Changing Lives ATA Martial Arts Instructor:

Name: Lathe Craft II

Birth date: 06/12/1981

Where I grew up:

Brownwood Texas. Like most other cities in Texas, Brownwood is known for football and in addition the legendary coach Gordon Wood(most wins of all time at the time of his retirement).

Current ATA Rank:

3rd Degree Black Belt

Reasons for training with Changing Lives ATA Martial Arts:

I started training with Changing Lives ATA Martial Arts to fulfill a child hood dream of reaching Black Belt. Once I achieved the rank it wasn’t enough, I wanted to teach. I wanted to make a difference and pass on the knowledge that was given to me by my instructors. So through my child hood dream I found my life long passion.

My next Martial Arts testing date:

June-July 2012 for 4th Degree

A quick story about training with Senior Master Thomas:

First I want to start by saying that Senior Master Thomas is very much so a serious Martial Artist, and like all serious Martial Artists he knows the value of repetition in anything that you do. I remember when I was a Brown Belt working out doing jump hooks kicks. We were kicking X-ray paper that night I must have completed five or six hundred jump hook kicks. Half way through the work out I started to get light headed and exhausted. Senior Master came over and noticed my pupils were dilated and he told me to get some water and have a seat. I didn’t know why I was having such a hard time with the workout, I was in good shape, I ran and exercised quite often. I raised my hand to continue and during my workout Senior Master came by and told me that I was holding my breath. I realized then that the reason that I was having a hard time with the workout is because I wasn’t breathing.

A few of my certifications and training accomplishments:

• ATA Certified Instructor and 3rd Degree Black Belt
• Nationally Recognized Kidz N Power
• Level 3 Chief Tournament Judge
• Knife Defense certification by Senior Master Thomas
• ATA Self Defense and Combat Systems Instructor