Nolerama
Master Black Belt
Didn't know how to answer the question about the "large local martial arts retailer." I bought a cup and some hand wraps from Sports Authority, but there was nothing about corporate retailers.
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Martial arts lifestyle survey
- Thread starter CDA4555
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Korppi76
Green Belt
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Shicomm
Purple Belt
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- Thread Starter
- #27
Thanks to all for taking this survey. Here is the link to check out the questionnaire replies:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/sr.aspx?sm=wCPKK9DeqmhYLryiVBmaqoPMWJxP34hYArwWLKqgZ28_3d
To date, 82 martial artists has taken the survey. The overwhelming majority of the responses came from men with 84% of respondents being male compared to 16% female.
46.9% of the respondents were between 31 to 40 years of age with 61% of all respondents having 5 or more years of martial arts experience.
52.4% of respondents spend between $50.00 dollars to $200.00 dollars per year on equipment. Also, 31.7% of respondents reported spending over $200.00 dollars per year on equipment.
The preferred way of purchasing martial arts gear is online with 63.8% preferring the internet over retail stores. For the 51.3% of people who bought at a retail shop, they reported that smaller "mom and pop" stores were still the place to go with the pro shop coming in second.
As for what martial art each respondent has studied...well, it was amazing to see how many people have trained in multiple disciplines. As you can see from the questionnaire, the majority of respondents practice more than one martial art. Talk about true mixed martial artists!
More questionnaires to follow.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/sr.aspx?sm=wCPKK9DeqmhYLryiVBmaqoPMWJxP34hYArwWLKqgZ28_3d
To date, 82 martial artists has taken the survey. The overwhelming majority of the responses came from men with 84% of respondents being male compared to 16% female.
46.9% of the respondents were between 31 to 40 years of age with 61% of all respondents having 5 or more years of martial arts experience.
52.4% of respondents spend between $50.00 dollars to $200.00 dollars per year on equipment. Also, 31.7% of respondents reported spending over $200.00 dollars per year on equipment.
The preferred way of purchasing martial arts gear is online with 63.8% preferring the internet over retail stores. For the 51.3% of people who bought at a retail shop, they reported that smaller "mom and pop" stores were still the place to go with the pro shop coming in second.
As for what martial art each respondent has studied...well, it was amazing to see how many people have trained in multiple disciplines. As you can see from the questionnaire, the majority of respondents practice more than one martial art. Talk about true mixed martial artists!
More questionnaires to follow.
While I appreciated the intent of your survey, I found it not easily applicable to my situation. The assumption in the survey is that everyone who answers it is a student of a MA, rather than an instructor. An instructor's buying habits would most likely be quite different because they would be buying equipment for their school as well as personal use.
Something to consider in future surveys.
All my best.
Something to consider in future surveys.
All my best.
- Thread Starter
- #29
Excellent point! I never even thought about the point of view from the instructor or owner of a MA school. The needs of an instructor would be far greater than that of a practitioner, in most cases, I think it would be very interesting for a future survey to be just for instructors. Thanks!
Yes I agree and would like to see the result from those of us out there.
Brandon Fisher
Master Black Belt
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I would also like to see one for instructors
Agree with the above.
and done with the survey.
and done with the survey.
JBrainard
Senior Master
Done.
