Moses McClendon teaching a packed adult class at River City Kung Fu

Marketing for Kung fu schools.

Twenty years of teaching. The best month of his career. Moses McClendon signed 20 new students in 30 days at River City Kung Fu, after other marketing companies had come and gone.

New students · 30 days 20

For twenty years the problem was never the teaching.

The people who would love kung fu were already in Richmond. They just never saw it. Great instruction is not a marketing plan. Reaching the right people is.

01 The buyer

Curious, and a little unsure.

The kung fu buyer grew up on films and never found a door to walk through. They want discipline, self-defense and fitness that means something, but they wonder whether a real school is for people like them.

Moses knew those people lived in his community. He had tried a few marketing companies over the years and nothing delivered steady, predictable growth. The fix wasn't a better class. It was putting his class in front of those people, in plain language, with a free first step.

Adults 18 to 48 drawn to tradition, and families looking for a kids class.

Who
Adults who want something deeper than a gym, and parents
Fear
Kung fu is movie stuff. Am I flexible enough?
Searches
"kung fu classes near me", "self defense classes"
Decides on
The sifu, the lineage, a real class
02 The angle

Twenty years, in one frame.

Traditional arts sell on the teacher and the lineage. The ad shows the sifu on the floor with real students, says how long he has taught, and invites a first class that costs nothing. Ads grab attention; the site and the call do the explaining.

Then speed does the rest. Every lead gets a reply in seconds and a call to confirm the day before, after work hours, when people actually pick up.

  1. 01The sifu's years are the hook
  2. 02Real class, real floor
  3. 03First class free
  4. 04Reply in seconds, call the day before
SSummit Martial ArtsSponsored · demo ad

Twenty years teaching kung fu. Your first class is on us. Traditional kung fu for adults and kids. Build discipline, balance and real self-defense. Beginners welcome.

Kids and adults training forms together on the wooden floor at River City Kung Fu
summitmartialarts.comFirst class freeBook first class
Demo ad for a fictional school, showing the Kung fu angle.
03 The proof

One to two a week. Then twenty.

River City Kung FuRichmond, VA · since August 2025

When Moses started with us in August 2025, we told him to expect around one to two new students per week. That turned out to be a gross understatement.

New introductions, bookings and signings all surged. He signed 20 new students in the first 30 days: more than he had seen in any month in two decades of teaching.

Read the full River City Kung Fu story
What we promised · 30 days ~1–2 a week
What happened · 30 days 20
Message from Moses McClendon: one week in, 29 leads, 25 confirmed, 6 new students and 9 pending intros
Message from Moses McClendon: we got 7 booked for tomorrow morning's class
05 The reading

Why the old way stalls.

The numbers, unedited.

Real schools, real counts, straight from the owners and their case studies. Every one of them started with a free month.

20new

New students. Signed in River City's first 30 days.

29

Leads in week one. From Moses's own message: 29 leads, 25 confirmed.

20yrs

Years teaching. And never a month like it, in his words.

I've been teaching for twenty years and I have not had this much growth since I've been open.
Moses McClendonRiver City Kung Fu
On the mats with
  • River City Kung Fu
  • Total Wing Chun Ju-Jitsu Ryu

Asked by Kung fu owners.

The questions we hear on calls with kung fu school owners. Bring the rest to yours.

Yes, as long as it respects the art. We don't turn kung fu into a bootcamp ad. We show the sifu, the students and the tradition, and we make the first step easy: a free class booked from a phone.

Mostly adults 18 to 48 who want discipline, self-defense and fitness with meaning, plus parents looking for a kids class. Many have been curious for years and never found a school that spoke to them.

We told Moses to expect around one to two new students per week. He signed 20 new students in his first 30 days, the most growth he had seen in twenty years of teaching.

Moses had too. We only work with martial arts schools, we answer every lead in seconds, and we run the first month free, so you see the results before you pay for anything.

Yes. River City Kung Fu's site was built by us, with clear trial-class calls to action, program showcases and social proof for adults and parents.

Your mats are next.

A 30-minute call about your kung fu school: your buyer, your offer, your area. Then we run the whole system for a month, free.