Project Goal: Strengthening the combat capabilities and mental resilience of the “Bnei HaMakom” volunteers

Method: A series of urban combat training sessions, from individual level to team level, led by top instructors

Training Review – Bnei HaMakom

Great job, dear brothers

It was wonderful to meet brothers and a sister who choose to act for the community.

Today’s achievements on the professional level included: weapons proficiency, conscious decision-making, and alertness in combat, opening a position and working inside a building, movement outside, and the sequence of actions during an incident.
We talked about an open and breached circle, and mainly we tried to create a space that unites, motivates, and allows focusing internal resources for improvement and the values of camaraderie.

The aspiration is that every day at least two instructors will be dedicated to this special and important event that is happening in one way or another all over the country.
I will later list the instructors for each day.

Combat for the People division and Israeli Resilience – in shared destiny for everyone. It’s exciting, fun, and above all, not taken for granted 💪🏽💪🏽💓
(Shaul)

I’m positively amazed.
You’re awesome.
A combination of a huge, open heart and top-level professionalism.
See you later — we’ve only just begun.
(Asaf)

I really want to share this with you.
Today I participated in a slightly different training for reserve soldiers.

A training that spoke about stress and pressure, one that began with a kind of focus and connection to the body, starting with breathing exercises and how they affect the body and the decision-making system.

Simply amazing — I never thought such a conversation could even happen within a military framework.
A discussion about expansion instead of contraction during an emergency.
We even did a bit of Kundalini.

Absolutely brilliant — the understanding that better fighters are those who are connected to their bodily sensations.

We talked about failure — missing a target or not completing a mission.
A discussion about conserving energy during prolonged combat.

I came back physically exhausted but really energized.
With the feeling that today’s soldiers and fighters have other tools that I didn’t have in my time.

I hope better days will come and that these tools will also help us return to routine more quickly — and take less stress and anxiety home with us.

☝️ Sharing a comment from the Bnei HaMakom group. Every word is gold!
(Ofir)

Shaul and Amir,

You gave us an exceptional training day!
We started as individual fighters and finished as a unified combat force of the standby squad — we couldn’t have asked for a more meaningful and effective training.

The training content was perfectly tailored to the reference threat. The mental preparation and reinforcement of the mindset that we must operate under uncertainty while fighting within a civilian population addressed the most significant gap in the readiness of standby squads.

You did it with professionalism, charisma, and a sense of national mission that is second to none.

Well done, dear brothers — may you only continue!
(Ofir)

Another excellent training day has ended.
There are no words to describe you and the value you bring.
Once again, from the bottom of my heart — thank you!
(Asaf)