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Bob White’s The Elements of Effective Coaching DVD

The Elements of Effective Coaching DVD was created by Master Bob White, a 9th Degree Black Belt who has been a full time instructor...
Learn Karate: Beginner to Advanced Lessons

Learn Karate: Beginner to Advanced Lessons APP

The Learn Karate: Beginner to Advanced Lessons APP will help you learn Karate - starting from a beginner to advanced level. The Learn Karate: Beginner...

That Sugar Film: Sugar and Healthy Eating

If you are a martial arts instructor who cares about educating your students on sugar and healthy eating, you need to watch That Sugar...
Who Killed Walt Bone

Who Killed Walt Bone

Who Killed Walt Bone By John Graden is an entertaining and compelling story of one man’s coming-of-age set during the Bruce Lee, kung fu boom...
Ask Dr. Robyn

The Value of Good Citizenship For Children

Dr. Robyn Silverman - Author, Speaker, Child/Teen Development Expert and creator of the Industry's number one personal development / life skills / character education...
Mike Stidham Speaks Out

The T-Ballification of America’s Youth

I can directly link the sense of entitlement and lack of motivation our youth expresses today to the day we stopped teaching them to hit...
Ask Dr. Robyn

Helping Kids Understand the Value of Discipline

Dr. Robyn Silverman - Author, Speaker, Child/Teen Development Expert and creator of the Industry's number one personal development / life skills / character education...
Kayin Kids

Burmese Lethwei: The Tradition of Child Fighters

Burmese Lethwei, or Myanmar traditional boxing, is an ancient bare-knuckle fighting art that has survived in Myanmar despite decades of endless violence and governmental...
Western Wrestlers Changed Judo

How Western Wrestlers Changed Judo

“Judo is a source of national pride in Japan, where the martial art originated.” (Cheng, 2012) But as larger, stronger foreigners, often with a...
Marcy Shoberg's Find Your Focus

Find Your Focus: Marketing and Advertising Martial Arts, Self-Defense, and Fighting-Sport

Get a common-sense, no-hype education in the application of ALL advertising tools unique to the martial arts industries. Learn to use social media, websites,...
Combat Knives and Knife Combat:

Combat Knives and Knife Combat: Knife Models, Carrying Systems, Combat Techniques

On July 28, 2015 Jim Wagner's new book, Combat Knives and Knife Combat, co-written by Dietmar Pohl, who wrote on the technical aspects of...
Success is Waiting

Success is Waiting

Success is Waiting is your guide to running a thriving martial arts school by developing long-lasting relationships with your students and your community. Buzz...
Martial Arts Styles Do Exist

Martial Arts Styles Do Exist

Recently, I saw a Facebook video of a grappling competition, between a freestyle wrestler and a Brazilian Jujitsu practitioner. There are a lot of...

Silat Beksi Fighting To Stay Relevant

In an article in TheJakartaPost, we read an article about Silat Beksi that we found interesting. Jakarta's society is consistently modernizing and Silat Beksit, a...
Dave Kovar's Living Lessons

Street Experience

As a martial arts and self defense teacher, I've joked about my lack of real world self defense experience, but I've had street experience.
Ask Dr. Robyn

The Value of Courtesy for Children

Dr. Robyn Silverman - Author, Speaker, Child/Teen Development Expert and creator of the Industry's number one personal development / life skills / character education...