Ying And Yang With Chris Jones
b"In this episode, Gordon discusses the ying and yang of martial arts and the really cool people with Chris Jones fellow Martial Arts Podcaster. Chris shares his journey and they discuss where next for the Martial Arts Business. Listen in to find out more.\\nKEY TAKEAWAYS\\nWhere did it all start for Chris Jones?\\nI saw people going to Martial Arts classes and people on television I attended an MA demonstration and never looked back.\\nA career as a stunt man\\nI was captured by the performance element of Martial Arts and sent lots of videos out and it resulted in some fantastic opportunities.\\nAfter my son was born my priorities changed and I didn\\u2019t want to be away from family\\nOnline for Martial Arts\\nPeople had been asking me to do it for a long time. I just needed to get out of my own way\\nI was worried about being judged but far more people have contacted me to say it has helped them.\\nI decided I needed to have a video record of everything I could do, so it\\u2019s there forever. The only thing that stopped me was fear of being judged but you need to create assets for yourself and get it online for the future.\\nThe online videos were originally intended to help people see how they could do things if they had experienced an injury. It\\u2019s now developed into a starting point for people.\\nWhere do you think Martial Arts worldwide is going?\\nIt\\u2019s at a turning point, the internet is a great thing and has made things much more transparent in the industry.\\nThere is something out there for everybody so it\\u2019s just about positive growth.\\nWhat does martial arts look like in 10 years?\\nPeople can be scared by the terms professionalism and customer service, sometimes people feel you\\u2019re losing the essence of your art.\\nWithin the next ten years schools need to embrace the same approaches as other industries.\\nBEST MOMENTS\\n\\u2018The best people earn the least\\u2019\\n\\u2018It\\u2019s all starting to come together\\u2019\\n\\u2018I saw myself as the karate kid\\u2019\\n'I was making videos of myself and sending them off'\\n\\u2018Either to enjoy it or to learn from it\\u2019\\n\\u2018People have got this hunger for it\\u2019\\n'Good opportunity for Martial Arts'\\n\\u2018This is how I\\u2019ve changed to be able to do the things I want to do\\u2019\\n\\u2018People can research things more\\u2019\\n'Sometimes although our motives are good it can create negativity\\u2019\\n'We need to be that positive beacon of awesomeness'\\nVALUABLE RESOURCES\\nhttp://www.mabusinessmastery.com/ \\nwww.facebook.com/onlinekicking.co.uk/\\nhttps://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/kick-back-with-chris-martial-arts-podcast/id1393047361?mt=2\\nABOUT THE HOST\\nGordon Burcham is the bestselling 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\\u2019 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 a bullied school kid to earning multiple world titles, with his MA school 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"