As business owners in the digital age, we have to find the balance between using Facebook for business and getting sucked into the crap online that can zap your energy and create huge distractions.

Like it or not, we need facebook. We use it to provide value to our clients and prospects, nurture re...

Throw this question in one of the martial arts business groups and you’re going to get 96 comments on why one is better than the other.

The benefits of one..

The dangers and pitfalls of the other..

And by the end, you’re going to be more confused than when you started. So let’s break it down once...

In your academy, you have two main areas of responsibility.

Everything that happens ON the mat
Everything that happens OFF the mat

In our gym, my husband and I have a line of demarcation that begins at the edge of the mat. He handles everything on the mat and I am in charge of everything off the ma...

Who doesn’t want to get more done in less time? Check out this annoyingly simple 2 Step Challenge to jumpstart your motivation, beat the burnout, and get back on the path to crushing your goals.

I call this ‘annoyingly simple’ because the key to this challenge is so obvious that it might make you k...

At some point, every growing business must hire staff in order to continue scaling up. Unfortunately, by the time many martial arts business owners are finally convinced that they need someone, they are so buried by past-due items on their must-do list, that they’ll start throwing money or trades at...

Jiu Jitsu seminars create excitement & foster camaraderie. They can bolster a student’s lagging desire to train & they are the perfect opportunity for your students to train with their idols.

And there’s no shortage of BJJ practitioners & famous fighters looking to fill their seminar schedule. High...

How Can You Possibly Give Away A Gi FOR FREE With A Jiu Jitsu Trial? Aren’t You Losing Money?

This is one of those rare questions that gets asked by both our coaching clients AND our prospective jiu jitsu students. On the surface, the deal sounds too good to be true. But it’s 100% real! No tricks, ...

**Is Bigger Always Better?... Introducing the "Lifestyle Academy"

A few years ago I was eating lunch with my husband in a Jimmy John’s sub shop when I saw a sign on the wall with the story of a Mexican fisherman. The fisherman lived a quiet life relaxing in the sun, catching fish with his friends, ...