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Leaders Beget Leaders

I absolutely love this picture of Shihan Harley and Sensei Ayden.

    You can tell how old it is because our our second training floor was the KMMA cafe in the picture.

That was dumb. Now we maximize training space, because it’s the amazing training that happens on our academy floors where the magic happens.

And of course I am also joking about how you can tell it’s an old picture…

   if you are a member of the KMMA Tribe, you know that Sensei Ayden is a 15 year old specimen of power, confidence, fitness, character, leadership… well, all the things. He’s also a 2nd Degree Blackbelt Leader (the goal in our program- our mission is creating confident and competent Blackbelt Leaders) instead of a whitebelt (brand new beginner)…

But what I really love about this picture is that my soon to be 24 year old son was the Master Instructor that tied his whitebelt on him these years ago.

     All of our Blackbelts are products of the product, empowered to lead.

Being a Blackbelt Leadership Academy, we never have to go looking for them; because developing them is what we do.

It’s a blessing for the students and a blessing for the school.

   And a blessing for the leaders for the rest of their personal and professional lives, whatever they go on to do.

Today I am grateful for them, and grateful for you.

Click here if you want your family on this journey too. 

Prepare To Live; Empower To Lead!

Grand Master Stephen J. Del Castillo
Founding Master Instructor, Krav Maga Martial Arts
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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 a 7th 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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