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KRAV CAMP 2009 ON SALE NOW!!

Give the Krav student or enthusiast in your life the gift that will last a lifetime this year! Krav Camp is January 9-11, but you can buy a gift package for the Krav enthusiast in your life and get it under the tree in for Christmas. We have three levels of camp experience available, and each comes with the uniform and a gift certificate in a box for under the tree; you can also include a Krav Maga training gun, knife and other cool stuff in the package if you want. There is a perfect package available for your own Kravist and this is a great chance to give them something they'll really appreciate and benefit from this year! Then they get to redeem it just in time to kick off their New Year resolution(s). for package details and more info contact shihansteve@mac.com. You can also check out cool pics from last year’s Krav Camp in the gallery. Oh, you can also buy the camp for yourself; it’ll be the best gift you ever gave you.

GRAND OPENING OF CLEARWATER LOCATION!!!

Steve Del Castillo’s Premier Martial Arts and Tampa Krav Maga is proud to announce the opening of our second location in Clearwater! All of the same great children’s Premier programs and teen/adult Krav Maga classes, plus the unique family atmosphere and dedication to excellence that have made us successful for 8 years in Pasco county are moving to Pinellas. Mr. Joey Chabak will be the Chief Instructor of the location and Shihan Steve Del Castillo is the Master Instructor for the school.

The Grand Opening is January 3rd from 11-3. There will be 5 awesome free seminars, plus demos, door prizes and free food, fun and entertainment. You don’t have to wait until then to get aboard the excitement though; we are conducting FREE intro classes and offering incredible pre-enrollment specials now. email shihansteve@mac.com for more info and/or to schedule your free intro!

PREMIER MARTIAL ARTS CHAMPION CELEBRATES HIS 12TH BIRTHDAY!

Mr. KJ Bierly is not only a champion of both Kick USA and the US Open Karate Championships but also, more importantly, a champion of life. KJ personifies the excellence that Shihan Steve Del Castillo teaches at Premier Martial Arts in everything that he does. Besides his dramatic successes in the martial arts arena, KJ is a star baseball player, plays guitar and is a straight A student. KJ is able to apply the Blackbelt success system, to include his laser beam focus, discipline and goal setting skills to any and every endeavor he undertakes. He is a walking embodiment of the academy’s mission, “empowering lives through martial art”.

KJ started training with Shihan Steve in his first small dojo when he was only 4. He was a part of the then new “Little Champions” program, and then youth basic, then Blackbelt Training, Premier Training and then demo and competition teams. He is now a key member of Shihan Steve’s Leadership Training Course as well. We are very proud of KJ and all his accomplishments over the last 8 years of his life. We’re watching excitedly for what he’ll accomplish in the next!

 

Premier Martial Arts has been providing instruction in the Martial Arts in the Tampa area for six years.

We hope you enjoy our website and will stop by and visit us if you are in the area. This site is designed to give you information about our facility, our style of Martial Arts, our staff and provide you with information on how to contact us as well.

Premier Martial Arts - Personal Protection, Personal Development, and Peace of Mind!

The vision of Premier Martial Arts is to build a community by helping people get in shape, be safe and at the same time instill the life skills and character of a true martial artist, upholding important values like courtesy, patience, respect, self control and integrity.

We will also help you achieve self discipline, high self esteem, a positive out look, a spirit of constant improvement, and an attitude that refuses to give up. These values and life skills will lead to remarkable improvements in academics, careers, and relationships, literally making a better community one black belt at a time.

We hope you enjoy our website and will stop by and visit us if you are in the area. This site is designed to give you information about our facility, our style of Martial Arts, our staff and provide you with information on how to contact us as well.

Modern World Self Protection

Premier Martial Arts incorporates a combination of techniques found in four effective disciplines: Karate, Kickboxing, submission grappling and Kali to provide students with a realistic personal protection system for a modern world.

Read more about our program philosophy here: Our Programs

Fitness is a Goal

No matter if you are five or sixty five, Strength, Conditioning, and Flexibility are all benefits that a student can expect to receive with Premier Martial Arts Training. Every muscle group is strengthened and defined with the exercises, movements, techniques, and training drills that are incorporated into our curriculum. Your endurance and stamina will peak as we increase your cardiovascular conditioning. All these physical benefits on your body will be felt in your daily life and activities, increasing your energy and confidence.

Focus + Discipline = Success

 Most any exercise gets some results when done, most any self defense is better than none. The problem is that most fitness programs fail to offer the excitement and interest to keep the participant consistent in their training, therefore setting them up for failure in their results.

The success in the results of the Premier Martial Arts physical program is supported by personal development. The student learns concepts and receives coaching that keeps them on track like focus, goal setting, self discipline, and confidence, which are all inherent to Martial Arts training. It is like having your own personal trainer and success coach all in one. The best thing of all is you will receive incredible physical benefits and personal development traits, while receiving the empowerment that comes through the self defense training that will be invaluable as you learn the skills needed to protect yourself and
your family.

 

Krav Camp

Our first ever Krav Maga Camp was nothing short of awesome. The campers trained hard, performed fantastically and took their Krav Maga to a whole new level. My thanks and congratulations for the awesome weekend! We had a fantastic training and bonding experience, and it wouldn't have been possible without such a fantastic group of students. I put together the people, place and plan, and provided what i hope was some good training; it was the exemplary attitudes, energy, motivation and dedication that made the camp such an incredible success!

Congratulations to Camp graduates Deal Farrell, Joey Chabak, Jeff Anderson, Steven Faison, Shane Stephens, Brian Milhoan, Nick Rivera, Chris Persaud, Ken Johnston, John Grimaldi, Jim Garantina, Mike , William Dail, Alex Hisey and Umberto Rivera. Congratulations again on your awesome performance this weekend. You know, life is but a journey. We are placed here to serve a particular purpose but also to create some great experiences and memories along the way. i salute you on those we made together this weekend.
Pics are at http://www.pmatampa.com/photogallery/index.html. Email me at shihansteve@mac.com if you want to make sure you’re on the mailing list to be part of the next Krav Maga Camp. I think we may be shooting for one this winter!

BLACKBELT EXTRAVAGANZA 2008

The sixth annual Blackbelt Extravaganza was a huge success and a magical day. Well over a hundred students celebrated their successes and received their new ranks, to include 17 blackbelt promotions. The following is an email that was sent out by Shihan Steve Del Castillo (who, incidentally, was promoted to his 5th degree at the event).

hi all,
i just got my Krav Maga teacher off. He stayed a few days after the extravaganza, teaching and training and just spending some time with us. I had a great time and am sorry to see him go but i am also ready to get back to the day to day business of the dojo.
First and foremost in this email i just want to thank You all for the incredible experience Saturday. I really think we had the most beautiful Blackbelt Extravaganza ever and i have many, many people to thank for it.

Of course, first and foremost, i thank God for His presence at the event and for the opportunity to empower lives through martial arts. Like any business, mine is sometimes challenging and sometimes regarding- as my mission, though, i thank God every day that He has given me one where i feel i help make a positive difference. i love nothing more than watching young Blackbelts blossom in confidence and physically, mentally and spiritually into awesome people. i also appreciate the opportunity to empower adult lives with physical fitness and realistic self defense. Events like Saturday are few and far between, but the day to day work we do in the dojo makes them so.
Thank you to all the volunteers that gave of their personal time to make this event better than ever and to __ for her kind testimonial. Thank you to the sponsors (see in right column), to the band, Cool Change, to A-LOT-A BOUNCIN' who provided the bouncey houses and concessions and to Worth a Thousand Words Photography. Of course, thank you to Ernie Kirk for coming and making the event so special for me, as well as my wife, Barbara, and my mom whom also both made me cry. :)

A special thanks to Adair VanSpronsen for her awesome article in the Laker also. I truly appreciate the kind words.
Congratulations to all our newly promoted students, of both Premier Martial Arts and Tampa Krav Maga.

Congrats especially our new Blackbelts:

• Olivia Downing
• Lacey Fields
• Jordan Frasier
• Eric Stillwell
• Ed Turner
• Jacob Van Spronsen
• Kaley Berzen
• Summer Satterfield
• Brandon Broadwater
• Emily & Eric Layne

new Shodan (1st Degree):

• Sean Patrick Carr
• Amanda Hill
• Alexander Karavas
• Brielle Downing
• Kelly Downing
• Mike Downing
• Chase Steinhoff

new Nidan (2nd degree) Sensei Steven.

new Sandan (3rd degree) Sensei Amber.

I am extremely proud of all of our students. Thank you again for the opp to rock. :)

Pictures of the Black belt Extravaganza are also available in the gallery section of this site.