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In 1940, Feldenkrais fled to England where during the war he worked on antisubmarine research, trained paratroopers in self-defense techniques, and authored books on judo. He aggravated an old soccer injury to his knees and was told he wouldn’t be able to walk again without pain unless he had surgery. He didn’t like or agree with the diagnosis, so given his love of learning and curiosity, he applied his knowledge of physics and mechanical engineering, and studied neurology, biomechanics, anatomy and human movement development. He combined all those disciplines, along with martial arts, to create a method of movement he taught himself, enabling him to walk again without pain without surgery. After he publicly presented his ideas, people sought his help for their problems. In the mid-1950’s Feldenkrais gave up his career in physics and devoted himself fully to his work with people. In the late 1960’s, in Tel Aviv, he trained his first group to become practitioners of his method, and subsequently completed one and one half trainings in the United States (in the 70’s). He wrote many books on his method, and much of his other teaching is preserved on thousands of hours of audio and video tapes.