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Can You Earn a Living Teaching Martial Arts for Free?
Q: Do you think you could make a living teaching martial arts for free? The obvious answer is, of course not. Sure, you can attract students with free trial offers, and many school owners do. But there has to be a limit, or else you’ll go broke giving away your time and expertise to people…
Read MoreWhy Are There Suddenly So Many Martial Arts Business Consultants?
Is it just me, or are martial arts business consultants now a dime a dozen? Hold that thought, because I’m going to get back to it in a minute. Earlier this week a marketing consultant posted the quote below, characterizing the sudden influx of coaches and consultants in his industry: “Most of them fail at…
Read MoreThe Beginner’s Mind In Business And Martial Arts
What does cancer have to do with the beginner’s mind and the business of running a martial arts school? Read on to find out… The Day I Had To Start All Over Again… Almost two years ago, doctors found a roughly racquetball-sized mass in my right lung. I’d contracted the SARS-CoV-2 virus a few weeks…
Read MoreWhy You Should Never Start A Martial Art School As A Business Partnership
Ah, business partnerships. I come back around to this topic at least once a year. And despite my repeated warnings and admonishments to NOT start a martial art school with a partner, for some reason school owners still insist on doing it. So, allow me to explain once again why partnerships and martial art schools…
Read MoreWhy Having A Large Dojo Will Kill Your Martial Arts School
So lately in the newsletter, I’ve been talking about reasons why dojo owners fail… Earlier this week I wrote about attitude and ego, and how those two factors can absolutely kill a school owner right out of the gate. And yesterday, I also briefly discussed overhead, and how high overhead can bog your school’s growth…
Read MoreI Need To Grow My Dojo – Where Do I Start?
If you need to grow your dojo but your don’t know where to start, read this article.
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