Mountain Spirit Warrior Dojo

Head Instructor: Moshe Katz, 4th Dan

 

Head Instructor Moshe Katz, 4th Dan, teaching since 1993, and  has studied under Sensei Itay Gil a 6th dan and a former trainer of Israel’s Counter Terror Force known as Yamam.  Moshe is also a certified ISC Control Point Instructor under Professor Arthur Cohen, 6th Dan. He has studied with Professor Cohen the past 3 summers in New York. Additionally, Moshe has been certified in hand gun and urban combat shooting. In addition to his school, he teaches self-defense to security guards in Jerusalem and a basic street survival course to college groups.  Moshe has visited the U.S. for the past several years to train at the Karate College in Virginia run by Dr. Jerry Beasely, Bill Wallace, Joe Lewis and Renzo Gracie. He has also studied with Grand Master Shigeru Oyama for several years.  

Ranks and Certification

  • 4th dan black belt, September 25, 2005
  • 3rd dan black belt, March 12, 2002 - Free Style kickboxing (Mixed martial arts) Sensei Itay Gil
  • 3rd dan black belt, June 24, 2002 - Jujistsu - World Black Belt Bureau
  • 2nd dan black belt, March 16, 1999 - Kenpo Jitsu, Kancho Gadi Skornick
  • Teacher Certifcation, July 13, 2004 ISC Control Points, Professor Arthur Cohen, Dr. Les Knight
  • Teacher Certification, September 1998, Wingate Sports Institute of Israel, Kancho Roni Kluger
  • Certification License, 1993, Combat Shooting/Hand Gun Safty, Krav Israel Shooting Club
  • Israel Defense Forces,(IDF) released 1993
  • 3rd kyu, 1989, Oyama Kyokushin Karate

Teaching Experience

  • Founder/Head instructor, Mountain Spirit Warrior dojo 1993 - present
  • Krav Maga self-defense and awareness instructor, Israeli school system, licensed by Ministry of Education 1995 - present
  • Protect - Israeli Security Solutions" Trainer of elite security guards, East Jerusalem, Old City of Jerusalem, 2003 - present
  • College Leadership Self Defense Training, (see link for program) 2003 - present

Awards

  • Award by the Jerusalem Municipality, for the advancement of Women in martial arts and for being one of the initiators of the first women's martial arts seminar in Israel. 1999 \
  • Award by Israel's Women's Martial Arts Association 2001
  • Letter of  thanks and recognition - Jerusalem Police Dept 2004
  • Service Award - World Martial Arts Masters, 2005
  • IDF Volunteer award
The school Mountain Spirit Warrior is an eclectic system that combines aspects of many martial arts including kickboxing, grappling, ground fighting, jujitsu, hand/stick/knife and gun defense.  Their philosophy about their mixed martial arts combat is “whatever goes, whatever works.”  Training and testing includes full contact sparring, grappling and judo.

 

 

 

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Training Location

 
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Mountain Spirit Warrior
Mitzpe Nevo 50/3
Ma’aleh Adumim, 98410, Israel

 

AVAILABLE FOR SEMINARS

Cell (Israel): 054 - 5890357 • Dojo: 02 - 535 7265

International: 972 -2 535 7265

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