ORANGE COUNTY, CA - Krav Maga of Orange County (KMOC) was recently recognized for services to the community by the California State Assembly. KMOC has been providing exemplary self-defense training in Orange County for 20 years. KMOC has taught thousands of students throughout Orange County to train tough, train smart, and train for long-term success. They continue to provide the highest level of training to students, providing the most current techniques applied in real-world scenarios as the longest running Krav Maga studio in Southern California.

Offering the highest quality training to both civilians and law enforcement, KMOC has been helping students meet fitness, self-defense and mental focus goals, as the only official Krav Maga Worldwide (KMW) certified training provider in Orange County. There is training and classes for all levels at Krav Maga of Orange County, Matthew H. of Aliso Viejo, CA says, "I started training at Krav Maga OC just over a year ago. The classes are great and the instructors do a fantastic job of explaining techniques and then providing one on one attention to students. The classes are all a great workout and I leave feeling like I gained useful skills from each class.”

In addition to the highest quality self-defense, Krav Maga Orange County has also dedicated itself to helping the Community in other ways. Most recently KMOC Donated proceeds from its Home Invasion Self Defense Seminar to the Stop Cancer Foundation in memory of Krav Maga Worldwide Chief Instructor Darren Levine’s mother, Shirley Levine. KMOC has also donated proceeds from Youth Synagogue events to the Make a Wish Foundation, proceeds from FAST seminars to the Japan Tsunami Relief Fund, and offered free classes to female students of Fullerton College and the women of Orange County in response to two sexual assaults on campus. 

Krav Maga of Orange County (KMOC) is celebrating its 20th anniversary of providing the highest quality Krav Maga instruction in Orange County! KMOC has been helping students meet fitness, self defense and mental focus goals, as the only official Krav Maga Worldwide (KMW) certified training provider in Orange County. KMOC has taught thousands of students throughout Orange County to train tough, train smart, and train for long-term success. They continue to provide the highest level of training to students, providing the most current techniques applied in real-world scenarios.

 Chris B. of Rancho Santa Margarita, CA says, “Krav Maga is a terrific workout, but it's also an effective and brutal martial art. If you are looking to take your workout to new levels, and if you want to see how much you can really accomplish, KMOC is the place to go."

 Over 20 years ago Darren Levine, Chief Instructor of Krav Maga Worldwide, asked his senior students/instructors Mitch Markowitz and Mike Leifer to start a program in Orange County. They followed that direction and established Krav Maga of Orange County (KMOC). Since that time, the KMOC team has established two facilities, one in Mission Viejo and another in Irvine, to conveniently provide you with the highest quality Krav Maga training.

 The KMOC instructor staff has over 130 years of combined teaching experience in Krav Maga and the program is the only one in Orange County with six Black Belt Level Instructors.

In order to help students start 2012 right, Krav Maga Orange County is offering special packages to new students who sign up this year. Students who become members have full access to KMOC classes as well as a discounted rate for special seminars like Chief Instructor of KMW Darren Levine’s Home Invasion Defense Seminar and the Fear Adrenaline Stress Training, or F.A.S.T, seminars offered throughout the year.

IRVINE, CA - Krav Maga of Orange County (KMOC) will be hosting a Home Invasion Defense Seminar led by Krav Maga Worldwide Chief Instructor Darren Levine. The seminar will be held on February 4th from 2:00-5:00 pm at KMOC’s Irvine location.

According to statistics compiled from the FBI and US Department of Justice, one out of five homes will experience a break-in or home invasion. This results in over 8,000 home invasions everyday on average in North America. KMOC and Darren Levine’s seminar will focus on defense against home invaders, providing students with practical and effective defensive tactics. Emphasis will be on what to do once a home invasion has occurred and will prepare students for defending themselves and their family once intruders are in the home.

Seminar instructor and 6th-degree black belt Darren Levine has dedicated his life to the safety of others serving as Krav Maga Chief Instructor and also as the Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney. He founded the nonprofit Krav Maga Association of America, Inc. at the personal request of Krav Maga Grandmaster Imi Lichtenfeld. Mr. Levine serves as the Chairman of the Board and U.S. Chief Instructor of Krav Maga Worldwide. He was certified as a Krav Maga instructor in 1981 by the Israeli Ministry of Education and the Wingate Institute of Physical Education and Sport in Netanya, Israel. Mr. Levine has taught Krav Maga to thousands civilians and local, state, and federal law enforcement officers, as well as to military special operation and counter-terror units on an official basis, throughout the United States and abroad.

Darren Levine served as a Deputy District Attorney for the County of Los Angeles starting in 1990. As a prosecutor, he was a senior member of the Crimes Against Peace Officers Section (CAPOS), an elite special trials unit tasked with the responsibility of prosecuting the most violent crimes committed against peace officers. In that position for nearly 13 years, he has prosecuted eight cases involving the murders of on duty peace officers and was entrusted with prosecuting some of the most challenging, complex, and high profile cases in the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. Currently, he serves as a supervisor in the District Attorney's Office. He has been recognized by receiving many awards, including the Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney of the Year (2003), the National Association of District Attorneys (co-recipient) of the 2004 Heavy Hitter Award, and was named a Distinguished Alumni of Loyola Law School in 2005. Darren continues to extensively teach Krav Maga throughout the world.