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    Lifestyle Design for Martial Arts Coaches: Where Your Club Supports Your Life and Your Life Supports Your Club

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    Phill Payne March 23, 2026
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    Smart Systems for Martial Arts Clubs: Creating Clarity, Saving Time and Improving the Experience

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    Phill Payne March 23, 2026
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    The Conscious Business Model: A People-First Approach to Building a Martial Arts Club

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    Phill Payne March 23, 2026
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    The MAPLE Framework: A Child-Centred Coaching Model for Martial Arts

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    Phill Payne March 23, 2026
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    25 ideas to help reduce excessive chattiness without impacting autonomy and motivation

    You stop the class and start describing the next activity but there are a few children that continue talking. You know the ones, the usual suspects th…
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    Phill Payne May 29, 2023
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    8 ways to build children’s self-confidence through your martial arts classes

    ‘Confidence’ is often one of the main benefits listed in children’s martial arts ads alongside discipline and other such trigger words we think parents want…

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    Phill Payne February 24, 2022
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    Marketing VS Retention

    Which is most important to grow your martial arts club, marketing or retention?

    OK, I admit it, the title ‘Marketing or retention’ is a little clickbaity and most people running a martial arts club will probably have realised…

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    Phill Payne January 20, 2022
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    Building your Martial Arts Coach Development Pathway

    In the developed world, most children are in school full time for 12-13 years, but you don’t emerge from school as a teacher. If you…

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    Phill Payne January 5, 2022
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    Mission, Vision and Values Signpost

    Creating a positive club culture with a shared Mission vision and values

    Your club has a culture. You may not have constructed it consciously or even have any guiding documents describing it, but it’s there. Documenting your…

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    Phill Payne October 21, 2021
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    Effective in action feedback: Replacing the tired praise correct praise model (PCP)

    Praise correct praise is a method martial arts coaches often use to correct mistakes during their classes. This tactic is also used in businesses, though…

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    Phill Payne September 30, 2021
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