# Martial Arts Professional: The Business Journal for Martial Arts School, BJJ Academy \& MMA Gym Owners > The definitive resource for building, operating and growing a professional martial arts school, BJJ academy, MMA gym, Muay Thai gym or Krav Maga school\. Generated by Yoast SEO v28.0, this is an llms.txt file, meant for consumption by LLMs. ## Pages - [About Martial Arts Professional](https://www.martialartsprofessional.com/about-mapro/) - [Columnists \& Contributors](https://www.martialartsprofessional.com/columnists/): The three working school operators writing regular columns for Martial Arts Professional — Stephen Oliver, Jeff Smith and Greg Moody — and the full masthead of 22 contributors behind the archive\. - [Martial Arts Industry Directory](https://www.martialartsprofessional.com/directory/): Seven categories, every one published: software, billing, insurance, marketing and AI ad tools, uniforms and equipment, associations and rank bodies, and safeguarding\. Editorial profiles, not paid listings, with every price read from the vendor's own page on a stated date\. - [Martial Arts School Software: What Eight Platforms Cost, the Two That Won't Say, and the Three Built for Somebody Else](https://www.martialartsprofessional.com/directory/martial-arts-school-software/): Published pricing for eight martial arts school management platforms, read from vendor pricing pages\. Plus ATLAS and Champion's Way, which publish nothing, and what happens when a school runs GoHighLevel, Keap or HubSpot instead\. - [Who Collects Your Tuition: Six Billing Companies and Five Ways of Getting Paid](https://www.martialartsprofessional.com/directory/billing-and-payments/): Tuition collection is the one vendor decision that touches every dollar the school earns\. Six companies, five business models, and the awkward fact that the only one publishing a full rate card is the one not built for martial arts\. - [Martial Arts School Insurance: Who Publishes a Price, and What It Buys](https://www.martialartsprofessional.com/directory/insurance/): More school owners search for martial arts insurance than for any other business purchase in this industry — and almost nobody in the market will tell them what it costs\. What the three providers who publish a figure charge, what K\&K, Sadler and Martial Arts Group Insurance actually cover, why Rhulen is no longer a place a school owner can buy, and what to ask everyone else\. - [Martial Arts Marketing Agencies and AI Ad Tools: Nobody Publishes a Retainer](https://www.martialartsprofessional.com/directory/marketing-agencies/): Ten companies selling websites, advertising and lead generation to martial arts schools — what each one actually publishes, the three public price anchors that now exist, and why every "AI advertising" product in this industry is a wrapper around automation Meta and Google give away with ad spend\. - [Safeguarding: The Federal Law Most Martial Arts Schools Think Covers Them, and Doesn't](https://www.martialartsprofessional.com/directory/safeguarding/): The SafeSport Act does not apply to an unaffiliated commercial martial arts school — and that is not good news, because it means nobody is setting your standard for you\. What the statute actually says, where your real reporting duty comes from, what screening and training cost, and the insurance election most owners get wrong\. - [Associations and Rank Bodies: What You Pay, and What It Lets Your Students Do](https://www.martialartsprofessional.com/directory/associations/): Sport federations publish their fees\. Business associations mostly don't — including this magazine's own publisher\. What academy registration, dan certification and membership actually cost, which bodies make your school's membership a precondition for your students to compete, and which stay silent about it\. - [Uniforms and Equipment: Fourteen Suppliers, and Every One of Them Sells to Your Students Too](https://www.martialartsprofessional.com/directory/uniforms-and-equipment/): Wholesale terms read from fourteen suppliers' own websites\. Who publishes a discount ladder, who publishes an actual wholesale price, why a Century consumer ships free at $200 while a Century dealer pays 12\.9%, and the two custom\-embroidery numbers that nobody in the industry publishes at all\. - [Editorial Policy](https://www.martialartsprofessional.com/about-mapro/editorial-policy/) - [Glossary of Martial Arts School Business Terms](https://www.martialartsprofessional.com/glossary/) - [The Martial Arts Professional Interview Archive](https://www.martialartsprofessional.com/interviews/): Interviews conducted for Martial Arts Professional since 1996, republished with the original recordings\. - [Press Room](https://www.martialartsprofessional.com/press/) - [All Articles](https://www.martialartsprofessional.com/blog/) - [Stephen Oliver, MBA — 10th Degree Black Belt \& Founder, Mile High Karate](https://www.martialartsprofessional.com/about-mapro/about-stephen-oliver/) - [Print Archive, 2005–2012](https://www.martialartsprofessional.com/mapro-archive/) - [Business Breakthrough TV — The Video Library](https://www.martialartsprofessional.com/video-library/) - [NAPMA Martial Arts Professional Lifetime Achievement Awards](https://www.martialartsprofessional.com/lifetime-achievement-awards/): The NAPMA and Martial Arts Professional Magazine Lifetime Achievement Award honors extraordinary lifetime contribution, influence, leadership and impact on the martial arts profession\. - [Subscribe to Martial Arts Professional](https://www.martialartsprofessional.com/subscribe/) - [Site Map](https://www.martialartsprofessional.com/sitemap/) ## Posts - [Kathy Long: No More Mr\. Nice Guy](https://www.martialartsprofessional.com/long-interview/): She is among the most recognized women in kickboxing and was an active and frequent NAPMA contributor\. During her career she won five World Kickboxing titles\. Her work in the… - [Jim Thomas: The Ultimate Black Belt Negotiator](https://www.martialartsprofessional.com/jim-thomas-interview/): Jim Thomas put himself through law school at William \& Mary by teaching karate and working as a bouncer and dormitory resident advisor\. He went on to a career as a negotiator and… - [Zig Ziglar: Motivation for the Martial Arts Professional](https://www.martialartsprofessional.com/ziglar-interview/): A talented author and speaker, Zig Ziglar built a following across the corporate, education, government and faith communities as one of the defining voices in American… - [Stephen K\. Hayes: Pioneering the Ninja Arts in the West](https://www.martialartsprofessional.com/hayes-interview/): In 1985 he was elected to the Black Belt Hall of Fame for his years of pioneering work introducing the Japanese ninja martial arts to the Western world\. In 1993, Grandmaster… - [Jean Claude Van Damme: Inside the Mind of the Jean Claude Van Damme](https://www.martialartsprofessional.com/vandamme-interview/): A personal interview with the international film star and martial artist\. His surprising successes as a school owner and his suggestions for your continuing success in the Martial… ## Categories - [Teaching \& Curriculum](https://www.martialartsprofessional.com/category/teaching/) - [Mindset \& Leadership](https://www.martialartsprofessional.com/category/mindset/) - [School Owner Profiles](https://www.martialartsprofessional.com/category/profiles/) - [Industry History](https://www.martialartsprofessional.com/category/industry-history/) - [Marketing](https://www.martialartsprofessional.com/category/marketing/) ## Optional - [Sitemap index](https://www.martialartsprofessional.com/sitemap_index.xml)