Sep 29, 2026 · 55 min · 15 segments
What does it really take to build a successful martial arts school? Chip sits down with Mike Guido to talk about the work, mindset, systems, and leadership behind building a successful school. They…
So – Uh, Mike, how much the, I'm going to like say kind of be all over the place, but how much of your time do you spend teaching, working in your school? And I'm specifically talking about like teaching classes versus kind of working on your business, if that makes sense.
So, uh, you know, how much time do you spend on the mat teaching as a chief instructor, a school owner operator with a team?
And as you know, if you do Brazilian jujitsu, it takes a little bit longer time span to get to certain milestones, markers, markers.
And but right now, I think about six, no, about three or four months ago, I finally have my our own jujitsu instructor team.
So that way that can kind of help me not have to teach every single one of those classes.
But I do it because I love doing it and we do it in a way that's a little bit of a, and I'm not always the lead.
So – Uh, Mike, how much the, I'm going to like say kind of be all over the place, but how much of your time do you spend teaching, working in your school? And I'm specifically talking about like teaching classes versus kind of working on your business, if that makes sense.
So, uh, you know, how much time do you spend on the mat teaching as a chief instructor, a school owner operator with a team?
And as you know, if you do Brazilian jujitsu, it takes a little bit longer time span to get to certain milestones, markers, markers.
And but right now, I think about six, no, about three or four months ago, I finally have my our own jujitsu instructor team.
So that way that can kind of help me not have to teach every single one of those classes.
But I do it because I love doing it and we do it in a way that's a little bit of a, and I'm not always the lead.
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