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The Martial Arts Teachers’ Association (MATA) is a membership association that provides services to martial arts schools and associations of schools in the United States and abroad. As the oldest, most established association of martial arts schools, MATA co-creates the future of martial arts education by uniting and empowering our community.
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Quick Story About Two Young Black Belts
One operated his school part-time because he had to keep a full-time job during the day. His school did not attract and retain enough students to be full-time. The other had 200+ students and earned a six-figure income from his full-time school. What could have made the difference in their lives?
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Using Text to Increase Enrollments in Your Martial Arts School
Texting is instant and is opened 97% of the time, so it’s a real-time communication that helps to confirm to the parents that they made the right decision to choose your program.
Texts work great and MATA/Empower Kickboxing members have a free dedicated SMS marketing platform in their GenerateMoreStudents.com account that allows them to text up to 100 people a month for free.
Self-Defense Lessons from Will Smith’s Slap Heard ‘Round the World
From my upcoming book, Choose Your Battles Wisely Will Smith’s slap heard ‘round the world was a...
How To Pose For Martial Arts Images
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Martial Arts Instructor Certification: How to Give Clear Instructions
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Martial Arts Instructor Certification: How Students Learn
The MATA Certification was authored by 18 different veteran black belts who are also experts in their respective fields such as law, psychology, pedagogy, movement science, motivation, and communication.
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