Making Friends

I got to spend some quality time this weekend with my grandson, Triton.

     One of the things he wanted to do was for me to take him to Urban Air Adventure Park. 

I did because, you know, I’m ‘Buelo (his Abuelo, which is to say Grandfather in Spanish, but this is what he has called me since he could speak so it’s still my name).

     And to my fellow grandparents reading, you know we will do anything for our grandkids.

I really enjoyed the swimming with him this morning; he swims much better than I by the way. I got him lessons and he’s worked his way to level nine.

  He swam better than me at like 4 or 5…

My time with him here is a bit less interactive, as he’s off playing, but he’s having fun and I am grateful for the wifi.

     I’m writing to you while he plays.

He also inspired this writing, by the way. 

    Triton came up and told me he had made a friend, and then his friend joined us too.

One of the many things that I love about Triton is that he makes friends wherever he goes. 

That is such a great skill and trait and will serve him well.

Having friends is so important too. 

   It’s another thing I love about our program at Krav Maga Martial Arts.

The students that train together here form bonds that serve many important functions.

One is just that they’re making friends, but another is that they’re making the right ones.

The kids (and adults for that matter) are all positive, courteous, kind and working together towards common worthy goals.

Loneliness and isolation is the pandemic today.  

    Getting kids around other kids, having fun and making friends is a good thing…

and if they happen to be learning, growing and developing character and leadership traits, fitness and self defense skills that will also serve them well the rest of their lives…

    well that’s just great. 

Call 813-948-4844 or visit TampaKravMaga.com

to schedule your child’s free intro and orientation program. 

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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