KMLI
The Island's Premier KRAV MAGA Training Center

Community Outreach

At KMLI, we believe in giving back to the communities in the surrounding areas--Nassau, Suffolk, and NYC. Throughout the year, we offer demonstrations, workshops, and seminars to adult and youth groups at schools, synagogues, parochial schools,  recreation centers, and local businesses. If you would like to set up one of these events, please call us at (516) 935-KRAV.

Here are some of the programs we have done in the past few years:

April 2010 - Series of workshops for students at the North Shore Hebrew Academy High School, Great Neck, NY.
March 2010 - Workshop for parents at the Solomon Schecter School, Jericho, NY.
February 2010 - KMLI donated a car-load of food and supplies for the food pantries of both HUMC and Hatzilu, both
                          charitable organizations that provide food and other needed items to families throughout Long Island.
November 2009 - Workshop at the Hofstra University Hillel Chapter.
September 2009 - Workshop for Roslyn Hilltop Academy students.
April 2009 - Series of workshops for the 9th, 10th, and 11th graders at the North Shore Hebrew Academy.
March 2009 - Information booth at the Syosset Health Fair, Syosset, NY.
February 2009 - Workshop at the Stony Brook University Hillel Chapter, Stony Brook, NY.
January 2009 - Demonstration and Workshop at the Women's Club (Hadassah) of East Meadow Jewish Center.
December 2008 - Series of demonstrations and workshops at Midway Jewish Center, Syosset, NY.
November 2008 - Seminar at Roslyn High School.
October 2008 - Demonstration and workshop for the Men's Club of East Meadow Jewish Center.
April 2008 - Rape-defense seminar for the Women's Center of John Jay College, NY.
February 2008 - Demonstration and workshop at the Mid-Island Y, Plainview, NY
November 2007 - Information session at the Matelin Middle School, Plainview, NY
September 2007 - Six-week Introduction to Krav Maga program at the Sid Jacobson JCC, East Hills, NY.
March 2007 - Presentation and workshop on "Self Defense & the Use of Force" at John Jay College, NY.
January 2007 - Discussion and presentation on "Dealing with Bullies" at Temple Beth Shalom, Roslyn, NY.
November 2006 - Workshop at Hofstra University's EMET Society.
May 2006 - Demonstration and workshop at Stony Brook University's Hillel Chapter.
April 2006 - Demonstration and discussion on self-defense for the Student Club Association of John Jay College, NY.
January 2006 - Demonstration and discussion on self-defense at Temple Beth Shalom, Roslyn, NY.
January 2006 - Workshop for the Dix Hills Jewish Center's Sisterhood, Dix Hills, NY.
November 2005 - Workshop and discussion, Hicksville Cub Scouts, Hicksville, NY.
February 2005 - Workshop and discussion on "Bullies and Self-Defense," East Meadow Jewish Center.
2003 - 2004 - Workshops, Demonstrations, Discussions at:  The Hain Celestial Group, Midway Jewish Center, Stony Brook University, Hofstra University, Adelphi University, Torah Academy of Long Island (TALI), Matelin Middle School



















































Belt Test Results

April '09
Jessica Bickman - Yellow
Tom Greco - Yellow
Kieran Kirk - Yellow
John Konecsni - Yellow
Gene Vassell - Yellow
Dan Wallenstein - Yellow
March '09
Chris Anastasiadis - Yellow
Michael Bergman - Yellow
Michael Cohen - Yellow
Carlos Gutierrez
Kevin Roa - Yellow
January '09
Rich Fitzgerald - Yellow
Jessica Kronrad - Yellow
Michele Musarra - Yellow
Matt Roman - Yellow
Anthony Santopadre - Yellow
November '08
Eric Feldman - Green
Scott Flashner - Green
Frank Pomara - Green
John Coughlin - Yellow
John Fugina - Yellow
John Heller - Yellow
Steve Kokot - Yellow
Rich Nappi - Yellow
Jared Orientale - Yellow
Joe Siddiqee - Yellow
September '08
Dean Angel - Orange
Paul Benincasa - Orange
Todd Kettler - Orange
Bradley Bosley - Yellow
Sharon Bosley - Yellow
Tal Hadar - Yellow
Warren Lin - Yellow
Louie Massaro - Yellow
Pete Sala - Yellow
June '08
Sean Bruning - Yellow
Dave Erdelyi - Yellow
Greg Galvani - Yellow
Danny Izcovich - Yellow
Anthony Papantonius - Yellow
Bob Steinhardt - Yellow
April '08
Chris Hufford - Yellow
Greg Mendez - Yellow
Tim Marinace - Yellow
Greg Colarossi - Yellow
Les Spence - Yellow
Kevin Santana - Yellow
February '08
Kon Klissouras - Blue
Dariel Williams - Blue
TJ Flynn - Green
Kevin Reid - Green
Jeremy Cohen - Orange
Raj Ramrattan - Orange
January '08
Dean Angel - Yellow
Rudi Bishop - Yellow
Alex Gates - Yellow
George Rafferty - Yellow
Steve Ricco - Yellow
Jeff Santacroce - Yellow
Ralph Terrysen - Yellow
Obinna Wachuku - Yellow
December '07
Ariella Kaminsky - Orange
Ellen Kaminsky - Orange
Brian Maguire - Orange
Bill Murray - Orange
Steve Schonfeld - Orange
Jon Wolff - Orange
Izzy Benetos - Yellow
Giacomo Bolon - Yellow
Mike Byrd - Yellow
Chris Curtis - Yellow
Joe Galletti - Yellow
Rob Herms - Yellow
Nat Napolitano - Yellow
Evan Rogdakis - Yellow
September '07
Damon Benedetti - Yellow
Mike Botwin - Yellow
Nigel Harris - Yellow
Artie Krauss - Yellow
Christine Palladino - Yellow
Tony Raccanelli - Yellow
July '07
Eric Dixon - Orange
Fran Faustino - Orange
Lou Greco - Orange
Paul Kovach - Orange
Mir Noorata - Orange
Mike Rogdakis - Orange
Paul Benincasa - Yellow
Mike DeGregorio - Yellow
Ryan Martin - Yellow
Jason Quereau - Yellow
Amir Wilker - Yellow
May '07
Scott Flashner - Orange
Frank Pomara - Orange
Mike Pomara - Orange
Todd Kettler - Yellow
Chris Sbrocchi - Yellow
Larry Zavadoff - Orange
March '07
Oleg Ivanov - Yellow
Yuriy Ivanov - Yellow
Adam Karp - Yellow
Raj Ramrattan - Yellow
2006
Bill Primavera - Green
David Geltman - Green
Scott Abraham - Orange
Steve Cocoros - Orange
Evan D'Amico - Orange
Joe Desthers - Orange
Eric Feldman - Orange
Darrin Giglio - Orange
Rod Sequeira - Orange
Liz Acosta - Yellow
Bob Cohen - Yellow
Jeremy Cohen - Yellow
Michelle Cohen - Yellow
Eric Dixon - Yellow
Sue Dubourg - Yellow
Fran Faustino - Yellow
Scott Flashner - Yellow
Pete Fredriksen - Yellow
Assaf Gal - Yellow
Ariella Kaminsky - Yellow
Phil Lupo - Yellow
Brian Mund - Yellow
Mir Noorata - Yellow
Ramiro Ordonez - Yellow
Pete Orlando - Yellow
Oz Rahman - Yellow
Mike Rogdakis - Yellow
Aaron Strassburger - Yellow
Avi Szefler - Yellow
Chris Varugheses - Yellow
Jon Wolff - Yellow
Angelos Zizismatos - Yellow
2005
Kevin Diegnan - Orange
Cathy Eng - Orange
Ricky Kemmler - Orange
Tom Faulhaber - Orange
Scott Abraham- Yellow
Dave Avasthi - Yellow
Mike Burkett- Yellow
Steve Cocoros- Yellow
Jessica Day- Yellow
Aleks Degtyarev- Yellow
Corey Delaney- Yellow
Eric Feldman- Yellow
Jonathan Gal- Yellow
Darrin Giglio- Yellow
Jared Gold- Yellow
Aurelio Gongora Sr. - Yellow
Aurelio Gongora Jr.- Yellow
Emily Hawe - Yellow
Alan Kashinsky- Yellow
Paul Kovach- Yellow
Gary Krass- Yellow
Kyle Krass- Yellow
Tom LaFemina- Yellow
Scott Landman- Yellow
Amber MacDonald- Yellow
Brian Maguire- Yellow
Bill Murray- Yellow
Frank Pomara- Yellow
Mike Pomara- Yellow
Micky Pomeranz- Yellow
Yael Sacks- Yellow
Steve Zyman- Yellow
2004
Joe Desthers - Yellow
Charlie Doran - Yellow
Cathy Eng - Yellow
Adam Engelhardt - Yellow
Tome Faulhaber - Yellow
Lou Greco - Yellow
Ricky Kemmler - Yellow
Glenn Rubin - Yellow

2003
Jason Craven - Orange
David Moskowitz  - Orange
Bill Primavera - Orange
Kevin Diegnan - Yellow
Bill Jackman - Yellow
Becky Maines - Yellow
Terry McGarry - Yellow
Steven Schonfeld - Yellow
Rod Sequeira - Yellow
2002
David Moskowitz - Yellow
Bill Primavera - Yellow


 KMLI in the News
September 2008 - Newsday.com, Long Island's top on-line newspaper, sent reporter Meredith Daniels to KMLI to film her taking a Level 1 KRAV MAGA class. Meredith's story would also include training in Muay Thai and Brazillian Jiu Jitsu and is scheduled to appear on both the Newsday.com site as well as their linked site: ExploreLongIsland.com

June 2008 - NEWS 12 Long Island ran a short feature on KMLI on Monday, June 16th. The piece aired every hour for around 24 hours!! Producer Dan Wallenstein is now a KMLI member!!

June 2007 - Michael Blitz was invited to do a demonstration of Krav Maga for Fitness at the Book Expo America convention at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City. The demo was to promote the book Everything Krav Maga by Tina Angelotti. Tina's book is about the connections between Krav and serious fitness training, and the publisher, Adams Media, asked Michael to provide a 30 minute demo at the convention. In view of hundreds of browsers (the Book Expo features hundreds of publishers and authors, and tens of thousands of new books) Michael and Assaf Gal--who was a terrific demo-partner--showed a variety of kicks, hand-strikes, striking combinations, and knife defenses.

April 2007 - KMLI was a featured sponsor on WBLI Radio during the "Long Island Idol" Competition and Program in Hicksville.

November 15, 2006 - KMLI was featured in a column, "Krav Maga is Kicking the Nation," in Vignette, the weekly newspaper of Nassau Community College.


 KMLI in the Community
April 2009 - Michael Blitz & Kevin Reid taught three workshops to 9th, 10th, & 11th graders at North Shore Hebrew Academy High School in Great Neck.

March 2009 - Michael & Mozelle Blitz participated in the Syosset  Health Fair at the Syosset High School.

February 2009 - KMLI ran a Krav Maga workshop and information session at Stony Brook University's Hillel chapter

February 2009  - KMLI ran a Krav Maga workshop for the Hofstra University's Hillel Chapter

January 2009 - Michael Blitz and Christine Palladino gave a demonstration to the Women's Club (Hadassah) of East Meadow Jewish Center

December '08- KMLI provided 3 demonstrations at Midway Jewish Center, Syosset, for the Hanukah Festival.

November '08 - KMLI provided an hour of instruction to Roslyn High School special programs

October '08 - Michael Blitz (and daughter Rene) gave a Krav Maga demonstration plus a Q & A session for the East Meadow Jewish Center's  Men's Club.

April '08 - Michael Blitz was invited to teach a rape-defense seminar for  the Women's Center at John Jay College.

February '08 - KMLI was invited to do a Krav Maga demonstration/workshop at the Mid-Island Y in Plainview.

November '07 - KMLI was invited to talk to students about the Martial Arts profession at Matelin Middle School, Plainview, NY.

September '07 - The Sid Jacobson JCC (East Hills, NY) contracted with KMLI to run a 6-week Introduction to Krav Maga Program

March '07 - Michael Blitz was invited to speak at John Jay College of Criminal Justice about "Self-defense, and the Morality of the Use of Force."

January '07 - Michael Blitz was invited by Temple Beth Shalom, Roslyn, NY to talk to Hebrew School students about "Dealing with Bullies"

November '06 - KMLI was invited by Hofstra University's EMET Society to give a Krav Maga workshop.

 May '06 - KMLI was invited by Stony Brook University's Hillel chapter to give a Krav Maga demonstration and workshop.

 April '06 - The Director of Student Activities at John Jay College of Criminal Justice invited Michael Blitz to do a demonstration and to lead a discussion about self-defense for the Student Club Association.

 January '06 - Michael Blitz was invited to give a Krav Maga demonstration and to talk about self-defense at Temple Beth Sholom, Roslyn, NY
 
January '06 - The Dix Hills Jewish Center's Sisterhood invited KMLI to run a self-defense workshop for women.

November '05 - The Hicksville Cub Scouts came to KMLI for a 90 minute training session and discussion of self-defense.

 February '05 - The East Meadow Jewish Center invited Michael Blitz to speak to the Youth Group about self-defense, bullies, and Krav Maga.

November '04 - KMLI was invited to give a workshop on self-defense for the Youth group, Temple Beth Elohim, Bethpage, NY

November '04 - KMLI was invited to give a workshop on self-defense for teens at Temple Beth Shalom, Roslyn, NY

September '04 - Michael Blitz presented a discussion and demonstration of Krav Maga for various Adult groups at Midway Jewish Center, Syosset, NY

August '04  -  KMLI was invited by Stony Brook University's Hillel chapter to give a Krav Maga demonstration and workshop.

September '03 - June '05 - weekly Krav Maga classes at the Torah Academy of Long Island, Syosset, NY


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