18. What Every Martial Arts Instructor MUST Know About the Law of Self-Defense.
The Truth About the Martial Arts Business with John Graden
Release Date: 09/10/2020
Why I Replaced Taekwondo with Empower Kickboxing™
The Truth About the Martial Arts Business with John Graden
After nearly two decades of teaching traditional taekwondo, Guevara realized that what he was teaching was not providing the benefits he wanted for his students. He replaced his curriculum with Empower Kickboxing™ and did not lose a single student.
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21. The Truth About Martial Arts in the Inner-City
The Truth About the Martial Arts Business with John Graden
Imagine being so desperate to escape the violent, drug-infested inner-city of Baltimore’s inner-city that you make up your own kung fu techniques to compete in martial arts tournaments in order to get some direction out. Yet, the darkness of the ghetto pulls you back in...
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20. The Smoke and Mirrors of Martial Arts
The Truth About the Martial Arts Business with John Graden
In the episode, the truth about the martial arts business is that not only is it easy for instructors to fall into these drastic mistakes of the past, but that it’s almost expected.
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19. How Mark Moore Grew a 425 Student Martial Arts School While Teaching Just 2 Classes a Night
The Truth About the Martial Arts Business with John Graden
Our guest today is Mark Moore. His school in South Jersey has continued to grow through the pandemic. Mark says the three keys to his success are, the curriculum, the school atmosphere, and a special mindset that any martial arts school owner will certainly appreciate learning.
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18. What Every Martial Arts Instructor MUST Know About the Law of Self-Defense.
The Truth About the Martial Arts Business with John Graden
This week, The Truth About the Martial Arts Business explores a deadly serious topic that every martial arts instructor needs to understand and teach. The Law of Self-Defense.
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17. How to Build a 6-Figure Self-Defense Business
The Truth About the Martial Arts Business with John Graden
Joe Robaina is a veteran martial artist with a wide range of skills and talent. But for the last few years, he has excelled in the self-defense business. Joe shares some strategies that have helped him to build a successful self-defense business.
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16. Master the Art of Tongue Fu with Sam Horn
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The Truth About the Martial Arts Business episode 16 guest Sam Horn is the author of Tongue Fu.
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15. 7 Biggest Tax Deductions for Martial Arts Businesses and Schools
The Truth About the Martial Arts Business with John Graden
The Trump Tax Act may benefit your martial arts school in several ways. Here are 7 major ways that self-employed martial arts instructors and school owners can slash their taxes and keep more of their hard-earned money to put in the bank each year.
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14. 10 Important Questions About Your Martial Arts School Curriculum
The Truth About the Martial Arts Business with John Graden
In this podcast, I go solo with a harsh look at what martial arts schools are teaching and how to lead your students into the future by discarding the smoke and mirrors of the traditional curriculum. A good master instructor avoids teaching these contradictions.
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13. Bernard Kerik 911 Interview by John Graden
The Truth About the Martial Arts Business with John Graden
Bernard Kerik was Rudy Guliani's right hand during 911. They were under the second tower when it was struck. 2 decades later, we are in the middle of a massive disruption of law and order.
info_outlineThis week, The Truth About the Martial Arts Business explores a deadly serious topic that every martial arts school instructor needs to understand and teach.
As a martial artist, you train in self-defense to protect yourself and your loved ones, but what really happens in the court system when a martial artist defends him or herself?
This episode of The Truth About the Martial Arts Business will help you to understand and prepare for the legal battle that happens after an attack. The first fight is for your life – the second for your liberty.
Attorney Andrew F. Branca, a renowned expert in self-defense law and author of The Law of Self-Defense, teaches you how to make quick, effective, legally appropriate decisions in life-and-death situations.
The 5 Elements of Self Defense
2:50 Do I have to wait for the bad guy to hit me first?
3:40 Can I use a weapon in my defense?
4:00 What it cost to defend a self-defense case
4:00 Deadly force and the martial arts
4:25 How is "Deadly Force" defined by law?
4:40 Does the court look at a trained martial artist differently than an untrained defender?
5:30 Prosecutors love to talk about martial arts expertise
5:55 What influences juries in regards to martial arts for self-defense?
6:05 Will your defense attorney use your martial arts training as a defense or suppress it from the jury?
6:15 How can martial arts help your defense?
6:40 The Three Fights
9:00 What we can learn from Tom Hanks
9:30 Use of a force expert
10:15 Can the prosecution include the defender's instructor?
11:00 Can an instructor face criminal charges for the actions of his or her student?
13:00 Applying the five elements of self-defense to a martial artist defending himself.
13:05 Element 1: Innocence
14:27 How a victim loses their claim of innocence
14:45 Element 2: Imminence
15:20 Element 3: Proportionality
15:45 What if you have a gun and he attacks you with his fists?
16:20 The common mistake concealed weapons holders make
16:46 Element 4: Avoidance
17:00 Is Stand Your Ground just in Florida?
18:07 Element 5: Reasonableness
18:33 Is there such a thing as Jury Selection?
19:30 The danger of CCW
20:00 The Law of Self-Defense Workshop info with Andrew Branca
21:00 Why students get so stressed at Andrew's seminars, that they can't remember what they just did.
Map of State Self-Defense Laws
The Law of Self-Defense on Amazon