Articles by Jeff Curry

  Confessions of a Failed Martial Arts School Owner – Part 3 Echoes of kaiais bounced off the white walls of the fourteen-hundred square foot strip-mall box situated between a liquor store and a dry cleaner business. With every count I shouted in Hangul, the half-a-dozen tiny voices roared with [Read More]

Confessions of a Failed Martial Arts School Owner – Part 2 The martial arts industry is a very interesting place to build a business. There is no shortage of “consultants” seeking your money in exchange for “programs” and “strategies” that “work.” They inundate you with free “trainings” of nebulous information, [Read More]

Confessions of a Failed Martial Arts School Owner: Part One Lifting the red and black puzzle mats off the floor, revealing the empty and imperfect vinyl imitation hardwood floor is more painful the second time around. While they only had students on them for a total of eighteen months over [Read More]

Perseverance and Indomitable Spirit Throughout my forty-two years on this planet, I have experienced many successes and even more failures than I would have ever thought possible. Having taken the time this year to reflect and take inventory on my past, in hopes to shape my present and future, I [Read More]

Traditional Martial Arts – Filling in the Gaps I was listening to a martial arts podcast last week while I was on the treadmill and I heard a line that really struck a chord in me. The line was essentially a statement by a traditional martial artist that said he [Read More]