NEWS:

KEVIN SECOURS SEMINAR AT AZEM'S LAKES REGION SYSTEMA ACADEMY, NEW HAMPSHIRE (APRIL 10th and 11th, 2010)

NEW DEFENSIVE TACTICS CLASSES

NEW ARTICLE IN MEIBUKAN

VLADIMIR VASILIEV SEMINAR MARCH 2010

!!NEW DVD!!--"THE COMBAT CLINCH"




I take my role as a teacher very seriously. In my 28 years in the fighting arts, I’ve seen a lot of instructors who perform their style very well, but who just don’t know how to share that knowledge with students. There’s a big difference between a talented practitioner and a good teacher. My ability may initially attract a student to our school, but in the end, it's my ability to increase your own skill levels that matters most of all.

I believe that an effective teacher must constantly develop both their martial and instructional skills. As a university-trained educator, I’ve worked in the public and private sector in a variety of academic fields. I also have over 14 years of experience as a corporate trainer. From these opportunities, I’ve learned the importance of planning every lesson that I teach. The fact is, it’s difficult for people to make the time to train. Students make sacrifices to show up at class. When they walk through my door, I want them to know that their time will be well spent and that they’ve made an important investment in themselves that will benefit them for a long time to come. I commit to them as I do to you, to share my knowledge in the most energetic, generous and concise way that I know and to support, cultivate and and sustain the motivation to train. In the end, the key to success is to bolster the motivation to learn, since education is a process and not an event.