LOTAR has repeatedly been tested by people who go to war for a living, whether as Special Forces soldiers, law enforcement officers, or a civilian. It works for them, and we know it will work for you.

LOTAR is an all-inclusive defensive tactics system that uses the most battle-tested close-quarter combat defensive techniques of today’s special force units in the United States and other countries. These techniques are integrated into the techniques of Krav Maga and Kapap, which are the foundation of our system.

LOTAR is a complete combat system that offers operators a wide spectrum of tactical responses, both lethal and non-lethal. LOTAR enables the operator to dominate in a high-speed all-out aggressive environment while in full battle gear. The emphasis is on “neutralizing a threat quickly, most simply and instinctively possible”.

Each technique or skill set has been proven under the pressure of true combat and “real-life” terrorist situations. These techniques and skills have proven to be effective in battle daily. In response to the combat-changing environment, the LOTAR System is continually changed and refined to fit the threats of the current day.

LOTAR includes all of the various fighting techniques required by a soldier on the battlefield against terrorism. Israeli soldiers are trained in hand-to-hand combat, firearms fighting, and edged weapons and run obstacle courses designed to toughen them physically and mentally.

The original Israeli elite units, which remain the prototype for all Special Forces to this day, developed the martial art of Kapap – face-to-face combat. Those instructors involved with Kapap since its inception (at the Israeli Special Forces) are Chaim Peer, Ahron Levi, Orde Wingate, and others who have chosen to remain anonymous. Kapap evolved into the modern-day martial art Lochama Zeira (Micro Combat), which subsequently developed into the concept of LOTAR.

Modern LOTAR / Kapap originated in Israeli under the guidance of such men as Moni Aizik, Lt. Colonel Chaim Peer, and Major Avi Nardia. When brought to the United States by Avi Nardia and Brian Rauchbach, it was intended to bring both the self-defense and operational close-quarter combat techniques of the most elite counter-terror units in Israeli (the YAMAM) to the military, law enforcement, and civilian populations of the United States.

Once the system was introduced to the civilian and law enforcement markets of the United States, the LOTAR system was enhanced and modified by adding other Close Quarter Combat techniques from other operational units from around the world, such as the; SAS, GIGN, and US Navy Seals.

LOTAR uses any available weapon or improvises one, considering the environmental conditions: urban/rural, visibility, terrain, weather, and target distance.

LOTAR has been created around the modern-day martial art application, continually modified to address the ever-changing world and the need for new and evolved techniques. This difference may seem slight, but in reality, is the difference between life and death or surviving an attack or not.