Archive Interviews

Rob Colasanti: Hitting Hard in the Martial Arts Business

Rob ColasantiHitting Hard in the Martial Arts Business

A teenager’s passion for the martial arts became a professional’s quest to raise the standards of the industry, help instructors integrate tradition with innovation, and drive the industry into the 21st century. Rob Colasanti emerged as a leader of the next generation of martial arts professionals. His professionalism and leadership skills developed as NAPMA grew into the world’s largest professional martial arts association. He is the author of What I’ve Learned and its 2006 updated version, How To Build the Martial Arts School of Your Dreams, and is an American Council on Martial Arts (ACMA) certified instructor.

The original recording of this interview is not currently available online. The record is published here so the interview remains part of the magazine’s documented archive; the audio will be restored to this page if the master is recovered.

This interview was conducted for Martial Arts Professional, the trade magazine the National Association of Professional Martial Artists has published since 1996, and appeared in the magazine’s interview series. It is republished here as part of the magazine’s archive. The original recording date is not stated in the surviving archive record.

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Stephen Oliver

Grand Master Stephen Oliver, MBA, is a 10th Degree Black Belt and the Founder and CEO of Mile High Karate and Martial Arts Wealth Mastery, one of the martial arts industry's leading coaching and consulting organizations for professional martial arts school owners, BJJ academies, and MMA gyms. A martial arts school owner since 1975 and business coach since 1985, Oliver has spent more than five decades building, operating, and advising successful martial arts schools. He also serves as CEO and Chairman of NAPMA (the National Association of Professional Martial Artists) and Publisher of Martial Arts Professional magazine. A Georgetown University cum laude graduate, he earned his Executive MBA through the Executive Program at the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver. He was promoted to 10th Degree Black Belt in April 2026 and inducted into the Tae Kwon Do Hall of Fame in August 2026. Learn more at MartialArtsWealth.com and StephenCOliver.com.

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