Martial Arts Museum launches Nationwide Growth Campaign
Burbank, Calif. - (NewMediaWire) - February 09, 2014 - The Martial Arts History Museum, located in Burbank, CA, is launching a nationwide unification outreach campaign to involve every martial arts school. Called the “Registration Campaign,” it is the museum’s hope to garner enough continual support to expand it doors and double the size of the museum.
The martial arts is perhaps one of the widest spreading physical activities in America. The well-known term “soccer-mom” is quickly being replaced by the new expression, “karate-mom.” Based upon the latest statistics of the museum and Martialinfo.com, the world’s leading information website, there are over 27,000 known martial arts schools in America, with over 10,000 in California alone.
“The martial arts industry is a huge market with new schools popping up every year. In fact, you can actually double that number by adding up all the garage schools and courses taught in the local parks,” states museum president Michael Matsuda.
With the average age-range of students hovering from 6 years to 14 years, the martial arts commercial school environment is something that few marketing companies have even explored. Most martial arts schools average about 70 students with some topping out at 400 students.
The Martial Arts History Museum, which celebrates its 15th anniversary, has been drawing new interest into the arts from its new Burbank location, which was opened just two years ago.
“This is the first museum for the martial arts. Even though the martial arts has been part of American history since the 1800s and even further back. Now we have a museum that keeps the history alive for this and future generations,” says Matsuda. “Martial arts instructors across the nation, and even the world, agree that giving back to the arts that helped them, is something that is close to their heart.”
In order to organize a more uniformed approach than just making a one-time donation pitch by the museum, a new effort has been created to unify the schools across the nation to play a vital role in the museum without creating any financial hardship. Called the “Registration Campaign,” the museum is asking each school owner to donate a portion of the funds received for each newly registered student.
Currently, martial arts schools collect a registration fee from each new student as they enroll in the school. Some charge a one-time $25 fee while others charge up to $250 per each new student. The museum is asking each school to designate a portion of that fee to be donated to the museum. Donations can range from as low a $5 for each new student up to $100.
“The museum offers three levels of the campaign, each with a number of benefits for the school including listing on the museum website, window notification, school recognition and since the museum is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, all donations are tax-deductible.
Although the Martial Arts History Museum is located in Burbank, Ca, it is so close to the airport that nearly 50 percent of their visitors are from out of state and out of country.
“People always say they would like to give back to the martial arts which has helped them so much. This is that opportunity. The museum campaign is a way to give back to the community by supporting the museum. This way our history won’t be lost and the sacrifices made by so many, won’t be forgotten,” adds Matsuda.
Over the past 50 years, the martial arts industry has made superstars of many of our martial arts instructors. Many have gone on to make numerous films, others have created huge schools, large companies and many have made a very prosperous living; all of which has come from support from the community. “I recall going to see all these martial arts films back in the 1970s and 1980s. I didn’t go just to see the movie, I went because the stars were one of us and it was important for me to support them,” says Matsuda.
The Martial Arts History Museum was made by many members of the community; Small school owners, martial artists, fans and friends. As a community effort, the museum became a reality. “If we can unify together, all those who have benefitted from the arts, we can create a facility in which can do more for keeping history alive for future generations,” concludes Matsuda.
To be part of the Martial Arts History Museum REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN, please contact them at www.MAmuseum.com, email them at MAmuseum@gmail.com or call (818) 478-1722. The Campaign is now in progress and can be joined at any time. Organizers are Andrew Fanelli and Art Camacho.
The Museum is located at 2319 W. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA 91506 and is a non-profit and member supported educational facility. You can view their video on the campaign by clicking here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gk0BrmyK08g
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