Sabaki Business System

Sabaki Strategy: A Martial Arts Framework for Business Leadership

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WHY SABAKI

Most strategy models assume stability.
Sabaki assumes movement, pressure, and unpredictability.

It teaches leaders how to:

  • Stay balanced while conditions change

  • Use pressure as information

  • Adapt without losing direction

This is strategy for the real world.

We offer a range of services to meet the needs of every client, check them out below:

  • Confidence & Mental Strength

    Build confidence, resilience and the ability to act despite uncertainty through practical martial-arts-inspired experiences.

    Participants learn how to manage pressure, establish stronger boundaries, become comfortable with discomfort and discover what they are capable of.

    The world is a difficult place sometimes, building your confidence and resistance can help

  • Personal Safety & Self-Defence

    Practical personal-safety training designed to help employees recognise risk, establish boundaries, manage confrontation and protect themselves when necessary.

    The goal isn't to win a fight.

    It's to get home safely.

  • Leadership Under Pressure

    Leadership isn't truly tested when everything is going well.

    SABAKI LEAD™ uses martial arts principles and experiential learning to develop leaders who remain composed, adaptable and decisive when conditions become difficult.

    Develop yourself to become a better leader.

  • Executive Performance Coaching

    A confidential performance partnership for founders, executives and senior leaders carrying significant responsibility.

    Think clearly, lead confidently and perform sustainably.

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Our Coaching Process

Shoshin

(Beginners mindset)

  • Business plan

  • Unique Sales Proposition (USP)

  • Mission - Goals

  • What business are you in?

Kihon

(Fundamentals)

  • Refining techniques

  • What are the core parts of your business (80:20 rule)

  • Lifetime Product Value

Tamashiwari

(Breaking)

  • Remove old habits

  • Break apart existing structures

  • Find weak points

Kumite

(Sparring)

  • Test theories

  • Market research

  • Customer feedback

Ibuki

(Breathing)

  • Stress management

  • Mindfulness

  • Burnout management

  • Breathing techniques

Nage

(Throwing)

  • Launch

  • Implementation processes

Sabaki

(Control)

  • Redirect against attacks

  • Redirect conflict

  • Company positioning

Jissen

(Real Fight)

  • Stress management

  • Mindfulness

  • Burnout management

  • Breathing techniques

  • John has had such an incredible impact on Salt Shark, so I couldn’t recommend him as a mentor enough! Any other young entrepreneurs would be lucky to have him as a mentor.

    Taylor - Salt Shark

  • The way John communicates makes everything so much clearer

    Former Customer

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