Beat in a competition "AGAIN" am I fit to teach?

Question

Was a a gashuku today and did not win any of my fights (have never won a fight) and was feeling like I am cheating if I am teaching the junior club members. Although I enjoy this part am I being fair to any of us?

Answer 1

beat in competition.... so......what. Think about it, life is a daily competition, for the right job right woman right you name it. How many do we really win at, yet we wake up each day to try try again, right? That's the winning spirit, it just can't lose even though it appears that it is.
The very fact you keep trying is the road to success, not the win. The win is really no different than the loss, it is simply the travel of the road.It is in traveling the road with honor that you should be concerned with. Imagine teaching how to harm , and then watching others suffer from that lesson you gave or give.
Now imagine watching others grow from your mistakes, as you have learnt the hard way and have lessons to share. Experience is a hard road to swallow, for everyone. You win here and lose there. So be a good student first and swallow your medicine like all of us, then a good teacher by sharing how you learnt how to , to others.

Answer 2

Think of it this way, Phil Jackson probably couldn't beat Kobe Briant in a one on one match on court 3 out of 5, but he sure can coach a basketball team to the championships. There's a big difference between fighting and teaching, just because you're good at one doesn't mean you're good at the other. Teaching requires experience and the insight imparted thru those experiences is what helps mold a student's mind and character. And nothing builds character more than experiencing a loss and then getting back up and trying again. Ever notice how some guys who win all the time and have not tasted a loss yet, usually turn into real butt holes because of their success, but cry like a baby when they finally get their butts whooped? It usually messes them up inside and they have a hard time recovering. As long as you're honest about it and strive to better yourself, there's no shame in losing a competition, it's when you try to hide it and claim to be something you're not that's the problem. So as long as you're sincere in your training and teaching, you can hold your head up high. Just respect your junior student's opinion especially if some don't wanna learn from you because of your loss record, it's their loss if they can't benefit from your experience and teaching.

Answer 3

Of course you can teach, you may not be the best coach yet but keep on trying. At least you are actually having proper bouts, too many instructors wouldn't put there reputation on the line by actually fighting in proper competitions they just want there regular demo student to make them look hard.
You can teach from a different perspective. Learn from your mistakes and teach others from your mistakes.
Also one of the fastest ways of learning and improving is to teach, especially the basics to juniors. It makes you go over the basics time and time again and that's where you will get the foundations for improvement.
Good luck.

Answer 4

No - you may not teach until you have won at least one match. If you can not win even one match, what do you have to offer? Failure? Teaching them to fail? That's great. A club full of failures.

By now I hope you realize that I'm kidding.

You may not have won any matches, but that doesn't mean you don't have anything to teach them. In fact they may have something to teach to you. You may benefit from each other. Besides in the end, hopefully,as a teacher you'll hope that those that you are training will surpass you someday.

Like you've stated, you enter competitions and haven't won yet.
You may not realize this, but you are teaching them a very valuable lesson:
Nana korobi, ya oki
roughly translated:7 times down, 8 times up.

Answer 5

Good teacher are not alway good at teaching, Winning fighter in a ring often loss fight in the street. You are more then fit to teach junior members, however you need to understand where you are coming from and also to the ones you teach and explain. Real Martial Art is not for competition. For martial art you talk to your master/sifu etc etc.
Competition sport you talk to a coach, manager or PA.
To loss today, you win tomorrow.

Answer 6

What kind of fighting? I just answered another question about instructors and their ability to teach and impart ideas and skills to their students. How did your students do in the competition? If they did well but you did poorly then you have to remember that they pay you to teach and make them capable-not for you to compete.

There were a few times that I would do mediocre at a tournament because I was so busy working with and doing for my students prior to it. Its important that you sit down and look at this objectively I think and why you did poorly. Also competing is like a game in some ways and it is not always the best that win but the one that is best at playing the game that wins-especially in sport karate fighting. If you need to modify your own workouts, training and strategy for fighting then do so. If your students did poorly then do the same for them.

When I first started competing in sport karate I was mediocre but i started to find things that helped me a lot along with modifying my training, mental attitude and approach to fighting, and gaining of experience. They can do the same for you. I have seen others that did not do well and just give up on themselves that could have been better than me. If one of your students thought like that or did that I daresay you would not let that happen without a fight or something being said by you. E-mail me and I can suggest several resources depending on what kind of fighting and send you some helpful articles and other things that helped me immensly.

Answer 7

you have had a lot of good answer to your question. don't base your teaching skill's by your fighting skills. i have been teaching both tae kwon - do and kickboxing for 17 years now. and i was never done very well in the ring. i lost both of my last title fights and other fights befor that. but i have great students. and they have all won and lost there fights. but to me they are all winners. just because i did not do very well like your-self in the ring. but it's down to my teaching that they have the confidence to go into the ring. win or lose. so don't allow your-self to get dis hearten about not being a good teacher (instructor) just because you don't win a fight. if your student are more than happy with the way you teach them. Thats all you need. you winning a fight is not going to improve your teaching skills. in my martial arts career. i have seen black belts that can win all there fights. but can't teach. and i no instructor that don't fight or compete because there not happy competing but are great instructor. every one is different. carry on teaching. martial arts need good instructor like you my friend. kickboxing 4th dan

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Answer 9

Hi there

The question is did you really lose?

You obviously have the ability to assess your weakness and understand what you need to do for next time. Fighters are fighters because of whats inside them. Its not their technical ability that makes them win. Its the spirit they have and sometimes its having a rough life that shapes them. Don't judge your technical ability to teach against the ability to brawl. You can still teach your students to be good at competition.

I don't know about you but its life that keeps giving me a good hiding these days. :-(

As the old saying goes you cant win them all. ;-)

Best wishes

idai

Answer 10

If you are a good instructor then of course you are fit to teach.
You should be positive in the way you teach always because if your not, your students probably arnt getting confident teaching.
competition doesnt have anything to do with if your fit to teach. The two questions you should ask your self is.....
do your students look up to you?
and do you known your stuff?
be confident