Instructor Lineage
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Boaz Aviram
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Guro Felix Valencia
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Shawn Kovacich
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Dr. Jere Rivera-Dugenio, Ph.D
Dr. Jere is the founding creator of the RASHA® Technology and BUD-A’ya de ah-PrE’ or the BUD-12 Contact Combat. In order to teach this rare and concealed contact combat training system, one must have attained the BUD-12 Level ranking in BUD-A’ya de ah-PrE’ in this lifetime. Dr. Jere is only one of six individuals to have successfully completed and passed the grueling 12-hour 1st Degree Black Chevron test at Reno Krav Maga. Dr. Jere was also personally trained in counter-terrorism, escape and evasion and other tradecrafts by the man known as "The Legend" at the Farm in Langley, Virginia.
Reno Krav Maga's head instructor is an officially certified Krav Maga Instructor with over 35 years of experience in the traditional martial arts with high ranking black belts in Karate and Tae Kwon Do, as well as, ranking in several other traditional martial arts such as; Hapkido, Aikido, and Judo.
Shawn has also gained world wide attention for his two world records for endurance high kicking as certified by the Guinness Book of World Records. He achieved his first world record on September 27th, 1986 with 10,502 high kicks in 5 hours and 30 minutes. His second record was even more impressive, with 11,000 high kicks in 5 hours 18 minutes and 43 seconds. This was accomplished on January 21st, 1989.
Boaz Aviram served as the IDF's (Israeli Defense Force) chief instructor for Krav Maga, which is the Israeli Defense Forces training system of Hand to Hand Combat, where he specialized in teaching the most advanced Krav Maga applications to special operations units, and conducting the Krav Maga Instructor's training program where he certified others as Krav Maga instructors. He retired from the IDF in 1983.
The very first IDF Fighting Fitness Academy Krav Maga Chief Instructor was Krav Maga creator and founder, Imrich “Imi” Lichtenfeld (Immi Sde-Or), the second was Eli Avikzar and the third was Boaz Aviram.
Boaz Aviram, third and last Chief Krav Maga Instructor of the Israel Defense Forces IDF.
Born in the Philippines, Felix Valencia has trained extensively since the age if 4 (over 38 years) within a multitude of devastating no-nonsense fighting arts within each range of combat. Valencia has been inducted into the Karate Martial Arts Hall of Fame and the Filipino Martial Arts Hall of Fame. He became world renown as “Edgar’s Brawler” when he found a home within Punong Guro Edgar Sulite’s Filipino based system of LAMECO Eskrima. Putting this knowledge into real life application, Valencia has successfully competed in numerous full contact stick and knife fights. As a result, Guro Valencia has chosen the most street applicable systems, extracting techniques and philosophies of martial arts that allow him to flow without interruption between each range of fighting, utilizing a volatile arsenal that comprises Valencia LAMECO Eskrima. Guro Felix Valencia has earned the reputation both in the Martial Arts and Law Enforcement communities as one of the most versatile Martial Artist alive.