Subject: Dojo Staff Training Wrap-Up...

Dojo Staff Training Wrap-Up...

February 29th, 2016 at 7:24 am CDT

Friend, Alright, let's wrap up this staff training series with a few last suggestions regarding the care and training of employees... Make Sure They Know The Mission...When you bring on a new staff member, be sure that they know your school's mission ...

Master Ken vs. Javier Vazquez?

February 26th, 2016 at 7:36 am CDT

Friend, Welcome to the gas chamber... https://youtu.be/imXy2JZI0Z4 Until next time, Mike MassieMartialArtsBusinessDaily.com Quick-start Guide to My Books and Resources:- Looking for a list of books and resources I've written? Click here! - Starting a ...

Training Teaching Staff for Your Dojo, Pt. VIII

February 25th, 2016 at 7:53 am CDT

Friend, Alright, it's time to wrap this series up with a discussion on curriculum and training your new hire to follow it. So what's the big deal about curriculum? I mean, you pretty much know what a student needs to learn to get to black belt (or th ...

Training Teaching Staff for Your Dojo, Pt. VII

February 24th, 2016 at 7:54 am CDT

Friend, Lesson plans... Who needs 'em, amirite? Heh, everybody - that's who. Today, we're going to talk about the importance of having lesson plans prepared for every single class. And, we're going to discuss the importance of training your staff to ...

Training Teaching Staff for Your Dojo, Pt. VI

February 23rd, 2016 at 8:23 am CDT

Friend, So yesterday we talked about basic pedagogy and how it relates to training new assistant instructors. Today we're going to talk about using motivational psychology in our teaching methods, and how we're going to pass those methods on to our s ...

Training Teaching Staff for Your Dojo, Pt. V

February 22nd, 2016 at 7:24 am CDT

Friend, Last week we discussed training your new hire on the topics of:KinesiologyInjury Preventionand SafetyNow, let's move on to the next of the training topics... Teaching Pedagogy Pedagogy literally means the method and practice of teaching... so ...

Master Ken is on The Martial Arts Business Podcast...

February 19th, 2016 at 2:59 pm CDT

Friend, As promised, the latest edition of the Martial Arts Business Podcast featuring Matt Page from Enter the Dojo is live and online. This was a really fun interview to do, and Matt is just as funny IRL as he is playing Master Ken on Enter the Doj ...

Training Teaching Staff for Your Dojo, Pt. IV

February 18th, 2016 at 6:19 am CDT

Friend, Alright, let's talk Injury Prevention and Safety. This is a broad topic that covers a number of separate but interrelated subjects. So, I'll break them down one at a time and explain how I think you should approach training your teaching assi ...

Training Teaching Staff for Your Dojo, Pt. III

February 17th, 2016 at 6:41 am CDT

Friend, It's time to break in your new instructor trainee... but first you have to educate them so they can run a class without getting you sued. So today we're going to start with the first of several topics that I've found to be crucial to trainin ...

Training Teaching Staff for Your Dojo, Pt. II

February 16th, 2016 at 6:06 am CDT

Friend, So what's the first thing you should train your teaching staff to do? Well, after you take them through a thorough orientation (policy manual, signing paperwork, etc.) and after you've done a thorough background check (should include driving ...