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Red Belt Podcast: Martial Arts School Business and Growth

Red Belt Podcast: Martial Arts School Business and Growth

By: Brian "Barn Cat" Debes
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The Red Belt Podcast, hosted by Brian Debes, features real conversations with martial arts school owners about what it takes to grow a successful academy. Discover how school owners are getting more students, improving retention, increasing revenue, building stronger communities, and overcoming the challenges of running a martial arts business. Real school owners. Real strategies. Real growth. For more information about Red Belt Software, please visit us at https://redbeltsoftware.com/Brian "Barn Cat" Debes Economics Leadership Management & Leadership
Episodes
  • Danny Duckworth using the power of AI to grow your gym | Red Belt Podcast 30
    23 Oct 2026

    In this episode, our first podcast guest, Danny Duckworth, returns and we talk about his full entrepreneurial journey from building his gym to selling it, we talk about optimizing class schedules and then about the right way to use AI in your gym, how to use it to eliminate the need for data entry and such work for your front desk and how to automate posting quality content to every major social platform.


    Want to hear more interviews? Subscribe and hit the notification bell to join us on this exciting journey at the intersection of martial arts and entrepreneurship!


    Red Belt Podcast is a production of Red Belt Software, making student retention easier for gym owners. For more information, visit us at https://redbeltsoftware.com/


    #martialarts #businessadvice #brazilianjiujitsu #RedBeltPodcast #BJJBusiness #MartialArtsEntrepreneurship

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    1 hr and 57 min
  • Building a Martial School Empire with Mike Stewart | Red Belt Podcast 29
    16 Oct 2026

    Mike Stewart started with around 100 students and broke the million dollar a year mark with his first school the first time he was a guest. Now he has 7 schools and a second one is on track for a million dollar year this year as well. Meanwhile, Mike is mainly just doing what he loves in the gym and has built a properly incentivized, well paid team that carries most of the work load and ensures excellence. We talk about those structures, the 5 key areas a school needs to focus on to have enormous growth and much more!


    Want to hear more interviews? Subscribe and hit the notification bell to join us on this exciting journey at the intersection of martial arts and entrepreneurship!


    Red Belt Podcast is a production of Red Belt Software, making student retention easier for gym owners. For more information, visit us at https://redbeltsoftware.com/


    #martialarts #businessadvice #brazilianjiujitsu #RedBeltPodcast #BJJBusiness #MartialArtsEntrepreneurship

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    1 hr and 39 min
  • Becoming an Intrapreneur in a Martial Arts Gym | Redbelt podcast 28 with Stefan Miller
    9 Oct 2026

    Stefan Miller is a coach at Mike Stewart's, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and MMA gym. It's a seven-figure gym, and he was with Mike as they grew to five locations, and in this episode, Stefan talks about how you can better make your own living as an employee by better serving the gym. Stefan is able to make six figures as an employee with different hustles and commissions within his gym without being a gym owner and without having investment and risk.Want to hear more interviews? Subscribe and hit the notification bell to join us on this exciting journey at the intersection of martial arts and entrepreneurship! Red Belt Podcast is a production of Red Belt Software, making student retention easier for gym owners. For more information, visit us at https://redbeltsoftware.com/#martialarts #businessadvice #brazilianjiujitsu #RedBeltPodcast #BJJBusiness #MartialArtsEntrepreneurship

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    1 hr and 40 min
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