Costs of setting up in the UK

Exactly.

 

5. The person running the club is skilled in martial arts, not web design etc.

 

I think you guys just assumed I was going to do Sports MMA.

My idea is for it to be stand up disciplines only as the hall will have hard flooring.

Guys I understand you have your doubts about me setting this up and I appreciate it as there will be a problem you provide I haven't got a solution for yet. However I still feel I'm in a good position to pull this off especially with my experience in marketing.

I'm guessing there are no websites that show the rules and regulations and all the things I need to setup.

 

And what are the first things you need for marketing:

Know your product inside and out → you don't
Know your market inside and out → you don't

 

The challenge I'm having at the moment is working out how to go about recruiting instructors. As I'm not looking for certified instructors, just experienced fighters this is a tricky obstacle I need to get over.

 

Tbh, looking for experienced fighters you need someone who is retired. Anyone currently fighting won't be looking to teach anywhere else unless you made it worth their while. You also need to figure out what you mean by mma. Mma is a competitive format. Whilst it's not necessary to compete you do have to have classes that abide by the rules of mma. So having a hardwood floor would mean by definition you are not teaching mma. Which is lying and that's not cool.

 

So stand up only, not sports, that's non contact kick boxing for SD, not MMA.

Good luck finding MMA Fighters who will want to put there name to that.

 

Why do you feel there WILL be students?
They will magically appear?
They will come because you have a better website?

The quality of the website says nothing about the club or what they do, and if you base your decision on a website instead of actually going there and taking a look, then that is just silly.

 

You are looking for qualified instructors with a business plan that has absolutely no numbers, and no basis other than 'omg, students will flock to this'.

So... this is not tricky. This is downright impossible. Because you won't find qualified instructors if you cannot convince them they have a realistic chance of getting paid.

 

That's like saying 'I was only going to do Sports tennis' or 'sports football' or 'sports basketball'. MMA is a sport and what you are describing here has absolutely nothing to do with MMA.

If you go ahead with this you will lose a substantial amount of money.

 

s an aside, do you have any qualification to work the self defense angle? Are you experienced with the legal issues? de-escalation, awareness and scenario response training, etc?

 

Where did non contact Kickboxing for self defence come into the equation?

 

Non "sport mma" with no groundwork for SD. Sounds like Non contact KB to me.

 

What other sort of MMA is there?

 

Why can't you start small, teach yourself, see if goes anywhere, and if you get enough people expand.

 

How do you make a small fortune teaching martial arts? Start with a large one.