Subject: When Your Dojo Walks The Talk...
When Your Dojo Walks The Talk...
May 31st, 2016 at 6:42 am CDTFriend, Be honest... When you read the subject line to this email, you were probably thinking about fighting. :) Well, certainly you should be teaching your students how to defend themselves, but when I say "walking the talk," in this context I'm spe ...
Happy Memorial Day?
May 30th, 2016 at 7:25 am CDTFriend, I never feel right telling anyone to be "happy" on Memorial Day. I mean, it's a day to remember those who fell in service to our nation. So, today I'm just asking people to remember the fallen. While you're enjoying some sun (or rain if you l ...
Fun No-Gi Match to Watch...
May 27th, 2016 at 6:07 am CDTFriend, This no-gi match between two grapplers at the pinnacle of the sport is a lot of fun to watch: http://youtu.be/kKEJhUggE_Y Until next time, Mike MassieMartialArtsBusinessDaily.com Quick-start Guide to My Books and Resources:- Looking for a li ...
How to Grow Your Dojo Fast, Step by Step...
May 26th, 2016 at 7:07 am CDTFriend, What happens when you put the cart before the horse when you're just getting your dojo off the ground? What I mean to say is, what happens when you start a dojo and do things out of sequence? I can tell you, because I've seen it happen many t ...
How To Cut The Time It Takes To Grow A Dojo In Half...
May 25th, 2016 at 7:32 am CDTFriend, Yesterday I wrote about how implementation is the key to success in starting and running a martial art school. Those who implement, succeed. But how can you 10x those results, and speed up the process of starting and growing a successful dojo ...
What makes some dojos more successful?
May 24th, 2016 at 6:37 am CDTFriend, It's another random thoughts week, where I take the opportunity to talk about random topics while I prep for another email series. And, today I want to talk about what makes one dojo more successful than another. Of course, the success of a b ...
The Emperor Wears No Gi?
May 23rd, 2016 at 8:21 am CDTFriend, I've been reading Trust Me, I'm Lying by Ryan Holiday, and it's one heck of an interesting read. Ryan was the guy who manipulated the media in order to get American Apparel all sorts of free publicity, mainly by manufacturing scandals over th ...
MMA Gym Feud Turns Deadly
May 20th, 2016 at 7:00 am CDTFriend, I saw this story today, and found it so disturbing that I had to get your take on it: http://www.bjpenn.com/mma-news/graphic-masked-attackers-nearly-kill-mma-fighter-with-machete-in-suspected-hamburg-mma-gym-feud/ It's currently a pinned pos ...
Final Thoughts On Keeping Students Coming To Class...
May 19th, 2016 at 8:21 am CDTFriend, To wrap up this series on how to keep students coming to class, I thought I'd share a few final reflections on student retention and the profession of teaching martial arts. ~MM - - - So what keeps students coming to class? Is it merely a che ...
How to Keep Students Coming to Class, Part XI
May 18th, 2016 at 9:05 am CDTFriend, So what does it look like to run a dojo and classroom environment in which we've implemented everything we have learned about our brain chemicals, and how those chemicals impact our interpretation of our experiences? Instead of giving you sce ...