Hello fellow members. I hope this message finds you well and that it challenges you. We started having Wednesday online classes about a month ago and it’s been a blast, intellectually stimulating, and thought provoking. I was noticing how many members are in the Skool platform and I believe I saw about 99 members. I read that some are students and some are instructors in other FMA styles, if you will. That tells me that you saw something here that you did not see elsewhere where, otherwise why join the group. Those who teach, I am sure charge a tuition or fee, given that it may be their bread and butter. If that be so, then why not do what we require our students to do, pay a fee for the time, skill, and dedication to the art and students? It’s not right for us to want to receive and not give back. “A worker is worth his wages.” I say this because out of the 99 members, only 6 or so of us have joined the premium tier and we are the ones who attend the online weekly classes. The fee is quite reasonable, $37 a month to attend the online class and $99 for VIP to be able to attend the class and have access to the growing library of classes. We’ve all seen what Guro Mark is able to do. He has a love for the art and science of FMA, for teaching , and his students. If you cannot attend his classes in person the next best thing is to be able to attend his live online classes. With all that said, if you are on the fence, I ask you, “Why?” If it is related to finances, cut back on the energy drinks or the Starbucks for one week and you will have your basic tuition covered. Again, you know what he offers so why not show you truly value the art, the science, the culture, and respect the man enough not to expect simply to get things for free, but to pay for his time and expertise. We all know that we pay for what we value. Naturally, two questions follow from this: one, do you value Guro Mark and the wealth of knowledge he brings to the table? Two, do you want to stay stuck in the classical mess or continue to learn and grow in the art that we all love?

My Sunday is wide open. What about shifting the online class to Sundays? Timing is up to you guys -m I can do morning, afternoon or evening - just SPEAK UP! We can start tomorrow... but I need you to SPEAK UP! If it works for you, post a few time windows and let's figure out one that can serve the most members. Let's do this!

Long before I ever even thought of starting this whole Skool thing, my wife got tickets to Phantom of the Opera for tomorrow evening. So, as you can understand, I will not be doing the online class tomorrow. Let’s talk about switching it to earlier in the day on Sundays. That would be easier for me. - M

It took quite a bit of doing and uploading time – which happened at the speed of paint drying – but I finally got the first class uploaded to the library. Because it took so much time, I'll leave it up for a full 24 hours starting now. I know it says 0%. Ignore that, open the Online Class Library and you'll see the Inaugural Online Class - that's it!

In thinking about it, I don't want to exclude any Premiun-Tier Member from being able to partake of my online classes simply because their respective time zone may put the live-stream in the middle of the night or right smack in the middle of their work day. So, what I'm going to do – the "adjustment" – is leave the recorded class available for access by Premium -Tier Members for 24 hours after it live-streams. After 24 hours, it will go into the library where only VIP-Tier Members will have access.