After using the local press at a very high price,
there isn't much money left.To rub salt in the
results weren't very good. I've tried word of mouth, posters in shop windows, even hand bills throgh doors, still without any luck.
The kids that do come are very good at what they do, and seem to enjoy the leason, so what's the problem.
I'm not teaching to make a furtune, but to cover costs would be nice sometimes.Could it be that in my part of Hertfordshire there have popped up a few clubs that seem to have plenty of money behind them.
The club I run has a very good pass rate when it comes to gradings(and NO, I don't grade them myself).
So please someone HELP PLEASE!

Have you tried asking the local schools if you could do a demonstration for the kids. This helps the kids see whats involved and I am sure many will want to join - Its very very cheap and very effective. Hope this helps.

I started my clubs two years ago, and I didnt go into it for the money, but the clubs have built up really well. I used school demos, and also asked the students to hand leaflets out at the demos, obiously under supervision. Keep at it because if you are a good instructor,and I am sure you are, in time you will win students by recommendation, and that starts a snowball effect. Good luck. Just one more thing I regularly ask my students to ask their family and friends if they or anyone they know wants to join, simple but often effective.

I give the kids I have an inentive to get members.
If they introduce someone who says for the first grading, then they are rewarded with either a few free lessons or a small cash incentive which is initially given to you by the parents in the first place to pay for the lessons!
I hope this helps.

Any teacher have experience in tots class? childrens between 3 and 5 years? Please send answer to budokan@wol.es

i run a club ryuuko karate in brentford and chiswick near heathrow in just over 9 long hard working months i with my wife have built upto an amazing 84 students only about 10 of whom are adults now what we do is hold regular BUDDIE NIGHTS what we is get the stuents all of them to list there mates school freinds and work mates familys doctors etc down with the addrsses and we send them a clever letter inviting them to train with there mates at a ruduced cost half price we also give a trophie to the one who gets the most down
the rest is down to me if they go on to join and train regular we also give the student that got them down a badge for bringing a freind hope this helps

go to ur school and give a littel demo thats wot iv di now 30 kids and geting biger im just bracking even now but its bin vhard keep on haveing fun whith them
ps do u no that ther bringing out that all teachers have to be veted by the police and stuff iv just doun it there loots of stuff now

martial arts birthday partys, buddie nights demo's, are all great ways of enrolling junior students but the classes should be high energy and fun. if you can teach good classes that contain educational values, and general life skills you will be amazed by the word of mouth.
in the last year i have only spent around £20 on advertising in the last year and enrolled 60 students. you need to set up a introduction and enrolling system to build repour with the student. this keeps students. make a big deal in front of the class. make them feel welcome. make students want to tell every body about your school

Another good way of attracting new child students is speaking to schools about getting a leaflet attached to the schools newsletter. You may find some schools turn you down , but perservere as it does work.