Testimonials
28-Year-Old Female Nurse
As a nurse, I have sadly experienced occupational violence and aggression in the workplace. This sometimes made me fearful of going to work as I found that I would freeze up in these situations which put me at more risk of being harmed. I felt like I was not capable of defending myself and didn’t want to feel scared anymore so decided to start training in Krav Maga with Razi.
After the first few sessions, I already felt my confidence in self-defence growing as I had already started to learn some basic and practical skills that I could use in the real world and I found myself excited to take home what I had learned to show my partner or friends. I also started to build up my physical fitness as we would also go through various drills in our sessions to build strength and cardiovascular fitness. So not only was I better able to defend myself, I was also much fitter, and from that, I got a bit of a boost to my mental health too!
The sessions challenged me to get out of my comfort zone. This increased my general confidence and also gave me a sense of personal achievement when I was able to master a new technique.
I felt very supported throughout each session, particularly while we worked through some of the drills that I found personally very challenging, such as drills that required me to use my voice. I am quite proud to say that I have become quite good at using my voice in the workplace to get help when necessary now. Since starting the training, I feel safer at work and in my personal life, as well as physically and mentally stronger and I no longer freeze up which has definitely saved my skin on a few occasions already! I highly recommend this training to women, particularly women who are at risk of experiencing violence, but even to those who just want to feel safer on a night out, walking home or walking back to their car at night.
white-collar worker
Before this year started, I had never done any kind of self-defence class before and was unsure how I would find it given how foreign that world is to me.
Fortunately, I had Razi as a teacher who not only went at a pace that balanced my experience level with challenging me to be better.
His classes have given me a great outlet to exercise, forget about the world, have fun, and learn a practical skill that builds my confidence and a sense of purpose I don’t get with regular exercise classes. Cannot recommend Razi and his teaching enough.
Dave Friedman - Director and Chief Instructor at Krav Maga Australia
Razi has been a student at Krav Maga Australia for over 10 years and has trained under me directly since 2018. As a student Razi always displays the highest level of dedication to learning and improving his skills as well as regularly assisting in teaching. Razi has a clear passion for teaching self defence to vulnerable persons and displays the same level of dedication and passion to doing this as he does as a student.
I am proud to support Razi in his passion and his quest to benefit those that need it most.
Troubador McKenzie
I am no stranger to danger having lived in some very dangerous neighborhoods and played contact sport for most of my life. I've Been in a couple of scraps and in hindsight, I can admit that I got away in better shape than my opponents more times than I should have (which isn't many) because having taken lessons from Razi, it immediately became apparent to me how lacking my understanding of the fundamentals of self defense was.
Razi masterfully coached me to understand both the theory and practical application of krav.
He is not only gifted technically but he is equally skillful at instructing class participants and working with every pupil to establish a tailored baseline from which to improve on over time. He is very open to feedback and is diligent, never rushing for the sake of completing tasks but rather working at whatever pace is suitable to the client. He is also wonderful at motivating everyone to give maximum effort according to their individual ability.
I couldn't speak more highly of him as a trainer.
Thank you brother!