30 Year Overnight Success
30 Year Overnight Success This month marks 30 years of me being a full-time martial arts coach….. Let that sink in. 30 years. I find that hard to believe myself. When I started training I never wanted to teach but the universe has always had other plans for me, and sometimes very reluctantly I have have had to listen and do it. Growing up I had confidence in certain areas and none in others. I have a stutter and that is difficult to teach with, so my confidence in public speaking wasn’t great but having to teach from the age of 18 did a lot to help and working on the doors helped me gain my voice. Now I can even go through the Mcdonalds drive through without stuttering. Yes, I have taught classes since the age of 18 as there was very few Ninjutsu clubs around and I was asked to open a club in my home town of North shields. The next year I also took over the Newcastle club as the coach had to leave due to work commitments. I was teaching these 2 clubs even though I was not even a black...