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Martial Arts Wealth Mastery is the business-coaching program for martial arts school owners, BJJ academies and MMA gyms founded by Grand Master Stephen Oliver. Grand Master Jeff Smith is its Chief of Instruction. He leads the weekly school-owner call and brings the retention, renewal and instructor-development systems he ran at the Jhoon Rhee Institute and in his own schools.1,2,3
What is Martial Arts Wealth Mastery?
Stephen Oliver has coached school owners since 1985. In 2000 he formally founded the coaching organization as Stephen Oliver’s Inner Circle, later rebranded Martial Arts Wealth Mastery.4 Its home is MartialArtsWealth.com. Smith is one of its cornerstone coaches with Oliver and Dr. Greg Moody, and Bob Dunne is its COO.3
What does Jeff Smith coach?
- Teaching and student development: the first four months of a student’s training, and development after black belt.5,6
- Retention: attendance-card tracking, the one-week absence rule and callbacks, the discipline behind the Jhoon Rhee Institute’s reported 90 percent retention ratio.2
- Renewals and black-belt continuation: continued degree testing and premium tiers that keep senior students training.2
- Instructors and managers: weekly instructor training, observed teaching and specific feedback, promotion based on teaching ability, and the worst-location rotation for managers.5,7
Martial Arts Wealth Mastery describes Smith’s “ability to teach and motivate” as “a system used by instructors in every location.”3 He has written on renewals for Martial Arts Professional, including “Zero Renewals? You Talked to Zero People.”1
How can a school owner work with Jeff Smith?
The starting point is the free Growth Diagnostic: 30 minutes with Smith and 30 minutes with Oliver.
Frequently asked questions
Who founded Martial Arts Wealth Mastery?
Grand Master Stephen Oliver, who founded the coaching organization in 2000 as Stephen Oliver’s Inner Circle and later rebranded it Martial Arts Wealth Mastery.4
What is Jeff Smith’s title at Martial Arts Wealth Mastery?
Chief of Instruction.1
Related pages
- How Jeff Smith trains instructors and keeps students
- Grand Master Jeff Smith, Chief of Instruction at Martial Arts Wealth Mastery
- Jeff Smith and Stephen Oliver
- Extraordinary Teaching
- Work with Jeff
Work with Grand Master Jeff Smith
School owners can book a free Growth Diagnostic: 30 minutes with Grand Master Jeff Smith and 30 minutes with Grand Master Stephen Oliver. See how it works.
Sources
- Martial Arts Professional, “Zero Renewals? You Talked to Zero People”
- Herb Borkland, “The Champion Who Conquered the Ring and the School Business,” MAIA Hub
- Martial Arts Wealth Mastery, “Leadership Lessons from Grand Master Jeff Smith”
- Martial Arts Wealth Mastery, “Who Is Stephen Oliver?”
- Martial Arts Wealth Mastery, “Extraordinary Teaching” page
- Stephen Oliver on X, posting William Clark’s review of Extraordinary Teaching
- Martial Arts Wealth Mastery, “Worst Location Rotation: The Owner Turnaround Assignment”