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If you teach martial arts for a living, read this carefully. As a parent, if you saw your child clearly underperforming in class yet the instructor proclaims he is doing “awesome!” would you trust that instructors’ feedback on how your child is doing? I wouldn’t....
Martial Arts Teachers' Association (MATA) Instructor Certification Module 1-Lesson 4 This video lesson from the MATA Instructor Certification course touches on two important areas. 1. The difference between asking a question of the class and asking a question of a...
Break the Habit of Tagging This is a 2-minute video lesson from the Martial Arts Teacher's Association Instructors' Certification course. MATACertification.com Have you ever spoken to someone or listen to a speaker that has a habit, a language pattern of finishing...
5th-degree black belt, Dr. Judy Flury opened her taekwondo school at age 17 while a junior in high school. Once she graduated from high school, Dr. Flury ran her karate school while also attending college and then graduate school, ultimately earning a doctorate in...
The late John Corcoran was a significant mentor of mine. I hired him to be the editor of the ACMA Instructor Certification program in 1998, which was a job he had great enthusiasm for. The ACMA has reworked and updated into the MATA Certification Program. [images...
Former Concrete Company Manager Grateful for COBRA and MATA It’s a classic American success story. Sidney Burns of Bedford, VA, has grown from a karate crazed 8-year old to a master instructor with a well-established school and a year-old COBRA-Defense location that...
A good martial arts teacher had an educated understanding of self-confidence and what is required to nurture it. If a teacher treats students with respect, avoids ridicule and other belittling remarks deals with everyone fairly and justly, and projects a strong,...
MATA Certification Excerpt By Gianine D. Rosenblum, Ph.D. Module 14 - Lesson 1: "Discipline" can be defined in two ways. Discipline is: 1. An action we take to make another person's behavior conform to our standards, as in: "If you are out of line, I will discipline...
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