"We've experienced the pain of asking our students for money. We're supposed to be Masters & Instructors but at the same time we're wearing the hat of Debt Collector. That makes my relationship with my students awkward and uncertain."
"I'm not a marketer, I'm a Martial Artist. I love teaching but it's such a chore to do the marketing necessary to attract students - and so frustrating when the results are lower than I hoped for."
"I'm sick and tired of hearing excuses. All I ask is that I'm paid on time. It hurts when my students abuse our relationship to avoid paying me on time, or at all. That's not fair."
"I'm too busy with running my School, or too busy putting out brush fires, to focus on growing my business."
"I've studied Martial Arts for years now. Decades even. 30 years plus. I can't remember not studying Martial Arts. And now I teach my Art - I'm a professional with over thirty years of study and experience under my belt. But I'm paid $40 a night, while the lawyer or doctor down the road studied for four and is earning hundreds of dollars per hour? I want to earn what I'm worth."
"At my School we work hard to grow and find financial stability. But the more I speak to other School Owners, the more I realise I just don't know what I don't know. I want access to our industry, to the source of ideas, programmes and systems that will help me generate this success."