If you shower your martial arts students with, Awesome! Very Good! Excellent! why would they put anymore effort into their martial arts training?
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What is the “Best Martial Arts Business System” for You and Your Martial Arts School?
By John Graden on Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010 | 1 Comment
I was at a large tournament recently and met up with the owner of a large equipment company.
Read More...Martial Arts Business Information Without Direction Can Be Daunting
By John Graden on Tuesday, August 10th, 2010 | No Comments
hat’s why I’ve created a new 52-week system where I will send you a specific assignment every seven days that will not take more than a hour or so, but will help you gain control and grow your school step-by-step week-by-week. It’s called the Martial Arts School Growth Generator and you can find it at www.GrowYourMartialArtsSchool.com.
Read More...If You Were Arrested For Being A Professional Martial Artist……
By John Graden on Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010 | No Comments
A Professional Martial Artist keeps the school clean A professional trains his staff. A professional keeps martial artist equipment up to date. A professional is in better shape than most people at his or her age. A professional builds a future by consistently upgrading his or her own skills.
Read More...“The Karate Kid” – Culture Clash
By John Graden on Tuesday, June 1st, 2010 | No Comments
John and Janet Graden at the premier of “The Karate Kid” My wife Janet and I attended the premiere of the remake of “The Karate Kid” in Chicago May 26th. As we all know, the original film was set in Southern California with a Japanese maintenance man Mr. Miyagi, immortalized by the late Pat Morita [...]
Read More...Attract Media & Goodwill by Helping The First Lady
By John Graden on Friday, April 16th, 2010 | 1 Comment
Because the First Lady Michelle Obama is involved, the hottest cause in the country right now it childhood obesity. Since childhood is a broad time span, we’ve narrowed our efforts down to teenagers. I’ve teamed up with the Teen Fitness Connection to fight teen obesity and promote a healthy lifestyle for teens. I started martial [...]
Read More...Managing Your Conflicting Goals
By John Graden on Sunday, February 21st, 2010 | No Comments
When you finally open your own martial arts school, the control factor continues to be an influence. It is important to make follow-up calls to people who have inquired about your school but never joined. In order to make these important calls, you need to get motivated. Three o’clock rolls around, and you stare at [...]
Read More...The Road to Respect Travels Through Pain-ville
By John Graden on Monday, February 15th, 2010 | 1 Comment
As a kid, you can’t choose your school, your parents, your city, your neighborhood, or much of anything else about your environment. You have no control and, when the situation is negative and intimidating, that debilitating feeling can stick with you for life. Martial arts can change all of that. The belt rank system provides [...]
Read More...Why Some Martial Artists Fail to Finish The Job
By John Graden on Monday, February 1st, 2010 | 1 Comment
I see young instructors trying to call themselves Master so they gain the respect for the implied wisdom that comes with that title long before gaining the experience that creates it.
Read More...Can You Really Teach Confidence?
By John Graden on Monday, January 25th, 2010 | No Comments
Martial arts schools today talk a lot about teaching confidence. They have words of the week and life skills training, which is great. I wish my instructors had taught me about goal setting when I was a kid. But I don’t think confidence can be taught. It’s too experiential and situational. I do think schools [...]
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