Saturday 30 April 2011
I have recently had so many questions from members and parents about what Factor10 is all about. Back when we launched Factor10 the excitement was incredible with people just wanting to know more about the meaning behind the name Factor10 – of course most wanted to get their hands on the latest Factor10 uniform and to hear more about what was to come.
Factor10 had been an amazing revelation to me over the years leading up to the launch of our new brand name “Factor10”. To be honest I am a relatively creative person (coming from a strong music and performance family background) however I had never been more inspired than I was then.
The thought that someone can realise their potential by a Factor of 10 greater than they ever imagined they could seems limitless. The concept is only limited by the way we may choose to think about this in our mind … the way we choose to think about this ideal.
To understand that a person could continue to achieve through the ranks of 10 colour belt grades, and then into the black belt grades where they could move through 10 black belt grades seems almost impossible to the mind that chooses to limit thinking to the more acceptable boundaries of thinking.
Grand Master Lee did it, and we can do it … if we begin to believe that it is actually possible.
I know it’s possible, because I have taught for nearly 30 years and I have seen transformations in people that continue to blow me away. Even though I actually believe things can happen by a Factor of 10 greater than we ever imagined, my experiences with seeing the transformation of people through the martial arts never ceases to amaze me.
I recall in December 1998 a mum brought her three children in to start Martial Arts, the main motivation being that she was concerned that her eldest child, then in year 2 at a local school, was a classic target for bullying. If we fast forward a number of years (about 12 years to be more exact) that same boy is now going to university, still training at our academy, and has his second dan black belt and competed nationally and internationally in full contact WTF Taekwondo. His achievements include Commonwealth Championships and Youth Olympics, to mention a couple. And the other two children in the same family, still training, are also black belts. This is just one of many stories of success at our Brisbane Martial Arts Academy. Oh, and by the way, the mum has been training now for about 10 years.
I saw the need about 4 years ago to tailor our programs to guarantee the continuation of our successful legacy – the continuation of the transformation of one person at a time through the Martial Arts programs we provide.
These pathways to success, our programs, have been tailored and grouped to guarantee that when people come to us for a martial arts experience, it becomes more than just a “here and now” thing, and although the here and now is important to us, it becomes a life journey though the martial arts like Grand Master Lee and I have been fortunate enough to experience.
At Factor10 we have rebranded our programs into our 10 programs of success from the foundation programs to the power programs, and from the growth programs to the freedom programs – these are what Factor10 is all about. It’s about 10 uniquely designed programs that provide the martial arts experience second to none, branded in a way that makes possible a life journey in the martial arts.
And every journey has a beginning; good journeys have a plan … and extraordinary journeys are ones where we have gone to a greatness unsurpassed by other life time journeys.
So where did my journey begin?
Well … I’d love to share that with you in my next blogg. In the meantime, stay focussed on excellence in martial arts and what this can do for you, one of our adult members, or for you as a parent watching and nurturing your child towards excellence through martial arts. You will be and are achieving this as you train with Factor10 as we commit to excellence in Brisbane Martial Arts training.
Master O
