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Martial Arts Business News
Is BJJ Consolidating? Read the Filings, Not the Press Releases
UFC GYM opened its first standalone jiu-jitsu studio in Manhattan, and a listed software vendor has announced the same partnership…
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Martial Arts Business News
The Safeguarding Gap: Most Martial Arts Schools Sit Outside Every System Built to Protect Children
Three instructor cases in six weeks on three continents. The industry story is not the crimes — it is that…
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Marketing
Martial Arts Business Conferences 2026–2027: Every Confirmed School-Owner Event
There is no Martial Arts SuperShow in 2026. Here is every confirmed business conference for martial arts school owners from…
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Marketing
The Apprentice Was the Canary: Marketing a School to Families Who Never See an Ad
Streaming is now about half of all TV viewing, and the families a martial arts school most wants are the…
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Industry History
From the Yellow Pages to the Answer Box: Where Parents Compare Martial Arts Schools
Parents have almost always compared martial arts schools in only one place at a time: the Yellow Pages, then Google,…
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Mindset & Leadership
Read the Footnotes: The Books That Built My Martial Arts Schools
The fastest way to build a successful martial arts school is to copy one that works, then improve it. Stephen…
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Marketing
When Should a Martial Arts School Hire Its First Marketing Person?
A small school owner who doesn't want to spend twenty hours a week marketing doesn't have to. But he can't…
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Teaching & Curriculum
When the Stripe Stops Being a Reward: Home-Practice Stripes for Adults and Black Belts
Most schools treat stripes as a kids' program and drop them at black belt. That is backwards on the first…
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BJJ Corner
The IBJJF Rank Rules Your Academy Actually Has to Follow
IBJJF does not decide when you tape a stripe. It decides whether the rank is recognised — and therefore whether…
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Martial Arts Business News
Martial Arts Business News: Week of September 14, 2026
Britain deleted the supervision exemption for child protection checks on 1 September, and your assistant instructors are now in scope.…
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