Anta’s Fitness and Self Defense – Kids Martial Arts Programs
Anta’s Fitness and Self Defense, 10721 NW 58th St, Miami, FL 33178
About
Anta’s Fitness and Self Defense – Kids Martial Arts Programs offers Children’s Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) for kids, Jeet Kune Do for kids, Kung Fu for kids, Kickboxing for kids, Krav Maga for kids, Judokickbox for kids, and Jiu Jitsu for kids. The kids programs include realistic self-defense and anti-bullying techniques, safe, fun, and structured sparring (stand-up and ground), and the Indistractible Program. The program also includes the Art of Fighting without Fighting Anti-Bullying program.
• Ages: 3–18 years old
• Price: Teen and adult Krav Maga and kickboxing one time trial offer 3 classes for $29.99; Indistractible Kids Program – FREE ($125 Value)
Anta’s Fitness and Self Defense – Kids Martial Arts Programs is part of a family-owned and operated training center that offers a mixed martial arts system for kids combining Karate, Tae Kwon Do, Jiu Jitsu, Kickboxing, Kung Fu, Judokickbox, Jeet Kune Do, and Krav Maga. The center describes its kids martial arts fitness and educational programs as focusing on functional training, real-world self-defense, personal development, and developing life skills while helping children become indistractible. The programs are described as where East meets West and a bridge between traditional and contemporary martial arts and fitness, with bully-proof training for children and safe, structured sparring for kids.
Head instructor Julio Anta is a competitive Masters Bodybuilder, a certified instructor who trains in Krav Maga, Judokickbox, Haganah, Jeet Kune Do, Kung Fu, Muay Thai, and Israeli Tactical Shooting, and an NRA Pistol and Rifle Instructor. He is a Gracie Jiu Jitsu and Tai chi student, a retired Corrections Officer and FDLE (Florida Department of Law Enforcement) officer, and an honorably discharged United States Marine Corps Sergeant. All instructors are trained and certified by Julio Anta, are required to stay in shape for life, are described as experts in developing life skills and helping children become indistractible, and firearms class instructors are NRA certified. The leadership team also includes Elena Anta, co-developer of programs and the first certified Piloxing instructor outside California; Dr. Juan Cespedes, who led the first Japanese Jujitsu program in Doral; and Mario Agnese, who taught the first Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu training in Doral.
Anta’s Fitness and Self Defense states that it is the area’s leader in tactical self defense, martial arts education for children, and fitness, and that it is an award-winning family-run and oriented martial arts, self defense and fitness center changing lives in the City of Doral (Miami) since 1998. The school describes Anta’s Martial Arts System as a unique blend of the world’s most effective martial arts styles, resulting in a well-rounded program of physical fitness, personal development, and reality-based self-defense. It has been serving Doral since 1998, and September 22, 2018 was proclaimed Anta’s Fitness and Self Defense 20th Anniversary Day.
The school is described as the longest-running martial arts school in Doral and the area’s top-rated functional martial arts training center. It is noted as the first Kung Fu school in Doral, the first Israeli self-defense (Haganah F.I.G.H.T.) classes in Doral, the first and only Jeet Kune Do program in Doral, and the first functional training studio in Doral. It also hosted the first kettlebell certification in Florida by Kettlebell Concepts, offered the first group kettlebell classes in Miami-Dade, and has the first certified Battling Ropes instructor in South Florida and the first and only Indian Club instructor in South Florida in Julio Anta. Anta was one of the first instructors in South Florida to teach Israeli Self Defense, was certified in Haganah F.I.G.H.T by Mike Lee Kanarek on July 12, 2004, and was fully certified in Dr T’s Martial Arts for Peace Bully Busters on May 2, 2002.
Anta’s Fitness and Self Defense has performed at and conducted numerous events for charities and for at-risk children and offers free community service educational and fitness workshops and seminars. It is a Community Safe School, a proactive network of martial arts schools dedicated to the prevention of personal safety and wellness issues such as bullying, child abuse, abduction, drug abuse, obesity, fitness, nutrition, violence, and crime. Anta’s Fitness and Self Defense National Martial Arts Day was proclaimed in the City of Doral on October 15, 2005, and on August 25, 2012 both the City of Doral and Miami-Dade County proclaimed Anta’s Art of Fighting without Fighting Anti-Bullying Day. The school has been featured on local, national, and international TV, radio, and publications, including local and national TV shows, international radio interviews, newspapers, and fitness magazines.
Last updated June 3, 2026.
• Ages: 3–18 years old
• Price: Teen and adult Krav Maga and kickboxing one time trial offer 3 classes for $29.99; Indistractible Kids Program – FREE ($125 Value)
Anta’s Fitness and Self Defense – Kids Martial Arts Programs is part of a family-owned and operated training center that offers a mixed martial arts system for kids combining Karate, Tae Kwon Do, Jiu Jitsu, Kickboxing, Kung Fu, Judokickbox, Jeet Kune Do, and Krav Maga. The center describes its kids martial arts fitness and educational programs as focusing on functional training, real-world self-defense, personal development, and developing life skills while helping children become indistractible. The programs are described as where East meets West and a bridge between traditional and contemporary martial arts and fitness, with bully-proof training for children and safe, structured sparring for kids.
Head instructor Julio Anta is a competitive Masters Bodybuilder, a certified instructor who trains in Krav Maga, Judokickbox, Haganah, Jeet Kune Do, Kung Fu, Muay Thai, and Israeli Tactical Shooting, and an NRA Pistol and Rifle Instructor. He is a Gracie Jiu Jitsu and Tai chi student, a retired Corrections Officer and FDLE (Florida Department of Law Enforcement) officer, and an honorably discharged United States Marine Corps Sergeant. All instructors are trained and certified by Julio Anta, are required to stay in shape for life, are described as experts in developing life skills and helping children become indistractible, and firearms class instructors are NRA certified. The leadership team also includes Elena Anta, co-developer of programs and the first certified Piloxing instructor outside California; Dr. Juan Cespedes, who led the first Japanese Jujitsu program in Doral; and Mario Agnese, who taught the first Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu training in Doral.
Anta’s Fitness and Self Defense states that it is the area’s leader in tactical self defense, martial arts education for children, and fitness, and that it is an award-winning family-run and oriented martial arts, self defense and fitness center changing lives in the City of Doral (Miami) since 1998. The school describes Anta’s Martial Arts System as a unique blend of the world’s most effective martial arts styles, resulting in a well-rounded program of physical fitness, personal development, and reality-based self-defense. It has been serving Doral since 1998, and September 22, 2018 was proclaimed Anta’s Fitness and Self Defense 20th Anniversary Day.
The school is described as the longest-running martial arts school in Doral and the area’s top-rated functional martial arts training center. It is noted as the first Kung Fu school in Doral, the first Israeli self-defense (Haganah F.I.G.H.T.) classes in Doral, the first and only Jeet Kune Do program in Doral, and the first functional training studio in Doral. It also hosted the first kettlebell certification in Florida by Kettlebell Concepts, offered the first group kettlebell classes in Miami-Dade, and has the first certified Battling Ropes instructor in South Florida and the first and only Indian Club instructor in South Florida in Julio Anta. Anta was one of the first instructors in South Florida to teach Israeli Self Defense, was certified in Haganah F.I.G.H.T by Mike Lee Kanarek on July 12, 2004, and was fully certified in Dr T’s Martial Arts for Peace Bully Busters on May 2, 2002.
Anta’s Fitness and Self Defense has performed at and conducted numerous events for charities and for at-risk children and offers free community service educational and fitness workshops and seminars. It is a Community Safe School, a proactive network of martial arts schools dedicated to the prevention of personal safety and wellness issues such as bullying, child abuse, abduction, drug abuse, obesity, fitness, nutrition, violence, and crime. Anta’s Fitness and Self Defense National Martial Arts Day was proclaimed in the City of Doral on October 15, 2005, and on August 25, 2012 both the City of Doral and Miami-Dade County proclaimed Anta’s Art of Fighting without Fighting Anti-Bullying Day. The school has been featured on local, national, and international TV, radio, and publications, including local and national TV shows, international radio interviews, newspapers, and fitness magazines.
Last updated June 3, 2026.
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