Last month, Julie did a Zoom interview with the owners of Macedonia’s newest dojo located in Macedonia Commons next to Claire’s and 5 Below. Engaged couple Nick Kormos and Veronica Lynagh have brought fun back to Macedonia Commons. The couple made the decision to buy the franchise after being laid off during the 2020 quarantine. Veronica had a background in K-12 education and is currently involved in post secondary education planning. Nick has a 15-year background in the insurance industry and specializes in sales training and coaching. They chose to invest their time in this franchise to contribute to the community. Premier Martial Arts in an MMA-style dojo that teaches the most effective style of martial arts fighting. Premier Martial arts is a national franchise founded by Barry Van Over. His dojos teach a combination of kickboxing, taekwondo, and Krav Maga making it the perfect formula for effective defense.
–Barry Van Over began his study of the martial arts in 1975 at the age of nine years old. He created the first Karate Team for the University of Kentucky in 1985, where he studied business and communications. After moving to Tennessee in the summer of 1990 Mr. Van Over opened up his first martial arts school. After a few years of struggling with the business side of school ownership, and actually living in his school, Mr. Van Over was introduced to Greg Silva and his consulting company, United Professionals. Mr. Van Over became a member of United Professionals in 1994. Tired of not reaching the success he had hoped in the martial arts industry, Mr. Van Over made a decision to make dramatic changes in his thinking and in the way he was doing business. He began following the United Professional business systems and ironically was awarded “Entrepreneur of the Year” by United Professionals that same year. He then moved on to become the first member of United Professionals Board of Directors. He has served on the Regional Directors for NAPMA, and is currently a contributing columnist and a member of the consulting team for the Martial Arts Industry Association.
Barry Van Over was the owner of Premier Martial Arts in Knoxville, Tennessee, one of the top ten schools in the United States. He produced several products that allowed school owners all over the world to effectively build and retain a large student body. Products like School Talks and The ABC’s of Success-School Talk 2 which has taught school owners all over the world to communicate the benefits of Martial Arts to their public school system, resulting in record number of new sign-up for the schools using this system.
The Business of Birthday Parties and his monthly Class Management DVD systems are new products that Mr. Van Over has created to continue helping schools recruit new students and to help create a better educational system and exciting classrooms for martial art schools. Mr. Van Over has created his own theme based martial arts curriculum called the Fusion. Fusion is a theme based belt ranking system with curriculum from white to black belt that brings your students the best training that the martial arts have to offer. Students are extremely excited as they learn history and techniques while they gain an appreciation for the benefits of martial art styles from around the world.
-USA Dojo.com
Nick and Veronica hired Bobby Marinelli as head instructor of the Macedonia dojo. Bobby has been practicing martial arts for 23 years. His self defence journey began at the age of four. He has a 1st degree black belt in Kenpo Karate and has placed number one in the country three times. The Tiny Champs classes are for ages 3-4, the Little Champs classes are for ages 5-7, the PMA kids classes are from 8-12, and the adult classes are for ages 13 and up. Children’s Classes start at 3:30 in the afternoon and are 2 days a week on Monday and Thursday or Tuesday and Friday. Adult classes are 4 days a week and start at 8:15 in the evening. Eventually, classes will be 6 days a week and run from 12:00pm-9:00pm
Don’t miss out on this great opportunity to learn from the best. Call 330-227-4502 to set up an appointment. Or go to https://premiermartialarts.com/cleveland/grand-opening/ .
