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Post by meguro on Apr 22, 2013 10:03:34 GMT -5
OK, after reading the Aikido thread, I looked up some Steven Seagal vids on YT, eventually caught a Bas Rutten audio commentary were he ridicules Seagal for claiming the credit of teaching the front kick to Lyoto Machida and Anderson Silva, eventually I clicked on a vid of Rutten plugging his MMA gym. www.elitemmagym.com/What I like about the gym: a study room for kids; equipment; multiple disciplines; clean; modern. Maybe MMA is a fad, but as a parent and MA nut, I would gladly drop the coin on such a facility. Imagine dropping the strength and conditioning portions of your class so that you could focus only on karate, or striking, or flexibility, or kata, or weapons, or sp, or work on strength or conditioning exclusively. Add a coffee/juice bar and free wifi and you can be open 24/7.
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shugyo
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Post by shugyo on Jun 24, 2013 0:28:42 GMT -5
See, that's the thing. Many dojo owners don't treat their dojo like a business. That's an unbelievable mindset imho, because my dojo is a business, and that's because that's exactly what it is. I've overhead, and to meet that overhead month after month and year after year, I must sell a wide plethora of things. If I don't meet my overhead and then some, I'm dead in the water. This is all that I know, and this is all that I do for a living!! So, my dojo IS a business, and I'm quite proud of what its become because it provides a multitude of things, but it also provides a means of taking care of my family. Our Hombu is ALSO a business. That's how our Soke set it up and our Dai-Soke honored what our Soke built up and as Kaicho, I too continue to treat the Hombu as a business because that's what it is beyond the emotional involvements!! The Hombu and my dojo ARE places that we train at, but where we train at is a business. That can be seen by our P&L Statements and the like. I'm not ashamed that my dojo is a business.
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