These are the standards Martial Arts Wealth Mastery teaches member schools about enrolling students, renewing them and writing agreements. They come from Grand Master Stephen Oliver’s books and coaching, and from the Mile High Karate schools he founded in 1983.<\/p>\n
Critics have described school-business coaching as a blueprint for the “McDojo.” These nine articles answer the three main criticisms in full.<\/p>\n
No. Members are taught to evaluate before quoting a price, to bring every decision-maker into the conversation, to use only real deadlines and to state every term in writing. Stephen Oliver has written that sales without customer service leads to “mediocrity or self-destruction in the long run.”<\/p>\n
No. New families start on a Trial Enrollment, roughly a quarter of the way to black belt. Longer Black Belt and Leadership programs are goals a family chooses later, after it has experience and the student qualifies.<\/p>\n
No. The trial enrollment is a goal-setting instrument, not a legal one. Members are taught to focus on getting the student back to class, to handle hardship individually and to follow state cancellation rules.<\/p>\n
No. Members are taught to keep a written standard for every rank, to pre-test before every belt test and to keep rank completely separate from payment.<\/p>\n
Last reviewed October 11, 2026.<\/em><\/p>\n