How a Martial Artist Built His School to Nearly 1000 Members
b'Welcome to another edition of the Martial Arts Business Podcast, in this episode your host Gordon interviews martial arts supremo and owner of Pro Action Martial Arts & Fitness Tom Nicholson. Former champion Tom has built his school to nearly 1000 members over 15 schools.\\nGordon and Tom discuss the need for schools to come together and that no matter where you are in your martial arts business journey you can learn more. Be prepared to put your \\u2018white belt\\u2019 on every day and improve your business. Discover how to grow, network and become accountable and take your business to the next level.\\nTom shares with you his journey over the last 16 years and he has built an empire of 15 schools and nearly 1000 members. Gordon and Tom dive into the fundamentals of developing your business and how you too can turn your passion for martial arts into an empire.\\nKEY TAKEAWAYS\\nPro Action Martial Arts\\nStarted in September 2002 and now has 15 schools across the UK.\\n8 Franchise schools\\n6 satellite schools\\n1 Main gym spanning 5000 square ft.\\n20 members of the instructor team\\nGordon: What tips what you give to people trying to set up schools in multiple locations?\\nTom: The first thing is to be really crystal clear on your purpose and the systems will build around that. Systemise as much as you can and welcome technology. Try to find out what your people, your customers want and serve them, when you achieve that you will grow.\\nBEST MOMENTS\\n \\n\\u201cI\\u2019m just loving teaching and sharing it, school owners need to come together. We teach loyalty and respect and we need to come together in groups and have a fantastic time doing what we love, teaching martial arts.\\u201d\\n\\u201cI do what I love teaching martial arts, so it doesn\\u2019t feel like I have a job.\\u201d\\n\\u201cI\\u2019ve always been focused on sharing my passion, the byproduct of that has been the creation of a fantastic business.\\u201d\\n\\u201cPut your white belt on every day. You should always be learning and consistently become more. You\\u2019re at your best when you\\u2019re learning and growing.\\u201d\\n\\u201cDon\\u2019t be scared to network and bring other people in to help with your business. Leverage out the tasks you don\\u2019t know how to do.\\u201d\\n \\nVALUABLE RESOURCES\\nThe Business of Martial Arts -\\nhttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Business-Martial-Arts-Gordon-Burcham/dp/1999972007\\nMartial Arts Business Mastery Community -\\nhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/1564691497166100/\\nPro Action Martial Arts\\nhttps://www.martialartslessons.co.uk/\\nABOUT THE HOST\\nGordon Burcham is a best selling author, 3 x World martial arts champion and award-winning Martial arts school owner. He has helped 1000\\u2019s of Martial arts schools grow and has over 20 years experience running martial arts schools.\\nGordon has been training, teaching, and working in the Martial Arts industry for nearly twenty-five years. After earning his first black belt, he went on to win three consecutive World Titles against guys half his age. In 1998, in the midst of his competitive career, he launched his own dojo which still runs today. After retiring from the competitions, he decided to focus more on helping others in the MA business while still running his club.\\nBurcham has trained with industry giants like Alfie Lewis and developed his street-smart business attitude working with top business coaches. He is now considered one of the foremost authorities on peak performance in the business side of the MA industry. He has proven his techniques work through the transformation in his own personal life, athletic career, and business as well as those of his coaching clients. Burcham teaches that success is the result of forming good habits and moving forward.\\nHe is a real-life success story going from bullied school kid to earning multiple world titles, and his MA school is currently one of the most successful in the UK. Gordon loves self-development and helping others, enjoys travel and family time. He is now learning how to fly planes and pursuing a speaking career!\\nLearn How to Become Black belt in Business.\\nLearn -Devel'