Martial Arts

What is a Black Belt

I believe a Black Belt is an extraordinary person. A black belt should be a great teacher, motivator, super fit at any age, know how to defend himself or herself, successful in life and business, respectful, disciplined, an athlete, a role model and a high achiever to name a few principals. When I think of the ultimate image of a black belt I think of Bruce Lee. Lee was the creator of mixed martial arts, awesome body, super fit, a philosopher, an innovator that impacted the world. 

 

I once read that for every10,000 students that joins a martial arts class, half will drop out during the first month. Of the 5,000 half will persist through the second month. Of those remaining students 1,000 will complete the 6 months of training and then quit. 500 will study for a year, but only 100 students will celebrate their second anniversary of studying martial arts. Only three will every receive their First Degree Black Belt, yet only one will go on to teach what he has learned: martial arts will now be a part of his life that he/she will share with others. This man will help change lives. Think about it a black belt instructor is one in 10,000.

 

We are a Black Belt School. Our goal and dream is to make every student that walks into our school a Black Belt without selling out or giving it away.  It might be an impossible dream since in America we are used to getting every thing fast. We have gotten use to fast foods, microwaves and drive through windows. Yet, there are no short cut to earn our Black Belt. We at Anta’s Fitness and Self Defense will try to help our students defy the odds. We believe that a Black Belt is a White Belt that never gave up. We believe in positive reinforcement. The only way that you can fail is by giving up and quitting. By statistics the above average Black Belt wanted to quit at least three times before he became a Black Belt. 

 

All of our students that make it to Black Belt or Jr. Black Belt excel in school and sports. They have excel in school by being on the principle’s honor role. We even had a once shy girl become the public speaker student of an elementary school. In athletics our Jr Black Belts have excel in all sports. They have won Middle School Athlete of the Year, Most Valuable  Player in Basketball in Middle School, Most Improved Wrestler in Middle School. We have also developed star high school athletes in Wrestling, Football, Soccer and Tennis. We take pride in changing our students lives by helping them developing self confident, self-esteem, and guiding them to to become successful and productive individuals. We make Black Belts for life. 

Checkout our website  AntaMartialarts.com

 

 

The Damini Project Doral, The Beginning of the End of the Rape Culture

 On Saturday, March 2, at 1:30PM, Anta’s Fitness and Self Defense will be hosting The Damini Project. A Free Women’s Self Defense, Rape Prevention, Situational Workshop.

 The Damini Project has launched its global anti-rape, anti-assault initiative, providing free self-defense classes to women, men, children, and families. Currently, these classes are being offered in cities throughout the United States, India, Canada, Mexico, Chile, New Zealand and Great Britain, additional classes are being scheduled in new countries every day.

 Bearing the name given by the media to the 23-year old victim of a brutal rape in Dehli, India, The Damini Project focuses on helping Participants define their Personal Boundaries, discover their Self-Worth, and explore their Inner and Physical Strengths, while instructing them in simple, effective defensive de-escalation and tactics that are easily applicable in dangerous situations.

 Our Mission is to strive to change the current climate and culture of rape and violent sexual crimes that plagues the global community. Our game plan is three-fold:

 

1. Help Women discover their inner strength and teach them to express it verbally, mentally, emotionally and physically.

 

1. Help individuals discover, define, and clearly understand their personal boundaries so that they are able to adjust them or defend them as they need.

 

1. Help victims of previous abuse break the cycle of abuse by instilling genuine self-confidence and teaching them the difference between the false bravado gained from subjugating another individual and the true inner strength gained from self-love and self-worth.

 In doing so, we hope to help our brothers and sisters, worldwide, to change attitudes about oppression, objectification, and subjugation of their fellow man, and therefore shift the perception, making rape culture a thing of the past. 

 I have been conducting free women self defense for the last 15 years throughout the USA. I have a background as a law enforcement officer and Marine Corps Sergeant. I’m certified as a Krav Maga, Jeet Kune Do, Muay Thai kickboxing and kung fu instructor. I would like to personally invite the women readers of my blog to The Damini Project. We want to empower you to discover your inner strength. The workshop will be held at Anta’s Fitness and Self Defense, 10721 NW 58 St. To register for this free workshop call us at 305 599-3649. 

 

 

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