Hi, my name is Cris "MidgetTwister" Rodriguez and I am a BJJ Black Belt & Owner of Gracie PAC MMA in Tampa, Florida. We have a little over 300 students, 200 of them being children and we train in a 12,000 square foot facility.
I started my Martial Arts Journey 23 years ago. I've spent my ENTIRE life training in the Martial Arts and I've spent the past 16 years teaching Martial Arts predominately to KIDS!
I have my degree in Elementary Education and I am a certified Teacher in my county. Many people call me the "Kid Whisperer" and always ask how I have been able to have such a highly successful Academy. I always hear, "How do you get that many of them to listen to you so well?" or "How do you 'control' them like that?"
I don't have any special talents, I just have Structure & Systems.
And you can have that too.
Having a highly successful Kids Program takes 2 things: STRUCTURE & SYSTEMS.
I have seen time and time again amazing BJJ practitioners who are incredibly talented but the second they step into a Kids class, they look like they are about to rip out their hair!
The Kids look like they are the one's that are in charge!
Many BJJ Kids Classes are so incredibly disorganized, poorly planned (or not planned at all), and ran by Instructors who have ZERO training when it comes to working with children.
Without Structure & Systems in place your Kids Program is going to be small, unprofessional, and will always feel like a nuisance instead of being a RGM (REVENUE GENERATING MACHINE)!
First, they are super fun - once you know how to work with them. ;)
Two, watching a child grow and progress under your tutelage is one of the best feelings in the world. Knowing that you are having a DIRECT IMPACT on who they are growing up to be is priceless.
And three - they bring in more REVENUE than adults. Mom & Dad are always willing to go above and beyond for little Johnny when you provide the right VALUE!
And once we get Johnny involved, now we can get Mom & Dad involved too, and maybe even his sister Emily! ;)
Now it's a family affair - and now you have the ability to reach even more people with the Art of Jiu Jitsu!
I know first hand the benefits of focusing on a Kids Program.
I actually started in a very small facility, about 1,500 square feet, inside of a 24 Hour Fitness Gym. That's a picture of it to the right on our Grand Opening day.
I knew from the very beginning the importance of having a large Kids Program and all of the benefits it brings such as revenue from Tuition, Merchandise, Upgrade Programs, Private Lessons, Weekly & Monthly Events, Summer Camps, and an After School Program!
Utilizing my Systems, we outgrew our Facility in under 2 years and were able to quadruple our revenue.
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