This message will be short and sweet, because I’m on vacation on the mountain.    Actually slept in until 0715 today! And ever since, been catching up with friends and drinking coffee; great fellowship and also enjoying the view from this mountain in Hiawasee, Georgia.     God’s Country. It’s amazing what my friend, Paul Baumann, accomplished.    I remember standing on this same spot a decade or so ago when what now is was just his vision. Then he did what he had to do to turn the Vision into reality; the reality his family enjoys today- and this week, Barb and I ..read more

All week I have been teaching on the 7 steps of a perfectly healthy negative diet.    I know it sounds paradoxical, but once I explain you’ll hopefully understand what a useful diet it really is. The “negative diet” refers to restricting the most harmful things to protect our most valuable resource- which is Attitude. There are 7 steps to the negative diet.  1. Avoid all media. Could you do it for 30 days? 72 hours? If you’ve been addicted to iot for a while, start by trying one day.  2. Stay Away from “can’t do” and other negative people. Make a list of 20 peopl ..read more

I hope you enjoy this podcast with Dr. Drew Gold.    I thought he provided a wealth of great information on how to go beyond emotional intelligence and never have a bad day again! By the way, he asked me to share this survey with you, to help him decide the best title for his soon to be released book! Prepare To Live; Empower To Lead! Grand Master Stephen J. Del Castillo Founding Master Instructor, Krav Maga Martial Arts TampaKravMaga.com         StephenDelCastillo.com p.s. did you see the email/blog about my new birthday party program! Pleas ..read more

I am so proud of Sensei Lydia, her progress from where she started and her continued growth as a student, teacher, young leader and communicator today.    Listen to her blackbelt speech. Besides being proud of and grateful for her, I’d like you to also listen to her testimony about what the Blackbelt Leadership journey has really done for her. You can hear, not only in what she says but in how she says it, that she is certainly emerging as a confident and competent Blackbelt Leader, prepared to survive and thrive in any situation; and empowered to lead, where she’s at and into her f ..read more

Of course you have a birthday; we all do.    This blog is predominantly about our children’s birthdays, but happy birthday to us too. ? Two specific birthdays led to this post, and the idea I wanted to share with you.    The first was Abby’s birthday, and this post by her mom: My Blackbelt Leader Sensei at KMMA are so great at creating a special experience for our students- in classes, and at all our special events, including birthdays! The second was my grandson’s today.    For a myriad of reasons it was kind of last second and we hadn’t really planned it, but w ..read more

I’ve been working from the Ford dealer this morning, as I just dropped my truck for a couple thousand of services and decided to work from here.    Gotta make sure my baby good to go before I drive to Georgia for my birthday next week. I’m looking forward to some good times with some good friends on the mountain. Anyway, I was listening to some training between meetings and creating, and the speaker said that people believe what they see, not what they hear.    That made sense to me. So I started thinking about all the ways we apply the principle to help more people get sta ..read more

Hi!    Grandmaster Stephen Del Castillo of Krav Maga Martial Arts here! I just wanted to invite you to some free, fun community events that we’ll be having at the dojo soon… that is to say, my leadership development academy, that also happens to teach the most practical self defense in the world. 1. Next Friday (April 19) is our Parent’s Night Out (PNO) for elementary school kids. Kids have pizza, do Ninja Trix obstacle course, games and make new friends! Moms and dads get a night out! We do this for our KMMA tribe every month, but wanted to invite you to take advantage of this one t ..read more

People often ask me how we built such an amazing culture at Krav Maga Martial Arts.     One where people are positive and encouraging, instructors are empowering and everyone supports each other… where you’re actually missed when you miss a class, you feel comfortable, but are also in a growth environment where you’re feeling pushed in a healthy way, and getting better and better every day in every way. Where no-one complains, and everyone contributes.    Where gossip and negativity don’t even exist… Listen, this wasn’t always the case.    But over years of planti ..read more

Make the time to watch the video excerpt above.    It’s only 3 minutes. And it’s 3 minutes that will improve your health, wealth and happiness. Then come see me at TampaKravMaga.com if you’re not already training with us and get you some.    I couldn’t believe Ben was talking about this! It’s exactly what we do!   ‘Tis the way of my people! It’s part of our secret sauce to creating confident and competent Blackbelt Leaders…    and a tribe of positive and happy students too. Can’t wait to see you! By the way, if you wanna see Ben’s whole video, you can do so ..read more

Summer is almost here!    KMMA doesn’t shut down. All of the great classes that happen now will happen through the summer too! There are also a couple great summer camp experiences!    And these are open to all ages and experience levels! July Leadership & Training Camp (8-19 July 2024)  June Leadership & Training Camp (3-14 June 2024)     I have also decided to donate 100 hours of training to local camps and other children’s programs! I love this community, and I am so grateful for it. My team and I also love sowing into young lives!   ..read more