Today, special guest Sensei Jon Hodge, a black belt instructor with more than 20 years of teaching experience (and my father), presents his unique formula for personalizing training and grading for your students. Today we'll cover: -Why you should follow a personalized format rather than squeezing everyone into a box. -Sensei Jon's unique "pyramid method" for helping students build the foundation that they need. -How to implement this in group classes and testing. -How this does not decrease the quality of your students, and actually leads to much higher retention. -How to hold the vision of black belt for your students in a very real way. Question of the day: What separates a novice martial arts instructor from an experienced martial arts instructor?