Fit to Fight
Sensei John Warwick (pictured above with his son Maddon) lost 60 lbs and became physically, mentally and emotionally stronger on his journey from white to Blackbelt. He’s fit to fight!
Two of the primary reasons that people train in our Krav Maga program at Krav Maga Martial Arts are fitness and self defense.
Our system is excellent at both- creating fitness through aerobic and anaerobic exercise, cardio that doesn’t feel like it, flexibility and resilience.
And we teach the most practical self defense.
It also happens that these two desires are complimentary.
Our chances of surviving violence increase as our physical condition does also.
Our program develops both in a fun and safe environment- and with a tribe of positive and encouraging peers and teachers that are fun to train with.
The fitness component is also self defense against so many other threats.
Threats to our health and longevity, caused by ultra-processed food, sugar and other unhealthy nutrition habits, combined with sedentary lifestyle are statistically far more likely to destroy us.
I just heard a statistic that 52% of our American population are diabetic or pre-diabetic, and over 80% are metabolically unhealthy!
This is the real pandemic of our time, and I am glad that we are working to be part of the solution.
In addition to the great workout, we also encourage improved nutritional choices through our Healthy Eating Program and also teach nutrition fundamentals as part of our Blackbelt Leadership Program.
I believe that one of the reasons it’s so hard to get and stay fit today is the multitude of conflicting information; it’s why we focus on the truths that we know to be true, excepted by most experts of whichever approach, i.e. less processed more natural foods are almost always better for you than ultra-processed ones, and excessive sugar is bad for everyone.
The second reason, though, and the one probably more the problem though, is that we don’t naturally eat what we know is good for us, and avoid that which isn’t….
it’s not as much that we don’t know what we should do as that we don’t consistently enough do what we do know we should do.
And this is another place where the coaching, encouragement and accountability of the tribe can help.
What fitness goals can we help you win at?
Prepare To Live; Empower To Lead!
Grand Master Stephen J. Del Castillo
Founding Master Instructor, Krav Maga Martial Arts
TampaKravMaga.com StephenDelCastillo.com
p.s. and it’s a family affair. Family fit with KMMA. Call 813-948-4844 to schedule your free trial and orientation program today!
Not only are we having fun learning self defense but we are getting in great shape doing so. Instructors are always friendly and willing to go the extra mile. Classes are all ages so the whole family can travel the path to black belt together. You even get a free two week trial so you’ve got nothing to lose in coming to check it out.
Matt Kay, KMMA BlackBelt Leadership Student and Probationary Blackbelt, husband of KMMA Probationary Blackbelt Laura and father of KMMA Probationary Blackbelt, Sammy
About Grandmaster Stephen J. Del Castillo: Grandmaster Del Castillo is the founding Master Instructor of Krav Maga Martial Arts and has been empowering lives in Pasco and Hillsborough Counties since October of 2000. He is an 8th degree Blackbelt, MBA, author, mentor and success coach, a US Army Veteran and a proud father and grandfather. He is married to Ms. Barbara Del Castillo who helps him run the school. Grand Master Del Castillo began his training in the early 80’s and has high level blackbelts in Tae Kwon Do, Karate, Premier Martial Arts and Krav Maga Martial Arts as well as experience in kickboxing, Jeet Kune Do and Jiujitsu. He has high level instructor certifications from BBSI, IKMF, and KMG and has been featured in numerous Martial Arts publications and also Success magazine. He was a competitive sport karate and American Kickboxing instructor until he enlisted in the US Army where he served in the 82nd Airborne Division, where he won an Army Green to Gold scholarship and proceeded to ROTC and the University of Tampa. He was commissioned in 1992 and went on to serve in Germany with the 3rd Infantry Division and then in several other posts in the US until he left military service to pursue his dream of creating KMMA in 2000. Today I continue to train, learn, sow and grow under the mentorship of World Champion Grandmaster Jeff Smith, who regularly visits the academy to help sow into my teams and students as well.
The Krav MagaMartial Arts Headquarters is in Lutz, FL at 1900 Land O’ Lakes BLVD and now our new location in 8836 US 19, Port Richey! Krav Maga Martial Arts serves Lutz, Land O’ Lakes, Wesley Chapel, Port Richey and surrounding areas.
See stephendelcastillo.com for more information and to order my book, Developing Your Superpower, Meditations on Mastery, Volume 1.
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