10th dan
In Dennis Survival. Decades of learning, practice and teaching.
Ran Steinberg
Your coach
has a teacher, too.
Ran followed his brother to Dr. Dennis Hanover, the founder of the system, when he was about six. He stayed because of the person he met. After years of training and teaching, he still comes to learn from him.
10th dan in Dennis Survival — a senior black-belt rankInstructor training · 1990
See how Ran teaches.
How Ran teaches
Same martial art.
Every person learns differently.
Ran loves the training itself: the learning, the effort and the moment something clicks. He also knows that people walk into the training hall with different things on their minds.
A child is looking forward to the games and friends. A parent wants to know what happens when things get hard. Someone is returning after years away; someone else wants to study technique in greater depth. Teaching starts with getting to know the person.
When Ran became a father, he began devoting more of his work to children. He felt that he understood both children and their parents in a new way. Today Ran brings that understanding into every session, alongside the professional experience he has gained.
During training, he explains, demonstrates, supervises and adjusts the practice. There is contact and challenge, and room to talk about a limitation, a concern or a movement that isn't working yet.
Years later, a wedding invitation.
Ran guided a student through the early stages of training. Later, he referred him to another training program where he could keep developing, and they stayed in touch. When the student got married, he wanted Ran there, too.
For Ran, the invitation showed that the connection they had built through training was still there after the student moved on. He describes it simply as “one of the most beautiful things.”
Still learning from Dennis
His teacher. His friends.
And more to learn.
Ran keeps coming to Dennis’s classes to improve as both a student and an instructor, spend time with people he cares about, and learn from the teacher who still guides him.
The lesson started on the bus.
As a child, Ran took the bus to training. He remembers that Dennis insisted that when an older person boarded the bus, you gave up your seat. That was part of what Dennis taught him, too.
Today, when Ran talks about respect, he returns to things you can do: arrive ready to train, be considerate of your training partner and notice the people around you. Values learned on the mat continue outside the training hall.
Volunteering with Holocaust survivors · Amcha, Holon
Celebrating together.
Staying in touch.
Ran has volunteered for years at the Amcha club in Holon. The first gathering with Holocaust survivors was initiated by Sharona Munk, a senior instructor in Dennis Survival and a longtime friend. Since then, Ran has continued holding gatherings with students and friends from Dennis Survival.
Music, food and gifts are part of the celebration. Sometimes Ran takes care of the music and organization; other times, they simply sit, talk and enjoy the connection built over the years.
The giving goes both ways. Ran talks about the love of life he encounters there and what he keeps learning from the people he meets.
The experience Ran brings to your training
The experience behind
the way he teaches.
Alongside group and private training, Ran leads seminars and training sessions in Israel and abroad. That experience also shows in his regular classes — in the way he explains, demonstrates and adapts the training to the person in front of him.
Partnerships to fund training
Funding can open
the door to training.
Ran wants to expand access to training for soldiers, people coping with physical or emotional injuries, survivors of the Nova festival attack, at-risk youth and children on the autism spectrum. Partner organizations and donors may fund or subsidize the training so participants can take part free of charge or at a reduced cost.
Ran has previously delivered training funded or subsidized by partner organizations and is now looking to develop additional collaborations, with the format and content adapted to the participants.
Want to check whether it fits and whether funding may be available?
Talk with Ran about whether the training is a good fit and whether funding may be available through a partner organization. To start, it's enough to say what interests you. Personal details can wait until you talk.
Ask about training and funding optionsAn organization, nonprofit, company or donor looking to fund training?
Nonprofits, organizations, companies and donors are invited to plan funded or subsidized training with Ran: who it is for, what accommodations are needed, and how the format and budget would work.
Talk about funding trainingThis is an invitation to explore possible partnerships, not an existing or guaranteed funding program. Training at no cost depends on a sponsoring organization and an arrangement agreed on in advance. Ran teaches martial arts; he is not a medical or mental health practitioner.
Let’s talk
Your first session starts with a short conversation.
What would you like to learn? What fits into your week? Ran will help you choose the right training and arrange a trial session.
Talk with Ran Or call 054-450-2060