AFFILIATE PARTNER PROGRAM

Your members train
the body every day.

Most never train
the mind.

MizuMind is a mental conditioning app built by a black belt and a US military veteran — for the training environments where composure is a technique, not a personality trait. As an affiliate partner, your academy gets co-branded onboarding, a member discount, and content calibrated to your style and your mat.

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Founded by a black belt·Veteran co-founder·No fluff
WHAT THE PARTNERSHIP INCLUDES
Co-branded academy onboarding
Your logo, your style, your member language
Member discount code
Dedicated affiliate code for your roster
Style-tailored content
BJJ, MMA, Muay Thai, traditional arts — specific, not generic
Team conditioning program
Optional: a structured 30-day program your whole team runs together
Private by design
Built by a black belt
Veteran co-founder
The gap on the mat

The mental game is the difference
between plateaus and belts.

Practitioners quit at blue belt more than any other rank — not because they can't train harder, but because they haven't trained the part of the game that gets you through the plateau. Competitive nerves, ego work, pre-fight composure, the discipline to rest. That gap lives between the ears, not on the mat. MizuMind is the practice that fills it.

Pre-fight composure
Short sessions — 90 seconds to 3 minutes — designed to lower cortisol before competition. Built for the weigh-in room, the warm-up mat, the moment before you step in.
Between-rounds clarity
Eyes open. Four cycles. The corner practice. Keeps the mind from running ahead of the body during rounds when technique breaks down under pressure.
Fits training, not life admin
Every session is 90 seconds to 10 minutes. No 30-minute commitments. Designed for practitioners who already have a full training load — this supplements the work, it doesn't add to it.
The sessions

Built around training schedules,
not lunch hours.

Pre-fight
Box breath, 90 seconds.
Lower the heart rate before the round starts.
90 sec
Between rounds
Corner reset.
Eyes open, 4-cycle. Back in the game.
90 sec
Post-training
Cool down without checking out.
Wind down the nervous system — not the training intent.
3 min
Sleep recovery
Long exhale current.
Eyes closed. For the nights when the session won't leave you.
10 min
Why it's credible
“Mizu no Kokoro — mind like water — is what your sensei told you about. We built the daily practice around it.”
— MICHAEL RUTHERFORD, CO-FOUNDER

Anyone can license mindfulness.
Not everyone has earned the mat.

Michael is a black belt. Dyshaun is a US military veteran. The practice in MizuMind is rooted in Mizu no Kokoro— the same concept practitioners have trained for centuries. We didn't research it. We trained it. That's why gyms and dojos trust this over a wellness brand that adapted their offering after the fact.

MR
Michael Rutherford
Co-founder & CEO

Black belt. Builds the MizuMind mental conditioning practice directly from his own training — the same concepts a sensei teaches, on a schedule that fits modern practitioners.

DH
Dyshaun Hines
Co-founder & COO

US military veteran. Anchors the high-intensity professional perspective across both the app and partner programs. Many practitioners are veterans — Dyshaun is the credible voice to that overlap.

Getting started

From call to practice
before your next session.

01
Book a 15-min call
Tell us about your academy, your style, and your member base. We confirm fit and answer questions. No deck required — just a conversation.
02
We set up the partnership
Co-branded onboarding, member discount code, and style-specific content selection. Done before your next class cycle.
03
Members start practicing
Your members download MizuMind, apply their affiliate code, and start the practice built for their style. You can run it solo or as a team program.
Affiliate partner program

Fifteen minutes to see if it fits.

We talk about your academy, your style, and what your members need. If it's a fit, we build the partnership. If it isn't, we say so.

Book the 15-min call
No commitment. No deck. A conversation.