Day 7 Car Rage (31.12.2013)

Today: Situations in and around a car and maneuver to use a car to protect.

Car Rage with Avi Moyal, Israel Cohen and Marcus Torgerson

It`s a lot of trouble in the morning. We all gather in the lobby and try to divide us into groups. We are distributed to different cars, with them we want to drive to the training area for today. Avi explains the drivers how to drive and how complicated it can be to drive through Tel Aviv, but I will not assume that our column will have any trouble. Avi`s car is ahead, while Marcus moves as one of the middle cars and Israel C. makes the finishing touch in his bright yellow vehicle ;-) What could happen?

We`re all excited, what will happen today, because in the brochure, that we received on our arrival day, were written some interesting points like tactical drive.

Splitting into two groups, again. We are simply to many people to explain the exercises optimally.

I will start in the group of Marcus, with the behavior of attacks in and around a car. Example: I took a hitchhiker and that was a fail, because now he holds a knife on my throat, or a pistol against my head – What can I do now? AND how will I get out of the car, as soon as possible?

Especially the Get rid of the seat belt and the rapid opening of the door with get off, is hard training, again and again. But we have a lot of fun. We know, in real life it`s a damn bad situation, but for the moment it`s learning. If the attacker can cut me with the rubber knife, then I know something was wrong or I was to slow.

Practice! Practice! Practice! That`s a must have for such techniques.

 

In the other group, it is going even more rapid. ;-)

A training with Avi and Israel C. how to control a car, use the car as a protection, to escape or as a weapon.

We have the opportunity simply to accelerate. Driving round by round to getting a feeling for the car and also backwards, to assess the views and angles. Israel C. explain every driving lection really simple and use as example a VIP who must be brought safely from A to B. That makes it easy to understand.

The protection of a VIP with 2 Cars, was certainly the most fun for us. While eight people take a sit, with one person as a VIP … has the rest of the group the permission to throw the car with water bombs. The task of the crew into the cars is it to bring there VIP to a safe place.

Somehow, the training was too short, we had so much fun.

But it`s New Years Eve and we have “holidays”, so it`s go back to the hotel. quite early and later into the city. In smaller groups we go to bars or restaurants and wait for the new year, which already begins one hour earlier then in germany. We don`t see a firework, because here it`s rather unusual and for a short moment I miss it but the talks with the group and the feelings makes everything good!

Before the silvesterparty starts, we have a little highlight – We drive to the IKMF-HQ.

HQ

With a little guidance, we see the center of the IKMF! It`s small but nice.

Avi explains the individual rooms with a James Bond comparison, which sounds pretty funny, but makes it simple. So, even If you want to know, how the GIT`s get prepare for there trips, then watch the James Bond Movies and see what happen if he comes to the HQ and get his equipment. Well, maybe it`s not such a future equipment, but the process is similar.

But now:

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

A happy new year! That a wishes and dreams come true!

And don`t get hurt!