{"id":5236,"date":"2026-06-29T00:44:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T00:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martialartswealth.com\/go\/case-study-sebastian-underwater-to-85k-per-month\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T01:35:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T01:35:13","slug":"case-study-sebastian-underwater-to-85k-per-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martialartswealth.com\/go\/case-study-sebastian-underwater-to-85k-per-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Case Study: How Sebastian Mejias Took Samurai Inti Martial Arts From Underwater to $85,000 a Month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 1200 300\" width=\"100%\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:10px;display:block\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Case study: Sebastian Mejias, Samurai Inti Martial Arts, Frisco TX reached $85,000 a month with nearly 300 students\"><rect width=\"1200\" height=\"300\" fill=\"#1a1a1a\"\/><rect width=\"1200\" height=\"10\" fill=\"#b8862b\"\/><rect x=\"70\" y=\"66\" width=\"8\" height=\"168\" fill=\"#b8862b\"\/><text x=\"104\" y=\"82\" fill=\"#d9a93a\" font-family=\"Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\" font-size=\"21\" font-weight=\"700\" letter-spacing=\"3\">CASE STUDY &#183; MARTIAL ARTS WEALTH MASTERY<\/text><text x=\"100\" y=\"162\" fill=\"#ffffff\" font-family=\"Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\" font-size=\"76\" font-weight=\"800\">$85,000 \/ month<\/text><text x=\"104\" y=\"206\" fill=\"#b4ac9c\" font-family=\"Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\" font-size=\"30\">From underwater to nearly 300 students<\/text><text x=\"104\" y=\"262\" fill=\"#ffffff\" font-family=\"Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\" font-size=\"27\" font-weight=\"700\">Sebastian Mejias <tspan fill=\"#d9a93a\" font-weight=\"400\">&#183; Samurai Inti Martial Arts &#183; Frisco, TX<\/tspan><\/text><\/svg>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-medium_large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"697\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martialartswealth.com\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Sebstian-Mejias.png?resize=768%2C697&#038;quality=80&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sebastian Mejias, founder and chief instructor of Samurai Inti Martial Arts in Frisco, TX\" class=\"wp-image-5253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martialartswealth.com\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Sebstian-Mejias.png?resize=768%2C697&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martialartswealth.com\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Sebstian-Mejias.png?resize=300%2C272&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martialartswealth.com\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Sebstian-Mejias.png?resize=1030%2C935&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 1030w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martialartswealth.com\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Sebstian-Mejias.png?resize=705%2C640&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 705w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martialartswealth.com\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Sebstian-Mejias.png?w=1060&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 1060w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-image__caption\">Sebastian Mejias, founder and chief instructor of Samurai Inti Martial Arts &#8212; Frisco, TX.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After 23 years in martial arts and 11 years running his own school, Sebastian Mejias &#8212; founder and chief instructor of Samurai Inti Martial Arts in Frisco, Texas &#8212; looked like a success story from the outside. He had built his program to roughly 200 students and, in his words, &#8220;thought I was rocking it out.&#8221; Then he did what many confident owners do at that stage: he rented the space next door and hired a superstar coach. His bills doubled, his income fell, and he spent a long time underwater. This is the case study of how he turned that around with the Martial Arts Wealth Mastery systems &#8212; growing from about $25,000 a month to a reported $85,000 a month and nearly 300 students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a coaching case study based on owner-reported figures, shared in the member&#8217;s own words. As with our other case studies, the numbers are presented as reported, and your results will depend on your market, your pricing, and how consistently you follow the system.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Watch Sebastian&#8217;s Story<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_90089\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"  data-origwidth=\"800\" data-origheight=\"450\"  data-relstop=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b_eXKzKVRZw?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Starting Point<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By year eight of ownership, Sebastian had about 200 students at Samurai Inti Martial Arts and the respect of his community. By every outward measure he was winning. So he expanded &#8212; a second space, a star coach, more overhead. Almost immediately the math turned against him. &#8220;Next thing you know, my bills doubled and my income went down,&#8221; he recalled. &#8220;I was underwater for a very long time.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the starting point of our coaching relationship, the school was grossing roughly $22,000 to $25,000 a month, with a lucky month reaching $30,000. The expansion had added cost far faster than it added paying students &#8212; the classic growth trap that pulls strong schools under.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Diagnosis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The hardest problem was not on the balance sheet &#8212; it was in the mirror. &#8220;We martial artists talk about being humble, but sometimes we&#8217;re not,&#8221; Sebastian admitted. He had been running almost no program structure and avoiding investment, believing that keeping things simple and cheap would attract more people. &#8220;I was very, very wrong.&#8221; He had to, in his words, take a look within, shut his mouth, and follow directions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three issues showed up immediately, and they are the same ones we see in plateaued schools everywhere:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Underpricing built on self-perception.<\/strong> He judged his tuition from his own perspective rather than the student&#8217;s, and competed on being cheap.<\/li><li><strong>No real program structure.<\/strong> Simplicity had been mistaken for accessibility, leaving nothing for students to commit to or progress through.<\/li><li><strong>No organized marketing.<\/strong> Growth was left to chance rather than systems.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When he enrolled, Grandmaster Jeff Smith gave him a frame he never forgot: this is no different from earning a black belt &#8212; it is a black belt in your business. What does that take? Commitment, perseverance, the willingness to accept constructive criticism, and, as Sebastian put it, &#8220;big-boy pants.&#8221; He decided he had those.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Systems We Installed<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1. Confident, value-based pricing.<\/strong> &#8220;The first thing we all had to do was build the courage to raise the prices.&#8221; He wishes he had done it sooner. The block was never the market &#8212; it was believing he was worth it. As demand and confidence grew, he raised prices again. His average revenue per student climbed to about $297.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2. Leading with character development.<\/strong> What actually drives enrollment is not a &#8220;perfect&#8221; curriculum &#8212; it is conviction. He stopped selling kicks, punches, and nunchucks and started selling transformation: &#8220;This is a way of life. It will change your kid.&#8221; Formalizing the character-development piece &#8212; something martial artists already embody but rarely organize &#8212; got the wheel turning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>3. Internal marketing first.<\/strong> With no budget for ads, he started inside his own dojo. Using the program&#8217;s &#8220;referral machine,&#8221; he pinpointed his best students &#8212; the kind he wanted more of &#8212; then gave them passes, birthday parties, and incentives to bring friends. That internal momentum grew enrollment and, just as importantly, his confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>4. Restructuring for retention and scale.<\/strong> Eventually he had so many white belts that he had to filter people in and completely restructure his schedule. He balanced the only formula that grows a school: more students coming in than going out. Selfless service &#8212; including online classes &#8212; earned the school 200 five-star reviews in a couple of months, making it the obvious choice in town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Results<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to owner-reported figures, Samurai Inti Martial Arts grew from roughly $25,000 a month to about $85,000 a month, scaling from around 200 students to nearly 300 active students at an average revenue per student of about $297. At that scale the school is on a clear trajectory toward $1 million a year &#8212; a black belt in business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sebastian joined in 2019, a year before COVID. When the shutdown came, the school was still far from where the coaching was pointing it &#8212; and that, paradoxically, became the opportunity. &#8220;When we actually closed, that did us a favor, because we were able to restructure everything completely. We reopened a different dojo.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>The beginning is the hardest. It&#8217;s like pushing a cart &#8212; at first you have to push yourself to do what they&#8217;re telling you. Then little by little you get enough momentum to believe you can do it.<\/p><cite>Sebastian Mejias, Samurai Inti Martial Arts &#8212; Frisco, TX<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lessons for Other School Owners<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>You are almost certainly underpriced.<\/strong> The barrier to raising tuition is rarely the market &#8212; it is your own belief about your worth.<\/li><li><strong>Sell the transformation, not the techniques.<\/strong> Character development is what parents actually buy. Organize it and lead with it.<\/li><li><strong>Mine your existing students before buying ads.<\/strong> A structured referral system turns your best families into your best marketing.<\/li><li><strong>Coachability beats experience.<\/strong> Twenty-three years in the arts meant nothing until he was willing to follow the roadmap.<\/li><li><strong>Momentum compounds.<\/strong> The hardest push is at the start; consistency makes growth feel inevitable.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who is Sebastian Mejias and where is Samurai Inti Martial Arts?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sebastian Mejias is the founder and chief instructor of Samurai Inti Martial Arts, located at 7410 Preston Rd, Suite 105, Frisco, TX 75034. A 23-year martial artist, he grew the school from roughly $25,000 a month to a reported $85,000 a month and nearly 300 students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How much can a martial arts school realistically grow with coaching?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this case the school grew from roughly $25,000 a month to a reported $85,000 a month &#8212; about 3x &#8212; and from around 200 to nearly 300 active students at an average of about $297 per student. Results are owner-reported and vary by market, pricing, and effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What was the first thing this owner changed?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He raised his tuition prices, having underpriced for years, then formally structured character development into the program. Confident pricing plus a clear path were the first levers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How did the school get new students without a marketing budget?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Internal marketing first. Using a &#8220;referral machine,&#8221; he rewarded his best students with passes, birthday parties, and incentives to bring friends &#8212; growing enrollment before spending on ads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Did closing during COVID hurt the school?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It helped. The closure created time to fully restructure using the coaching system, add online classes, and reopen stronger and better organized &#8212; a period that produced 200 five-star reviews in a couple of months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Stephen Oliver, MBA, 10th Degree Black Belt.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related Reading<\/h3>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/martialartswealth.com\/go\/case-study-heidi-seattle-single-mom-85k-month\/\">Single Mom to $85,000 a Month: Heidi Gilbert \/ Elevate Martial Arts<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/martialartswealth.com\/go\/krista-wells-mercer-island-pricing-renewal-case-study\/\">From the $700Ks to $1.2 Million: Krista Wells \/ Mercer Island Martial Arts<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/martialartswealth.com\/go\/bam-bam-martial-arts-houston-million-dollar-case-study\/\">From $7.42 to $1.3 Million: Scott &amp; Brandi Sullivan \/ Bam Bam Martial Arts<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/martialartswealth.com\/go\/grow\/case-studies\/\">All Martial Arts School Case Studies<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the Author<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Stephen Oliver, MBA and 10th Degree Black Belt<\/strong> &#8212; Founder and CEO of Mile High Karate and Martial Arts Wealth Mastery, CEO of NAPMA (National Association of Professional Martial Artists), and Publisher of <em>Martial Arts Professional<\/em> magazine. A martial arts school owner since 1975, he and his coaching team &#8212; including Grandmaster Jeff Smith and Dr. Greg Moody &#8212; have helped owners build $1M+ schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Free Resources to Grow Your School<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ready to add your next 100 students? 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