kungfufist3

jawz702 welcome to the form. I was talking to another instructor from vegas who says she has a restraining order aganst master black. I dont know if it's true but you might want to look into it? Their are alot of good instructors in USSD, I just wish they would be honest where they came from. https://www.villarisonline.com

That makes alot more sense then paying some outrageous franchise fee. Yes I think it's $125,000 for a USSD dojo? It will probabley be only $10,000 to get my dojo started. $1,500 first months rent. $1,500 last months rent. $1,500 deposit. $1,000- $500 for mats. $500 for gi's and patchs. $100 for phone. I'm not saying that you shouldn't start your own school, just be prepared for all the expenses. Don't forget costs for: liability insurance, advertising, equipment, signage, electricty, gas, water, legal advice. Are you also going to attempt to do this full time as your sole means of support? Student sizes grow and shrink. Depending on your area and other things, you may have more then 100 students, or quite a few less. On a good "Grand Opening" you may sign up 100 or so students, but that dosen't mean in 2-3 months they will still be with you. Students quit the martial arts at a very high rate, but your expenses will remain the same. You may want to start with less startup costs by teaching at a community center, YMCA, church hall, or such. You will have a lot less costs, and of course less income, but it will give you the opportunity to build a solid student base to start a commercial school with. Or you may like having someone else take care of all the overhead, leaving you free to just be a martial arts instructor. You can maintain a much higher standard when your not concerned with how much money your going to or have to make. But either way you go, talk to someone who has done it "successfully", and get a idea of all the expenses involved. Good info

Does anybody know where mattera got his 9th dan?

Thats not a bad idea Shaolin kempo is very limted art in my opinion.Plus there are a ton of villari ussd break aways every where.

Too true.Iam going to start off small and build my school up before I get a a large space. As for advertising I know how ussd did it. So I'll make alot more money because the money will go in my pocket(not theirs). If you market well and dont charge as much as your cometitors price you should be alright. As you grow ask your stundents about once a month if they want to become instructors. And dont charge them a ton. In a year of hard work it will payoff ninjamac. Treat everyone good and you will have all the help you will need. Treat people bad and people will leave you and open their own dojo.

Well quite a bit of that money is going to go to; building rent, liability insurance, utilities, equipment, advertizing, book keeping, employee payroll, health insurance, etc, etc. So 100 students isn't going to give you a $120,000 a year salary. Yes he wont make$120,000 a year but he will make more than most franchise Mc dojos.

Yes the schools are run that way now.

If you find a good space for $1,500 a month you will do fine. A lot of instructors go in way over their head and get a big space to start in. If you dont have to buy videos or manuals every month, you will save about a $1,000 a month. Francis L dean insurance is about $450 a year. https://www.fdean.com If you still want to train in shaolin kempo check out https://www.shaolinkempo.com in new york this is professor Ingargiola site 8th dan https://www.cokarate.com in colorado springs master toad bradley site 5th dan

Hey are their only 7 USSD's schools left on the east coast? That would make sense why he left.

You are so right on that one KFF3. we should check out a school's history before we enroll or enroll one of are kids. Man they have alot of violation's. I flipped when I saw all the violations to.

Do you have anything you can tell us? Nothing but second hand information. I don't have any experience, I was just commenting on the word of mouth press they have with the parents that come to my gym... Maybe I'll see if I can get a free trial class and report back... Any info would be great.

Dont know? Maybe he went back to villaris?

He probabley saw the light and said I am outta here.

To true! Most instructor's are so set on their style and how great their style is that they never try anything else. Everyone should try a few styles.

Very good idea!