Hello! My name is Darin Carr. I’m the owner and head instructor for The ROCK Martial Arts and Fitness. The ROCK is a one of a kind martial arts and fitness center. I speak for all the staff when I say that we focus on educating and training ourselves to be the best that we can be for ourselves and so we can pass that on to our students. The ROCK has now been dishing out brutal workouts and hard-earned black belts for over 10 years now here in the Littleton/Highlands Ranch area. We have brought in world-renowned experts from across the country to train us and our students…such as Dan Inosanto (former student of Bruce Lee), Tim Thackrey (7x US National Team Member), Paul Speck (Hapkido, Judo and Taekwondo Master). We opened up on September 1st of 1999 without one student (or even any prospects). Sure, I had been telling all my friends about my new business adventure, but whether or not any of them would actually show up for a grand opening (let alone sign-up for classes) would be news to me! I sat patiently in the school all day long in my uniform waiting for the 4 o’clock hour when we’d host our first ever Little Dragons class (now known as our Little Ninjas). And, to my surprise, we had 3 little boys show up! (Well, one of them sat on the sideline and cried). But, it was official…The ROCK had opened and we were teaching martial arts! Since that day we have grown into an established company here in southwest Littleton. Over the years our curriculums and class plans have changed quite a bit but as we’ve evolved our mission has stayed the same:
-To provide our community a safe haven of health and wellness that will promote mental and physical growth for our students.
-To inspire and influence a winning attitude through the positive energy of our team.
-To challenge our students to unleash their potential through goal setting and black belt excellence.
-To focus on the future success of our school and its members by providing superior student relations and services.
During the past 10 years, The ROCK has built quite a program. As a matter of fact, our programs and training have been featured on Channel 9 News, Channel 2 Denver, Fox 31, The Associated Press and the Altitude Channel (and might I add, a huge host of elementary school kid’s writing papers). The ROCK is a very “family friendly” type of place. You will find no macho egos here. We offer strength and conditioning classes from early in the morning till later evening, martial arts programs for individuals and families at all levels and ages, self-defense seminars, birthday parties and body challenges. Also, we’ve done work with the blind community (through Colorado Center for the Blind), the Boy and Girl Scouts, Victim Advocate Centers, local churches and numerous other organizations, all in an effort to build a more peaceful world. In other words, we stay busy doing what we love most…building stronger minds and bodies through martial arts and fitness!
Our vision is to continue to grow into one of the Nation’s premier martial arts schools by means of teaching our students much more than just kicking and punching. We aim to also empower them with life skills such as respect, discipline and focus, to help them develop their character by means of becoming leaders in society and inspire them to reach their potential in all areas of life. And while there’s no “master scale/gold standard” out there that determines the best martial arts schools in the nation, we believe our students are our best way of measuring. Here’s what some of them have to say.
