NAPMA eNews May 2006

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2006 Events


	Meet NAPMA President Rob Colasanti at these 2006 Events 2006 Martial Arts SuperShow, Las Vegas, Nevada, July 6-8 Call NAPMA at 1-800-973-6734 for your tickets! Battle of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, July 28-29 Visit battleofatlanta.com for all the details! Martial Oceans Caribbean Cruise, August 19-24 Visit martialoceansint.com for all the details! Other Important 2006 Events A FREE SEMINAR! “Hitting Hard In the Martial Arts Business,” is an industry-wide, business-oriented tele-seminar, developed and presented by NAPMA President Rob Colasanti. The tele-seminar is Thursday, July 20, 2 p.m. EDT, and free to all NAPMA members and all other martial arts instructors and school owners. To register, go to the NAPMA Web site and click on the link on the Home Page. Just follow the directions from there. Zig Ziglar, the master of motivation, invites all martial arts professionals to attend his signature seminar, Born to Win, September 14, 15 and 16 in Dallas, Texas. Through special arrangements with Ziglar Training Systems, Inc., NAPMA is able to offer ALL instructors, school owners and their staffs a $500 discount (per person) off the standard registration fee of $1,495. Call a NAPMA representative to register for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! Click here for more information .

NAPMA NEWS

JUNE 2006

NAPMA To Develop FREE, Comprehensive MMA Program for Members

NAPMA announces the development of a comprehensive, fully supported Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) program, as a new benefit of NAPMA membership. The program is an opportunity for commercial martial arts schools to create a new profit center, capitalizing on the interest in and popularity of MMA, especially on television

The NAPMA MMA program will be presented as regular video segments on the NAPMA Innovations DVD, tentatively scheduled to begin during the fourth-quarter of 2006. The program’s content will be safe, enjoyable and easily integrate into most schools

According to the NAPMA team, the MMA program will include a complete marketing campaign as well as curriculum materials that complement the video segments.

NAPMA Welcomes 90 New Member-Schools During May!

Rob Colasanti, NAPMA president, is pleased to announce that NAPMA experienced one of its fastest growing months during May, adding 90 new members. May was NAPMA’s 16th consecutive month of positive membership growth.

“There are many factors that have contributed to NAPMA’s boost in enrollments, including proper team building, the quality and consistency of our support materials and strong leadership,” said Colasanti. “Most recently, our referral program has proven to be a successful and highly efficient method to obtain names of instructors and school owners who could benefit from a NAPMA membership.”

NAPMA, The Project Action Foundation To Develop NMAD Products

NAPMA, in conjunction with the Project Action Foundation, announces the development of a modest selection of National Martial Arts Day (NMAD) products to boost the promotion of the event and the profitability of participating schools.

In a joint statement, NAPMA President Rob Colasanti and Project Action President Jim Graden said the initial product line would include a patch, keychain and T-shirt.

NAPMA and the Project Action Foundation will provide complete product and ordering information, as soon as the new products are available.

INSIDE THE AUGUST NAPMA PACKAGE

Make This Year’s Back-To-School Season a Winner—More Enrollments,
Better Retention and Total Support From NAPMA

This is a preview of the August Professional package received by NAPMA member schools in 22 countries for just $99. There is simply no better return on your investment than a NAPMA membership.

Your August 2006 NAPMA package features the following professionally designed marketing materials:

Back-To-School Marketing Campaign #1:“Martial Arts Training Will Make Your Child A Better Student.”
· Ads and flyer
· Advertising bag flyer
· Postcards
· A Very Important Friend Guest Pass
· Poster: “Martial Arts Training Prepares You for the Classroom!”

Preschool Marketing Campaign #2: “Martial Arts Is Where Preschoolers Grow.”
· Ads and flyer
· Advertising bag flyer
· Postcards
· Letter to Parents
· Poster: “Martial Arts for Preschoolers Is More Than Fun and Games; It’s Lessons for Life!"

Publicity Campaign: Back-To-School Safety
· Back-to-School Safety Flyer from the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission
· Back-to-School Safety Press Release

NAPMA NOW Reports: Continuing Education To Drive Your Growing School

1. Learn how Damon Tong, Spokane, Washington school owner, has developed multiple revenue sources, and more than $40,000 in monthly revenue, from fewer than 200 students in this month’s Black Belt Revenue Report.

2. Tom Callos comes at you from his unique perspective in this month’s G.O.L.D. Team Leadership Report, teaching you breathing and inner dialogue techniques, as leadership skills.

3. Phil Beatty, NAPMA consultant and school owner, continues to provide tough, challenging Black Belt Teaching Reports, with this month’s “The Advancing Front-Kick, Round-Kick Drill to Learn Follow-Up Kicking.”

Remember, it only takes one good idea from NAPMA NOW to pay your NAPMA tuition for a lifetime!

Sounds of Success CD

Featured Interview: The Ultimate Upgrade System, Part 2, with Paul Garcia

August’s Sounds of Success CD concludes NAPMA President Rob Colasanti’s interview with Paul Garcia, entitled The Ultimate Upgrade System. Learn more about developing leaders from within your school to help it grow, and Mr. Garcia’s cautious endorsement of cash-outs.

Bonus Segment: Identifying the Qualities of Success with Zig Ziglar

Zig Ziglar, the master of motivation, shares his thoughts about success, in this excerpt from his How To Stay Motivated, Volume 1 CD set. As a martial arts instructor, you know that each person views success differently, and Mr. Ziglar reinforces that perspective during this excellent presentation.

NAPMA Innovations DVD

An Open-Form Kata with Christine Bannon-Rodrigues

Christine Bannon-Rodrigues brings her reputation for hard-hitting action to the NAPMA Innovations DVD with an open-form, intermediate kata that can be performed with an empty hand or with double kamas. It is a great new form to heat up your classroom or to use as upgrade program material.

Drill Variations with Roland Osborne

Learn how Roland Osborne has developed five variations for every drill, providing you with many ways to disguise repetition and increase the fun of the line drills in your children’s classes.

Bonus Segment: Aikido Demonstration

Be entertained and enlightened as you watch the beauty and finesse of Aikido, featuring Master Christian Tissier, in these highlights from the 19th Festival Des Arts Martiaux (2004) in Paris, France.

Classic from the Archive: How To Organize a Mini-Demo with Tom Callos

It’s much easier to develop demo routines when you organize your class and curriculum with material that is directly transferable to a demo setting. Mr. Callos shows you how to teach your entire student body the demo skills they need to know to perform at their best.

Continuing Education


	Three Simple Steps to Start a Preschool Martial Arts Program Preschool martial arts programs are very popular with children, their parents—and the school owners who have discovered a new and lucrative profit center. This updated NAPMA Strategic Report will help you organize the basic structure of a preschool program; create a fun- and learning-oriented curriculum; and market the benefits that help children grow, that make parents confident that they enrolled their children in your school; and identifies you as a children’s development professional. Click here to read this strategic report.

Quote of the Month


	So as long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend. Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist, essayist and poet

Product of the Month


	Random Acts of Kindness Program



	Back-To-School is a great time to start a Random Acts of Kindness Program or re-energize your current program, with an order of journals for yournewest students. NAPMA’s Random Acts of Kindness Program is proof for parents that students learn more than kicks and punches at your school; they learn how to be good kids! This program is one of those retention-boosting extras that convince parents that they made the right choice when they enrolled their children at your school. The Random Acts of Kindness Program includes a full-color poster, fi fty journals, ad slicks, marketing materials CD-ROM, publicity suggestions and a strategic report to help you implement this wonderful program in your school. Members: $99 Non-members: $199 NAPMA Members Receive An Additional 10% Discount – Only $89! Offer good until August 31, 2006. To Order, Call: 1-800-973-6734 or email: info@napma.com

MARTIAL ARTS PROFESSIONAL MAGAZINE

Cover-to-Cover – August 2006

Cover Story: Experience an entirely different dimension of Evander “The Real Deal” Holyfield, as he discusses the psychology of winning, the real value of money and the never-quit attitude of a champion. [Page 20]

The Shape You’re In: NAPMA member Lance Farrell reveals how he had to reshape his view of discipline to maintain an atmosphere of discipline in a modern school setting—and generate $1.3 million in 2005 revenues. [Page 38]

Lesson in Leadership: NAPMA President Rob Colasanti explains why NAPMA’s 16 months of consecutive membership growth has more of a direct effect on your membership efforts than you might think. [Page 10]

A Slice of Advice: Dana Abbott, weapons master, brings his expertise to the topic of “Streetwise Knife Fighting.” In part one, he debunks the myths and presents the sharp truths about knife techniques. [Page 74]

Don’t Act Your Age: Jim Graden, UBC founder, helps veteran instructors to renew their drive and desire, during their middle years. and after many years of training, teaching and competition. [Page 60]

For a complimentary Martial Arts Professional subscription, please contact Lori Maffia at 1-800-973-6734 or email to: lmaffia@napma.com.

NAPMA SQUARED

NAPMA Squared Helps You Protect Your Assets With the June Package, “Create Wealth, and KEEP IT!”

If you’re a NAPMA Squared member, then the June NAPMA Squared package will help you learn how to increase your personal wealth from opportunities other than martial arts, and how to protect those assets, as they grow.

If you’re not a NAPMA Squared member, then the growth of your school and your personal assets probably won’t change much until you decide to take decisive action.

Joining NAPMA Squared is that action, and your first step toward more personal financial assets, and better protected assets, to help ensure they will be there during your later years.

Stephen Oliver, NAPMA Squared developer, welcomes his long-time friend Terry Bryant, as this month’s guest educator. Mr. Bryant owned multiple schools for many years (with the help of Master Oliver, as a mentor), and then turned to real estate, when he discovered what he shares with members throughout the June package.

Terry Bryant Says: “The primary strategy for protecting your school and assets is to have many layers and shields between you, personally, and your school, as a business entity. A quick example of a layer between you and your business is that you have one corporation that leases your school space from the property owner. That corporation then leases the space to your school’s business entity: another corporation or maybe a franchise. The first corporation simply exists as a go-between or shield, and does no other business.”

Terry Bryant Says: “For example, you purchase two properties when your first child is born, and you retain ownership of those properties for approximately 20 years. Those properties would pay for your child’s college education, without the need to tap any other assets. Once those properties have finished that “task,” then you can assign the income they produce to other financial needs or wants, or sell them and upgrade to a larger real estate investment. You control the real estate and its income, and, more importantly, how you use it to produce more income or improve the quality of your life.”

Learn more in the June NAPMA Squared Package: Create Wealth, and KEEP IT!

Join NAPMA today, and receive this extremely important NAPMA Squared package

Join NAPMA Squared today!

Contact NAPMA at 1-800-973-6734 or e-mail info@napma.com

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