Mark Slane

Mark Slane founded the United States Krav Maga Association to spread Krav Maga throughout the U.S. Mark was a member of the 1st group of outside instructors ever trained at the Krav Maga National Training Center in LA. Black Belts must have been personally invited to test in LA by Krav Maga Worldwide. Mark became a black belt in Nov 03 & tested with USKMA to 2nd Degree Black Belt in 2009. Mark Slane has studied the martial arts for 25+ yrs. he started in Tae Kwon Do & holds a 4th degree black belt. In Olympic style Tae Kwon Do he won a national championship in sparring in the light weight division: 33 to 40 yr old age group. He has taught martial arts to 100s of students over the past 20+ yrs, has coached and trained dozens of national medalists, national champions, U.S. team members and even 2 World medalists. Mark has also trained in boxing for several years with Olympic Gold Medalist, Jerry Page and has spent years studying Muay Thai, BJJ, & Mixed Martial Arts.