What's the MA scene in your area?

[Brian Debes]

And your gym will never fill if you have that mindset. You make your own destiny, if you want more students, put in more work!

I always knew we had the best coaching staff and instruction in our area. But I always let it bug me that the others schools had big better facilities and more students, even though my guys smashed all of them in competition. The day I stopped worrying about what everyone else had or was doing and realized I wasn't deserving of anything other than what I actually had and not what I "should have" things changed, mainly me. I focused all my efforts into bettering myself, my students and my school. Now, we have the largest, best cleanist facility (from the smallest in the area), still the best coaches and students and now more of them. We also absorbed a good chunck from other schools, many of which have now closed.

It's YOU, look inward not outward if you want more!

This. A key to almost all forms of success is taking things in self responsibility. That's one big difference in top competitors and mediocre ones. The best look at what they did wrong to try and fix it and the rest talk about excuses.

[Dylan Ehrnreiter]

That is still fixiating on what others can do. It IS going to be hard to explain to those "small town minds", however that IS your job. That the points, let the TKD guy do him. If he is taking students from your school, he is doing it right for him, you failed! You have to change your mindset, out work the TKD school owner and it won't matter what or who he teaches, he is illrelevant to the success of your school and team.

Thanks coach.

[Tony "The Goods" Garcia]

And your gym will never fill if you have that mindset. You make your own destiny, if you want more students, put in more work!

I always knew we had the best coaching staff and instruction in our area. But I always let it bug me that the others schools had big better facilities and more students, even though my guys smashed all of them in competition. The day I stopped worrying about what everyone else had or was doing and realized I wasn't deserving of anything other than what I actually had and not what I "should have" things changed, mainly me. I focused all my efforts into bettering myself, my students and my school. Now, we have the largest, best cleanist facility (from the smallest in the area), still the best coaches and students and now more of them. We also absorbed a good chunck from other schools, many of which have now closed.

It's YOU, look inward not outward if you want more!

I do agree with you Coach. Everything you said is both true and inspirational. For the past couple months I've censored my own Facebook comments and am still trying to follow the "If you don't have anything good to say, don't say anything" rule. I realized that my negativity was quite a turn off to many of my friends. I truly wish many of my friends here could see me teach because there's never been the slightest negativity in any of my classes ever. Where I'm truly going wrong, I just don't understand. The other local schools don't take my students, they simply keep theirs. The super striped black belt actually enforces a written agreement that his students will never teach nor take classes from anyone but him and has actually sued a few of his black belts. I've traveled and trained at every seminar possible, eventually earned by 10th Planet Blue, advertised, done demonstrations, and am available 24 hours a day to each and every student. They still simply won't come. If Decatur is stuck in the 80's, we're stuck in the 50's. It's a good old boy network that I don't understand how to deal with. Since all of the other local schools are deeply affiliated with churches, I've actually had parents shunned from church for their kids training under me. Please understand that these are not excuses, I just really don't know what else to do anymore. Hopefully this thread could offer some much needed advice on how I should continue. I always take your advice Zog, and I'll definitely put your words into action.

[Niko Rotko]

And your gym will never fill if you have that mindset. You make your own destiny, if you want more students, put in more work!

I always knew we had the best coaching staff and instruction in our area. But I always let it bug me that the others schools had big better facilities and more students, even though my guys smashed all of them in competition. The day I stopped worrying about what everyone else had or was doing and realized I wasn't deserving of anything other than what I actually had and not what I "should have" things changed, mainly me. I focused all my efforts into bettering myself, my students and my school. Now, we have the largest, best cleanist facility (from the smallest in the area), still the best coaches and students and now more of them. We also absorbed a good chunck from other schools, many of which have now closed.

It's YOU, look inward not outward if you want more!

wise words!

[CurtisHembroff]

I was checking out their schedule.

"The last Sunday of every month Weapons class turns into a Black Belt class"

Awesome.. Lol

[Brandon Mccaghren]

Tony, you know I love you. You know this, for sure.

You gotta get a new mirror, homie.

Zog, preach on.

[Tony "The Goods" Garcia]

I'm sure I do Brandon. Dylan, sorry about jacking your thread brotha. I take full responsibility for myself and what I do. I'm a guy who is fortunate enough to have a grappling club. I teach basics because I'm not qualified to rank or instruct at a higher level. I've spent 7+ years of mat time either learning poorly or being used as grappling dummy. When you've come for seminars, you have always helped fill gaping holes in my game and tell me what to work. I know that you love me man, as I do you. It took Bobby Rivers to tell me that I sucked though. I've never truly improved either because of injuries or unwillingness to insist upon it. I know that to get better I need quality instruction locally. Samuel Braga and I are on track for that as soon as he gets back from Brazil. There's also a new black belt in Knoxville as well. I'll be training weekly there to fix these issues. My next issue is still dealing with these other local schools. Do I just roll it up and give in? I know I'm on track for getting better, but the question of what direction to take is still there. Grappling may just never happen here. So, I do see myself for what I am, but I still don't know what else to do.

[josh sullivan]

I don't post much on here out of hespect of not being a member of a moon. But going back to the original topic. Here in the Laporte county IN area our seen is dieing due our very own school closing doors to public! Now we still train but it's private invite only! I recently got promoted to Black Beltch and purchased my own mats and plan on opening a club but as of now outside of training with my original group I have guys come to my place or garage in poor mans terms! I'd love to have any of you guys to come roll with us. The group I have is very open minded and I'm a huge 10th planet fan and have mad hespect for all moon /hotbox heads for staying with it! I'd really like to get to the next seminar hosted at Indy or possibly chi. I've only made it once to Indy when master Eddy had one there back in early 2012 but didn't roll with nobody due to only being 3 weeks post ACL and miniscus replacement and crazy work hrs!

[Dylan Ehrnreiter]

I'm sure I do Brandon. Dylan, sorry about jacking your thread brotha. I take full responsibility for myself and what I do. I'm a guy who is fortunate enough to have a grappling club. I teach basics because I'm not qualified to rank or instruct at a higher level. I've spent 7+ years of mat time either learning poorly or being used as grappling dummy. When you've come for seminars, you have always helped fill gaping holes in my game and tell me what to work. I know that you love me man, as I do you. It took Bobby Rivers to tell me that I sucked though. I've never truly improved either because of injuries or unwillingness to insist upon it. I know that to get better I need quality instruction locally. Samuel Braga and I are on track for that as soon as he gets back from Brazil. There's also a new black belt in Knoxville as well. I'll be training weekly there to fix these issues. My next issue is still dealing with these other local schools. Do I just roll it up and give in? I know I'm on track for getting better, but the question of what direction to take is still there. Grappling may just never happen here. So, I do see myself for what I am, but I still don't know what else to do.

No worries Goods. Glad you benefitted from it.

[Jack LaBarge]

Its so easy.............