A Tale of Two Curriculums

by 2ndsout | Oct 15, 2014 | Online Marketing & Sales

When I opened my school, I presented the exact curriculum that I was raised on.  Among the many problems that created for me was that I had a lot more kids in my school than my instructors did. Martial arts forms, hyungs, or kata were designed by highly disciplined...

A Martial Arts School Full of Pooh Bears

by 2ndsout | Oct 15, 2014 | Online Marketing & Sales

There is a great line attributed to Winston Churchill that ‘if you are in your 20s and are not a Liberal, you don’t have a heart. If you are in your 40s and not a Conservative, you don’t have a brain.’ While I’m not agreeing or disagreeing with him, his message...

A Good Instructor Doesn’t Always Make a Good Manager

by 2ndsout | Oct 15, 2014 | Online Marketing & Sales

While an instructor may run a class with stern discipline that doesn’t always translate well when that instructor puts on his management hat. The job of the owner/manager is not to be a dictator, but to tell people how they’re doing, what they’re doing, give...

A Dangerous Assumption

by 2ndsout | Oct 15, 2014 | Online Marketing & Sales

Parents are always searching for a constructive, educational activity for their children. And, while martial arts will obviously burn off excess energy, some parents might mistakenly associate this activity with violence.  Many people don’t know that the martial...