Former member of Yamam elite unit where he later became Chief Instructor in hand-to-hand combat, Itay Gil continues to provide his services to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) as an instructor for anti-terrorist units. He is also president of Protect, the leading training and private security service company in Israel, which officially cooperates with IDF and government agencies. In this work, Itay Gil shows us in detail some of the techniques to deal with knife attacks and threats with gun, which in 33 years of experience in Martial Arts he has adapted to the needs of real self-defense, both civil and professional.