Subject: On The 5th Day of Christmas at the Dojo...
On The 5th Day of Christmas at the Dojo...
December 18th, 2015 at 6:10 am CDTFriend, On The 5th Day of Christmas At The Dojo... ...we planned our New Year's Eve lock-in. Now of course, if you don't teach kids then this email is not going to apply to you. But if you do, and you've never done an event like this before, or you ...
On The 4th Day of Christmas at the Dojo...
December 17th, 2015 at 8:18 am CDTFriend, On The 4th Day of Christmas at the Dojo... ...we sent out Christmas cards. I know, I know - it's an old-fashioned and outdated sentiment, right? And besides, those "robo-written" cards are just tacky, and no one keeps those anyway. Well, not ...
On The 3rd Day of Christmas at the Dojo...
December 16th, 2015 at 5:59 am CDTFriend, On The 3rd Day of Christmas at The Dojo... ...we planned our Christmas/holiday party. And if you don't traditionally have a Christmas or holiday party at your dojo, now is the perfect time to start. Here's why you should have a Christmas part ...
On The 2nd Day of Christmas at the Dojo...
December 15th, 2015 at 9:07 am CDTFriend, On The 2nd Day Of Christmas At The Dojo... ...we set up our Christmas sale display. Now, if you haven't done this already, or if you haven't even planned a Christmas/holiday sale yet, it's not too late to make a few extra bucks by having a Ch ...
On The First Day of Christmas At The Dojo...
December 14th, 2015 at 6:24 am CDTFriend, Alright, so if you haven't figured it out yet, I'm going to do a sort of "12 Days of Christmas" thing in the newsletter over the next two weeks... But instead of giving away stuff, or doing a daily discount (sorry, next sale won't be until Bl ...
NEW Martial Arts Business Podcast Episode Is Live!
December 12th, 2015 at 10:30 am CDTFriend, The latest episode of The Martial Arts Business Podcast is live and ready to stream from the blog at: http://martialartsbusinessdaily.com/5877/podcast-episode-40-interview-with-chris-perilli/ In this episode I interview Chris Perilli of Dojo ...
Martial Arts Curriculum Design and Class Scheduling...
December 10th, 2015 at 7:05 am CDTFriend, There's one more thing we need to talk about regarding curriculum design before you start reorganizing yours... Did you know that you need to consider your class schedule before you reorganize your curriculum? If you don't, it can have seriou ...
Tips On Organizing Your Martial Arts Curriculum...
December 9th, 2015 at 10:34 am CDTFriend, One of my pet peeves is walking into a martial arts class that is taught by an instructor who just teaches whatever they feel like teaching that day. Even though classes taught like this can often be fun and result in a some surprises, I per ...
Curriculum Design Strategies for Growing Dojos...
December 8th, 2015 at 6:15 am CDTFriend, Alright, let's talk martial arts curriculum design, starting with... IF IT AIN'T BROKE... For starters we're going to run with the caveat that if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Too often I've seen martial arts instructors who continually tweak ...
Curriculum Design for Growing Martial Art Schools...
December 7th, 2015 at 6:35 am CDTFriend, Years ago when I first started teaching martial arts classes on my own, the first thing I did was write out a detailed curriculum for each belt rank. These days, if I were to start all over again, the first thing I would do would be to write ...