Testimonials

“EFC champions martial arts professionalism, not just from the business standpoint, but from the viewpoint of the ethics behind martial arts. There is no better place to be to help your school grow, to take your school to the next level. EFC has moved with the times as far as technology is concerned, but quality student service remains the core principle. EFC has never advocated getting rich quickly. It’s about teaching better classes every day and running your school professionally, and doing so will ensure that your business will grow with time. There is a reason why a majority of the top schools in the country have been with EFC for decades!”

—Shihan Dave Kovar

“When I first met Mr. Cokinos way back in the early ’80s, I was running a small kung fu school, and I was happy because I was doing better than all the other schools around me. Mr. Cokinos showed me the possibilities and helped me become a professional martial artist. EFC is like AAA; you can call them if you are lost or need help. Even though business practices have changed, EFC’s mission has remained the same. EFC is not just a collection company. It truly cares about a school’s success.”

—Grandmaster Dennis Brown

“I’ve been with the Educational Funding Company and Mr. Nicholas Cokinos for over 22 years. EFC is more than what it’s logo states: ‘Dependability, Trustworthiness and Rock Solid Integrity.’ EFC to me is a team, which eventually turned into a family. It has allowed me to network with some of the greatest minds in the martial arts profession. I have been inducted into the Black Belt Magazine Hall of Fame and have received many lifetime achievement awards. However, it is EFC that brings balance to me. It has allowed me to get a black belt in martial arts business practices. Mr. Cokinos has the true heart and soul of a Martial Arts Business Practices Grandmaster.”

—Grandmaster Ernie Reyes

“For the past 30 years, EFC has supported and encouraged and given me guidance for every step of the progress that I’ve experienced in the martial arts. From the early days when I was a single-school operator, uncertain if I’d even be able to make rent, I was giving the assurance and the guidance necessary to make rent and then some. Once my schools began to grow, I began to receive coaching on how to train, retain and pay staff. Once I became a multi-school operator, EFC guided me on how to better manage, how to better lead, how to better market the schools. As the CEO and Director of Martial Arts University International (MAUI), I continue to get the guidance and mentoring I need to better influence my own students, my own staff, my own team, my partners and their clients. Everything I do is a reflection of the influence I have received from Mr. Cokinos and the executive staff—John Cokinos, Mark Cokinos and CDR Ned Muffley.

—Kyoshi Steve LaVallee