Tag Archives: Management

Martial artists live and breathe competition. Although basically, martial artists strengthen themselves to promote peace and protect the weak, but rising on top and winning a big trophy is a lot of fun. ON the business side, your martial arts school may be facing competition right now. If you’re not, sooner or later someone will start a school and face ...

Around 3-6 years ago, almost every business had a website. It was like a requirement for all businesses to have their own page on the world wide web. Now, social media is taking the world by storm. You can see it everywhere from your personal computers, smart phones, radio, and even in tv. Although technically, social media sites are also ...

They say that a smaller house is easier to clean. When your martial arts school was just starting, keeping an eye on your expenses was not that hard. You had everything on paper and yes, there were some miscellaneous costs but they were very small and easy to ignore. But now, your business is growing. Having an oversight on everything ...

Nothing is certain in this world because if it was, most of us will be successful. Even if you plan, strategize, and even forecast your future plans, a single event can change it all and ruin all of that you have prepared. This is one of the reasons why businesses are so risky. The factor of uncertainty is always there. ...

We all know that the biggest investment that we can make is of the financial kind. But we often dismiss the fact that time is also another great asset. Investing time to create relationships with your students is also important because they are the reasons why your martial arts school is still afloat. I know that you’re already too busy ...

Who is your best employee? Did you think of a name? Are you seeing her face in your mind? Now imagine a scenario where she hands you her letter of resignation, that would be a disaster right? Before we dive in on how to take care of employees, I’ll share some signs to know when your employee is planning to ...

Are customers always right? Is it true that you have to do everything that they ask? In this article we will look at some of the ways on how to treat customers better and where we draw the line on some of your hard to handle clientele. Handling customers is an important job. In the martial arts school business, your ...

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, ...

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 ...

Winning and losing is a part of our lives. Some would argue that it’s the law of nature that the weak shall be preyed upon by the strong. The good thing is, we don’t live in a world where feebleness is punished with death (sort of). Martial arts is full of victories and downfalls. Competitions bring forth winners and losers, ...