I have a question that I think ties into this thread. What is your branch chief, country representative & international org doing for bums on seats in your dojo? I'm not being political here. In fact it's comparing Kyokushin orgs to other sports not to each other that make me ask.
I went along to a Sports Governance seminar & heard a lot of sports have problems getting members to pay their national org annual subs. In most sports, especially in Olympics year, the perception is the members are paying for the high performers to have the trip of a life time!
So what do our Kyokushin orgs do for us and what would they do in a perfect world? We really value the history & the technical guidance & the international connections but in a country where nobody ever heard of Kyokushin, they don't see it on TV or in sports mags, what can a branch chief or country representative do for a dojo? This is a big, strategic question that I think Kyokushin don't answer very well. If getting bums on seats is something we should do collectively what do dojo operators & members want? Collective advertising? Coaching? Business coaching? NAPMA type services? Or do dojo operators want to be left alone to do it their own way?
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