Martial Arts Management

When I started in martial arts over 41 years ago, I never would have imagined martial arts would become my profession rather than just my passionate hobby. When I founded Mile High Karate in 1983, it was an alternative to using my degree in International Economics to landing a job in banking or working for ...

There are many effective styles of leadership, but there are several “secrets” to leadership in any organization. Vision: You must have a clear and compelling vision of the future of your organization. It’s the big picture of how your business should look, in as much sensory rich detail as possible. Leadership starts from within. If ...

Worry Leaks Worry is a useless emotion. Since your mind doesn’t have enough worry, you invent more; and, most likely, it’s 100 percent worse than reality could ever be. If you have unhealthy emotions of imagined fears or worry, then the body responds with a tense feeling of nervousness, stress-related illness, fatigue, lack of energy ...

Step 1 -Complete the Form Below to Request Your FREE 1 on 1 School Progress Evaluationand Receive Your FREE GIFTS!  My NAPMA Team and I are on an UNSTOPPABLE MISSION to help our fans (and our industry) take their martial arts school to the next level this year. I’ve generously offered to ...

What advice would you give martial arts professionals who want to achieve higher levels of success? Jean Claude Van Damme answers… The mind is the most powerful thing. Therefore, it is important for you to use your mind to be the best you can be. Use the power of your mind to maintain a healthy, ...

Last month, I started a four-part series of columns to help you understand the various entities under which you can do business and their advantages and disadvantages. The primary advantage is to protect your assets. In part two, I present General Partnership and Limited Partnership. General Partnership A general partnership is formed when two or ...

Toby’s Holiday Reading List Awaken the Giant Within – Tony Robbins Mastering Influence – Tony Robbins (Audio Pgm) How to Master the Art of Selling Anything – Tom Hopkins (Book) How to Master the Art of Selling Anything – Tom Hopkins (Audio Program) GOALS – Brian Tracy Psychology of Winning – De...

Building a steady stream of referrals in your martial arts school is one of the most efficient and effective sources of new students

    All of life is a risk. You take a small risk when you drive to work or walk across the street. You take a larger risk when you start a business or invest a sum of money. You take a risk whenever you venture into the unknown that cannot be exactly determined. The ...

Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You do not fail overnight. Failure is the inevitable result of an accumulation of poor thinking and poor choices. To put it more simply, failure is nothing more than a few errors in judgment, repeated every day. You make errors in judgment and then foolishly repeat them every ...