NEWS:

SONNY PUZIKAS SEMINAR OCT. 2-3, 2010

!!NEW DVD!!--"THE COMBAT CLINCH"




I take my role as a teacher very seriously. In my 28 years in the fighting arts, I’ve seen a lot of instructors who perform their style very well, but who just don’t know how to share that knowledge with students. There’s a big difference between a talented practitioner and a good teacher. My ability may initially attract a student to our school, but in the end, it's my ability to increase your own skill levels that matters most of all.

I believe that an effective teacher must constantly develop both their martial and instructional skills. As a university-trained educator, I’ve worked in the public and private sector in a variety of academic fields. I also have over 14 years of experience as a corporate trainer. From these opportunities, I’ve learned the importance of planning every lesson that I teach. The fact is, it’s difficult for people to make the time to train. Students make sacrifices to show up at class. When they walk through my door, I want them to know that their time will be well spent and that they’ve made an important investment in themselves that will benefit them for a long time to come. I commit to them as I do to you, to share my knowledge in the most energetic, generous and concise way that I know and to support, cultivate and and sustain the motivation to train. In the end, the key to success is to bolster the motivation to learn, since education is a process and not an event.