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Moti Horenstein is an Israeli-American martial artist.

Early Training and Fight History

Beginning his training at the age of five, Horenstein captured three Junior Champion of Israel titles before induction in the army in 1983. Serving his required service but in no special capacity in the army, he was discharged. His skills in Krav Maga

Krav Maga

Krav Maga is a noncompetitive eclectic self-defense system developed in Europe that involves striking techniques, wrestling and grappling. Krav Maga is known for its focus on real-world situations and extremely efficient, brutal counter-attacks...

and training under Dr. Dennis Hannover, the premier exponent of Krav Maga in Israel, gained Moti the infamy and mystique of the Israel Special Forces, although he never served in them. Horenstein won three Champion of Israel titles in the adult heavyweight division.
Horenstein expanded his fighting repertoire by training in several other disciplines, from traditional Oriental styles to modern Mixed Martial Arts. His championship titles include Oyama (Westchester, NY, 1995), Shidokan (Chicago, 1996 and 1997), and Mas Oyama (Rochester, 1997). He competed internationally in several mixed martial arts competitions, including Ultimate Test (Atlantic City, 1995, and Costa Rica, 1996), Ultimate Fighting Challenge (Fair Park, Alabama, 1996), No Holds Barred (Amsterdam, 1998), and the Bas Rutten Invitational (Littleton, Colorado, 1999).

Development of World Survival Hisardut

Horenstein’s training expanded with Miki Erez, who had studied Krav Maga with the founder of the style Imi Lichtenfeld

Imi Lichtenfeld

Imre "Imi" Lichtenfeld was an Israeli martial artist who founded the Krav Maga self-defense system. He was also known as Imi Sde-Or, the Hebrew calque of his name.-Early life:...

. A former Israeli Air Force Pilot who overcame near-paralysis in a helicopter crash, Erez and Horenstein combined traditional Oriental styles with Hisardut (from the Hebrew term השרדות, meaning “survival,” an advanced form of Krav Maga) to create World Survival Hisardut. The style emphasizes simple, efficient movements while upright, and a range of powerful submissions to be used in ground fighting.
World Survival Hisardut emphasizes real-world self-defense skills, from predator avoidance skills for children to self-defense skills for the elderly. The style marks progression with thirteen belts, requiring students to develop proficiency in hand-to-hand combat, knife defense, gun defense, and weapons training in Nunchaku

Nunchaku

is a traditional Okinawan weapon consisting of two sticks connected at their ends with a short chain or rope.-Etymology:The Japanese word nunchaku is the Kun'yomi reading of the Kanji term for a traditional Chinese two section staff....

, escrima, and short blades. Additional advanced weapons training in bo

-People:*Bo , name origin, plus people with the name*Bo , name origin, plus people with the surname**Bo , Chinese family names*Bo people , extinct minority population in Southern China famous for hanging coffins...

, kama

Kama

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, sai

Sai

-Education:*self-accrediting institution, a three-letter acronym in use in higher education in Australia to describe universities and other SAIs-Fiction:*Fujiwara no Sai, a character in Hikaru no Go media*Sai , a character in Naruto media...

, sword, and Israeli Instinctive Shooting is available for qualified students. Horenstein operates two schools in New York and Florida.

Other Activities

Horenstein has a number of film credits, most recently as a bodyguard in Miami Vice

Miami Vice

Miami Vice is an American television series produced by Michael Mann for NBC. The series starred Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas as two Metro-Dade Police Department detectives working undercover in Miami. It ran for five seasons on NBC from 1984–1989...

(Michael Mann, 2006). He frequently serves as a consultant and instructor to the US Military and police forces around the country. He is married to Melissa Horenstein. He recently appeared in the season 2 finale of Deadliest Warrior
Deadliest Warrior
Deadliest Warrior is a television program in which information on historical or modern warriors and their weapons are used to determine which of them is the "deadliest" based upon tests performed during each episode...

, entitled "Navy SEAL

United States Navy SEALs

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vs. Israeli Commando

Sayeret

Sayeret , literally means "reconnaissance unit" in the Israel Defense Forces . In practice, these units specialize in commando and other special forces roles, in addition to reconnaissance...

", as one of the "experts" on the Commando

Sayeret

Sayeret , literally means "reconnaissance unit" in the Israel Defense Forces . In practice, these units specialize in commando and other special forces roles, in addition to reconnaissance...

, despite never being a Commando himself.

MMA

From 1996 to 2000 Horenstein competed in seven MMA

Mixed martial arts

Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

fights. He participated in the early (no-rules) UFC Heavyweight tournaments and lost in both of his attempts in the first round. One loss was to Mark Kerr and the other to Mark Coleman

Mark Coleman

Mark Coleman is an American mixed martial artist, professional wrestler, former NCAA collegiate wrestler and former Olympic amateur wrestler. In MMA, he was the UFC 10 and UFC 11 tournament champion, the first Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight champion, and the Pride Fighting...

Alexandre Ferreira

Alexandre Ferreira (fighter)

Alexandre "Cacareco" Ferreira born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a professional mixed martial artist.-Ultimate Fighting Championship:Ferreira made his promotional debut against Vladimir Matyushenko on November 13, 2010 at UFC 122, losing via first round TKO....

Rotterdam

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, Netherlands

Netherlands

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Amsterdam

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Netherlands

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Patrick Smith

Patrick Smith (fighter)

Patrick Smith is a retired American kickboxer, boxer and mixed martial artist. He started his mixed martial arts career by participating in the first two Ultimate Fighting Championship events....

Littleton, Colorado

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United States

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Oleg Taktarov

Oleg Nikolaevich Taktarov is a retired Russian mixed martial artist and actor. He is a practitioner of Sambo and Judo and has competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and Pride Fighting Championships. Taktarov was the UFC 6 tournament champion and holds notable wins over Marco Ruas and David...

Kazakhstan

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UFC 14

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Birmingham, Alabama

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, United States

United States

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Mark Coleman

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