Strength and Honor
Last night, I took my sons to watch Gladiator Two.
I thought it was great. It was exciting and entertaining, and had some great themes running through.
You should go watch it…
unless of course you are a history buff.
There were some really clever allusions built into the plot, to both the real history of Rome and (in my opinion more importantly) to the original Gladiator story of the year 2000.
Same year I opened our Blackbelt Leadership Academy by the way. 😉
But, if historical accuracy in a movie is of critical importance for you, perhaps you shouldn’t go see Gladiator 2.
They probably got more wrong than right.
But besides being entertaining and some great acting, here’s a theme that they really got right…
everything rises and falls on leadership.
The movie depicts the devastation caused by poor leadership, and also the results of strong.
And this is historically accurate.
Far more often than not, strong leadership yields strong results, for the leader and those the leader leads; and the inverse is also true.
That’s why we are first and foremost a leadership academy at Krav Maga Martial Arts.
Our focus is leadership, though we also teach the most practical self defense, and our program like the movie is also both entertaining and exciting.
We have a great cast too!
And many students becoming confident and competent, learning and growing as martial artists and leaders too!
Why not you?
If you’re not a part of our tribe yet, call 813-948-4844 so we can set you up for your special gift (see below) as my special guest.
Strength and honor.
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 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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