Andersons Martial Arts Academy
About
Serving NYC since 1996, we are the only school in New York that has the experience and lineage to equip our students with a complete martial sport and martial combat program.
We are also the only martial arts Academy in Manhattan that is permitted to teach Jeet Kune Do under Bruce Lee’s direct lineage.
We offer world-class training in Bruce Lee’s Jun Fan Gung Fu – Jeet Kune Do Concepts (JKD), Filipino Martial Arts (Weapons training/ Inosanto Method), Muay Thai, Boxing, Wrestling and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. We also combine those arts in their most effective states to offer practical self-defense training for men, women, and children.
Sifu Dan Anderson and his staff specialize in teaching individuals to fulfill their goals through the study and practice of martial arts. Self-defense, competition, mental and physical fitness, and mastery can all be achieved through our curriculum. Our mixed martial arts program has been featured on NY1 and CBS, as well as being voted as America’s top form of alternative fitness by Good Morning America. Overall, we pride ourselves on the quality of our curriculum, the diversity of our students, and the experience and lineage of our instructors.
Additionally, AMAA hosts seminars with the world’s leading martial arts instructors and fighters.
We are also proud to house over thirty championship belts in Muay Thai, MMA and Boxing. As well as countless medals and titles in Brazilian Jiujitsu and competitive Kali.
We are located in downtown Manhattan in the Tribeca area. Our facility is a total 7,000 square feet, and fully equipped with an array of professional training equipment to accommodate all skill levels. The facility has a comfortable lounge, free wireless internet, and men’s and women’s locker rooms with digital lockers, showers and a filtered water filtration system providing free water to all of our students.
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What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
Simo Dasha Libin Anderson MS, NASM-PES, NASE, MKC-2, M-KBIA is a fitness expert, author, fitness writer, full time martial artist, world traveler, and eternal student. She is the creator of the Kettlebell Kickboxing™ fitness brand with 24 fitness DVDs and a fitness book. Because of her clients and projects, many also call her a “celebrity trainer.”
With over a decade of training in Muay Thai, Jeet Kune Do (JKD), Filipino Martial Arts and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Dasha was featured as Black Belt Magazine’s only female 21st Century Martial Artist. Dasha is currently an apprentice level instructor under the legendary Guro Dan Inosanto. Dasha has a Master’s Degree in Sports Science, with a specialty in Performance Enhancement and Injury Prevention (MS). Additionally, Dasha is certified with the National Academy of Sports Medicine with their master level (NASM-PES) credentials. She is also a certified Speed and Explosion Specialist (NASE-SES) with the National Association of Speed and Explosion. Additionally Dasha is a certified instructor in Kettle bells and Indian Clubs under “American Father of the Russian Kettlebells & Fitness” Steve Maxwell (MKC-2).
Throughout her martial arts career, Dasha has achieved several instructorships. Most notably she is an apprentice level instructor under the legendary Guro Dan Inosanto in Jeet Kune Do and Filipino Martial Arts. She also has a full instructor certification in Jeet Kune Do Concepts (JKD) and Filipino Martial Arts under Sifu Paul Vunak and Sifu Thomas C. Cruse and ranking in Progressive Fighting Systems. Dasha has obtained a Brown Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu as well as the Red Glove “Initiateur” rank in Savate (French Kickboxing). Dasha is has a black belt in Jeet Kune Do & Filipino Martial Arts and is currently studying full-time under her long-time instructor and husband Sifu Dan Anderson. In August 2010, Dasha was named of NY1’s New Yorker of the Week for her FREE women’s self-defense program.
As a writer, Dasha has written articles for FIGHT!, Fitness Rx, Oxygen, and Kettlebell Magazine. Currently, she writes a monthly column called “FUEL” for the highly acclaimed martial arts publication Black Belt Magazine. Dasha and her Kettlebell Kickboxing™ method were featured throughout 6-pages of SELF magazine’s March 2012 issue.
In 2013, Dasha was asked to be the official trainer for the Miss New York USA & Miss Teen USA brands.
Dasha is proud to be a fitness brand ambassador for lululemon athletica Soho. Dasha is also an official fitness ambassador and one of the few official testers for VSX® (Victoria Secret’s Sports). Additionally, Dasha has worked with brands like Athleta®, Nikon, and NYU during their special events, campaigns, and brand/store launches.
Dasha’s main focus at the moment is learning, teaching, and empowering women through fitness and martial arts. She has devoted all of her time to her sold-out NYC Kettlebell Kickboxing™ classes, as well as her Kettlebell Kickboxing™ Scorcher Series (4-disc set), Body Series (11-disc set), and 7 Day Lean Series (7-disc set) DVD sets. Dasha’s Kettlebell Kickboxing™ method offers a website community and blog, instructor certifications, live classes, and of course, a series of DVDs. For more information, please visit www.kettlebellkickboxing.com.
Dasha’s Kettlebell Kickboxing™ KBIA Instructor Certification course has been accredited as a Continuing Education Provider (CEU) for National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) and Aerobics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA). For details on Certificates & CEU credits, please email [email protected].
Although she scoffs at the term, Dasha is a real NYC based “celebrity trainer.” She has had the pleasure to work and develop programs for many high-level athletes, actors, performers, and fashion icons. She has been sought out for her expertise in not only transforming the body, but also developing programs equipped with the strength and agility needed for many of her clients’ hectic work schedules and demands.
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125-150 per hour
100 for a pack of 10