Kraft elements, as well as Krav Maga: another full body workout Krav Maga is an Israeli martial art widely recognized in the military, police and similar branches as a defense against mere and even armed attackers. It turned out to be excellent in the field, taking its name from its founder, Imrich Sde-Ora. Eyal Yanilov has been the founder's right-hand man for over fifteen years and heads the International Krav Maga Federation. Krav Maga began working under this name since the founding of Israel in 1948, but the founder himself taught many immediately after handing over from Bratislava to what was then Palestine before the Nazis. Had he not defected, we would probably have been left without an effective and efficient martial art.