Month: July 2008

teaching karate

A white belt karate teacher…

July 28, 2008
Jason Stanley
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Sixteen years ago when I first started teaching I remember I was explaining to an adult class how to do a knife disarm – you probably know the one – when the attacker holds the knife against your body and then you raise your hands, strike on the back of their wrist with your palm […]

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Are you a lazy karate instructor?

July 21, 2008
Jason Stanley
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Since summer has been a little slower for the club I was excited last Thursday when I had 12 new karate students enrol in my intro program… Woohoo! And the thing was I didn’t do anything recently to create this influx of students. I didn’t do any kind of special promotion… Nor actively look for […]

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Karate Summer Camp Success

July 14, 2008
Jason Stanley
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So last week we finished up our 3 day summer camp. 18 students attended the camp that ran 4 hours per day from 9am – 1pm. The camp was a huge success, with all the junior attendees raving to other class mates about how much fun it was, and telling them about what they learned. […]