Originally Posted by
leach_jeffrey
If you enjoy marital arts and want to teach, good for you.
If you want to open a business whether it is a martial arts school or a bakery, you'd better make sure you know how to run a business. Go to college and get a business degree, during those 4 to 5 years, continue to develop your martial arts, then try to make a go of it.
Without the business knowledge, it won't matter how good you get at martial arts.
Just about every town in America has at least one martial arts school. Some are bullshido, but do well and stay in business for a long time. Some have excellent talent but fail anyway.