Original Statement

"As the creator of TAE BO® aerobic kickboxing and President of BG Star Productions, Inc., I am very pleased to announce that TAE BO® Aerobic Kickboxing Workout will be expanding in Germany.

On May 11th, 2001, BG Star Productions, Inc. and the Internationale Fitness und Aerobic Akademie ("IFAA") entered into an alliance to educate and certify TAE BO® Aerobic Kickboxing in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. These instructors will be trained and certified within the program developed by Billy Blanks® and in accordance with the TAE BO® philosophy. IFAA is the only institute in Germany, Austria and Switzerland that is authorized by Billy Blanks® and BG Star Productions to offer TAE BO® Aerobic Kickboxing Workout instructor education and certification.

IFAA and Billy Blanks® will be holding TAE BO® Aerobic Kickboxing instructor workshops and presentations between July 25 and July 29, 2001 in Mannheim, Munich and Stuttgart and a Summercamp in Ravensburg between July 30 and August 2, 2001.

To me, each letter of the TAE BO® name has significance because they stand for the qualities that TAE BO® both demands and develops:

"T" represents total commitment to whatever you do;
"A" represents awareness of yourself and the world;
"E" represents excellence, the truest goal in anything you do;
"B" represents the body as a force for total change, and
"O" represents obedience to your will and your true desire for change.

All of us in the team are so appreciative of the welcome you have given TAE BO® Aerobic Kickboxing and me and look forward to sharing the TAE BO vision with all the German people."

Billy Blanks