Kapap Authors Take On Jungle Survival
Kapap instructors and former Israeli Defense Force soldiers Avi Nardia and Albert Timen will put their skills to the test in the jungles of South America. Nardia and Timen are traveling to Guyana to do field research for a survival course they’re launching in April 2009. The authors of Kapap Combat Concepts: Martial Arts of the Israeli Special Forces plan to offer martial artists the chance to try their combat skills against the forces of nature.
“We do basic survival in the States for our students like first aid, an introduction to the outdoors, how to find north without a compass,” Nardia says. “[But the jungle is completely different] because you don’t have the sun, and this makes it much harder.”
The jungle survival course is for martial artists who really want to challenge their abilities in an unpredictable environment, Nardia says. Of course, safety is a concern for their preliminary program, and that’s why Nardia and Timen plan to spend 2008 researching and preparing the logistics for such a trip.
Nardia says, “[Kapap instructors] always try to study new things [and jungle survival] is a new skill. It’s not a joke.”—Sarah Dzida
Kapap instructors and former Israeli Defense Force soldiers Avi Nardia and Albert Timen will put their skills to the test in the jungles of South America. Nardia and Timen are traveling to Guyana to do field research for a survival course they’re launching in April 2009. The authors of Kapap Combat Concepts: Martial Arts of the Israeli Special Forces plan to offer martial artists the chance to try their combat skills against the forces of nature.
“We do basic survival in the States for our students like first aid, an introduction to the outdoors, how to find north without a compass,” Nardia says. “[But the jungle is completely different] because you don’t have the sun, and this makes it much harder.”
The jungle survival course is for martial artists who really want to challenge their abilities in an unpredictable environment, Nardia says. Of course, safety is a concern for their preliminary program, and that’s why Nardia and Timen plan to spend 2008 researching and preparing the logistics for such a trip.
Nardia says, “[Kapap instructors] always try to study new things [and jungle survival] is a new skill. It’s not a joke.”—Sarah Dzida
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