The Ultimate Black Belt Test is Creating Tomorrow, Today

Sometimes the most remarkable things right under your nose --and you don't realize it until much later.

Did you know that Ultimate Black Belt Test Coach Tom Callos is deeply involved with developing new ideas and technology that will forever change (and improve) the way the martial arts world teaches (the way YOU teach)?

The banner you see to the left represents, simply and inexpensively we might add, a new approach to coaching and making classes come alive (even after they are over).

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Ultimate Black Belt Team Coach Tom Callos Explains the Value of Community and the Future of the Martial Arts

I subscribe to an e-mail newsletter from a fellow named Chris Brogan (www.chrisbrogan.com). It was recommended to me, I think, by Ultimate Black Belt Test alumni Jason Gould or Erik Kastner (I don’t remember), but it’s been a real gift.

This morning I opened Chris’ e-mail / lesson and BOOM, it hit the note I’ve been trying to play.

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Vision and School Promotion / Management ---Their Connection

Commentary About the Martial Arts "Industry" and VISION from Tom Callos on Vimeo.

Convincing Dr. Jane Goodall. The 1000 Projects "Project."

Free Teacher Resources and Projects, Via Martial Arts Teachers from Tom Callos on Vimeo.

4 Lessons for School Owners and Teachers from Tom Callos (in 60 Seconds)

Brian Williams and Rori Goetze Take it Out of the Dojo & Into the World

These two UBBT participants have embraced and absorbed the ideas behind "My life is My Dojo." Watch this video and see two black belts exercising new muscles --and view a kind of martial arts activism 10 years ahead of the curve. Good work you two!

The Role of the Master Teacher (By Coach Tom Callos)

The Technical Specialist and The Humanist

There are no rules or guidelines for being a master teacher of the martial arts.

There’s no book to buy that tells teachers what to do, focus on, or what they should –or should not –be good at.

All the Master Teacher has to be good at is teaching his or her system, style, or method. The lesson starts on the mat, involve the art, and everything else is superfluous.

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Ultimate Black Belt Test Pioneered Anger Management Training for MA Teachers

In 2007, UBBT Team Coach Tom Callos and the preeminent anger management teacher in the world, Dr. Tony Fiore, collaborated to create the first course for teaching martial arts teachers HOW to teach anger control to their students.

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UBBT News: Jason Gould's Karate Students Attack Hunger in Massachusetts

Meet UBBT'r Jason Gould - Who Has Managed to Do More Humanitarian Work in His New Dojo, in a Year, with a New Baby in the House and A full-Time Job, Than Most Teachers Do in a Decade.

Boston Karate Students Attack Hunger in Massachusetts

BOSTON (Allston), Mass., May 4, 2009 - Karate students from Ultimate Black Belt Test alumni Jason Gould's Boston's Emerald Necklace Martial Arts have successfully raised over $2,800 for

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Live Like a Champion Promo Video (The UBBT 7)!

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Black Belts vs. Diabetes: Martial Artists Prepare for the Fight of the Century

For Immediate Release: April 29, 2009

Contacts for More Info:

Tom Callos, tomcallos@gmail.com / 530-903-0286

Dawn Swidorski dswidorski@DefeatDiabetes.org

Black Belts vs. Diabetes: Martial Artists Prepare for the Fight of the Century

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What The Live Like a Champion Project Has to Do with Successful School Management and Instructor Training

You have little or no idea about what The “LIVE” Project has of value for the school owner and/or martial arts instructor –and that’s OK. This report is meant to address that specifically.

Read on:

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UBBT Team Coach, Dave McNeill - and Jake Passas, a Bellwether

Teacher Dave McNeill Meets (and Helps) a Bellwether

Bellwether: One that serves as a leader or as a leading indicator of future trends.

I am (Tom Callos) making this entry into the Ultimate Black Belt "Project Portfolio / News" Blog, as it is perfectly indicative of a new kind (read: old kind) of thinking in the martial arts community.

In this particular entry, our senior (in age and rank) member of the UBBT (9th dan, 65-year +, Soke [means family head or head master of a system] Dave McNeill talk about his experience teaching one young man, Jake, and

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