Subject: Water bottle trick, commons sense knife defense, and...
Water bottle trick, commons sense knife defense, and...
September 30th, 2016 at 8:06 am CDTFriend, Some interesting video clips today... First, a clip that demonstrates how the best knife defenses involve common sense, gross motor skills, and physics: https://youtu.be/VHdRwkqvcKE Then, something that's so pretty I think it's almost not ma ...
Real Talk On Starting & Running a Dojo, Pt. 8
September 29th, 2016 at 7:29 am CDTFriend, Okay, it's time to wrap this series up by discussing how to avoid burnout, and how to ensure that your dojo is enhancing your personal life instead of detracting from it. Let's jump right in... Burnout Is A Self-Inflicted Injury Remember yest ...
Real Talk On Starting & Running a Dojo, Pt. 7
September 28th, 2016 at 7:33 am CDTFriend, As promised, I'm finishing this "real talk" email series off by presenting some actionable solutions to the issues I described in earlier emails. Yesterday I wrote to you about how depression can affect you and your dojo, and how to prevent i ...
Real Talk On Starting & Running a Dojo, Pt. 6
September 27th, 2016 at 8:36 am CDTFriend, Okay, so let's talk about depression and the martial art school owner. The first thing I'm going to say is that, if you are depressed, go see a mental health professional, either a therapist, counselor, or psychiatrist. The days of there bein ...
Real Talk On Starting & Running a Dojo, Pt. 5
September 26th, 2016 at 9:24 am CDTFriend, In this email series, I've been confronting some rarely discussed but very real issues that all school owners eventually face. Last week I wrote to you about the long hours necessary to start a dojo, and the toll it can take on your family an ...
Martial Arts Websites That You Control?
September 23rd, 2016 at 7:27 am CDTFriend, Just sending a quick email today to let everyone know that I have a rare opening in my web design schedule for next week. I take clients on a rolling basis, and don't often have openings in my schedule these days as I stay so busy between var ...
Real Talk On Starting & Running a Dojo, Pt. 4
September 22nd, 2016 at 8:50 am CDTFriend, Yesterday I wrote about how martial art schools can be a demanding mistress, and how school owners can "orphan" their kids and "widow" their spouses by being at the dojo so much. Today, I'm going to talk about how the dojo affects instructors ...
Real Talk On Starting A Dojo Pt. 3...
September 21st, 2016 at 7:23 am CDTFriend, Yesterday I discussed a few of the pros of starting and running a martial art school:Very low barrier to entry -High job satisfaction -Excellent profit potential -As I said, I think that a martial art school is among the best small businesses ...
Real Talk On Starting & Running a Martial Art School Pt. 2...
September 20th, 2016 at 6:27 am CDTFriend, Time for some real talk about starting and running a martial art school. After three decades in the martial arts, twenty-five years teaching, and two decades spent running commercial storefront schools, here's what I know in a nutshell:Start ...
Real Talk On Starting and Running a Martial Art School...
September 19th, 2016 at 6:47 am CDTFriend, So, last week I wrapped up the series on how to avoid being a fat master and what to do if you find yourself in that boat. Typically after writing a series like that, I like to take a break and just hit random topics to give my fingers a bit ...