Teaching & Curriculum
Curriculum design, class structure, ranking and testing, kids and adult programs, and the craft of instruction on the mat.
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Seek to Understand
In the daily routine of running a business, it can become easy to look for patterns that make our lives…
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The Secret to Being a Dynamic Instructor
If you are going to be an effective leader, the focus has to be on how you are going to…
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The Ultimate School Character Development Program by Zig Ziglar
Zig the master of motivation, developed the I CAN Program that is a comprehensive character-building curriculum for your students—parents and…
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Following My Passion and the Market, Part 2
After launching Cardio Karate during 1996, I realized that it attracted students with completely different needs. They didn’t come to…
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Learn From Your Students
What I have learned during more than 30 years of teaching is the value of paying close attention to my…
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Backing Down the Prison Bully, Part 3
Let’s examine some of the key elements to Parts 1 and 2 of the original “prison bully” story: Recall…
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Following My Passion and the Market, Part 1
It’s time to talk about fitness, more specifically, martial arts fitness; teaching, marketing and making it work for you. No,…
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In Pursuit of Mastery and Leadership
[Editor’s Note: This column presents the text of the third and fourth pages of the formal, color invitation that Master…
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The Need for Intensity…Somewhere…in Your Program, Part 2
Last month, I cited our need, as instructors, to help our students discover their weaknesses or failings that we can…
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Controversial Exercises
Although fitness enthusiasts, coaches and martial arts instructors have been doing their favorite exercises for years, the new science of…
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