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 900 hours of personal training of which over 400 hours are with clinical patients. In 2007 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 but are not limited to: WOW® - Women Only Workout’s Self Defense; Kickbox-R-Size™ (cardio kickboxing); Safe-Chi™; Keychain Self Defense; Senior Self Defense; Cockpit Self Defense; Time Share Personal Training; Pilates Plus; Stability Ball; Glidingi™; Family Yoga; Tai Chi; 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: AAHPERD - American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation & Dance; AAPAR - American Association for Physical Activity & Recreation; ATA – American Taekwondo Association;  AWMAI – Association of Women Martial Arts Instructors; AWSDA – Association for Women’s Self-Defense Advancement; NWMAF - National Women’s Martial Arts Federation; The National Scholars Honor Society

Bio - Updated June 22, 2008