The Level Up Lounge: Martial Arts Business & Training Talk

The Level Up Lounge is Back! Season 2 kicks off with an interview of one of the best personal trainers on the planet, Jamal Hamid. Jamal has trained UFC fighters, Professional Boxers, Hall of Fame Athletes, and average joes like me.

He shares his powerful story of how he went from a young kid obsessed with fitness to one of the top trainers in the country. If you are an entrepreneur of any kind, you will want to listen to this episode to find out how you can fit daily workouts into your crazy schedule.

And…

As always, a special “Punch in the Face” segment that will help you to break through your limitations and start kicking ass.

As always, Jadi and I provide an educational and entertaining interview experience! As two martial arts instructors that travel around to many different schools, we see the GOOD, the BAD, and the UGLY! In this episode, we discuss the five most common mistakes that we see in the martial arts classroom and we tease our brand new Fix Your Floor training course. 

Chris Casamassa legit drops the 🎤 on lazy school owners in this episode!

You have to hear it for yourself. No fluff or sugar coating, Chris just tells it likes it is. 

Chris and I have been friends for a few years now and I absolutely love how he challenges school owners to change their habits and get their stuff together.

Here are some of the topics that we discuss:

- Using birthday parties to generate leads

- Making quality on the mat the #1 priority

- Lazy school owners who don't practice what they preach

- Chris's journey from martial artist to action star and how it happened.

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Who is Chris Casmassa?

Multi-School Owner, Business Coach, Actor, Best Selling Author, and Creator of Kick n' Fit Kidz and B90Z Birthday Parties.

This episode is 🔥. We sit down with the coach of the most recognized Demo Team in the World, Mike Welch of Team Infinity.

Not only is Mike a top level coach and athlete but he is also an extremely successful school owner with 6 Infinity Martial Arts Locations. 

Discover the coaching secrets that has helped Mike to take his team's training to a whole different level and how you can implement these tips in your school.

Do you have a brand or is your culture bland?

I am super stoked to sit down with Ed Turney as we discuss how to build a brand for your school in a very special way.

- Creating your brand's story

- Getting creative with your content

- Using story telling to create a special experience for your black belts

- Defining your school's vision

& More!!

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🏅 Why You Struggle to Have a Championship Mindset 🏅

This is the episode of all episodes! BJJ legend and pioneer, Carlos Machado joins the Level Up Lounge and we talk:

- That time he was choked out by Chuck Norris

- Champion Mindset vs. Student Mindset

- Setting up White Belts to Succeed

- Chill Zone vs. Kill Zone

- Preventing Injury when Training

- Keeping Your Passion for MA Alive

& More!

Why You are Failing at Video Marketing

Video Marketing Expert, Christopher Perilli joins me in the lounge to diagnose why most martial arts schools are failing with their video marketing. 

Listen and Discover:

-How to turn your 📲 into the ultimate video marketing machine

-The best equipment to take videos on your phone to the next level 📹

-Why video marketing is the best way to reach your audience 

-How to address the pain points of your prospective clients

As always, we end with our famous 

🤜“PUNCH IN THE FACE” 🤛

segment and we answer…

What is the Perceived Value in Your Martial Arts School?

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How to grow your kids program to 200 students, balancing work-life, and the craziest story you will ever hear about Tim Credeur's hardest hits that he has every taken!

Former UFC fighter and uber successful entrepreneur joins us in the lounge and dishes on what helped him grow his kids program to 200 students and his school to 500 students, and a great story about how Tim was able to rise from nothing to being one of the most successful school owners in the country!

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How important is it to listen to this episode? If you are an entrepreneur, it is a MUST LISTEN as Nick D shares with us his insights on finding the "right" information, taking personal responsibility as a school owner, developing personal systems, stats that you should be focusing on and.....

We play a little game called, "Tell me what you think of this person in the martial arts industry"

Nick D shares his thoughts on:

Stephen Oliver
Melody Shuman
Roland Osborne
Dave Kovar
Jadi Tention
Mike Parrella &
Brannon Beliso 

YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS THIS!

My good friend, Stephen Reinstein, joins us in the lounge for an in-depth discussion on all things web related. Stephen gives us all sorts of knowledge including:

• Biggest mistakes with your website
• Common Facebook ad performance issues
• The keys to a website that sells
• The best social media platform to use besides Facebook
• When & how often to post
• and so much more!

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