Resource books for martial arts instructors

Here is a list of resource books, in alphabetical order, for martial arts instructors.
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By John Graden
A Guide to Success without Selling Out!
How to Run a Highly Profitable School While Maintaining the Integrity of Your Art.
This book is the result of a multi-year study of schools that fulfilled two criteria - The school had to produce great black belts and the owner had to be earning at least $100,000 per year from the school. That's the best of both worlds and that's what this book teaches - How to Achieve Success Without Selling Out. In this special 3rd edition, you'll learn:
How to make a good living doing what you love!
How to help more people benefit from the martial arts
How to earn over $100,000 per year as a martial arts instructor
How to enroll 80% of the people coming into your school
How to get your students ASKING you to upgrade their program
Generate 40 – 50 phone calls per month
Create a highly motivated team of instructors within ONE WEEK
How to structure exams
How to market your school
How to become a star in your town
How to schedule classes
How to open with 125 students within six weeks
How to structure tuition programs
How to explain your program
How to avoid the common errors most "dungeon dojos" make
How to layout your school

By Steve Scott
A Textbook for Teaching Judo and Jujitsu. Considered by many of America's top judo and jujitsu coaches as the best book on coaching written for many years. 

By Jennifer Lawler, Ph.D.
Illustrated with more than 50 photos, this book tackle topics such as why women participate in the martial arts, attitudes they encounter in the training hall, and how instructors can build a winning spirit in their female students.

By David Mitchell
Dicusses the principles of coaching, fitness, warm-up and cool-down techniques, exercises, safety, and first aid.

by Renshi Mark Vellucci, 6th Degree Black Belt
An extremely valuable resource for any instructor teaching martial arts or physical education to children ages
4 – 14. This Book covers a total of 59 very creative and entertaining games and activities. They all utilize readily available martial arts equipment. The Book also provides ideas on how to make simple equipment to help make learning fun. (More Info)

By Lawrence Kane
Lawrence Kane has helped fill that gap between becoming a student and earning the right to teach. For anyone interested in truly teaching, genuinely passing on knowledge and helping his or her students to be the best they can be, this book is invaluable.
Kane discusses types of learning necessary to teach the wide variety of students an instructor will encounter -- the visual learners, the auditory learners, the kinesthetic learners.
Martial Arts Instruction provides:
 -- A tactical toolset to enhance anyone's teaching style.
 -- Ways to improve your ability to motivate, educate and retain students.
 -- Ways to optimize time and attention.
 -- Teaching tools effective for children and adults.

By Carol A. Wiley
Teaching martial arts successfully requires skill and dedication. In Martial Arts Teachers on Teaching, you can read 26 essays by experienced martial arts teachers. Some essays are personal journeys while others get into the nuts and bolts of teaching. Published by Frog, Ltd.

Karen Levitz Vactor, Susan Lynn Peterson, Ph.D.
More than 90 percent of all martial arts schools fail within their first year. Starting and Running Your Own Martial Arts School shows martial artists how they can insure the success of their schools-before they put their hard earned cash and reputations on the line.It offers a thorough, practical introduction to the tasks and obligations involved in running a successful martial arts business. This is the perfect guide for those who dream of opening their own martial arts school, who are currently planning their school, or who already run schools but want to learn how to streamline day-to-day operations so they can have more time for training or spending time with students.

By Sang H. Kim Ph.D.
A comprehensive handbook for both would-be and experienced instructors, this book details the keys to becoming a successful instructor.

By Tony Gummerson
All aspects of Teaching martial arts are clearly and humanly described in this book. "the best champions may not be the best teachers", "a teacher is not a Coach", "children are not 'little adults' and need special attention" "planning, scheduling, programs are important" "'Journal' not to forget - always improve" Not only martial arts, but psychology, physiology, skills are analyzed in order to help everybody to reach "the Coach level".

by John C. Graybeal
Excerpt
I arrived at the martial arts school early one morning and noticed a small envelope on my desk. One of my students, who was also an instructor, had recently graduated from high school. I recognized his handwriting and expected perhaps a thank you note for the small gift I'd sent. When I opened it I found much more . . .

By John Graden
The book will be in three sections:
The Core Dynamics ­ Why we do the things we do and why we often don’t do what we need to do. This is very specific to the martial arts instructor and believe me; this is the only place you will ever get this information.
What I’ve Learned ­ As founder of NAPMA, ACMA, MAPro, and MATA, I’ve been exposed to the good, the bad and the ugly when it comes to running a school. Here I will bring us all up to date on the proven systems of attracting more students, keeping them longer and building wealth for your family.
The Dark Side ­­ The inside story of the lawsuit that drove NAPMA into bankruptcy. (More Info)