interesting topic,our dojo is also a little sad on the membership side,we have started running self defence classes for mums and daughters,this has been a huge success,as you will no if one person gets a huge amount of satisfaction from the course then they will tell 10 people and so on and so on,we have run 2 classes now and both have been very good,in turn we get the local paper in to do a editorial and we are no involved with a government agency who subsidize the fee which is great,we no have enquires about running a blokes course,all the classes are advertised as basic self defence and we will run a advanced course as time goes by,what we find is people are really keen to learn to learn how to protect them selfs but also want to no how to give someone the bash,you no what i mean!!!we then say well come to our regular kyokushin class and learn how to protect your self and gain confidence,awsome out come and the best thing is it dont cost us a cent,some dojos are running self defence classes and charging up to $1000 for the course,also it is good for the students in the class to practise there stuff aswell,OSU!!!
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