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What makes you different from other martial art instructors?

In the world of martial arts, students and instructors generally focus their time and energy on one or more of the following areas:

1. Tradition.
2. Sport.
3. Self-Defense.
4. Health/Fitness.
5. Fighting

When I teach, I primarily focus on SKILL and ATTRIBUTE development as they relate to self-defense, fitness, and fighting (i.e. combatives, arrest & control, defensive tactics, street fighting, etc.). Now, I do have a few students who compete in BJJ, grappling, and MMA tournaments, but even in preparation for those events, we focus on skill and attribute development as they relate to competition. Here’s an example:

In preparation for two upcoming BJJ tournaments, I prepared one of my white belt students by teaching him:

• A couple of conditioning exercises (so that he’d have energy in the later matches)

• A couple of throws (to put his opponents on their backs)

• A couple of guard passing techniques mixed with a couple of “milestone” training methods (to gain points and get to a primary position)

• A couple of side mount (i.e. side control/100 kilos) controls

• A couple of high-percentage submissions (to increase his success percentages)

With two months of preparation, he took first place in both tournaments. He took his opponents down, passed their guards, controlled them from the side mount position, and then finished them with a high-percentage submission – The Americana!

NOTE: Did you notice that the training only focused on eight (8) techniques? What made the student successful was (A) the simplicity of the plan, (B) his work, and (C) the methods I taught him on HOW to practice, and more specifically WHAT to train – because technique training alone doesn’t get the job done!

LET ME ASK YOU: Have you been taught HOW to practice as well as HOW and WHAT to train? If you haven’t, you’re missing out on some really good info that will help you gain skills quicker and more efficiently!

If any or all of this sounds like something you’d be interested in learning, send an email to ro*@ro*******.com and let’s talk!

What styles of martial art do you teach?

I’ve been involved in the hands-on training of twenty-seven (27) styles of martial art over the past 43 years. Here are the names of the primary styles I present to my clients/students:

Concerning all of the styles of martial arts mentioned earlier, where do you teach them?

I teach at the following locations:

1. At my private training facility in San Diego, CA.

2. At clients’ homes throughout Southern California (i.e. San Diego, Orange, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Imperial Counties)

3. At local, national, and international seminars. To date, I have taught 793 seminars in 24 countries.

If you’d be interested in training with me, send an email to ro*@ro*******.com and let’s talk!

Where are the locations where you teach private lessons, and what are the costs involved?

Over the years, I’ve taught private lessons in the following locations:

 • Clients’ homes
• Clients’ places of business (e.g. airports, malls, offices, etc.)
• My academies
• Public parks

Here are the costs associated with private lesson training with me:

• Instructor-based – $1000 an hour ($600 for 30 min, $325 for 15 min) These are where I teach you the concepts, principles, practice, and training methods for greater understanding! Then you demonstrate your understanding and abilities on the mats.

• Skill-based – $400 an hour ($225 for 30 minutes, $150 for 15 min) These are the deeper levels of instruction that involve tons of details as well as the practice and training methods that help you gain measurable skills in as little as 2 weeks.

• Verbal consultations – $250 an hour ($150 for 30 minutes, $100 for 15 min) These are sessions where you present problems/challenges/difficulties, I present various solutions, and together we discuss which ones are best for you.

• Technique-based – $200 an hour ($125 for 30 minutes, $80 for 15 min) These are sessions where you ask specific technique questions, I answer your questions and then you practice.

• Online w/mats & training partner – $200 an hour ($125 for 30 minutes, $80 for 15 min) These are sessions just like the “technique-based” lessons.

• Online by yourself, no training – $1000 an hour or any part thereof. These are sessions where you are by yourself, you ask questions about techniques and/or difficult situations, I answer your questions and you take notes!

NOTE: In the past, I’ve had prospective clients tell me my prices were too high. I usually responded by saying something like this:

“I can understand. You see a bunch of money leaving your wallet and think to yourself, ‘There’s nothing worth that kind of money!’ Let me give you two examples to ponder:

ONE
“In the space of one hour, I can teach you a handful of techniques on how to neutralize and escape straight arm locks from inside an opponent’s guard, as well as on the bottom of the side and front mount positions. I can also teach you HOW TO PRACTICE and TRAIN these techniques so that your skill levels will significantly increase in just two weeks. And, I will teach you how to measure your abilities – on your own. Finally, I will guarantee you a certain skill level after just two weeks of training on your own, as well as another – and a much higher – skill level after 45-60 days of training. All of these would add up to (A) never going to the hospital again because your elbow was severely hyperextended in class by that athletic and aggressive purple belt, (B) not having to pay a co-payment on your insurance, (C) not having to miss any days at work because of the injury, (D) not having to miss important family functions because you’re healing, and (E) feeling more confident in the above-mentioned inferior positions. So, are you telling me that this kind of information and training wouldn’t be worth a one-time fee of $400?”

Long story short, each of them signed up for a half-hour private lesson! And, at the end of the lesson, they were VERY happy!

TWO
I remember teaching two lessons to two individuals. The lessons themselves weren’t memorable but what happened afterward was!

One individual was an out-of-town police officer. After finishing his lesson (which focused on fighting multiple assailants), he and his girlfriend went to a popular area of San Diego to hang out and relax. Unfortunately for them, they ended up being jumped by three guys. Fresh from his class, this out-of-town police officer (who didn’t have his weapon with him) sprung into action. With the proper mindsets he’d learned, he performed the three techniques I had shared with him – all within a few seconds of each other. Down went two assailants – with the third looking on trying to decide if he was going to do anything. Fortunately, this guy ran off and the off-duty and his girlfriend ran to their car and left the area!

Another individual took a series of private lessons on heightened awareness and a few defensive techniques. As his work took him to foreign countries often, he ended up using his new heightened awareness to leave an area before a riot took place. When he got back to his hotel room, the news of the riot in the stadium where he was was all over the evening news.

So, here are some important questions to answer:

1. How much is your health and safety worth? $10? $20? $50? $1000? $10,000?
2. What is the difference in value between learning 5-10 visually appealing techniques VERSUS learning how to practice and train two high-percentage (but visually boring) techniques AND THEN having a measurable skill set with them in a matter of two weeks? Which one has more value to you?

To see some examples of private lessons, take a look at the articles on this website entitled:

• Jeet Kune Do Private Lesson Example, Part One

• Arrest & Control Private Lesson Example, Part One

• Kalis Ilustrisimo Private Lesson Example, Part One

• Functional / Emotional Fitness Private Lesson Example

• Harris Jiu Jitsu Private Lesson Example, Part One

If you are interested in talking about doing some private lessons together, send me an email at ro*@ro*******.com