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Enrollment & Retention
Caller ID, Contact Records and the 9-to-11 Window: Why Parents Don’t Answer
Most unanswered follow-up calls are not rejection. The parent did not recognize the number. And most inquiry calls from parents…
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Martial Arts Business News
Fall Safeguarding Review: Free SafeSport Resources for Martial Arts Schools, Coaches and Parents
The U.S. Center for SafeSport has published free abuse-prevention resources for parents and coaches. Which ones martial arts schools can…
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Staff & Systems
Standards Beat Talent: How Schools Systematize Teaching
'Standards and rapport beat talent.' What the October 2026 teaching session with Grand Masters Jeff Smith and Stephen Oliver and…
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Mindset & Leadership
The Leadership Segment of a Martial Arts Class Should Take Three Minutes, Not Twenty
Many schools teach leadership by sitting students down for a lecture, a worksheet or a team-building game. Grand Master Stephen…
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Teaching & Curriculum
Starting Mid-Cycle in a Rotating Curriculum: How to Test the Student Who Joined Late
A student who joins a rotating curriculum one month into a three-month cycle has half the practice on the current…
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Staff & Systems
Hiring Your First Full-Time Martial Arts Instructor
The first full-time hire is where a school stops being a job. How to tell whether you are ready, what…
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Legislation & Regulation
Buying a Martial Arts Franchise? What to Verify Before You Sign
The FTC's Premier Martial Arts case turned on earnings claims, studio size, owner hours and who was really selling the…
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Enrollment & Retention
Auto-Renewing Memberships vs. Renewal Conferences
Auto-renewal saves staff time; renewal conferences are built around a black belt commitment. Here's what one long-time coach reports from…
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Martial Arts Business News
Fifteen Hours a Week: The Arithmetic That Never Closed
The FTC says a martial arts school was sold as a fifteen-hour-a-week semi-absentee business. Stephen Oliver on why that arithmetic…
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Martial Arts Business News
Travel Ball Just Priced Out 77% of Parents. Don’t Answer With a Discount.
A Harris Poll this week put cost ahead of injury as the number one reason parents consider pulling a child…
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