Karate Over Coffee

KARATE OVER COFFEE PODCAST - EPISODE 10

"Life After Shodan Part Two"

This podcast will focus on what Life After Shodan is like, and what we can do to keep students for the long haul.

- The difference between Shodan and Junior Shodan

- How Westerners look at Shodan compared to Japan/Okinawa.

- How to structure a syllabus to ensure retention of Black Belt Students

- Available Roles in and out of the dojo

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KARATE OVER COFFEE PODCAST - EPISODE 9

"Life After Shodan"

This podcast will focus on what Life After Shodan is like, and what we can do to keep students AFTER shodan.

- The difference between Shodan and Junior Shodan

- How Westerners look at Shodan compared to Japan/Okinawa.

- How to structure a syllabus to ensure retention of Black Belt Students

- Available Roles in and out of the dojo

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#6 - Stories About Okinawa - Part One

Join hosts Cheyne McMahon and Reece Cummings as they talk about their experiences while training and travelling in Okinawa!

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Part Two of Two with Okinawa's Most Famous Foreigner

Join hosts Cheyne McMahon and Recce Cummings as they sit down and chat to James Pankiewicz covering topics:

• Life in Okinawa
• Bujin TV
• 100 Kata and Kobudo Day
• Influence of Karate Tourism
• The future of the Dojo Bar
• And much more

Find more information on Bujin TV here - www.bujin.tv or contact James through Facebook

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Join hosts Cheyne McMahon and Recce Cummings as they sit down and chat to James Pankiewicz covering topics:

• Life in Okinawa
• Bujin TV
• 100 Kata and Kobudo Day
• Influence of Karate Tourism
• The future of the Dojo Bar
• And much more

Find more information on Bujin TV here - www.bujin.tv or contact James through Facebook

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How to Grow and Sustain a Successful Adults Karate Program

Tips from Cheyne and Reece on Building and Keeping Adult Students

Motive for training

• First we need to identify the main reasons for training to see if we cater 
• The Influence of Karate Kid from the 80s onwards & now Cobra Kai
• Childhood curiosity/passion - ex members wish they never gave up!

Build a separate syllabus 

• The need to differentiate from Kids Karate - 
• Curriculum needs to be based on Self-Defence and Fitness

Structuring the class 

• Separating Adult Class
• Family Class

Building a community

• BJJ has a fantastic approach to building community and friendships, we need to emulate this feature
• Create a community by having once a term activities - bowling, dinner, pubs, paintball 
• Having a Facebook group where members can interact - this will only continue to develop, and members becoming friends on FB and interacting with each other

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KARATE OVER COFFEE PODCAST - EPISODE 2 

"Why You Can't Do it All Yourself and Need a Team"

This podcast will focus on how to build the right team of Instructors for your Dojo

- Realising when you can't do it all yourself:

Burn out and what it looks like

- Why it is SUPER important to have a team:

Having the ability to not go to work everyday

Working on the business, and not in the business

- How to build a strong team:

Identify potential instructors from their very first lesson

What characteristics and personalities suit best

Current job/study workload

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