Last modified:  26 March 2006

Susan Lynn Peterson

Writing, Martial Arts, Self Defense, Mind-Body Training

Starting and Running

Your Own Martial Arts School

The Book

Do you dream of opening your own martial arts school some day?  Are you now in the process of planning and building a school?  Do you have a school but struggle to run it efficiently and pay the bills? Then Starting and Running Your Own Martial Arts School is for you.  Starting and Running Your Own Martial Arts School teaches you the skills you need to ensure the success of your martial arts school.

It includes advice on how to open a successful school:

¨ build a memorable identity for your school

¨ find funding to get you started

¨ choose a location that will bring foster success

¨ unravel government red tape

¨ create a realistic fee schedule

¨ hire and develop good employees

 

And how to make the school you have a success:

¨ bring interested inquirers through your door

¨ turn inquirers into paying students

¨ hold on to your current students

¨ develop a feeling of financial security

¨ be ready for emergencies

¨ create and run a profitable pro shop

 

Starting and Running Your Own Martial Arts School contains proven business advice to help you create the martial arts school you want.  It takes time-tested business practices and turns them into simple, practical solutions to the business challenges you face every day.

 

The Authors

Sensei Karen ("Kandie") Vactor has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Arizona and a fourth-degree black belt in Okinawan Shuri-ryu karate.  She holds black belt ranking in Tae Kwon Do, kobudo and ju-jitsu and has taught karate and kobudo at KoSho Karate San in Tucson, Arizona.  Drawing on her more than thirty-five years of business management and marketing experience, she's created three karate schools, building each to more than 150 students within their first two years.  She is a USA Karate Federation national champion and has been listed in Marquis Who's Who in Finance and Industry.

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Susan Lynn Peterson, Ph.D., is a professional writer and Gold Medallion Book Award finalist.  She holds a fourth-degree black belt in Okinawan Shuri-ryu karate and is a USA Karate Federation national champion. She has studied karate, kobudo, Shaolin Chuan Fa, and Tai Chi Chuan, and teaches karate and kobudo at KoSho Karate Pantano in Tucson, Arizona.  Her magazine articles have appeared in Black Belt, New Body, and Fighting Woman News.


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To Order

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320 pages, cover price $19.95

Published by Tuttle Publishing

By Karen Levitz Vactor and Susan Lynn Peterson

ISBN: 0-8048-3428-8