British MPs offered Israeli self-defence lessons

MPs in Britain are being offered free self-defence training techniques used by the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad to equip them in the event of an attack, months after a woman lawmaker was killed in her constituency.

The fighting technique Krav Maga - Hebrew for "contact combat" - combines elements of judo, jujitsu, street fighting and boxing.

It is taught as a defence against assailants with guns or knives and comes after a knife attack on 41-year-old MP Jo Cox, who was killed in her constituency in West Yorkshire, northern England, in June.

The free lessons, which are being provided by Parli-Training, areaimed at protecting MPsagainst stalkers,terrorists and political extremists, 'The Daily Telegraph' reports.
 

Mendora Ogbogbo, Parli-Training founder, said: "We are teaching them techniques where if someone comes at them with a knife or a gun, they can disarm the weapons and then run. They are not being taught how to fight."

The technique was initially used by Israel's secret intelligence agency Mossad.