About Moti Nativ

Moti (Mordehai) Nativ, a retired colonel from the Israel Defense Forces, is a certified Feldenkrais Method and Martial Arts teacher. Moti has graduated from the Jerusalem 1 Feldenkrais training in 1994 and served as the president of the Israeli Feldenkrais Guild. Moti began studying Martial Arts in 1966, and his martial arts practice includes wrestling, Judo, and Krav Maga. He holds a black belt in Judo, and he is a certified Krav Maga instructor. Moti is Dai Shihan (master teacher) of Bujinkan school of Budo TaiJutsu. He is a member of this school since 1975, and since 1995 he has led the training of Bujinkan teachers in Israel. He founded the Bujinkan Shiki (Awareness) Dojo. Moti has explored the peculiar way that brought Moshe Feldenkrais from the land of Israel to become a Judo Master in France and England and the influence of the Martial Arts on the development of the Feldenkrais Method.