Can someone help me here?

Shapeless · White Belt

I was just wanderinf if anyone here knows how you can open your own school? I want to open a JKD school to try and carry on Bruce's ways and philososphies.
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cross · Black Belt

Find a training space and start advertising.

Shapeless · White Belt

Lol, I know that much, thnx though, lol. But I was saying, are there any requirements you need?
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~ Practicing Jeet Kune Do for 11 years now.
~ Train every day....

- Be formless, like water my friend.

cross · Black Belt

Depends what country your in but you may need to register it has a business and get insurance which can be costly at times.

monkeygirl · KF VIP

I'm going to move this to Instructor Central.

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SevenStar · Black Belt

are you certified to teach jkd? If not, that would be a start.

ShotokanKid · Black Belt

Advertise and train in a backyard. People do that
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White_Tiger · Orange Belt

What are your credentials for teaching?

Master Jules · Black Belt

I began teaching students in my home many years ago, after receiving my shodan. As far as actually opening up a "formal" dojo, when I received my sensei title, I went out, found a location on top of a pizza restaraunt, rented it, advertised, and away we go so to speak.......I incorporated the name of the business, and purchased an insurance policy, and made all students sign a waiver stating that they were aware of the inherent possibilities of injury due to the contact involved with martial art training......biggest rule of going into business......CYA (cover your you-know-what)......you MUST incorporate so you cannot be held personnally liable for any debts the business can possibly accumulate......
Just a suggestion......when going into business....remember....now youre gonna have 2 sets of bills.....rent and all the stuff you pay where you LIVE.....and the same for where you work.......If youre just starting out, and dont have a "following" of students that are going to help you with the bills, you may wanna consider trying to rent some space at a church, for example, or even rent space on an "off night" at a pre-existing dojo. Talk to anyone and everyone youve ever had a conversation about training with and put out "feelers" to see if in fact you will be able to attract students, or you will be stuck with a bunch of bills and no students to help pay them.......
Take a good look at things financially speaking first....heres some help :
Lets say you find a spot to open a dojo....Ill give you some ballpark numbers to think about....

Rent: 800
Phone: 50
Con Ed: 100
Advertise: 100

Bare bones minimum, youre lookin at easily $1000 a month in those expenses alone.

Now.....whats the space like ?......Do you need to do any construction ? IE....build an office ?....Locker rooms for men and women ? Dont forget that your gonna need signs for the windows and/or the door.

Now lets talk about equiptment....
Are you gonna need to carpet the floor ?.....will you need extra padding under the carpet ? How about training mats ? Heavy bags ? Makiwari posts or wall pads ? If your system calls for one, will you need to construct a shrine ? Will you need a computer and office supplies ? How about patches with the school or system logo ? Will you have T-shirts ?

You will need to open a corporate account with a martial arts supply company, and to do that you need a tax ID number, so for that, you MUST incorporate, and theres a fee for that as well.

And, as White Tiger mentioned....what are your credentials for teaching ?

Ive owned a dojo, and as anyone who has or does, can tell you.......its not an easy undertaking. Feel free to contact me and Ill be more than happy to discuss this at length with you.

Best of luck !
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~Master Jules......aka "The Sandman"

"I may be a trained killer......but Im really a nice guy"

Shapeless · White Belt

Well yes. I have crdentials and am certified to teach JKD. I was trained by Sifu Tommy Carruthers when he came to the US for awhile. OK, thnx for your posts guys, I will look into it
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~ Practicing Jeet Kune Do for 11 years now.
~ Train every day....

- Be formless, like water my friend.

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