, acquiring publishing writes to images, and printing of the first run of the book.

It is a costly project I cannot afford on my own. That is why i am Asking for your help in what i believe is a very fair way. I need 200 pre-orders of the book to raise the necessary funds for this project.

If you have enjoyed the information on this page and in my articles, and would like to read a lot more about this subject, please go the crowed funding page and pre-order a book by choosing the 40 - 50$ range contribution. This secures a copy for you and will make the project feasible for me.

My book will contain around 150 images and be 400 pages long. It will cover the following subjects: the method of research, and basic terminology, stick culture and the centrality of stick fighting in Israeli hand to hand combat until the 1948, The processes and forces which shaped Israeli hand to hand combat which came to be known as Kapap. The different disciplines contained within Kapap: Judo/Ju-jitsu, Boxing, Knife, Stick, Bayonet. The changes which came with the establishment of the state of Israel and the IDF and the process of change which took place during the 1950's in the IDF shaping hand to hand combat and how Kapap became Krav Maga.


Please go to this link to pre-order the book by making a contribution, I did:http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/israeli-hand-to-hand-combat-from-kapap-to-krav-maga