IKMF Greece

THE HISTORY OF IKMF GREECE

THE HISTORY OF IKMF GREECE

IKMF Greece started on Saturday February 4th 2006 in New Heraklion Athens. There, the magazine “Path for Martial Arts” had organized an open introductory seminar for Krav Maga, with Avi Moyal who at the time was the head technical instructor and currently he is the president of IKMF.

The response for the newly-come self defense system in Greece (in its original form and straight from the source) was phenomenal. Thus it did not take long for the first Civil Instructors Course to be organized, which lasted from April 1st 2006 until September 24th 2006.

Since then there are 4 things that characterize IKMF Greece:
  1. Its total dedication to the spirit of self defense for everybody, away from military oriented prototypes.
  2. The continuous, serious and strenuous training of its instructors and students in a monthly basis, exclusively from high ranking officials of IKMF and members of the Global Instructor Team (GIT)
  3. Its professional, team oriented and cooperated manner of operations
  4. Its rapid advancements in every sector that it is active.

As a result of the above we have up to now the organization of 8 Civil Instructor Courses (CIC), over 20 VIP Protection Courses, many other specialized schools such as law enforcements, VIP Protection Gold Shield, Sea Marshal etc, as well as specialized schools for IKMF instructors such as Children’s instructor, Women’s instructor, Combat fighting instructor etc.

Furthermore, during the years that IKMF Greece is active there have taken place dozens of 3hour long open seminars (for IKMF students, people who practice another martial art system and for people with no past experience in martial arts) with subjects such as Home invasion, common objects for usage in self defense, dirty fighting, self defense in pistol, knife and stick, self defense for women and children, 3rd party protection, self defense inside a car and in a bus, close quarters battle, self defense in nature, and many others as well as many and continuous seminars upon the testing material for all the levels, exclusively for instructors. Finally 3 P- Camps in Loutraki were organized, and they turned to be a necessary prerequisite at the end of every training season but also a way to start in a pleasant way the summer season for all the IKMF members and friends.

Finally in November 2012, the 2nd European Director’s Meeting took place in Civitel Attik Hotel in Marousi Athens, where the directors from all over Europe met under the guidance of Avi Moyal, in order to discuss the present and the future of IKMF in their countries. During the meeting the European Directors had the opportunity to take part and witness one of the greatest worldwide records of IKMF Greece, when they were called to examine over 400 Greek students of all levels.

Continuing the team oriented and serious job IKMF Greece is an important part of IKMF, and with the help and cooperation of its instructors, students and friends is walking forward to the future, facing continuously new challenges on its way but also achieving higher goals.

  • IKMF’s introductory seminar in Greece
  • First IKMF’s open seminar in Greece
  • WORLD RECORD
  • First Greek Experts
  • Η ΒΟΥΛΗ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ ΤΙΜΗΣΕ ΤΗΝ IKMF
  • ΓΙΩΡΓΟΣ ΧΑΛΚΙΑΣ: ΠΡΩΤΟΣ ΕΛΛΗΝΑΣ EIT
  • IKMF’s introductory seminar in Greece

    New Herakleio, 4 February 2006

  • 1st CIC April 2006

    From left: Avi Moyal, Dionisis Fraggedakis, George Pelekis, Petros Vousoulas, Stella Christodoulaki, Nikos Ververidis, Anastasios Tzanavaras, Aggelos Stravodimos, George Zantiotis. (Due to his participation in an international arm wrestling completion on the day of the examination, Stathis Symeon was examined and received his diploma a bit later and thus he is absent from the picture).

  • 2nd CIC 2006-2007

    From left: Fotis Pagonis, Nektarios Dafnis, Akis Andriopoulos, George Pelekis, Avi Moyal, Andreas Spanos, Panagiotis Kannelopoulos, Panagiotis Zacharios, Kostas Barbadakis and Vasilis Tsipas.

  • 3rd CIC 2007-2008

    From the 3rd School only 4 people out of 12 managed to graduate. From left Dimitris Georgoudakis, Dimitris Lemonis, Timoleon Gonis (did not grauate), Dimitris Stathakos, Vasiliki Fouridi and Avi Moyal.

  • 4th CIC School 2008-2009

    From left standing Lambros Samaras, Costas Sakalopoulos, George Tzes, Gaby Noah, Christos Tzikas, Ohaia Richard, Flora Malli. Kneeling Stanley Oikonomou, Fanis Antonopoulos.

  • First IKMF’s open seminar in Greece

    At the first row are the instructors of the first CIC, at the second row the participants of the second CIC and at the third row the five (!) participants of the first open seminar in Greece.

  • 5th CIC 2009-2010

    From left: Emmanouel Manios, Pinelopi Sarra, Nick Paulou, Costas Gavrielatos, George (did not graduate), Eli Ben Ami, Dimitris Dogivanis, Christos Stergiatos, Thrasyvoulos Spanidis, Stelianos THomaidis, Pavlos Gyparis.

  • 6th CIC 2010-2011

    From left standing: Michalis Christodoulou, Haris Kosmopoulos, Manolis Kalonakis, Paris Samaras, Savvas Tsentidis, Shlomi Moyal, Avi Moyal, Kyriakos Kivellos, Glen Ushe, Dimitris Margomenos (did not graduated), Dimitris Panagiotopoulos (Did not graduated), Dionisios (Did not graduated). Kneeling Spyros Florakis, Epaminontas Kaponis, Charilaos Hatziioannou, Vasilis Petridis, Christos Vaspismas, Alexandros Korotkov, Petros Stilianelis, and Spiros Panagiotidis (did not graduated)ς.

  • 7th CIC 2011-2012

    From left standing Dimitris Vasis, Constantinos Christodoulou, Spiros Panagiotidis (not visible), Theodoros Samopoulos, Theodoros Ntinopoulos, George Stamatiou, Michalis Mamaligkas, Dimitris Margomenos, Constantinos Cooclis, Marinos Giakoumakis, George Al Ahmar, Theodoros Sarafis, George Siatistas, Vaggelis Polizois, George Potamitis, Alex Petkov, Vasillis Dellis, Michalis Hatzidospiridakis, George Kourtakis, Panagiotis Kiskiras, Dan Oren and Avi Moyal. Below kneeling are the graduated of the VIP protection Course.

  • 8th CIC 2012-2013

    From left standing Shlomi Moyal, Costas Labrinoudis, George Sistakis, George Tzapaliaris, Stefanos Blendar, Vaggelis Papanastasiou, Costas Temponeras, Tzanetos Plagiannakos, Giannis Liahas, Apostolis Iliopoulos, Antonis Papadopoulos, Christos Politis, Ioannis Liodakis, Theodosios Dalianis. Kneeling: Ilias Manoas, Kirkovski Vlad, Alexandros Chrisovergis, Katerina Akokkalidou, Despoina Koutsounamentou, Ilias Poulos, Mohmamet Ali, Michalis Kafetzis and Nikos Christopoulos.

  • WORLD RECORD

    A small sample of the 400 people who got tested in levels P-1 up to G-1 and were tested by the directors of all the European Countries providing Greece with a world record.

  • First Greek Experts

    At May 2012, six years after IKMF started it’s activity in Greece, we had the first Greek instructors with Expert level. From left: Nektarios Dafnis, Fotis Pagonis, ;Abi Moyal, Stella Christodoulaki, Stathis Symeon and Vasilis Tsipas.

  • 1ο ΣΧΟΛΕΙΟ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΤΩΝ ΒΟΡΕΙΟΥ ΕΛΛΑΔΑΣ, ΦΕΒΡΟΥΑΡΙΟΣ - ΜΑΡΤΙΟΣ 2014

  • 2ο ΣΧΟΛΕΙΟ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΤΩΝ ΒΟΡΕΙΟΥ ΕΛΛΑΔΑΣ, ΙΟΥΛΙΟΣ - ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΟΣ 2014

  • 1ο ΠΑΙΔΙΚΟ ΦΕΣΤΙΒΑΛ - 28 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ 2014

    Χαρούμενα παιδικά πρόσωπα στο Παιδικό Φεστιβάλ Κραβ Μαγκά, που έγινε για πρώτη φορά στη χώρα μας, αλλά και σε όλο τον κόσμο εκτός Ισραήλ. Όλοι μαζί, εκπαιδευτές, παιδιά και γονείς, σε μία μεγάλη γιορτή, συναντήθηκαν μεταξύ τους, προκειμένου να παρουσιάσουν τα επιτεύγματα όλης της χρονιάς αλλά και να συμμετάσχουν τα παιδιά σε ειδικά τεστ δεξιοτήτων.

  • 9ο ΣΧΟΛΕΙΟ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΤΩΝ ΓΙΑ ΠΟΛΙΤΕΣ – 2013-2014

    Ακόμη ένα παγκόσμιο ρεκόρ για την IKMF Ελλάδας. 42 συμμετέχοντες στο CIC 2013-2014.

  • 10ο ΣΧΟΛΕΙΟ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΤΩΝ ΓΙΑ ΠΟΛΙΤΕΣ – 2014-2015

    Επιτυχόντες: Αλεβίζος Δημήτρης, Αλεξάκης Αργύρης, Ανδρέου Δημήτρης, Αργυρόπουλος Χαράλαμπος, Ατσαμπός Δημήτρης, Γαλαίος Ιωάννης, Γερμαλίδης Σταύρος, Δημόπουλος Νικόλαος, Κανακόπουλος Απόστολος, Καραγιαννίδης Νικόλαος, Καρκαλάκος Ιωάννης, Κασομούλης Αλέξανδρος, Κυρίτσης Λαέρτης, Κώνστας Γεώργιος, Λιαπούρης Νικόλαος, Μασσαράς Ιωάννης, Μουστάκας Δημήτρης, Νταλίπι Έντουαρντ, Παπαδάτος Σπύρος, Πασακυριάκος Κωνσταντίνος, Ράλλης Ερρίκος, Σκόπης Χρήστος, Σουβατζής Βασίλης, Σταυρουλάκης Εμμανουήλ.

  • Η ΒΟΥΛΗ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ ΤΙΜΗΣΕ ΤΗΝ IKMF

    Ο Φρούραρχος της Βουλής των Ελλήνων, κ. Κωνσταντίνος Μαρκόπουλος, τίμησε τον GIT Ντορόν Μπαλασάν και την IKMF, σε μία ζεστή και συγκινητική τελετή που έγινε στο κτίριο της Βουλής την Κυριακή 31 Μαΐου 2015, όπου του απένειμε τιμητική πλακέτα, καθώς και μία ειδική έκδοση του κανονισμού της Βουλής, λόγω της διδασκαλίας στους αστυνομικούς της Φρουράς της Βουλής, πάνω σε ζητήματα ασφάλειας του κτιρίου της Βουλής, των ανθρώπων που ζουν μέσα σε αυτό αλλά και των ιδίων, μετά από αίτημα της Διοίκησης της Φρουράς στην IKMF Ελλάδας, στο οποίο η IKMF ανταποκρίθηκε άμεσα με τον καλύτερο τρόπο.
  • ΓΙΩΡΓΟΣ ΧΑΛΚΙΑΣ: ΠΡΩΤΟΣ ΕΛΛΗΝΑΣ EIT

    Μεγάλη επιτυχία αλλά και τιμή για την IKMF Ελλάδας, η αναβάθμιση του Γιώργου Χαλκιά (Expert 2) και η ένταξή του στην Εxpert Instructors Team (EIT). Τον τίτλο και το αντίστοιχο δίπλωμα, απένειμε στον Γιώργο Χαλκιά ο ίδιος ο πρόεδρος της IKMF, Άβι Μογιάλ, κατά τη διάρκεια των εξετάσεων των εκπαιδευτών της IKMF στην Ελλάδα, το Σαββατοκύριακο 9-10 Απριλίου 2016.
  • 11ο ΣΧΟΛΕΙΟ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΤΩΝ ΓΙΑ ΠΟΛΙΤΕΣ – 2015-2016

  • IKMF’s introductory seminar in Greece
  • First IKMF’s open seminar in Greece
  • WORLD RECORD
  • First Greek Experts
  • Η ΒΟΥΛΗ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ ΤΙΜΗΣΕ ΤΗΝ IKMF
  • ΓΙΩΡΓΟΣ ΧΑΛΚΙΑΣ: ΠΡΩΤΟΣ ΕΛΛΗΝΑΣ EIT