Kick it up: your sales techniques can pack a punch with strategies borrowed from the martial arts. (Sales Success). From: Entrepreneur | Date: September 1, 2002| Author: Farber, Barry | COPYRIGHT 2002 Entrepreneur Media, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

EVER SINCE I CAN REMEMBER, I'VE been fascinated with the martial belt arts. I recently received my black in Tae Kwon Do, and I now realize that I've learned much more than a martial art--I've also learned a way of thinking that applies to every other area of life, including selling.

Here are four components of martial arts that parallel the art of selling:

* FORMS: A form is a sequence of fundamental moves (such as blocks, strikes and kicks) you practice dail...

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research

	Spotlight on the martial arts New Straits Times ; Hizreen Kamal New Straits Times 07-19-2004 Spotlight on the martial arts Byline: Hizreen Kamal Edition: The City Advertiser; 2* Section: Entertainment DISCOVERY Channel's `Go Warrior' programme takes you behind the scenes of martial arts with top exponent Roland Osborne. HIZREEN KAMAL writes.
	Americans get a kick out of martial arts. St. Louis Post-Dispatch (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) ; Byline: Tom Uhlenbrock ST. LOUIS _ Mark Rubbert can tell when a newcomer to martial arts has seen one too many Matrix movies. They think they're going to fly, or want to do backflips, he said. You can't do martial arts when you're doing a backflip. Rubbert is the head instructor at the St. Louis Ki
	Americans get a kick out of martial arts.(St. Louis Post-Dispatch) Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service ; Byline: Tom Uhlenbrock ST. LOUIS _ Mark Rubbert can tell when a newcomer to martial arts has seen one too many Matrix movies. They think they're going to fly, or want to do backflips, he said. You can't do martial arts when you're doing a backflip. Rubbert is the head instructor at the St. Louis Ki
	Spice up your workout routine with martial arts: practicing self-defense is a great way to stay in shape.(BODY TALK) Ebony ; ARE you looking for something other than popular indoor exercise mainstays like yoga, Pilates, aerobics or kickboxing to help you stay fit during the cool months ahead? Consider martial arts. Long known as a method of self-defense, martial arts are fast becoming known as a great all-around workout
	Try martial arts - for the body and mind; Fitness.(Features) Birmingham Mail (England) ; Byline: By Diane Parkes GET FIT, improve your self-confidence, set and achieve goals, make new friends and ensure you can defend yourself. These are just some of the selling points of martial arts. Things are changing in the martial arts world with new disciplines, combined techniques and a move
	The application of traditional martial arts practice and theory to the treatment of violent adolescents. Adolescence ; Single-parent households with fatherless children, gangs, and out-of-control inner-city students present psychotherapists with unique challenges. Violence and neglect have reached epidemic proportions, and children often grow up with egregious emotional scars that eventually lead to hardened,
	THE APPLICATION OF TRADITIONAL MARTIAL ARTS PRACTICE AND THEORY TO THE TREATMENT OF VIOLENT ADOLESCENTS. Adolescence ; ABSTRACT Components of an effective treatment program for violent adolescents, and the complex problems posed by youth gangs, are discussed. It is proposed that traditionally taught martial arts can provide a useful alternative for such dysfunctional adolescents. The literature on the use of
	Kick it up: your sales techniques can pack a punch with strategies borrowed from the martial arts. (Sales Success). Entrepreneur ; EVER SINCE I CAN REMEMBER, I'VE been fascinated with the martial belt arts. I recently received my black in Tae Kwon Do, and I now realize that I've learned much more than a martial art--I've also learned a way of thinking that applies to every other area of life, including selling. Here are four
	Try martial arts - for the body and mind Fitness Birmingham Mail ; GET FIT, improve your self-confidence, set and achieve goals, make new friends and ensure you can defend yourself. These are just some of the selling points of martial arts. Things are changing in the martial arts world with new disciplines, combined techniques and a move into schools and youth
	MARTIAL ARTS SCHOOL OFFERS FITNESS CLUB ATMOSPHERE.(CHESAPEAKE CLIPPER) The Virginian Pilot ; Byline: SUZANNE WHITE, CORRESPONDENT MELISSA McCRAW'S wandering eye during her son's tae kwon do lesson led to a new love. Now, instead of sitting on the sidelines, McCraw works out at her own cardio-kickboxing class. Four times a week she punches and kicks at Grant's Family Martial Arts Center

See all results.