KMG Instructor of the Month

Name: Elroy Vaz

Age:
Will be Fifty this coming March; half a century -what a ride!

Marital status:
Real glad in this life to be part of my family; a loving wife, a 23 year old son, a 12 year old daughter, our three dogs and two cats. All Kravites, the pets too. Mumbai is our home.

Occupation:
I own a removals company for the past 24 years, but KMG India has almost become my full time profession as I take around 24 flights a month within India trying my best to spread the Knowledge of KMG as the Regional Head of KMG in India. I give around 80 KMG classes a month, VIP protection workshops, corporate workshops and pro bono work trying to spread the knowledge to Women.

Krav Maga experience:
Tried my hand at KM from 2004 but finally got into KM with an organized outfit in 2007. Having been into other Martial Art styles and also having taught in those styles, I wanted to be a KM Instructor and started my journey in 2010, I traveled to Italy in 2011 and met Eyal and found my Guru in him for the rest of my life and therefore became a member of the KMG Family. One of the most important decisions in my entire life.

Why Krav Maga:
Having been into Martial Arts from the age of 10 in a country where exposure in those years was not easy, television too came into India only in the mid seventies, I moved from style to style over the years never actually being content. In the meanwhile family and work took precedence (it still does).

In my early 20’s I experienced KM on the beaches of Goa, I always wanted to pursue KM but due to personal choices I only got into KM much later on in my life. During my training of KM over the years, a tragedy occurred in my life and I lost one of my closest friends who was in Law Enforcement in the 26/11 terrorist attack in Mumbai. He was a person that stood up for people that could not defend themselves. An inspirational person. His passing away changed my life. In pursuit of trying to do what he did, I became a KM Instructor. Each class gives me a sense of fulfillment and the will to do more.

Weekly training regime:
Giving around 36 hours of KM classes a week leaves me with much less time to train. I try to do so early in the morning on my own around 5 am for an hour twice a week and since all the members of my family are KMG students, I ask them to train with me at least twice a week.

Most effective Krav Maga technique:
360 Defense which I needed to used a couple of times in real life.

Tip for KM trainees:
“Never give up”: think and feel this as your basis of your training. There are no limits once you think this way. In Krav Maga it’s not what you think you know, but what you do.

Source: KMG The Full Contact Newsletter | KMG Newsletter | July 2013 | Goa