{"id":69,"date":"2015-08-01T07:13:33","date_gmt":"2015-08-01T05:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/combatacademy.co.za\/?page_id=69"},"modified":"2015-08-03T18:21:43","modified_gmt":"2015-08-03T16:21:43","slug":"bio-links","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/combatacademy.co.za\/index.php\/bio-links\/","title":{"rendered":"Bio &#038; Links"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bio information for Tony Hardy extracted from the IKI Instructors page for South Africa, for full information <a href=\"http:\/\/www.your-krav-maga-expert.com\/IKI-Krav-Maga-Instructors-South-Africa.html#TonyHardy\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Below: Tony Hardy with Moshe Katz<\/em><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-79\" style=\"padding: 15px;\" src=\"http:\/\/combatacademy.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/TonyAndMoshe.jpg\" alt=\"Tony Hardy with International Head Instructor Moshe Katz\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I began Martial Arts training in 1988; after achieving a 2nd Dan in GoJu Ryu Karate, I dabbled in full contact Karate looking to test my skills before starting Kickboxing where I obtained a Black Belt as well. Although I competed successfully for a number of years in Karate, Kickboxing and full contact Karate, my emphasis was more on the traditional elements of the styles.<\/p>\n<p>Taught Karate for over 6 years where my passion for sharing this knowledge was born.<\/p>\n<p>Other Martial Arts I have been exposed to include Kendo, Wing Chun and Ju-Jitsu.<\/p>\n<p>Working in the security industry for 5 years I had many opportunities to combat test techniques, identifying those that work from those that are less than effective or only effective in certain situations\u2026 I soon discovered that a large percentage of traditional techniques aren\u2019t practical.I was also frustrated by the amount of time required to convey skills to students looking for an expedient solution to self preservation needs\u2026<\/p>\n<p>I believe that ongoing development and improvement is essential in an environment that is constantly changing and adapting&#8230; for me&#8230; this is the space filled by Krav Maga&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Contact Combat Academy is a proud member of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.your-krav-maga-expert.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Israeli Krav International<\/a>\u00a0(IKI).<\/p>\n<p>Our International Head Instructor is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.your-krav-maga-expert.com\/Moshe-Katz-Krav-Maga-Information.html\" target=\"_blank\">Moshe Katz<\/a> who joins us in South Africa annually to provide the latest updates to the IKI system and share his knowledge and experience with us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bio information for Tony Hardy extracted from the IKI Instructors page for South Africa, for full information click here. Below: Tony Hardy with Moshe Katz &#8220;I began Martial Arts training in 1988; after achieving a 2nd Dan in GoJu Ryu Karate, I dabbled in full contact Karate looking to test my skills before starting Kickboxing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-69","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/combatacademy.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/combatacademy.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/combatacademy.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combatacademy.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combatacademy.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/combatacademy.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83,"href":"https:\/\/combatacademy.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69\/revisions\/83"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/combatacademy.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}