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STK. #16996 Auto, air, all-wheel drive, tilt & cruise, stereo/CD & more. Plus Tax 36 month/12,000 miles per year *$1139.41 due at signing plus plates which includes refundable $350 sec. dep. D W Y E R .248-624-0400 On Maple Rd., West of Haggerty ANDSONS °PEI! SUBAR U °, aa- a - sa ' as a — EARN I NQ 1 • 1 • • !SAD I LIT 10-4 T U SHOWR OOM OURR NE W 10/20 2000 102 LYNNE MASTER, M. ED Owner, Director - Clinical Teaching Testing /Evaluation First fully accredited Clink in the I ES Education United States to receive North Central Accreditation. 14,1 INIC (248) 545-6677 (248) 433-3323 Oak Park Bloomfield Hills www.ldclinic.com instructor Greg Marquis completed the four levels at the Krav Maga National Training Center in Los Angeles under Darren Levine, U.S. chief instructor of Krav Maga. A deputy district attorney in the Special Trials Unit in Los Angeles County, Levine is responsible for pros- ecuting murderers and attempted murderers of police officers. His Krav Maga classes are based on prison yard and dining area surveillance of attacks, coroners' reports, interviews with vic- tims and studies of wounds. Levine was in the first delegation of Americans who attended a Krav Maga training course in Netanya, Israel, in 1981. "There is no better thing to Art Of Krav Maga give those in the United States than With belts earned in judo, tae kwon personal safety," Levine says. Levine do, aiki-jitsu, and others, Coiling first taught Krav Maga in Los Angeles says, "I love my other arts, but peo- Jewish day schools and at the ple today don't have five to 10 years University of Judaism, where classes to devote to a style to defend them- grew so large they were taught out- selves. This technique has no wasted side. movement and does not involve Open since 1996, the National long-term instruction just to learn Training Center now holds classes for the basics." 1,700 students, including sessions for "My time is valuable," says Dr: law enforcement officers from Greg Kramer of West Bloomfield, a throughout the U.S. and Canada. student of Krav Maga at the Dragon Dr. Kramer of West Bloomfield, Academy. "I am looking to fight who trains in Krav Maga once or defensively with efficient skill and not twice a week in addition to other mar) waste time on the non-practical." tial arts styles, says that while the Last November, the school's first technique is practical, fun and based Krav Maga class attracted 14 students. on real-life situations, it is also a good Now classes are held with up to 28 fitness routine. participants, seven times a week, with Working within their own abilities, Coiling looking for a larger building most of Colling's students have had to house his business. no experience in martial arts. He has At a cost of $75 per month, students had students in their 70s and he is may attend as many hour-long sessions also certified to teach children. "We as desired, practicing at their own pace. have moms who haven't worked out it Those following Colling's suggested eight to 10 years and have never twice-a-week attendance typically com- punched or kicked in their life, and plete the first of four levels in two-to- guys who are overweight," Coiling three months. A belt-ranking system is says. "Some of my students are tired implemented at each level. and bored with the treadmill, with th Incorporating techniques utilized in same workout, but want to get into other martial arts, Krav Maga builds shape. We're like a health club — wit on natural reflexes. Its levels begin kicking." with general-defense techniques, like o. Says Levine, "Krav Maga improves learning to fall and roll correctly. strength, flexibility and endurance. Phases advance to chokes and shirt You also leave the class with a tangibl y holds, kicks and aroundfightina and skill, unlike a Stairmaster. The psych fending off armed b opponents or mul- logical benefits of being able to defen i tiple attackers. yourself are very empowering, with a I real sense — not a false sense — of Krav Maga In America a security." [1 The highest-ranking instructor of Krav Maga in Michigan, Colling, who For information on Krav Maga is not Jewish, has been teaching mar- classes, call Nick Coiling at the tial arts since 1981. Of the 22 licensed Dragon Academy of Martial Arts, Krav Maga instructional facilities in (734) 462-4828, or the United States, Dragon Academy is wvvw.dragonacademy.com the only one in Michigan. Coiling and Dragon Academy is no time to stop, re-adjust and start again. You can't just learn to escape from a bear-hug and then expect an attacker to stand back and say, 'Hey, good escape,' and then leave you alone." That's where the combatives come in — the punches, hand strikes, strik- ing with the head. "Pretty much the entire body is suitable as a weapon," Coiling says. "About the only rule is don't get hurt — on the street and in training," Colling says. Wearing shin-pads, groin cups and mouth guards, students "work like it's the real thing."