Yamam – Israel’s National Counter Terror Unit • Interview with Itay Gil from the Yamam unit
◄Today we have a video about: Itay Gil is a former fighter and combat instructor in the Yamam unit. Served in the IDF(Airborne forces) and the Yamam unit (Israel’s national counter-terrorism unit, one of four special units of the Israel Border Police). Itay gil is also a founder of Protect Krav Maga. PKM is based on battle proven, Israeli close quarters hand-to-hand combat techniques tested under pressure and refined by the PKM founder Itay Gil based on his extensive experience in Israel’s elite counter terrorism unit Yamam.
- What is the Yamam unit?
- How did you get to Yamam unit ?
- How did you get into martial arts?
- When did you see Krav Maga for the first time?
- Tell. Me about The instructors’ course in the army under Eli Avikzar
- What happens when a soldier goes down to the ground?
- What hurts more? Get one punch or throw on the floor?
- What do you think about organization like kami, KMG and IKMF and why don’t you open your own organization ?
- The different between civilian and military Krav maga?
- What about nowadays police officers should the learn bjj or Krav maga?
- When did you start to understand that traditional Krav Maga techniques do not work?
