Tag Archives: Martial

How to be Number 1

As a martial artist, you know the path to being the best is by getting the highest level of competency and proving yourself in competition. In the business world, it’s equally hard but a little bit more complicated. Let’s say that having a successful martial arts school is like having your first black belt. You’ve mastered the basics, but you ...

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How to Sell More by Giving Things Away

If you’ve been looking for a different approach in sales, then you may want to start giving away things for free. It may seem hard to let go of some things (especially things that you paid for) but giving away free things has been a long and tested tactic. How many countless free food samples have you eaten? Have you ...

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What Makes a Great Employee?

Having the right employees is very important. It’s so important that it could make or break your business. You can be lucky and be blessed with good employees right from the start, but for the most part, it’s not the case. Getting that all star team is a long journey of searching for good people. For some it involves patience ...

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Growth in Martial Arts Business

I’ve made an article on what to avoid in business a few weeks ago and it had some pointers on how not to get distracted and the negative implications of keeping things to yourself, among other things. For today, let’s discuss the ways on how to promote growth in martial arts business. Successful martial arts school owners do not steer ...

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Jim Kelly, Star of Martial Arts Movies, Dies at 67

Mr. Kelly added an Afro, swagger and a few memorable one-liners to martial arts movies in the 1970s. NYT > Martial Arts New York City, N.Y. (PRWEB) July 15, 2013 Dealing with the IRS may not have been the most rewarding experience for most people, especially for a woman who endured the agony brought about by a five-year tax audit ...

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How to Hire the Right People

Looking for the right person to fill out a job takes time and effort. Countless interviews, background checks, and piles of resumes are part of this difficult process. And we all know the reason why hiring takes so long, because we all want to look for the perfect fit for our job offer. Consider this; you’ve hired an abysmal employee, ...

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How to Handle a Problematic Employee

If you’ve been in the Martial Arts business for some time now, you may already have the experience of having a difficult employee. Most managers or masters just let the problem slide until that certain team member makes a devastating mistake, but why wait until that happens? My guesses are, bosses think that small problems in tardiness and lack of ...

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Dana Point Martial Arts School Offers New 8-Week Beginners Wing Chun Boot Camp

Dana Point martial arts school, The Dragon Institute, is offering a 8-week Intro to Wing Chun Boot Camp starting on Saturday July 20th. Limited to the first 20 registrants, the boot camp is designed to acclimate beginners to Wing Chun and its scientific-driven approach to martial arts, self-defense, meditation, philosophy and a healthy mind and body. [PR.com] PR.com Press Releases: ...

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How to Strategize in Business

Skills, without strategy will lead to your downfall. We all know its importance, and the amazing stories of great martial artists who used different strategies to better their opponent. Bigger is not always better. It doesn’t mean that if your opponent is bigger, stronger, or more skilled, that you automatically lose the fight. If you apply the right strategy with ...

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