Tag Archives: 2013

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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Planning for the Future: How to Forecast

You are a martial arts master; you’re also a teacher, manager, and over-all boss. You wake up early in the morning, prepare your school, teach class, and make sure things run smoothly even after everybody is gone. Yes, you’re very busy, but don’t let that fact ruin your school’s long term plans. Just think for one second where your school ...

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The Importance of Employee Feedback

Let’s say that you hired people who have the integrity, the drive, and the intelligence. Without integrity, drive and intelligence is useless. Drive makes sure that the work is gets done and your employee has a goal to prove himself through labor. Intelligence is great for problem solving and makes the employee independent which is a huge bonus if you’re ...

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Better Person Better Businessman

Being associated in business can be ruthless. We all hear stories about corporate leaders being narcissists with huge egos and god complexes. Some of these bosses outsource jobs, which hurt the local economy. But workers on other countries are exploited as well, earning little money and doing full time work. As martial artists, masters, teachers, you should all remember the ...

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How to Have a Successful Martial Arts Studio

Masters have different reasons why they open up martial arts studios. One thing that I’m sure about is that if you’re spending time and effort on your studio, then you should at least make money out of it. Some people will find it hard to make a profit because the reality is that not all martial arts studios succeed. If ...

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Samurai Karate Studio Receives 2013 Best of Columbia Award

Samurai Karate Studio has been selected for the 2013 Best of Columbia Award in the Martial Arts Instruction category by the Columbia Award Program. “We are very honored to receive this award and believe it is a reflection of the value in our programs and the mission of our school,” commented Chris Feldt, owner and chief instructor for Samurai Karate ...

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River of Tradition Rocks the 2013 Upland Lemon Festival

River of Tradition was represented at the 2013 Upland Lemon Festival this April, an annual event that draws a large attendance from residents throughout the Inland Empire. Students holding ranks from yellow belt to senior brown demonstrated the key principles of Kyokumaru karate through marching drills, katas, and a number of broken boards. Though a handful of adult students participated, ...

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Year in Review 2013: July

Easton Addington won the Brenton Merritt Memorial Lobster Crate run Sunday, July 7 by running 100 crates – four trips over the course. Karate News Camp Springs, MD (PRWEB) December 13, 2013 Lloyd Irvin is a world renowned Jiu Jitsu and MMA instructor, with a school in Prince Georges County Maryland, where he his head coach to a stable of ...

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