How important is a manual for a martial arts dojo. What is 100% a must to add to such a document in your view? A manual that shows, in writting requirements etc. for students and for instructors to use? How important? What should be placed in such document? Your views and comments on such an item.
2007-07-15 06:29:14 · 4 answers · asked by Zenshin Academy 3 in Sports ➔ Martial Arts
Musts-A copy of the rules and policies for the studio should be posted and covered with new students. That way they are more apt to follow them and know what is expected. As for manual at the very least there should also be a list of the testing requirements for each belt. That way each student has the opportunity to review it and not be blind sided at testing time about some technique or requirement for promotion. In this day and age of video and DVDs it also makes no sense not to have a copy of it on tape or DVD which is what many schools have started to do and also then sell copies of it to their students. The tapes/DVDs can be as detailed as you want to make them. This way a student can review it at home, practice it, and be more prepared come testing time. At my studio we have this and it helps a great deal in helping students to learn or review things-especially if they take a short time off because of work or they are younger and participating in some other seasonal type sports.
2007-07-15 06:57:53 · answer #1 · answered by samuraiwarrior_98 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your school should ALWAYS have a copy of the rules of the dojo and what you should know at each belt level. Students and Instructors should know the basic skills of everyone at every belt level.
What a school should NOT do(that most schools do)is have a set amount of time or a set test to move someone from one belt to another. Everyone is different and everyone should be treated differently. At my school we have people who have been training for 18 months and are still white belts.We have other students who have been training the same amount of time and are up to Brown Belt. The white belts I talked about most likely will not even be tested to move up to the next belt. They have been training for awhile and when we see that they have the set knowlage needed to move to the next belt they will just move. Thoses guys that are now Brown Belts have been Tested EVERY STEP OF THE WAY Just because we want to be double sure they know what they are doing and have the proper knowlage at each belt level.
It all depends on the person.
2007-07-15 14:23:20 · answer #2 · answered by jeff b 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As both a student & an instructor, I like manuals. The more they contain the better I like it. Some people don't get as much from books as I do. It's an individual thing.
2007-07-15 20:33:39 · answer #3 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not so much a manual-but new enrolees to my dojang receive a booklet stating club rules/who to contact in an emergency/explaining that for the first couple of sessions they will be observed at close quarters . there is also a section on any health-disabilities the club should know about. a copy of basic commands. and a copy of general terminology (name of suit/training hall etc). we find the student is happier if they can take this home with them and study it at their leisure rather than feel under any pressure to try to remember stuff straight away-it seems to work for us.
2007-07-15 14:17:14 · answer #4 · answered by tony c 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋