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    Well its all finished!  All the stress and anxiety over last Friday’s testing is over and done with.  And I’d like to say what an excellent job all our members that tested did on Friday Night.  Everyone came out and gave 110 percent in Friday nights testing at Ocala Karate & Fitness.  www.ocalashinbukan.com

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We had around 23 members Test on Friday night for ranks ranging from Yellow, Orange and Green Belts in Okinawan Shorin Ryu Karate.  Ocala Karate & Fitness is Ocala’s only Licensed and Certified “Seibukan” school.  We offer Ocala a chance to train in Traditional Okinawan Shorin Ryu Karate.

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 Okinawan Shorin Ryu was designed to be practiced over an entire lifetime.  The skills and lessons learned from Karate will continue to benefit our members through out the course of their life.  Not only does Okinawan Karate teach us how to defend ourselves from physical confrontations, but it also teaches problem solving and Self Motivation that can be applied to just about all aspects of life. 

    And it NEVER too late to start.  We have members that start at the age of 7, and some that start at the age of 53.  So if Karate is something that you have always wanted to try, but just never got around to it, it’s NEVER too late to start.  Our curriculum is set up to produce the ABSOLUTE BEST ! !  The only thing that is REQUIRED, is 110 Percent EFFORT !  Without constantly pushing yourself to do better- To be better- To be stronger- To be faster, you will never truly blossom into what you “Could” be.  And by teaching our members to do this very thing, it begins to spill over into life itself.  It changes the way we look at our daily lives.  If you don’t get up every morning and be the absolute best you can be, why bother doing anything.  If your not going to do it the best that you can, why do it only half as well as you could.  That’s the way you have to look at your Karate training.  Be the ABSOLUTE BEST you can be, and everything else will fall into place.  Just keep training hard everyone and one day you too will see what I am always talking about. 

 Check back in a few days and we’ll have pictures from testing posted for all to see.  Our Student of the Month Page will come online next month too.  And for those of you that have not registered for the Online curriculum don’t wait any longer.  There is so much useful information and video’s available to our website members to make training here at Ocala Karate & Fitness the absolute BEST martial arts studio in Ocala.  Once again, congratulations to everyone on a great test, and a SPECIAL congrats to our 2 members that tested in Kobudo directly after the Karate test.  You guys did great, and keep up the hard work. 

 Can’t wait to see everyone tomorrow night in class.  Get rested up, cause we have a lot to cover.

     Robby Bray

And we are officially over half way through 2010. Can you believe it? I sure can’t. This year is moving by sooo fast, but we couldn’t be happier with our members here at Ocala Karate & Fitness. www.ocalashinbukan.com We have been able to accomplish all of our goals so far this year and we are looking forward to the second half of 2010. This leads us to our topic of today. And that is ATTITUDE.
Attitude is the one element that really impacts and has serious influence over each of our lives. It has a tremendous effect over how we go through life day after day. It is key to determining how you are going to feel, day after day. Every morning when you get up, having the right attitude can change the whole day before you even get started.   Let me explain how Okinawan Karate can help.

First off.  Okinawan Karate is much more than a system of learning Self Defense.  Okinawan Karate is a way of LIFE.  Having said that, let me take it a step further.

All my members here at Ocala Karate & Fitness hear me say this over and over again in class.  Karate is a way of life.  This is due to the way that the Okinawans’  structured and cultivated this art.  You see, it all starts everyday when you walk through the door and enter the dojo.  “DOJO”  means “Place Of The Path To Enlightenment”  This should be everyone’s mindset upon entering the dojo.  This is where we make a BETTER you.

A Fresh Start

Upon entering the Dojo, and stepping out on the floor, you must focus on making yourself a little better than the last time you were here.  Every night you come in, focus should always be on making yourself a little better than before.  Not better than the person beside you, but better than YOU were.  Whether it be strength, balance, agility, is not important.  Just always, always strive to better yourself in one aspect.  If you continue to do this while training, it will have a positive effect on how you start approaching everything else in life.  You begin to take it from the moment you get up out of bed every morning.  Try to make your life a little better than it was yesterday.

Remember that the beautiful thing about life is that “EVERY” morning when we get up, we control our OWN destinies.  Every second of every day, we make decisions that effect what happens to us.  This is just ONE small example of how Okinawan Karate can change your life forever.  It creates a new “Positive” mindset on the dojo floor, which over time can be carried off the floor with you and into your life 24 hours a day, 7 days per week.  The first of our Dojo kun says what?  “To strive for the Perfection of character”   Think this through carefully, and start putting it to use today.   Stop back by in a few days and I will expand further on this Subject.  Everyone have a safe holiday, and we look forward to seeing everyone next week.  

Gambatte

Robby Bray

Hello everyone. First off I just want to mention how excited both Jaime and I are about how supportive all of our members are here at Ocala Karate & Fitness.

Real Training, for REAL Self Defense

When Jaime and I decided to open the studio last January, we were really nervous with the economy being what it was, and people cutting back on activities. Well the old saying of always follow your heart and you will always succeed could not have been more true.
Here we are now with one of the fastest growing martial arts studio’s in town. I’ve watched with sadness, so many schools shut down and go out of business over the last year and I just really want to say thanks again for all of our members continued support in our programs.
Last night in our Self Defense, I was really starting to see our members progress. Last nights drills were a ton of FUN to watch, because the drills are now starting to set in. THAT is what our training is all about! Being better than we were last week. And the really cool part is, members are not only losing weight, getting stronger,faster, and well balanced. They are having fun while they are doing it.
THAT is what leads to success. I’d just like to say how proud I am of everyone giving 110% in our programs.
A very wise man once told me “It’s a whole lot easier to find something easier to do.”
Remember that and you guys and gals will always end up on TOP.
Thanks for reading and until next time.
Robby Bray
“Doryoku No Seishin O Yashinau Koto”
(To Foster The Spirit Of Effort)

Fighting Fit Boot Camp will get you in shape FAST !

Ocala Karate & Fitness is proud  to announce that we will be launching our next Fighting Fit Boot Camp in May 2010.  That’s only a month and a half away, so anyone and everyone that is REALLY looking to lose weight, tone up, and just get FIT for the summer this is your ticket! !

Ocala Karate & Fitness, www.ocalashinbukan.com is Ocala’s ONLY Licensed and Certified Fighting fit Boot Camp Facility.  www.ocalabootcamp.com

This class is going to be a 6 week revolving program that will not only melt those inches away, but will also tone those hard to hit areas and have everyone looking their best for summer.  I think we’ve seen the last of our cold weather here, so the Spring is right around the corner.

For those of you familiar with Ocala Karate & Fitness’s Cardio Kickboxing class, the Fighting Fit Boot Camp will be similar, but much different.  This class is going to be centered around a combination of Cardio, plyometric, strength training, and running routines that will have you not only looking your best, but feeling your best.  The first week will have weigh ins, body comp tests, and include a nutritional guide to help all of our boot campers hit all their goals.  This unique camp utilizes many of the drills and combination’s that Professional fighters use to get themselves into the best physical condition possible.  Minus the hard core sparring drills of course.

So get in touch with us today to reserve your spot in the Ocala Karate & Fitness’s Fight Fit Boot Camp.  Remember, once Boot Camp starts you have to wait until the end of the 6 week cycle to join in.  Call us now for more information at 352-694-6304.

Healthy Is Happy

  Hope everyone is doing well as we cruze into March and 2010.  Ocala Karate & Fitness is plowing into 2010 with more programs and more excitement than any other Martial Arts school in the area.  We just celebrated our 1 year anniversery and couldn’t be happier with our members.  Not only are they all benefiting from all the cardio and muscle toning drills that we do, but they are also having the must fun they have had in a long time.  And if you don’t believe me, just ask them.

    Our New Self Defense class is not only showing everyone that anyone can do this class, . . . but . . . that anyone can learn how to really protect themself.  And I don’t just mean learn a few fancy tricks and then send you out into the world.  Oh no.  This program is designed to keep bringing you back for more so that you not only CAN defend yourself, but turn yourself into something that you will be proud of.

  If you have been sitting on the side line, the time has never been better to jump in.  This class is one of a kind, and we have no doubt that in the next year, will be one of the most highly talked about programs in Ocala.  Teaching True Self Defense from an easy to learn, tested and proven curriculum, this course is a HOME RUN for everyone.  So don’t wait any longer.  If REAL Self Defense is something that you have always wanted, call us now and save yourself a spot on this class.  The only thing you have to lose is time.  Ocala Karate & Fitness.  Raising the BAR one more notch.  CALL NOW ! !

Here we go everybody.

We’re wrapping up week #3 in the Self Defense class here at Ocala Karate & Fitness.  www.ocalashinbukan.com.   We’re happy to see that 4 more people joined the class this week and we all had a real good workout Tuesday night.  Tomorrow nights class is going to have everyone leaving with a smile too.  We are going to be working on some really fun drills that are not only really neat to practice, but will begin to develop our members timing and distance.

These are some of the most critical things any Self Defense class must get across to its members.  We have to know how to move, which way to move, and what to do AFTER we move.  And Ocala Karate and Fitness’s Self Defense Black Belt Program delivers exactly that.

Now I know that many of you might not think that you can do this stuff, but trust me when I say that its not hard to learn.  All of these drills have been designed for exactly that!  This is not a course for mixed martial arts or professional fighters.  This program has been designed for everyday 8-5 professionals that are looking to better themselves in many different ways.

Anyone can do this!

This Program is also a really good program to get your sons or daughters involved in before they go off to college.  At least they and you will be able to move away with the peace of mind that they have been professionally trained to defend themselves if need be.  Now what more could you ask for out of a Self Defense program?  www.ocalaselfdefense.com.  How about getting in shape too.

That’s right !  Not only will this Program have you feeling confident about yourself, but it will have you looking your best too.  That’s because all the drills we do in class are really HUGE calorie hogs.  So that means not only are you learning how to defend yourself, but your also getting in shape at the same time.  And if that’s not enough.  All of our Self Defense members have access to ALL the Cardio Classes as well.

So don’t keep putting this off.  Give yourself the ease of mind that you deserve.  Come down to Ocala Karate & Fitness and let us help you get into the best form of your life.

This place is awesome! !

Ocala Karate & Fitness   352-694-6304

  Holy smokes is all I can say right now.  Our Fighting Fit Cardio Circuit Kickboxing class is totally off the wire ! !  Tonight’s class was packed!  And with 4 new members joining Thursday we might have to cap the class off for the first time since opening!  This 50 minute fat smoker has everyone around town talking about Ocala Karate & Fitness.  www.ocalashinbukan.com  www.ocalakaratefitness.com

Getting Fit has never been easier

   Not only is everyone getting an AWESOME workout, but they are having a great time.  With the really good selection of music we have chosen to go along with the different workout routines, it makes the class so much more fun than your ordinary walk or run on the treadmill.  Plus, your toning and strengthening so many different muscles throughout your entire body.  You will notice things tightening up and getting definition within the first 30 days. 

  And then for the real die hards.   If that’s not enough stick around for the Self Defense class after that and not only learn REAL life saving skills, but get another workout on top of the Cardio.  Ever wonder why all those MMA guys are so ripped.  Show up for the Self Defense Black Belt Program only available here at Ocala Karate & Fitness and find out for yourself. 

  The drills and sets that we do in that class not only condition our bodies to where if we were ever to find ourselves in a really bad situation, not only would we mentally know what to do.  But we could physically back it up as well !!  www.ocalaselfdefense.com

   Just one more reason Ocala Karate & Fitness is proving to Ocala that we are one of the best Martial Arts and Fitness centers in the area.  If you want to some and find out for yourself, just contact us at 352-694-6304 and schedule your FREE class.  That’s right.  We’re so confident that you will make the right choice and join one of our many programs, that we will let you try any of them for free.  www.ocalashinbukan.com 

   Keep checking our posts for actual testimonials from our members and soon to be added video clips of the classes in action and hear how happy our members are that they made the choice to get involved and start building a better tomorrow for themselves. 

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                                                                                                              Robby and Jaime Bray

  What a blast we all had tonight in the Self Defense class here at Ocala Karate & Fitness.  www.ocalaselfdefense.com.  Closing out week #2 in the new Street Self Defense class went really smooth.  All of our members are picking up the basic drills very easily, which proves that this New Self Defense Program really does WORK. 

   Having been designed to accommodate the every day person, this class takes this highly effective, yet easy to learn program and will have just about anyone, any make, any model, up on the feet and able to protect themselves in just a few short weeks.  This week we have been covering punching combinations ranging from jab/cross, jab/cross/hook, and cross/hook/cross.  Choke defense, standing up from the ground, and a few other really beneficial drills were touched on the surface.

    Remember that this is only week #2 so as the class moves on and builds, the material transitions from learning basic striking and counters, to full on assaults.  This program was built with progression in mind.  Are members will be utilizing their shin guards, and head gear in the next several weeks as push into more advanced, and REAL situation defense.

    When you talk about Self Defense we must remember that “nothing” is written in stone and “nothing” is 100%.  That’s why we have got to train are members to be able to defend themselves from just about any situation conceivable.  The only way to be prepared, is to be BEST prepared.  This class is a very fast paced workout too, with lots of striking combinations with our partners using focus mitts and other targets.  I tell all our members that one of the most important things ANY Self Defense Class can teach is how to REALLY be able to hit someone.  I mean let’s face it.  If you trying to learn Self Defense because you really want to be able to defend yourself, you had better be able to hit some one.  Otherwise you are really wasting your time.

How to hit, and how to hit HARD !!

  Ocala Karate & Fitness, www.ocalashinbukan.com  is Ocala’s Premier Self Defense School and our members are living proof of this.  Feel free to stop by anytime and watch, or if you would like to jump in and try a class out for FREE, you are more than welcome to.  What have you got to lose with an offer like that.  So give us a call at 352-694-6304 and ask for Robby or Jaime to get class times and any other information you might need.

                                 Until next week, everyone have a safe weekend and rest up for Tuesday.

              The class is ratcheted up again! !   www.ocalaselfdefense.com

Self Defense Black Belt Program

 We’re rolling into week #2 in Ocala Karate & Fitness’s Self Defense Program and everyone in class is going to notice the pace pick up a bit.  Now I know it’s only week 2 in our Self Defense Class, but everyone attending is going to notice the steady progression every week of this class.  We are beginning at the ground level with very basic fundamental drills that will take our Self Defense members from not knowing how to throw the first punch or kick in a self defense situation to being able to strike an opponent with the right power and authority needed to end a violent situation.

     This week’s class is going to build off of the basic punching combinations learned last week, by adding two new ones into the series.  As the class moves on, these combinations too will help build striking speed and power in our members.  Also this week we will be adding defensive measures against different choking attacks.  Like the striking drills, these drills will also begin basic and then build into more complex and more intense drills that will increase our members strength and confidence over the course of the program.

  The other great thing about this class is that it is a complete THREE year program.  Now you might ask yourself just what exactly does all that mean and how does that benefit our students?  For starters:  This is not a limited or set program, so just when you start to understand what is going on, the class won’t end.  This will allow our Self defense members to continue becoming more comfortable, more confident, and more capable of defending themselves from just about ANY situation that he/she might find themselves in.

      The other thing this means is that our Self defense members get to advance physically as well.  This means that by staying in the program they will be getting more exercise and becoming more fit.  The drills will continue to increase over time and in intensity to help our Self Defense defense members tone up and lose weight at the same time too.  It’s only common sense to realize that ultimately, being able to defend yourself also means you have to be in better shape.  One more reason why this program is becoming as popular here in Ocala as it has. 

  Ocala Karate & Fitness’s Self Defense Program is held on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 7:00.  For more information on this amazing new progam, check us out at www.ocalaselfdefense.com or www.ocalakaratefitness.com .  Or just stop by in person and see for yourself why every week we continue to position ourselves as Ocala’s Premier Martial Arts School.

                                                                                                 Hope to see you soon

                                                                                                      Robby and Jaime Bray

Here we are winding he first week of 2010 down and logging it into the books and Ocala Karate & Fitness couldn’t be happier starting the New Year out running full sprint. We are Ocala’s Premier Karate/Martial Arts School and our really excited about all our programs this year.

And our new Street Self Defense Class, SDBBP, couldn’t have been any better.  We had a full class and everyone got exactly what they were looking for.  This 1 hour high energy class not only teaches all the basic skills needed to be able to defend yourself if ever needed, but also gets you in shape and fit at the same time.

You see, what most people fail to realize is that if you just show up for a 1 week course or something and learn a few basic things to do if anything were to ever happen to you, without training your whole body how to react efficiently, your really not getting anywhere.

Our unique curriculum has been developed with this in mind.  We train the body to react quickly, and strongly, to allow our members to benefit most from this.

And remember. . .  This is NOT MMA.  This is a Self Defense Class.  Do not confuse the two with one another.

Talk about a workout too.  I have to admit my shoulders and arms are a little tight after all the punching combination’s we went through with our partner drills.  These drills are once again easy and very straight forward to do. 

Once again they have been designed for normal everyday 9-5 people, mom’s and dad’s, grampa’s and grand ma’s that are really looking to get into shape and feel safe.  Especially in today’s world, you don’t have to flip very far on the LOCAL news to hear about some brutal, violent crime taking place.

From random assaults, to forced entry, today’s world is really getting crazy and we as a people need to be able to defend ourselves and not be prayed upon.  That’s what the SDBBP program at OCala Karate & Fitness is ALL ABOUT !

Making everyone safer and more secure.

C'mon Fellas It's a lot of FUN !

The other thing is the overall STRESS release that this class gives is phenomenal.  Everyone left both classes sweating, but smiling ear to ear.  This class is a fully accredited and licensed SDBBP school, so Ocala Karate & Fitness is the only place in town that you will be able to find this program.   www.ocalaselfdefense.com.

If this type of class is something you have always been interested in or wanted to try, don’t wait any longer.  We’re starting out 2010 now, so why not make a change for the New Year that you can really, really benefit from.

For more information call 352-694-6304

Until next time

See you on the floor

Robby Bray