The Martial Artist's College/Job Interview

You are a unique brand of martial artist.  The way we approach our training makes us much more than most people could ever conceive.

In hard economic times, when students are trying to stand out above the crowd to be noticed by colleges, workers are interviewing like crazy in order to find a job that will make ends meet, and business owners are feeling the crunch and needing to "make the sale", you must DAZZLE people...and what we do dazzles people because they don't always see us in that regard!

Students: If you're looking for a 'unique selling proposition' for your UC personal statement (especially prompt #2 - hint hint!), take a good look in the mirror, martial artist!  Hasn't training awakened something within you that you didn't have before?  How has this changed your life?

Job-seekers: If you're trying to make a good impression with your interviewer, talk about the kind of training that we do, because virtually NO ONE else has that.  There is absolutely no one else who could be more qualified than an experienced, well-educated, and well-trained martial artist (except a higher-ranked one, perhaps).  You probably already have the first two, so your training would give you an extra edge!

Business owners: If you want to build your business, then market yourself with the same passion that you use when you focus hard on a training goal!  Connect with your customers like we connect to our training partners - not with a side kick and a bruise, but with a smile and unconditional respect.  They can't respect your business if they can't respect you as a human being.

Some schools of martial arts encourage their students to keep their training a secret.  For them, their art is purely for survival purposes, and therefore, you wouldn't want to tip your hand to a would-be attacker.  However, whether you align with this idea or not, I hope that you also understand: right now, I'm not talking about protecting yourselves from mass murderers, armed robbers, gangs, rapists, and kidnappers.

We're talking about all of the benefits that martial arts training provides - very few of which can be consistently matched by other activities.  We OWN the market on respect, discipline, social responsibility, healthy living, anger & stress management, conflict resolution, achieving serenity in the mind and heart....and so much more!

Live it, breathe it, be it.  Through your actions, show the best of our world to a college admissions director, employer, or prospective client, and you will dramatically increase your likelihood of success.