Open a Dojo


Start Your Own U.S. Martial Arts Location

Do you have a passion for martial arts?  Do you love teaching, coaching, and helping others? Starting a U.S. Martial Arts location might be one of the best decisions you have ever made!

Our Mission is to Motivate, Educate, and Inspire the students of U.S. Martial Arts through creative, high energy classes and through daily positive encouragement.

Why U.S. Martial Arts?

  • You Don’t have to be a Black Belt
  • Recession resistant
  • 75% percent of martial arts students are children from the ages of 5 to 14, that’s 13.3 percent of the population
  • Massive Demographic: There are 45 Million children that participate in sporting activities in the US.
  • Parents spend over 30 Billion dollars on sports related activities for children yearly
  • Recurring revenues: 80% of students continue with monthly training.
  • With the popularity of self-defense, mixed martial arts, and the UFC, the martial arts marketing for adults is stronger than ever and growing rapidly
  • Low opening and operating cost
  • Stable business with minimal inventory or receivables
  • Simple and easy operations

So What Does it Cost?

We have a bootstrap mentality when it comes to opening a new location.  That means we want you to keep your costs low to help you be successful.

Startup costs are approximately $2500 and your monthly expenses are around $500.  These figures are approximate based on current locations, your expenses may vary.  The breakdown is below:

Initial Registration Fee: This is a one time registration and set-up fee paid to U.S. Martial Arts.  After paying this fee you will receive a webpage, Facebook Page, and our entire U.S. Martial Arts Business in a Box.  You will have everything you need to get your business set up and ready to go.

Liability Insurance: Each location must carry a $1 Million dollar Liability Insurance Policy.  We have a few different companies that we recommend.  If you pay this yearly instead of monthly it costs approximately $500 per year for a new school.

USMA Membership: This monthly fee covers website maintenance, marketing updates, instructor conference calls, email and phone support, and more.  This monthly fee is required in order to operate a U.S. Martial Arts location.

Training Equipment:  Training equipment varies depending on the number of students you have.  A Power Shield, Hand Targets, Cones, Ladder, and Instructor Uniform are the basics that you will need.

Facility Rent:  We prefer to start locations in local elementary and middle schools.  This is a large part of the success of our program.  These facilities are extremely inexpensive to rent when compared to a commercial lease, heat, electric, garbage, maintenance, etc.  Rent will certainly vary by location but the prices above are the average.  By keeping fixed costs low, our schools have a much higher success rate than commercial martial arts schools.

Initial Marketing Costs:  Marketing is a cost that can vary greatly.  Once you join our program you will see first hand how we market our schools.  We have a very unique marketing program for our school owners and we don’t share it publicly, sorry.  We do have a proven method of getting students and keeping our locations busy.

Total Start Up Cost Breakdown:  It’s always good to have more cash available than not enough, but that’s not always possible.  Below is an initial cost Breakdown based on having 3 months worth of capital:

Initial Registration Fee:                    $499
Liability Insurance (3 months):     $237
USMA Membership (3 months):  $297
Training Equipment:                          $200
Facility Rent (3 months):                 $600
Initial Marketing Costs:                    $750
*Total Approx. Costs                 $2,583

Approximate Monthly Cost Breakdown:  One of the keys to success of our program is low monthly overhead.  Below is an approximate monthly expense breakdown.

Facility Rent:                                           $200
USMA Monthly Membership:         $99
Liability Insurance Monthly:            $79
Monthly Marketing (minimum)      $100
*Approx. Expenses       $478 per month

 

Why Join U.S. Martial Arts?

Independently Owned and Operated

Each school is independently owned and operated.  This model allows you to run your own business but at the same time use a proven system of teaching martial arts that works.

24 Years of Experience Matters

U.S. Martial Arts has been open and successful since 1994!  We currently have 5 locations in Michigan and we are looking to expand Nationwide.  Our business model has thrived for over two decades and we are positioned to continue with that growth and success.

Who Founded U.S. Martial Arts

U.S. Martial Arts was founded by Master Scott Polderman.  Master Scott began his training in 1984.  He currently holds a 6th Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do and has studied many other styles over the past 34 years.  Master Scott has been teaching for over 28 years and has trained thousands of students.
Master Scott earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Business from Western Michigan University.  Master Scott spent 6 years in a Fortune 100 company and continues to use his combination of business and martial arts experience to continue the success of U.S. Martial Arts.

Our Competition

We are so confident of our business model, market approach, and teaching system, we have listed the links to our competitors below.  The average cost to open a commercial martial arts school is $100,000.  With such high start-up costs, expensive long term leases, and high monthly costs, it’s no wonder so many martial arts schools fail in their first five years.  This is where we are different, way different!

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