Your diagnosis was the map. Coaching is the journey.

Thank you for your Most Valuable Hour

Thank you for spending an hour with Jeff Smith and me. In that hour we looked at the four numbers that decide the future of every martial arts school, BJJ academy and MMA gym: how long your students stay, what each student is worth, how efficiently your marketing brings in new families, and how many of those families enroll.

A diagnosis tells you where you are and what is in the way. It does not, by itself, change anything. Change comes from putting the right systems in place, one at a time, with someone looking over your shoulder who has done it before and will tell you the truth. That is what our ongoing coaching program does, month after month.

At our second meeting we will decide together whether Martial Arts Wealth Mastery is the right next step for you. If your spouse or a business partner is part of decisions like this, please share this page with them and invite them to join us.

My promise: we only accept members we believe can earn at least a ten-to-one return on the time and money they invest with us. If we don’t believe that is true for you, we will tell you so.

Grand Master Stephen Oliver, MBA, 10th Degree Black Belt
Founder and CEO, Mile High Karate and Martial Arts Wealth Mastery

It is not about more stuff

You are already buried in emails, videos and advice. What you need is more of the right students, students who stay longer, more revenue per student and more net profit. Martial Arts Wealth Mastery gives your business what you had in your own martial arts training: a mentor-coach who sees the small details, and a powerful peer group of owners who are just as motivated as you are.

How we work together

Your first 90 days

The four levers

Retention: keep families training through Black Belt and beyond, so martial arts becomes a lifestyle, not a short-term experiment. In top schools, that student can be worth $20,000 or more over a lifetime. Student value: professional pricing, real programs and upgrades. Marketing efficiency: a multi-pillar system that brings in the right families every month. Enrollment ratio: a professional, transparent enrollment process that holds up at volume. The four levers multiply, which is how single-location schools reach $1,000,000 or more a year.

Three schools, three business models

Phas3 Muay Thai · Ben Brown

$16,000 → $59,000 a month

3.7 times growth in six months: enrollment process, follow-up systems and premium pricing on top of an already strong mat culture.

Bam Bam Martial Arts, Houston · Scott and Brandi Sullivan

$1.3 million a year

From roughly $24,000 a month to $1.3 million a year, with about 63% net margin and roughly 355 active BJJ students.

TM Martial Arts · Tim Harrison

Six-figure months

Tripled revenue to consistent six-figure months through retention, renewals and staff development systems.

Results shown are real, attributed client results. Individual results vary. Your outcome depends on your market, your effort and your starting point.

Your coaching team

Founder and CEO

Grand Master Stephen Oliver, MBA

10th Degree Black Belt. School owner since 1975, business coach since 1985. Built Mile High Karate to over $1,700,000 a year, about $5,200,000 in today’s dollars, before age 25. CEO and Chairman of NAPMA and Publisher of Martial Arts Professional.

Chief of Instruction

Grand Master Jeff Smith

10th Degree Black Belt. PKA World Light Heavyweight Champion from 1974 to 1980, first recipient of the Bruce Lee Award, founder of Jeff Smith Karate in 1981 and a multi-school millionaire.

8th Degree Black Belt

Chief Master Greg Moody, PhD

ATA Instructor of the Year 2000, licensed therapist, owner of KarateBuilt Martial Arts, author of 20 books, with more than 18,000 students taught.

National Director

Bob Dunne

Your first call, your member walk-through, and your connection to the right coach and resource at the right time.

Plus performance coach Lee Milteer, technology lead Marek Gahura, MSE, and service coordinator Jennifer Thompson. The full biographies are in the PDF guide.

Is this right for you?

Our coaching program is for growth-oriented, full-time school owners, usually grossing $200,000 a year or more, who are ready to double, triple or quadruple their net income. It is not a lifeboat. Our rules for acceptance: a proven willingness to “empty your cup,” a willingness to share with fellow members and keep their information confidential, honesty and integrity, sincerity in developing students, and a willingness to implement aggressively. And, to be frank, we have a “no jerks” rule. If your school is under 100 students, ask us about the Small School Accelerator.

Before our second meeting

• Download and read the full guide, including the worksheet for your own numbers.
• Bring every decision-maker. Spouse, active or passive partners: please include them on the call.
• Write down your three goals for the next 12 months.
• Write down your questions. We cover the investment in the second meeting, once we both know the fit is right.

Results described on this page are real results from individual members and are not typical or guaranteed. Your results depend on your market, your effort and your starting point.