Clarissa Fontana martial arts

EXPERT MARTIAL ARTIST AND TUTOR

Clarissa Fontana, Brazil – One of ITKA’s Chen Taiji Quan teachers, follower of Master Lucian Vida since 2011, has studied martial arts since childhood (Karate Do, Northern Shaolin Wu Shu, Yang Taiji Quan). Since 2008 Clarissa has dedicated her martial arts studies to Taiji Quan, and since 2018 she has also been focusing on female self defence, following Master Karin Konkle. She teaches Chen Taiji Quan, Qi Gong and Female self-defence in Barcelona.

“I believe that everyone should know how to defend themselves, because that's the reality of the world. And not to become a killing machine, but to have at least some training to know how to make decisions in a situation of conflict or violence. It's important to know how to manage emotions in different scenarios. In a minor car accident the other person can turn into a monster, and you have to know how to act in each case, when to keep calm or how to react.”