School Owner Talk

Episode 452: Managing Staff With Clear Expectations Podcast Description Running a martial arts school can feel calm and professional… or like you’re putting out fires all day. A lot of the time, that difference comes down to staff. In this episode, Duane and Allie break down a simple truth: most school owners don’t actually have a staff problem — they have an expectatio...

Episode 451| The Summer Slide Podcast Description Summer doesn’t “cause” cancellations—lost routines do. When school ends, schedules get weird fast: families travel, sports calendars explode, bedtimes drift, and parents get overwhelmed. Then attendance slips… and most of the time, students don’t quit in a dramatic way. They just miss a week, miss another week, and quiet...

Episode 450 | Interview with Grandmaster Park (GMP) Podcast Description Episode 450 is a sit-down conversation with Grandmaster Park (GMP) — a longtime friend of the show and someone who’s helped shape the modern martial arts school industry. We go back to the “old days” when billing companies took a painful cut just to collect tuition, and we talk about how the industr...

Episode 449 | How to Wake Up Fired Up Again (Even If You’re Burnt Out) Podcast Description Some mornings you wake up tired before the day even starts. Not because you’re lazy. As Duane puts it, you’re loaded — staff stuff, parent stuff, money stuff, marketing stuff, and a thousand open loops all living in your head at the same time. In Episode 449, Duane and Allie ta...