Today we’d like to introduce you to Julio Anta.
Julio, please share your story with us. How did you get to where you are today?
As a child in the 60’s, I told my father that I wanted to be a martial artist and bodybuilder. At that time either sport was popular. I been blessed to have become both and own one of the most successful martial arts schools in South Florida. Believing that fitness and martial arts were one I named my school Anta’s Fitness and Self Defense.
We opened in 1998 teaching kung fu to kids and fitness kickboxing to teen and adults. We later added kung fu for adults and Pilates. We continued to evolve were the first in NW Miami Dade County to teach Pilates, kettlebells, Battling Ropes, Indian Clubs, Fitness Kickboxing, Bruce Lee’s Feet Kune Do, Israeli Martial Arts and MMA for kids.
Today, we teach kids a mixed martial arts system. For teen and adults, we have Krav Maga, Muay Thai Kickboxing and Fitness Bootcamp.
I believe in being a student for life and to lead by example. As the head instructor at 60 years old, I continue to train in martial arts and fitness and study new arts and fitness modalities to offer my students the best martial arts fitness experience.
We were blessed with many awards, proclamations and have appeared in over 150 TV shows.
Has it been a smooth road?
With any business, there have been its ups and downs. We have been in business for over 19 years. When we moved to the location at we are currently at we were paying rent in 2 locations since the process of permits and passing inspection took many more months than what we expected.
So, as you know, we’re impressed with Anta’s Fitness and Self Defense – tell our readers more, for example what you’re most proud of as a company and what sets you apart from others.
We are a family based martial arts fitness center. We take pride in changing lives through martial arts and fitness. For children, we specialize in a mixed martial arts child development with life skills program. We have been teaching anti-bullying in our community for over 19 years. 15 years ago I was fully certified in Dr. Terrance Webster Doyle’s Martial Arts for Peace Bully Busters program. Dr. T developed the first anti-bullying program and coined the term Bully Busters. I later developed my own anti-bullying program Anta’s Art of Fighting Without Fighting Anti-Bullying. We also teach anti-abduction and child safety.
For Teen/Adults, we teach functional and tactical martial arts. We teach Krav Maga what they teach in the Israeli military and police. We teach hand to hand combat, defense against gun, knife, rifle and stick and knife fighting. We are certified to teach Israeli Krav Maga Counter Terrorism which includes active shooter, abduction and carjacking. We are also certified to teach Israeli Krav Maga Defensive Tactics for Law Enforcement.
Our fitness programs consist of Muay Thai Kickboxing and Fitness Bootcamp. We teach authentic Muay Thai Kickboxing. Our fitness boot camp is functional training at it’s best is the fusion of kickboxing, kettlebells, battling ropes, Indian clubs, calisthenics, sandbags, and obstacle courses to name a few.
We have numerous testimonials and success stories on our web site. Our training is done in a safe and fun environment. Our instructor train, are fit and lead by example.
Let’s touch on your thoughts about our city – what do you like the most and least?
Doral is a growing city with a diverse population from all over the world. We also have a military base Southern Command. We love the diversity of our community and everyone is welcome to train here.
Pricing:
- kids class introductory price special $69 for 6 weeks
- Teen Adult classes introductory special $19 for 3 classes
Contact Info:
- Address: Anta’s Fitness and Self Defense
10721 NW 58 St
Doral, FL 33178 - Website: www.doralkarate.com
- Phone: 305 599-3649
- Email: fitdef@aol.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/antamartialarts/
- Facebook: https://business.facebook.com/antasfitnessandselfdefense/?ref=your_pages
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/fitdef
- Other: www.youtube.com/antafit
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