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The Industry Directory
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- Martial Arts School Software: What Eight Platforms Cost, the Two That Won’t Say, and the Three Built for Somebody Else
- Who Collects Your Tuition: Six Billing Companies and Five Ways of Getting Paid
- Martial Arts School Insurance: Who Publishes a Price, and What It Buys
- Martial Arts Marketing Agencies and AI Ad Tools: Nobody Publishes a Retainer
- Safeguarding: The Federal Law Most Martial Arts Schools Think Covers Them, and Doesn’t
- Associations and Rank Bodies: What You Pay, and What It Lets Your Students Do
- Uniforms and Equipment: Fourteen Suppliers, and Every One of Them Sells to Your Students Too
Reference
- Glossary of Martial Arts School Business Terms
- Columnists & Contributors
- NAPMA Martial Arts Professional Lifetime Achievement Awards
- Martial Arts School Benchmarks: Revenue and Enrollment Data
- Jhoon Rhee: The Father of American Taekwondo
- In Memoriam: The People Who Built This Industry
- In Memoriam: American Karate Pioneers
- In Memoriam: Taekwondo and Korean Martial Arts Pioneers
- In Memoriam: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Pioneers
- In Memoriam: Muay Thai Legends
- In Memoriam: Wing Chun and Chinese Martial Arts Pioneers
- In Memoriam: Japanese Karate and Shotokan Pioneers
- In Memoriam: Okinawan Karate Masters
- In Memoriam: Judo Teachers and Scholars
- In Memoriam: Martial Arts Business Pioneers
- In Memoriam: Martial Artists on Screen
- Allen Steen, 1940–2025
- J. Pat Burleson, 1936–2021
- Chuck Norris, 1940–2026
- Nick Cokinos, 1921–2014
- Ji Han-jae, d. 2026
- Hiroshi Shirai, 1937–2024
- Dai-won Moon, 1943–2026
- Tony Thompson, 1950–2025
- Rainey Cheeks, 1952–2026
- Carol Middleton, 1948–2026
- Richard Norton, 1950–2025
- Richard Bresler, 1953–2025
- Takayuki Kubota, 1934–2024
- Keith R. Kernspecht, 1945–2024
- Saekson Janjira, 1961–2026
- Wong Kiew Kit, 1944–2026
- James Lew, 1952–2026
- Gary Alexander, 1938–2025
- Marcio Stambowsky, 1959–2026
- Orned “Chicken” Gabriel, 1950–2025
- Koang Woong Kim, 1940–2025
- MoonSung Lee, 1939–2025
- Kang Won-sik, 1939–2024
- Dennis Penfold, 1931–2024
- José Onofre “Pepe” Roses Juaneda, 1949–2025
- Daniel C. Brown Sr., 1940–2025
- Walter “Toby” Cooling, 1944–2022
- Tone Shimizu, 1938–2025
- Gary Lee Cox, d. 2025
- Dale Thompson, d. 2026
- Manny Saavedra, d. 2024
- Ned Muffley, d. 2025
- Bernard Kerik, d. 2025
- Liang Yiquan, c. 1929–2026
- Mike Anderson, d. 2026
- H.K. Lee, d. 2026
- Hilary J. Sandoval III, d. 2026
- Ed Parker, d. 1990
- Bruce Lee, d. 1973
- Robert Trias, d. 1989
- Carlos Gracie Sr., d. 1994
- Mas Oyama, d. 1994
- Hélio Gracie, d. 2009
- Rolls Gracie, d. 1982
- Carlson Gracie, d. 2006
- Oswaldo Fadda, d. 2005
- Masatoshi Nakayama, d. 1987
- Hwang Kee, d. 2002
- Choi Hong Hi, d. 2002
- Ip Man, d. 1972
- Peter Urban, d. 2004
- Tatsuo Shimabuku, d. 1975
- Gogen Yamaguchi, d. 1989
- Shoshin Nagamine, d. 1997
- Yodtong Senanan, d. 2013
- Hidetaka Nishiyama, d. 2008
- Teruyuki Okazaki, d. 2020
- Keinosuke Enoeda, d. 2003
- Yutaka Yaguchi, d. 2023
- Wong Shun Leung, d. 1997
- Nam Tae Hi, d. 2013
- Richard Kim, d. 2001
- Donn F. Draeger, d. 1982
- Apidej Sit-Hirun, d. 2013
- Joe Lewis, 1944–2012: The Karate Champion Who Started American Kickboxing
Legal & Regulatory Center
- Martial Arts Legal & Regulatory Center
- Martial Arts School Laws by State: All 50 States and the District of Columbia
- Martial Arts Membership Contracts and Tuition Agreements: U.S. Law Guide for School Owners (2026)
- Cancellation and Refund Rules for Martial Arts Schools: Cooling-Off Periods, Death, Disability, Relocation and Chargebacks (2026)
- Automatic Renewal Laws for Martial Arts Schools: The FTC, ROSCA and State Rules (2026)
- Child Safeguarding for Martial Arts Schools: Mandatory Reporting, SafeSport and Background Checks (2026)
- Licensing, Employment and Insurance for Martial Arts Schools: A U.S. Compliance Guide (2026)
- MMA and Combat Sports Regulation for Gyms: Athletic Commissions, Amateur Events and the Ali Act (2026)
State-by-state legal profiles 51
- Martial Arts Laws in Alabama: Contracts, Cancellation, Safeguarding and Combat Sports
- Martial Arts Laws in Alaska: Contracts, Cancellation, Safeguarding and Combat Sports
- Martial Arts Laws in Arizona: Contracts, Cancellation, Safeguarding and Combat Sports
- Martial Arts Laws in Arkansas: Contracts, Cancellation, Safeguarding and Combat Sports
- Martial Arts Laws in California: Contracts, Cancellation, Safeguarding and Combat Sports
- Martial Arts Laws in Colorado: Contracts, Cancellation, Safeguarding and Combat Sports
- Martial Arts Laws in Connecticut: Contracts, Cancellation, Safeguarding and Combat Sports
- Martial Arts Laws in Delaware: Contracts, Cancellation, Safeguarding and Combat Sports
- Martial Arts Laws in District of Columbia: Contracts, Cancellation, Safeguarding and Combat Sports
- Martial Arts Laws in Florida: Contracts, Cancellation, Safeguarding and Combat Sports
- Martial Arts Laws in Georgia: Contracts, Cancellation, Safeguarding and Combat Sports
- Martial Arts Laws in Hawaii: Contracts, Cancellation, Safeguarding and Combat Sports
- Martial Arts Laws in Idaho: Contracts, Cancellation, Safeguarding and Combat Sports
- Martial Arts Laws in Illinois: Contracts, Cancellation, Safeguarding and Combat Sports
- Martial Arts Laws in Indiana: Contracts, Cancellation, Safeguarding and Combat Sports
- Martial Arts Laws in Iowa: Contracts, Cancellation, Safeguarding and Combat Sports
- Martial Arts Laws in Kansas: Contracts, Cancellation, Safeguarding and Combat Sports
- Martial Arts Laws in Kentucky: Contracts, Cancellation, Safeguarding and Combat Sports
- Martial Arts Laws in Louisiana: Contracts, Cancellation, Safeguarding and Combat Sports
- Martial Arts Laws in Maine: Contracts, Cancellation, Safeguarding and Combat Sports
- Martial Arts Laws in Maryland: Contracts, Cancellation, Safeguarding and Combat Sports
- Martial Arts Laws in Massachusetts: Contracts, Cancellation, Safeguarding and Combat Sports
- Martial Arts Laws in Michigan: Contracts, Cancellation, Safeguarding and Combat Sports
- Martial Arts Laws in Minnesota: Contracts, Cancellation, Safeguarding and Combat Sports
- Martial Arts Laws in Mississippi: Contracts, Cancellation, Safeguarding and Combat Sports
- Martial Arts Laws in Missouri: Contracts, Cancellation, Safeguarding and Combat Sports
- Martial Arts Laws in Montana: Contracts, Cancellation, Safeguarding and Combat Sports
- Martial Arts Laws in Nebraska: Contracts, Cancellation, Safeguarding and Combat Sports
- Martial Arts Laws in Nevada: Contracts, Cancellation, Safeguarding and Combat Sports
- Martial Arts Laws in New Hampshire: Contracts, Cancellation, Safeguarding and Combat Sports
- Martial Arts Laws in New Jersey: Contracts, Cancellation, Safeguarding and Combat Sports
- Martial Arts Laws in New Mexico: Contracts, Cancellation, Safeguarding and Combat Sports
- Martial Arts Laws in New York: Contracts, Cancellation, Safeguarding and Combat Sports
- Martial Arts Laws in North Carolina: Contracts, Cancellation, Safeguarding and Combat Sports
- Martial Arts Laws in North Dakota: Contracts, Cancellation, Safeguarding and Combat Sports
- Martial Arts Laws in Ohio: Contracts, Cancellation, Safeguarding and Combat Sports
- Martial Arts Laws in Oklahoma: Contracts, Cancellation, Safeguarding and Combat Sports
- Martial Arts Laws in Oregon: Contracts, Cancellation, Safeguarding and Combat Sports
- Martial Arts Laws in Pennsylvania: Contracts, Cancellation, Safeguarding and Combat Sports
- Martial Arts Laws in Rhode Island: Contracts, Cancellation, Safeguarding and Combat Sports
- Martial Arts Laws in South Carolina: Contracts, Cancellation, Safeguarding and Combat Sports
- Martial Arts Laws in South Dakota: Contracts, Cancellation, Safeguarding and Combat Sports
- Martial Arts Laws in Tennessee: Contracts, Cancellation, Safeguarding and Combat Sports
- Martial Arts Laws in Texas: Contracts, Cancellation, Safeguarding and Combat Sports
- Martial Arts Laws in Utah: Contracts, Cancellation, Safeguarding and Combat Sports
- Martial Arts Laws in Vermont: Contracts, Cancellation, Safeguarding and Combat Sports
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- Martial Arts Laws in Wisconsin: Contracts, Cancellation, Safeguarding and Combat Sports
- Martial Arts Laws in Wyoming: Contracts, Cancellation, Safeguarding and Combat Sports
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- Teaching & Curriculum 90 articles
- Legislation & Regulation 85 articles
- Regulations by Jurisdiction 70 articles
- Mindset & Leadership 83 articles
- Employment Law 72 articles
- Employment Law by State 51 articles
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- Staff Agreements & Hiring 8 articles
- Industry History 56 articles
- Archive Interviews 24 articles
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Every Article
632 published articles, newest first within each section. Updated October 22, 2026.
Teaching & Curriculum 86
- Why a Student Reacts Before Anything Happens: Better Classes And Fewer Meltdowns!
- Starting Mid-Cycle in a Rotating Curriculum: How to Test the Student Who Joined Late
- Teaching Mixed-Rank Classes Without Lowering the Standard
- Bullying, Part Three: Train The Other Two-Thirds!
- Qualifying the Struggling Student for Leadership: Better Results And More Enrollments!
- For Parents! How To Talk To The School When Your Child Is Bullied
- When the Stripe Stops Being a Reward: Home-Practice Stripes for Adults and Black Belts
- For Parents! What To Do When Your Child Is Being Bullied
- Autism in Your School: For You And Your Business!
- ADHD in Your School: Better Classes and Better Enrollments!
- Seek to Understand
- The Secret to Being a Dynamic Instructor
- The Ultimate School Character Development Program by Zig Ziglar
- Following My Passion and the Market, Part 2
- Learn From Your Students
- Backing Down the Prison Bully, Part 3
- Following My Passion and the Market, Part 1
- In Pursuit of Mastery and Leadership
- The Need for Intensity…Somewhere…in Your Program, Part 2
- Controversial Exercises
- Teaching an Introductory Lesson—Part 1
- What is Kata For? It's More Than How to Hurt the Attacker – How Not to Hurt You
- What is Kata For? Fighting Is More Than Wildly Attacking
- The Seven Qualities of a Champion
- Dynamic Strength Assessments
- Disarming the Enemy
- Create an Upturn at your School with a Proven Revenue Generator
- Backing Down the Prison Bully, Part 3
- The Need for Intensity in Your Program, Part 1
- Capturing Your Share of the Adult Self-Defense Market: Part 13
- Conditions of Learning, Part 2
- The Prison Tale Continues
- That Do Factor—As in Karate-Do, Taekwondo and Judo
- Conditions of Learning, Part I
- Are Your New Students Ready to Step Up to a New Exercise Program?
- How Not to Burn Bridges: An Open Letter to My Four Sons
- Implementing a Student Health History
- Understanding Adrenal-Stress Effects, Part 1
- Crossing the River
- Black-Belt Tests, Part 2
- Promoting Safety in Martial Arts Fitness Classes
- Stepping Off the High Horse
- Controversial Exercises, Part 6
- The Adrenal-Pump Factor, Part 1
- Beware of your Comfort Zone
- Dealing With Forcible Rape
- Capturing Your Share of the Adult Self-Defense Market, Part 12
- Controversial Exercises, Part 5
- Controversial Exercises, Part 4
- Black Belt Testing
- What is Kata For? – Centering
- Static Stretching Do's and Don'ts
- Controversial Exercises, Part 3
- My Learning Experience at a Karate Birthday Party
- Black-Belt Tests, Part 1
- On Mental Attitude
- How to Maximize Fitness Results for your Students
- What is Kata For? Part 2: Classical Training Versus Dance or Gymnastics
- Controversial Exercises, Part 2
- Speed Can Save Your Life
- The Case AGAINST Age Specific Programs – Part 2
- Is Nothing Worth Fighting For?
- There Comes a Time
- Why I Love Martial Arts Fitness
- Teaching an Introductory Lesson—Part 2: Teaching Basic Boxing
- Martial Arts Fitness or After-School Care?
- Consistency, Simplicity and Intensity
- Self-Discipline
- Discipline in a Martial Arts Facility
- What is Kata For? What Mistakes Stop Kata from Working
- The Key Elements of a Martial Arts Fitness Class
- It’s All About the Course
- Raising the Standards of Martial Arts Instruction
- Traditional Values at Tournaments
- The ABCs of Your Class
- The Ultimate Black Belt Test: My Suggestions to the Industry and a Protest of Sorts
- Thich Nhat Hahn: A Teacher with Much to Teach the Martial Artist
- The 40 Most Common Mistakes Fighters Commit, Part 7
- The 40 Most Common Mistakes Fighters Commit, Part 6
- The 40 Most Common Mistakes Fighters Commit, Part 5
- The 40 Most Common Mistakes Fighters Commit
- The 40 Most Common Mistakes Fighters Commit, Part 2
- The 40 Most Common Mistakes Fighters Commit, Part 1
- Career Guidance for the Full-Contact Fighter
- The 40 Most Common Mistakes Fighters Commit, Part 9
- The 40 Most Common Mistakes Fighters Commit, Part 8
Mindset & Leadership 82
- The Leadership Segment of a Martial Arts Class Should Take Three Minutes, Not Twenty
- Excuses: Building Strong Relationships By Not Using Them!
- You’re a Caregiver Whether You Signed Up for It or Not: Read Your Students, Parents And Staff!
- When a Black Belt Behaves Badly Outside Your School: Conduct Standards and Promotion by Consensus
- Grand Theft Potato: Make Your Restrictions Real And Watch Them Work!
- Great Achievement: The Edge of Growth: Keep The Students Who Are About To Quit!
- The Two Pieces of Advice That Keep School Owners Broke: Protect Your Next Five Years!
- Effective Conflict Resolution: For Your Staff And Your Sanity!
- Read the Footnotes: The Books That Built My Martial Arts Schools
- “Were You Born With It?” – Part 3
- Stick to the Flight Plan
- Nitty-Gritty Reasons
- Were You Born With It? Part 2
- Were You Born With It?, Part 1
- Life Lessons From Martial Arts: How to Set a Goal
- Crossing the River
- Turn off Inhibition and Turn on Wealth Attraction
- From Motivation to Motive-Action
- Time Integrity for Entrepreneurs: Enjoy the Time of Your Life, Part 3
- I Know
- Crab Story
- Stick to the Flight Plan
- Finding the Right People to Help You Meet Your Goal
- “Were You Born With It?”—Part 1
- Stay The Course!
- How a 700 year-old plan of attack can still work for you!
- It’s what you learn AFTER you know it all that really matters
- Time Integrity for Entrepreneurs: Mental Time Leaks, Part 1
- Time Integrity for Entrepreneurs: Idea Day, Part 2
- The Game of Running a Martial Arts School
- Time Integrity for Entrepreneurs: Idea Day, Part 1
- The Seven Ingredients of Success
- The Essence of Good Time Management, Part 2: Where Do You Perform Well?
- The Seven Ingredients of Success Ingredient Four: Financial Freedom
- Balance
- The Seven Ingredients of Success Ingredient Three: Loving Relationships
- My Son's Story: Saved by a Student
- The Four Emotions that Can Lead to Life Change
- Setting The Bar Higher
- Have the Courage to Act
- Abundance is a Mindset, Part 1
- How to Transform Nothing into Something of Value
- Nitty-Gritty Reasons
- The Seven Ingredients of Success: Are You Fit to Lead?
- Nitty-Gritty Reasons
- Four Steps to Success!
- Invest these 10 "Assets" that are more Important than Money to Succeed at the Highest Level
- The Seven Ingredients of Success Ingredient One: Peace of Mind
- Accessing Your Intuition, Part 1
- Your Greatest Resource — You!
- Practical Project Management
- Conduct a Personal Inventory of Your Knowledge Resources
- Is Martial Arts Instruction a Real Job?
- What Matters Most
- Using the Intention to Serve to be a Great Leader
- Time Integrity for Entrepreneurs: Mental Time Leaks, Part 2
- "Hacking" Your Own Performance
- Taking Smart Risks
- The Formula for Failure and Success
- Are You a Leader or Manager?
- Conducting a Personal Inventory of Your “Knowledge Resources”
- Transform Your Fears into Strengths—and Success, Part 2
- The Last Shot Fall Seven Times, Get Up Eight
- The Seven Laws of Mental Mastery Part 1
- There’s No Nobility in Poverty
- The Seven Laws of Mental Mastery
- Luck Has Nothing To Do With Success
- Thriving in a Scary Economy, Part 1
- Zero-Based Thinking
- Become Big by Thinking Big
- Stay Focused on the Big Picture
- My Uncommon Answers to Seven Common Martial Arts Industry Issues
- Two Sustainable Business Practices
- "Professional" Doesn't Mean Clinical
- Does the Martial Arts Industry Own the Anti-Bullying Market? Some questions and stats, and one awesome resource.
- The ABCs of the Martial Arts Business: Understanding The Basics Makes All The Difference, Part 3
- The ABCs of the Martial Arts Business: Understanding The Basics Makes All The Difference, Part 2
- The ABCs of the Martial Arts Business: Understanding The Basics Makes All The Difference
- Against All Odds
- Let's Be First Together
- Why People Fail: Help, I Can't Escape the Box Where I Put Myself!
- Are You More Or Less Effective Than You Were A Year Ago? You Have More Technology and Process More Work, But Are You More Effective?
Legislation & Regulation › Regulations by Jurisdiction 67
- New Zealand Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Australia Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Ontario Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Nunavut Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- United Kingdom Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- District of Columbia Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Nova Scotia Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Tennessee Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- North Carolina Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Wyoming Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Northwest Territories Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- South Dakota Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- New York Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Wisconsin Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- South Carolina Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- West Virginia Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- New Mexico Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Newfoundland and Labrador Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Yukon Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Rhode Island Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- New Jersey Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Washington Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- New Brunswick Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Pennsylvania Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- New Hampshire Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Virginia Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Saskatchewan Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Manitoba Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Oregon Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Nevada Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Quebec Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Vermont Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- British Columbia Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Oklahoma Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Nebraska Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Utah Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Prince Edward Island Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Alberta Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Ohio Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Montana Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Texas Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- North Dakota Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Missouri Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Mississippi Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Minnesota Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Michigan Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Massachusetts Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Maryland Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Maine Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Louisiana Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Kentucky Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Kansas Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Iowa Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Indiana Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Illinois Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Idaho Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Hawaii Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Georgia Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Florida Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Delaware Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Connecticut Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Colorado Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- California Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Arkansas Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Arizona Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Alaska Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
- Alabama Martial Arts Membership Contracts: What School Owners Need to Know
Industry History 52
- Martial Arts Without Philosophy Is Street Fighting: What Jhoon Rhee’s TRUTOPIA Still Teaches School Owners
- How I Ended Up on Walker, Texas Ranger
- The Definitive History of the Martial Arts School Business in North America, 1946–2026
- Stephen Oliver’s NASKA Decade: The Mile High Karate Classic, 1989–1999
- Who’s Who in NASKA and Sport Karate: The Key Players
- The PKA and Joe Corley: How Full-Contact Karate Reached Television
- From Karate Illustrated to NASKA: The History of American Sport Karate Tournaments
- The History of the Martial Arts School Business in the United States
- Three Trips to West Point, and the 200-Year-Old Teaching Method Nobody Brought Home
- The Officer Who Ran Our 2015 Tour Is Now Acting Secretary of the Navy
- Inside the United States Taekwondo Museum: The Collection You Cannot Visit
- Chuck Norris and Stephen Oliver Among the 2026 Taekwondo Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Honorees
- The 2026 Official Taekwondo Hall of Fame: Every Honoree, and the Night in Jersey City
- Elvis Presley and the Birth of Modern American Karate
- Nick Cokinos: The Man Who Helped Turn Martial Arts Into a Profession
- A Bigger Vision for the Martial Arts Industry
- School Owners “Blown Away” During Disney World Visit and High Level Training
- NAPMA Presents at Action Martial Arts Magazine Hall of Honors
- Stephen Oliver and NAPMA Honored for their Deep Contribution to the Martial Arts Business
- Kimbos, Bimbos and the Future!
- Remembering the Legacy of a Champion: Joe Lewis, 1944-2012
- NAPMA Executives Conduct “On-Site” School Consultations
- 2011 Financial Power Summit: The Four Secrets Used by the Most Profitable MA Schools
- An Historic Celebration: Jhoon Rhee’s 45 Years Teaching in the U.S. Congress
- A Special Tribute to Grand Master H.U. Lee and Chief Master Richard Reed
- 12 Reasons The 2010 NAPMA Extreme Success Academy Will Transform Your School and Your Career!
- Sterling, Virginia, 2015: A Mastermind Meeting and What Came Out of It
- Panama City, 2015: School Owners at the Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center
- West Point, 2014: What a Martial Arts Mastermind Went to a Military Academy to Learn
- Welcome New Members!
- Thanks for the Referral!
- NAPMA Members Appreciation Events!
- 2012: What the Martial Arts Industry Took From the Disney Institute
- 2012: When the Martial Arts Industry Went Looking for Jim Collins
- Watch the UFC to See the Ultimate Martial Art
- Imagine Martial Arts As a Western Tradition
- Fighting Belongs in the Ring
- I am 24-year career law enforcement officer. I am currently a training director….
- I can't say enough about the Little Ninjas Program.
- Thanks for your consideration.
- NAPMA was a reason why my school grew to 300 students.
- Greetings From Scotland!
- I want to congratulate and thank NAPMA for awesome monthly packages in April and May.
- What are you thinking?
- My husband and I have been a lifetime member of NAPMA and have run a professional martial arts school for more than 30 years.
- I am very grateful for your help.
- Thank you for the many insights you and your staff were able to provide about where the martial arts industry…
- Thank you very much for a great weekend in Denver
- What is this obsession that you have with making every student a Black Belt?
- Thanks for all your help and great encouragement in our time of need,….
- I just received a Donald Trump Doll from Stephen Oliver…
- I read your commentary in the February issue of Martial Arts Professional.
Employment Law › Employment Law by State 51
- Montana Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- Mississippi Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- Louisiana Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- Kentucky Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- Kansas Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- Iowa Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- Indiana Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- Wyoming Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- Wisconsin Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- West Virginia Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- Washington Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- Virginia Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- Vermont Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- Utah Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- Texas Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- Tennessee Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- South Dakota Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- South Carolina Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- Rhode Island Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- Pennsylvania Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- Oregon Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- Oklahoma Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- Ohio Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- North Dakota Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- North Carolina Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- New York Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- New Mexico Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- New Jersey Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- New Hampshire Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- Nevada Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- Nebraska Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- Missouri Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- Minnesota Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- Michigan Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- Massachusetts Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- Maryland Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- Maine Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- Illinois Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- Idaho Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- Hawaii Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- Georgia Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- Florida Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- District of Columbia Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- Delaware Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- Connecticut Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- California Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- Arkansas Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- Arizona Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- Alaska Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- Alabama Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- Colorado Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
School Owner Profiles: Behind the Scenes with the Top 1% 47
- Chief Master Greg Moody, Ph.D. and KarateBuilt Martial Arts: Background Information
- Remembering My Friend Chuck Norris
- Martial Arts Professional Asks… Jay Abraham, Marketing Guru
- Stephen Oliver's Mile High Karate ® Background Information
- Jean Claude Van Damme, Martial Arts Film Star
- Tony Robbins, Personal Development Expert
- Brian Tracy, Karate Black Belt and Human Potential Expert
- Listen to a Great Interview with Jhoon Rhee, Martial Arts Grandmaster and Living Legend, and Learn Many Valuable Lessons from his Life and Achievements, Part 2
- Martial Arts Professional Asks…. Tom Hopkins, The Builder of Sales Champions
- What If There Was A Recession, But You Didn’t Attend?
- Professionalism Done the Right Way With Brian Tracy; Part 2
- "I Tripled my Monthly Revenues, After I Conquered My Fear of Change!"
- My Secret of Success, Part 2, With Chuck Norris
- Martial Arts Professional Asks… Bill Amelio, 2nd-Degree Black Belt and CEO of Lenovo
- The Champion’s Reunion, Part 2, with Jeff Smith, Bill Wallace and Joe Lewis
- Jay Abraham: Exclusive Interview for the Martial Arts
- Martial Arts Professional Asks… Tom Hopkins, The Builder of Sales Champions
- Andrew Wood: A Legend in His Own Mind!
- The Father of the Modern Martial Arts School Business Model
- Martial Arts Professional Asks… Zig Ziglar, Legendary Motivational Speaker and Author
- Six-Time Pro Bowl Legend Karl Mecklenburg Unmasks the Heart of the Student Athlete
- Mastering the Martial Arts Business Asks…. Brian Tracy and Tom Hopkins.
- From Struggling to Successful, and a Second Location with the Right Coach
- Are You Confused? Who Is Stephen Oliver and Why Should I Listen to Him?
- How My School's Gross Income Increased by 300% and My Net Income by 1,000% in Just Twenty-Four Months
- The Champion’s Reunion, Part 1, with Jeff Smith, Bill Wallace and Joe Lewis
- The Partnership of Success
- The Champion's Reunion with Jeff Smith, Bill Wallace and Joe Lewis, Part 1
- The Most Influential Martial Arts Business Leader in the U.S.
- How My School’s Gross Income Increased by 300% and My Net Income by 1,000% in Just Twenty-Four Months – And Why I’m Richer Than Ever
- Stephen Oliver – Biography
- Listen to a Great Interview with Jhoon Rhee, Martial Arts Grandmaster and Living Legend, and Learn Many Valuable Lessons from his Life and Achievements, Part 1
- What Other Leaders in the Industry Are Saying About Stephen Oliver
- “I Want to Share My Amazing Business Secrets That Will Help You Overcome the Obstacles to Your Success!”
- "I Experienced Amazing School Growth When I Filled My School Calendar with Events, Promotions and Community Activities!"
- "How the Mastermind Effect Helped Me Find a Positive, Supportive Environment for Amazing School Growth and Personal Prosperity!"
- The Innovative Mindset for Entrepreneurs, Part 1, with Lee Milteer, NAPMA Success Coach, and Dr. Gene Landrum
- Building Lasting Wealth by Hitting Your Real Estate Investment Targets
- How I Stopped Being an Obstacle to my Success and Achieved Record Enrollments!
- How one NAPMA member remained a Traditionalist yet expanded his thinking to serve more students with a quality program and generate a new gross revenue record.
- Mike Vacca: What the Mastermind Actually Changed
- Geoff Cielo: Leadership Development as the Growth Lever
- Paul Miller: Running a Four-Million-Dollar Operation, and What Comes After
- Buzz Durkin: Student Service as the Whole Business
- Robert Blum: Turning Around a School That Had Limped Along for Fifteen Years
- David Inman: Running a Top-Performing School
- Joe Borucki: From Struggling to a Second Location
Marketing 40
- Local Search for Martial Arts Schools: What Changed in 2026
- Can a Martial Arts School Hand Out Flyers at Public Schools?
- How Martial Arts Schools Can Partner With Local Elementary Schools
- What Martial Arts Schools Are Paying for Meta Leads: Fall 2026
- Martial Arts School Marketing Terms, Defined
- Anti-Bullying Programs as Community Outreach: What Martial Arts Schools Can and Cannot Claim
- There’s a Rule Against It: Why the Best Doors Are the Ones Marked Closed
- Movie Theater Promotions and the Martial Arts School
- Why Are My Facebook Leads Coming From 20 Miles Away?
- Martial Arts Business Conferences 2026–2027: Every Confirmed School-Owner Event
- The Apprentice Was the Canary: Marketing a School to Families Who Never See an Ad
- From the Yellow Pages to the Answer Box: Where Parents Compare Martial Arts Schools
- One Bad Review Out of Fifteen Thousand Flyers Is Not a Reason to Stop
- How to Generate More Traffic to Your Website
- Twenty Mistakes School Owners Make, Part 2
- 150 to 300 New Intros Per Month with No-Cost Advertising
- The Power of Testimonials
- How to Use Low-Cost Public Relations Strategies to Grow Your School and Become a Celebrity in Your Community
- Create a Referral Culture: Business culture affects staff as well as customers
- Multiply your Print Advertising Results, Quickly and Easily, without Spending Another Dime! Part 10
- Multiply your Print Advertising Results, Quickly and Easily, without Spending Another Dime! Part 9
- Positioning Your Martial Arts School
- Multiply your Print Advertising Results, Quickly and Easily, without Spending Another Dime!
- Multiply your Print Advertising Results, Quickly and Easily, without Spending Another Dime!
- How I Generate 120 Leads Per Week with Internal-Referral Events!
- Multiply Your Print Advertising Results, Quickly and Easily, without Spending Another Dime! Part 6.
- How to Multiply the Results of ANY Type of Print Advertising, Quickly and Easily, without Spending Another Dime!
- How Can Your Web Site Attract More Students?
- Using Press Releases to Attract Free Media Attention to Your School
- Multiply your Print Advertising Results, Quickly and Easily, without Spending Another Dime!
- Creating Automatic Referrals: Having a Great Program and Student Relationship is Simply NOT Enough
- Using E-mail to Generate New Students
- Multiply your Print Advertising Results, Quickly and Easily, without Spending Another Dime!
- What’s Your USP?
- The Karate Kid Grosses $106,284,000; NAPMA Strategies Drive Record Numbers Into Martial Arts Schools.
- NAPMA Martial Arts Success Stories: Learn the Low-Cost, Yet Effective, Internet Marketing Secrets of NAPMA Inner Circle Member Jason Yi
- Implement a Five-for-One Referral Program and Watch your Enrollments and Profits Multiply
- Promote the Results of Fitness Kickboxing, Not the Activity
- Letting the Public Know Who you Are
- How You Market and Sell Is One Thing – WHAT You Market and Sell Is Another
Enrollment & Retention 38
- Caller ID, Contact Records and the 9-to-11 Window: Why Parents Don’t Answer
- Your Walls Should Sell the Program: Martial Arts School Signage That Keeps Students
- Auto-Renewing Memberships vs. Renewal Conferences
- The 100-50-25 Rule: Live Event Benchmarks for Martial Arts Schools
- Tuition Stacking: Why Year Three Pays More Than Year One
- Commitment or Contract Trap? Examining the “Predatory Contracts” Charge Against Martial Arts School Systems
- Admissions Office or Car Lot? Examining the “High-Pressure Sales” Charge Against Martial Arts Enrollment Systems
- Belt Factory or Black Belt School? The Case Against the McDojo “Dilution” Critique
- Boys Are Leaving Youth Sports. A New Aspen Report Says Bad Coaching Is the Top Complaint. Here Is What That Means for Martial Arts Schools.
- Your Martial Arts School Retention Rate Is the Only Metric That Matters
- Martial Arts Membership Renewals: Retention, Progress Checks and Upgrades
- Martial Arts Enrollment: The Complete Guide
- The Complete Phone Script, Part Two: Get Back the Calls You’re Losing!
- 3 Moves That Turn Leads Into Students Faster (Without Being Salesy)
- The 80% of Your Student Body You Never Find Out About
- The Complete Phone Script, Part One: Fill Up Your Appointment Book!
- 92 Leads, 6 Enrollments: Where Your Intros Are Actually Dying
- 300 at 300: The Only Two Numbers Between You and a Million-Dollar School
- The Power of Truth, Integrity and High Ethics
- You'll Like the Results, when you Give your Students Exactly what they Need and Want
- Can a Web Site for my Current Students Really Increase My Bottom Line?
- Creating a Long-Term Vision, Part 2
- The Seven Secrets of Sales Success
- Confident Sales Management
- Locking a Steel Cage Around Your Student Body…the Keys to Ironclad Student Retention, Part 7
- Locking a Steel Cage Around Your Student Body…the Keys to Ironclad Student Retention, Part 6
- Locking a Steel Cage Around Your Student Body. The Keys to Ironclad Student Retention, Part 5
- Thriving in a Scary Economy, Part 2
- Locking a Steel Cage Around Your Student Body The Keys to Ironclad Student Retention, Part 4
- Locking a Steel Cage Around Your Student Body…the Keys to Ironclad Student Retention, Part 1
- Fitness is Like a Dollar Bill
- Creating a Long-Term Vision, Part 1
- Paint a Complete Benefits Picture to Enroll More Fitness Students
- "My School's Growth and Retention Rate Dramatically Improved, When I Developed a Stripe-Based, Rotating Curriculum."
- Screening Students
- How To Praise Your Program, Properly
- What If They Want to Think About It? How to Conquer the Stall Tactic
- What If Prospects Say, "I Can't Afford It." How to Handle Price Objections
Staff & Systems 35
- Does Your Martial Arts School’s Insurance Cover Abuse Allegations? Ten Questions for Your Agent
- Fall Safeguarding Review: Free SafeSport Resources for Martial Arts Schools, Coaches and Parents
- Standards Beat Talent: How Schools Systematize Teaching
- Hiring Your First Full-Time Martial Arts Instructor
- Fifteen Hours a Week: The Arithmetic That Never Closed
- Nobody Is Coming to Teach Your 4:30 Class
- What Disney Actually Taught Us in Orlando, and the Part Schools Keep Getting Wrong
- When Should a Martial Arts School Hire Its First Marketing Person?
- The Supervised Teenager Was Your Blind Spot. Britain Just Made It Law.
- The People Buying Your Industry Have Never Taught a Class
- Design the Month Before It Starts: The Goal Worksheet My Staff Signs
- Learn a Top Staff Trainer’s Secrets to Develop a Top Staff
- A Good Instructor Doesn’t Always Make A Good Manager
- The Ultimate Martial Arts Enthusiast Shows You How To Systematize and Create a Profitable "Turnkey" School, with Master Ranulfo Gonzalez
- Important Issues for Large School Operators, Part II: The Non-Compete Clause
- The Four Keys to Your Future
- Twenty Mistakes School Owners Make, Part 1
- 20 Mistakes That School Owners Make-Part 2
- Be Careful What You Wish for—You May Get It! Part 2
- The Other Side of Strategy
- Be Careful What You Wish for (You May Get It!)
- Tactician to Strategist—Part 2
- Tactician to Strategist—Part 1
- How I Opened Five Schools in 18 Months
- Breaking Through Plateaus
- The Pulse of a School
- The 9 “Secrets” of Leadership
- The Five Qualities of Productive Work
- Improve the Performance of your Team, When you Understand the Role of a Leader
- Hiring from Within
- Double Your Revenue-Generating Hours
- Master Robert Lewis, Martial Arts Extreme Success Academy speaker, explains why a franchise system makes it easy to grow your martial arts school beyond your dreams.
- Riches in Real Estate. 2008 NAPMA Martial Arts Business Extreme Success Academy speaker Chris Hurn reveal the secrets you need to know to own your building and help you make the smart choices for extreme financial success.
- Why People Fail: The Wrong People in Charge
- Protecting your Profitability Begins with a Clear Understanding of your Roles as an Employer
Martial Arts Business News 27
- Buying a Martial Arts Franchise? What to Verify Before You Sign
- Martial Arts Business News: Week of September 28, 2026
- Martial Arts Business News: Week of October 12, 2026
- Martial Arts Business News: Week of October 19, 2026
- Youth Sports Now Costs Parents Three Hours a Game Day. Time, Not Price, Is the Martial Arts School’s Opening.
- The FBI Wants a One-Year, No-Bid UFC Training Contract. What It Means for Defensive Tactics Instructors
- State of the Industry 2026: How Many Martial Arts Schools Are There in the UK?
- State of the Industry 2026: How Many Martial Arts Schools Are There in New Zealand?
- State of the Industry 2026: How Many Martial Arts Schools Are There in Australia?
- State of the Industry 2026: How Many Martial Arts Schools Are There in Canada?
- State of the Industry 2026: How Many Martial Arts Schools Are There Really in the U.S.?
- Connecticut’s Click-to-Cancel Law Is Now in Force, and the FTC Is Rewriting Its Own: What Martial Arts Schools With Auto-Renewing Memberships Need to Do
- Congress Investigates AAU Child-Safety Failures: What Karate, Taekwondo and Martial Arts School Owners Need to Know
- FTC Settles Premier Martial Arts Franchise Case for $1.85 Million — Some Franchisees Can Walk Away Without Penalty
- A Martial Arts Software Company Just Cut Its Payroll With AI. Should You?
- The Open World Tour: Mission, Rating Levels and How Sanctioning Works
- The NASKA Trademark Case: What the Jury Decided and What Each Side Says
- Martial Arts Business News: Week of September 21, 2026
- New South Wales Is Redrawing the Line on Combat Sports: What Martial Arts Schools Should Know
- When an Instructor Is Accused: What a Martial Arts School Should Do in the First 24 Hours
- The Queensland Karate Case: What the Record Actually Says
- Is BJJ Consolidating? Read the Filings, Not the Press Releases
- The Safeguarding Gap: Most Martial Arts Schools Sit Outside Every System Built to Protect Children
- Martial Arts Business News: Week of September 14, 2026
- The Ali Act, the Asian Games and FIMMA: What Three Governance Moves Mean for Martial Arts Schools
- Martial Arts Business News: Week of September 7, 2026
- Martial Arts Industry News: August 2026
Pricing & Profit 25
- Why Card Processors Hold Large Paid-in-Full Tuition Payments
- Travel Ball Just Priced Out 77% of Parents. Don’t Answer With a Discount.
- They Paid 7.8 Times Earnings for a Gym With No Instructors. What Is Your School Worth?
- What Martial Arts Schools Pay for Event Booths: Fall 2026
- Charge One Fair Price, and Never Nickel-and-Dime: The Case for Professional Tuition
- Martial Arts School Financial Controls: Closing the Three Gaps
- The 20 Numbers Every Martial Arts School Owner Should Know
- You Had Zero Renewals Because You Talked to Zero People
- You Were Charging More in 1970: How to Raise Your Tuition Without Losing Your Nerve
- Inspiring (Holiday) Story from a School Owner!
- When your income goes up…your taxes don’t necessarily need to follow suite
- Protect your Assets with the Right Business Entity, Part 1
- Just because your Income Increases Doesn't Mean your Taxes Should Too
- Would You Rather Be the Apple Store or Wal-Mart?
- Use Layers of Legal Entities for Virtually "Bulletproof" Protection of Your Martial Arts School and Its Mission
- Protect your Assets with the Right Business Entity, Part 2
- The Folly of Low Price
- Wealth vs. Lifestyle
- What Most School Owners Forget To Ask When They Open A Martial Arts School!
- New Credit Card Processing Policies Crippling Martial Arts Schools All Across the Nation
- Protect your Assets with the Right Business Entity, Part 3
- What's Your Net Worth?
- Are Your Classes Too Cheap?
- The Merchandise of Fitness
- Straight-Talk-Secrets to Develop Your Professional Self-Worth and Implement Higher Tuitions
Industry History › Archive Interviews 24
- Stephen Oliver: The Way of the Mile High Maverick
- Bill Amelio: Computing the Science of Success
- Chet Holmes: How to Pack Your School Using the Stadium Pitch
- Lee Milteer: Time Integrity for the Martial Arts School Entrepreneur
- Jim Thomas: The Ultimate Black Belt Negotiator
- Tom Hopkins: Mastering the Art of Selling
- Brian Tracy: Success Principles for Martial Arts Excellence
- Tony Robbins: Leadership from Inside Out
- Jay Abraham: Martial Arts Marketing with a Master
- Zig Ziglar: Motivation for the Martial Arts Professional
- Benny Urquidez: Spirit of a Warrior
- Billy Blanks: Seventy Million Tae Bo Sales
- Gene LeBell: The Toughest Man Alive
- Jhoon Rhee: The Way of Truth, Beauty, Love and Profits
- Timothy Ferriss: Less Work and More Productivity
- Jeff Smith: Champion Fighter, Master Businessman
- Rob Colasanti: Hitting Hard in the Martial Arts Business
- Jackie Chan: The Art of Giving Back
- Stephen K. Hayes: Pioneering the Ninja Arts in the West
- Kathy Long: No More Mr. Nice Guy
- Joe Lewis: Echo of Greatness
- Evander Holyfield: Real-Deal Success
- Jackie Chan and Jet Li: The Forbidden Kingdom
- Jean Claude Van Damme: Inside the Mind of the Jean Claude Van Damme
Employment Law › Employment Law by Province 13
- Nunavut Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- Northwest Territories Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- Yukon Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- Prince Edward Island Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- Nova Scotia Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- Newfoundland and Labrador Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- New Brunswick Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- Saskatchewan Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- Manitoba Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- British Columbia Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- Alberta Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- Quebec Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
- Ontario Employment Law for Martial Arts Schools: Non-Competes, Pay and Hiring Rules
Business Breakthrough TV 10
- Grand Master Jeff Smith
- MABB TV Episode Featuring The Great Grand Master Jhoon Rhee!
- The Most Dangerous Trends in the Martial Arts Business
- Some of the WORST Advice in the Martial Arts Industry!
- The Truth About “Selling Out” in the Martial Arts Business
- Building a Better Mouse Trap?
- The Most Dangerous Trends in the Martial Arts Business – Watch at Martial Arts Business Breakthrough TV
- MANDATORY Martial Arts Business Systems!
- A New Year for Your Martial Arts School!
- Ethical Upgrades, and Managing Your Staff!
Employment Law › Staff Agreements & Hiring 8
- When a Martial Arts Instructor Leaves: Protecting Students, Records and Accounts
- Protecting Your Student List: Martial Arts School Data, Trade Secrets and Confidentiality Agreements
- How to Pay Martial Arts Instructors Legally: Hourly, Salary, Commission, Per-Class and Free Tuition
- Dress Codes and Grooming Policies for Martial Arts Instructors: What Holds Up
- Background Checks for Martial Arts Instructors Who Teach Children: U.S. and Canadian Rules
- Morals Clauses and Codes of Conduct for Martial Arts Instructors: What a School Can Require
- Non-Solicitation Agreements for Martial Arts Instructors: Students, Staff and the Non-Acceptance Trap
- Non-Compete Laws for Martial Arts Instructors: Every State and Province (2026)
Legislation & Regulation 7
- New Jersey Bill Would Require Annual Background Checks and Child-Safety Training at Every Martial Arts School
- A Robot Cage Fight Drew California’s Athletic Commission. Your School’s Fight Night Could Too.
- The Lease Is Not Permission: Zoning, Opening Hours and the Bond You Did Not Know You Owed
- Timor-Leste Banned Martial Arts for Three Years. It Now Has a Law — and the Ban Is Still On.
- Manitoba Licensed Amateur Jiu-Jitsu. Then Kept the Money.
- A $56 Million Judgment, a $1 Million Policy, and the Jury Instruction That Did It
- New York Is About to Put Martial Arts Schools Under Background-Check Law
AI Implementation 7
- How to Find Every Local Event Near Your School in 30 Minutes With AI
- ChatGPT Ads and Apple Maps Ads: What a Local Martial Arts School Can Actually Buy in 2026
- What the AI Models Say About Your School When Nobody’s Watching
- AI Voice Agents: The 9:47pm Problem, and the Law That Governs the Answer
- AI for Art and Images: Where It Helps and Where It Costs You
- AI for Writing: Why Your First Draft Was Unusable
- Claude Cowork for Martial Arts School Owners: What It Actually Does
MMA & Combat Sports Gyms 6
- Ali Boxing Revival Act Clears Senate Committee: What It Means for Boxing Gyms, and Why It Does Not Cover MMA
- Maryland Extends Combat-Sports Blood Testing Window to 90 Days: What MMA and Kickboxing Gyms Need to Know
- Ontario Legalizes Professional Muay Thai: What the New Rules Mean for Gyms, Fighters and Promoters
- MMA.INC Takes TrainAlta to 27 UFC GYM Locations: The Platform Model Comes Into Focus
- MMA at the Asian Games: No Cage, Shin Guards and No Elbows. What the Format Tells School Owners
- Taking MMA from the “Gym” to the “School”
BJJ Corner › BJJ News 3
- Gymdesk Buys Smoothcomp: What Smoothcomp Connect Means for Academies With Competition Teams
- UFC BJJ Opens Bring the UFC Brand to Amateur Jiu-Jitsu: What Academy Owners Need to Know
- UFC GYM Is Testing Three Ways to Sell Martial Arts. Independent School Owners Should Pay Attention.
BJJ Corner › BJJ Academy Operations 3
- The School-Within-a-School Model: Why Martial Arts Academies Are Sharing Space
- Reddit Ads for BJJ, Muay Thai and MMA Gyms: Who’s There and How Targeting Works
- When a Prohibited Technique Causes Catastrophic Injury: The Safety Questions Every BJJ Academy Should Ask