I teach tai chi, karate and kung fu, having over 20 years experience, and have trained in China and Japan. In those countries, the teaching is very strict, and while I am strict with my students, I do make it fun too, always ask them are they enjoying their training. As in China, I teach in the open air, as to rent a gym is an expense I would have to pass on to students, which I don't want to do.
There has been a dop in students though, particularly as winter starts to bite. I know the trainingis not easy, but I feel it is made too comfortable sometimes, by the coffee house style of some of the gyms / mcdojos I have been to.
I simply wish to raise the standard of training, and to train outside is hard, and yet there are many sunday league football games where you train in rainy, damp, cold conditions.
So what's the answer? I want students to enjoy their class, but benefit too. The only way is hard work, and be regular. Am I way off on this one?
2007-11-18
01:38:33
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jonoxk
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