Applied Fitness and Human Kinetics, Background

Applied Fitness and Human Kinetics, LLC was created in 2005 to help individuals become healthier, happier, and more secure and confident in their person through physical and mental training and education.

The company is focused on three integrated areas that build upon the individual’s abilities and goals. This holistic approach to personal development satisfies the individual’s cognitive needs more than any single fitness concept or approach present in the marketplace. These three applied areas are:

 • Physical Fitness
• Traditional Martial Arts
• Contemporary Martial Arts and Self-Defense

All training and growth is built on a sound physical condition.  With this bedrock in place, more advanced training can be successfully pursued. This foundation is the basis for much of the company’s activities for the individual. The building and maintaining of customer’s physical fitness is paramount to the success of the company.

On top of this foundation, the individual can receive training in traditional martial arts. Educating the customer in physical movements and showing them that any limitations that they perceive in their capabilities are mere illusions, and that they are physically capable of more than they could ever imagine. This training begins to expose the individual to conflict resolution concepts and techniques that are applicable outside of the classroom. The individuals also begin to work with one another to investigate the dynamic that occurs between people at a physical level, which can be abstracted out to non-physical methods of behavior, outside of the classroom.

The third tier of the training is a more contemporary and applied martial arts model, coaching in self-defense techniques for individuals both inside and outside of the classroom. These applications cover situational awareness, environmental observation, conflict de-escalation, and unarmed and armed resolution. These are all taught in context of rape-prevention and other applicable highly relevant scenarios.