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DiAnn Lanke Stasik. At age 2, DiAnn began swimming; two years later
she was competitively racing. During most of the 70’s DiAnn
spent her time at AAU swimming and diving meets, including the Junior
Olympics. Gymnastics and cheerleading were her main sports during
her middle and high school years. DiAnn represented UW-La Crosse
on both the women’s swimming and diving teams until she transferred
to Purdue University where she graduated with a BS in Management
& a BA in Psychology. She began her formal martial arts training
with the American Taekwondo Association (ATA) in 1992. That year
she became the ATA Midwest Regional Champion in both sparring and
forms. In 1997 DiAnn received her black belt, placed first in sparring
at ATA’s Midwest Regional Tournament and second in sparring
at ATA’s World Championship. Thereafter DiAnn began focusing
on instructing practical self defense techniques for today’s
women. DiAnn teaches self defense and defensive tactical techniques
from various martial arts and pressure point control tactics along
with physiology and psychology. She has produced and released for
sale her video, W.O.W.’s Fundamentals of Self Defense, which
contains information about the Personal Space Concept, the Psychology
& Physical Weakness of the Attacker, the Power of Words, Frontal
and Rear Attacks with increasing intensity along with Defensive
Responses from various martial arts. Starting in 2003 as a rehabilitation
specialist for Back in Action and contracting with Healthwise Chiropractic
and Funktional Training, DiAnn has logged over 600 hours of personal
training of which over 400 hours are with clinical patients. This
year she completed her Master’s Degree in Health and Kinesiology
through the University of Texas - Tyler.
This year marks DiAnn’s fifteenth year as an instructor and
her tenth anniversary in the health, fitness and self defense industry.
Her classes include: WOW® - Women Only Workout’s Self
Defense; Kickbox-R-Size™ (cardio kickboxing); Safe-Chi™;
Senior Self Defense; Cockpit Self Defense; ReCharge™; Time
Share Personal Training; Kids in Motion; Pilates Plus; Stability
Ball; ACE – Aerobic Circuit Exercise; Tone 'N' Tighten; Midsection
Madness; Family Yoga; Tai Chi; Strength, Stretch & Stroll; Body
Design and the Female Athlete Triad. DiAnn’s other interests
include aviation and Middle Eastern dance. .
DiAnn’s credentials include: M.Ed –
Health & Kinesiology, B.S – Management, B.A. – Psychology,
Founder and Manager of W.O.W.® – Women Only Workout, LLC,
Certified Physical Fitness Specialist by The Cooper Institute, NETA
Certified Group Fitness Instructor, NWMAF Certified Self Defense
Instructor, AWSDA Certified Rape Prevention Instructor & State
Representative, Research Assistant for The Institute for Human Factors,
AWSDA 2003 Training Seminar Instructor, FAA Certified Flight Instructor
– Advance Ground & Single Engine Land, Commercial Pilot
– Single & Multiengine Land, FAA Accident Prevention Counselor,
& Nike Product Tester.
DiAnn’s Martial Arts Studies include: Tae
kwon do, Kung Fu, Ninjitsu, Krav Maga, Karate, Shoshin-do Boxing,
Jujitsu, Aikido, Tai Chi, Push Hands Tai Chi, Xingyiquan, Brazilian
Knife Fighting, Filipino Stick Fighting, Dim-Mak, Pressure Point
Control Tactics, Gun Disarming Tactics and Confined Space Self Defense
Associations: ATA – American Taekwondo Association
, AWMAI – Association of Women Martial Arts Instructors, AWSDA
– American Women’s Self-Defense Association, ISSP –
International Society of Sport Psychology, NWMAF - National Women’s
Martial Arts Federation, The National Scholars Honor Society
Bio - Updated October 29, 2007
©1997-2007
DiAnn Lanke Stasik & W.O.W.®, Kickbox-R-Size™,
SAFE-CHI™
& Building the Power Within™
Greendale, WI
All Rights Reserved
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