Avi Nardia

Avi Nardia is a martial artist, KAPAP, related to hand-to-hand combat system Lotar and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instructor. With his teacher Lt. Col Chaim Pe'er he is heading today's KAPAP combatives system as the leaders on International KAPAP Federation of Israel.

Biography
Avi Nardia's father served in the Unit 101 under Ariel Sharon in the 1950s and then he started to teach his son Avi the KAPAP basics.

Nardia served in the Israel Defense Forces as an official hand-to-hand instructor and safety officer both during his duty service and reserve service. In the IDF he trained Israeli special forces and earned a rank of Major.

After his demobilization Avi Nardia spent seven years in Japan studying Karate, Jiu-Jitsu and Kendo. When he came back to Israel he started to train Israeli police special Yamam unit. During his years in Yamam he has substantially improved and enriched modern KAPAP.

After the 9/11 terror attacks Nardia developed a new KAPAP version of civilian purposes. Subsequently, he moved to live in LA, California where he opened a KAPAP Academy. Today he serves as an expert to SWAT schools in different countries and as an official instructor holding master classes on defensive tactics and operational behavior worldwide. For example, due to his efforts KAPAP is becoming more popular in Asia including Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and China.

Articles and books by Avi Nardia

 * Jim Wagner, Major Avi Nardia, Inside Israel, Black Belt (magazine)
 * Avi Nardia, Albert Timen, Israeli Martial Arts: Avi Nardia on Using Human Pressure Points in Kapap Techniques, Black Belt Magazine, May 2, 2012.
 * Avi Nardia, TERRORISM AROUND US (abridged), a counter-terrorism article written by Avi Nardia
 * Avi Nardia, Albert Timen, Combat Concepts: Martial Arts of the Israeli Special Forces