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National Association of Professional Martial ArtistsArticlesDisplaying Results 1 - 15 for national association of professional martial artistsThe Core Dynamics of Starting a Martial Arts BusinessWhen I created National Associations of Professional Martial Artists (NAPMA) in 1994, there was little useful information available to the industry as a whole. Owners were struggling because they simply didn’t know any way of running a ... Read Become a Great Martial Artist ... through the ranking system while developing good physical skills, but also by developing good character. A martial artist must have both attributes to be great. When you focus on being a better person and practitioner tomorrow than you are ... Read Seven Habits of Successful Martial Artists ... your goals? A goal set is a goal already half completed. Follow these seven habits of highly successful martial artists and you’ll achieve your martial arts potential… and you may even surprise yourself at what your potential actually is. Read Fitness Tips for the Martial Artist ... the more efficient your breathing becomes. Improving your “wind” takes time, but it’s an important element of training, especially in martial arts. 4. A high-carbohydrate, low fat diet is still the recommended combination for better health ... Read How to Determine Your Retention ... then is, “Where did the students you enrolled each month for a year go?” When I started the National Association of Professional Martial Artists (NAPMA), I was always amazed at how many members judged the value of the service solely on how ... Read Managing Conflicting Goals ... a single call. You figure, “Hmmm. Maybe I need a time management course or to join National Association Of Professional Martial Artists Squared.” So you take your 10th time management course, although time management has nothing to do with ... Read Your Personal Identity: How Do You Define Yourself ... if I went to a volleyball tournament, it was usually with a bunch of black belts. It wasn’t until I launched the National Association of Professional Martial Artists (NAPMA) in 1993 that I began to realize that, while martial arts helped me ... Read What is a Martial Arts Professional? ... martial arts come first. Very few school owners are “professional” before they are martial artists. Even those from corporate or professional backgrounds have a difficult time translating that experience into a martial arts school. I have ... Read Your Martial Arts EnsembleI have written several articles about Finding Your Own Voice as a martial arts professional. I’d like this article to focus on some typical martial artist characters. When you meet these guys you’ll know they have not yet found their own ... Read How Do I Choose A Martial Arts School For My Child? ... your appearance and physical ?tness. You don’t have to be a world class athlete to be healthy or a good martial artist. Because the martial arts is so individualized, it is the perfect activity to make people of all athletic abilities feel ... Read A Career in the Martial Arts: From Student to Instructor ... the martial arts movies, television shows, and magazines. To this day, that prestige has tremendous pull and attraction for martial artists. Why do you think black belts seem in such a rush to call themselves Master, Grand Master, Senior ... Read A Martial Arts School Full of Pooh Bears ... emphasis on personal development. This attracted a huge kids’ market, but did it create better martial artists? I don’t think so. It’s pretty clear I’m not the only one, because we are seeing a return to a more adult-oriented and intense ... Read Martial Arts Success Stories ... many people, this could have been a discouraging time. His peers doubted he would ever be the same again as a person, an officer, and a martial artist. This was something George Adams could not accept. He worked harder. Whatever the doctors ... Read Is Owning a Martial Arts School Right For You? ... night in white belt class on February 12, 1974, at age 13, that I was going to do martial arts for the rest of my life. I was teaching professionally by age 16 and have been teaching ever since. However, I never wanted to own a school, at ... Read Your Sign and Its Role in Marketing your Martial Arts School ... ) Pride in the school Owner cares about image School is up to date School is probably safer School is professional How to Choose a Good Sign Step one is finding out what your local ordinances are regarding signs, then what your landlord ... Read
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