You may have heard of Vision Personal Training and know it to be Australia’s largest Personal Training Studio Franchise Network—you’d be right, but like many success stories, Vision started with…
Why students quit Jiu Jitsu and how leaders can help prevent this.
So why do kids and adults quit Jiu Jitsu? Learning is a messy, organic process. Everyone learns at a different pace. One common factor in learning anything however is that hard work…
Looking for a win-win for your association AND your members?
By Colin Walker Name an industry or cause, and it likely has an association in place representing its members. Associations have been around for many years, but their modes of…
Tips for reviewing your training products
By John Dwyer, Velg Training consultant According to the Users’ Guide to the Standards for RTOs 2015, Appendix 1 Glossary, training products are materials associated with any: “AQF qualification, skill…
How to Deal with Bullying in your Martial Arts School
Childhood can be a particularly hard time as children find their place in the world and bullying is an issue especially relevant to martial arts schools because of the nature…
Grow your client base quickly and easily
Grow your client base quickly and easily Do you find marketing strategies overwhelmingly complicated? If so, you’re not alone. However, building a personal training client base doesn’t need to be…
Leadership: going beyond the superficial
In 1997, literary critic F R Leavis wrote that society tends to concentrate attention on the ‘convenient’ problems and so rejects the real solutions. You might agree the observation still…
We can’t hear for all the “SHOUTING!!!”
As I began writing this first blog post for 2016, I wondered how the first six weeks of the year had flown by so quickly. My Mum always used to…
Opening a new fitness club? How to ensure revenue flows from day one.
Opening a ‘bricks and mortar’ fitness business is no mean feat. An incredible volume of planning, hard work, courage and money is required before you can even welcome your first…
Sustain your childcare business
In today’s economic climate, the challenges may seem greater than ever to sustain your childcare business. It is essential to deliver a high quality education and care program for children…