Ying And Yang With Chris Jones

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.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

Where did it all start for Chris Jones?

I saw people going to Martial Arts classes and people on television I attended an MA demonstration and never looked back.

A career as a stunt man

I was captured by the performance element of Martial Arts and sent lots of videos out and it resulted in some fantastic opportunities.

After my son was born my priorities changed and I didn’t want to be away from family

Online for Martial Arts

People had been asking me to do it for a long time. I just needed to get out of my own way

I was worried about being judged but far more people have contacted me to say it has helped them.

I decided I needed to have a video record of everything I could do, so it’s 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.

The online videos were originally intended to help people see how they could do things if they had experienced an injury. It’s now developed into a starting point for people.

Where do you think Martial Arts worldwide is going?

It’s at a turning point, the internet is a great thing and has made things much more transparent in the industry.

There is something out there for everybody so it’s just about positive growth.

What does martial arts look like in 10 years?

People can be scared by the terms professionalism and customer service, sometimes people feel you’re losing the essence of your art.

Within the next ten years schools need to embrace the same approaches as other industries.

BEST MOMENTS

‘The best people earn the least’

‘It’s all starting to come together’

‘I saw myself as the karate kid’

'I was making videos of myself and sending them off'

‘Either to enjoy it or to learn from it’

‘People have got this hunger for it’

'Good opportunity for Martial Arts'

‘This is how I’ve changed to be able to do the things I want to do’

‘People can research things more’

'Sometimes although our motives are good it can create negativity’

'We need to be that positive beacon of awesomeness'

VALUABLE RESOURCES

http://www.mabusinessmastery.com/

www.facebook.com/onlinekicking.co.uk/

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/kick-back-with-chris-martial-arts-podcast/id1393047361?mt=2

ABOUT THE HOST

Gordon Burcham is the bestselling author, 3 x World martial arts champion and award-winning Martial arts school owner. He has helped 1000’s of Martial arts schools grow and has over 20 years’ experience running martial arts schools.

Gordon 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.

Burcham 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.

He 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 speaking career!

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