Here’s the most annoying to me. Someone new comes to class, and you’re demonstrating a technique. They go, “Oh yeah, do that to me,” with the intention of countering the move that they know you are going to do. From there, my practice is to do something completely different, and if they fail to counter, point out that if they can’t counter that move when they are not expecting it, then how are they gonna counter the first move when they encounter it?
Second most annoying, but innocent:
Helping a student with a technique, and they start doing some other technique and asking questions about it.
Third most annoying(actually, probably second):
Ha! I hit you in the collarbone! You’d be down! (At this point I say, OK, go full tilt, I’ll mostly defend, and you’ll see how much damage you can do, as its usually beginners and long-time practitioners who don’t really practice, and I know they’ve got very little power happening).
Fourth most annoying:
ME(performing technique): Is that right?
Teacher: No. What are you doing with your ass there?
ME(Muttering): nothing I didn’t practice 7000 times at home. Back to the drawing board.
City, your toast will never go unbuttered again! -The Tic
“Here’s the most annoying to me. Someone new comes to class, and you’re demonstrating a technique. They go, “Oh yeah, do that to me,” with the intention of countering the move that they know you are going to do. From there, my practice is to do something completely different, and if they fail to counter, point out that if they can’t counter that move when they are not expecting it, then how are they gonna counter the first move when they encounter it?”
Damn Bastards!
What about the one where the student learns a technique one day and comes back to class saying I tried it on somebody and that technique doesn’t work. Then you explain that it takes practice to do that technique and they shouldn’t actually try to use after one day of training :rolleyes:
that guy who farts really loud during meditation time.
I hate that guy. I start laughing and I can’t meditate anymore! I hate myself for still laughing at farts!
And little kids who fidget during meditation.
Or the guy who wants to show you everything else he learned in some other school. yeesh.
or the guy who “can’t wait to spar”.
the know it all that’s been there a week.
the guy who never shows up consistently but talks like he’s training more and better than everyone else.
The poseur who stands there with his fist extended for inordinate amounts of time as if he’s going to really “get it” any second now.
the cryers, the whiners, the people who don’t show up for events and demos when they say they will and then they don’t.
The guy who makes “evil” faces while doing forms.
The guy who can’t control himself in sparring and when faced with an opponent of higher skill spends the whole session backing off for fear of getting hit.
these are the people who bug me in martial arts classes.
We had this guy come in once, and my teacher was trying to explain the concept of jing to the guy, and the guy says, “No, you shouldn’t do that. You’ll lose chi.” :rolleyes:
City, your toast will never go unbuttered again! -The Tic
How about the guy with no real fight experience, obviously loves martial arts, but won’t practice with any qualified teacher out of pure ego, because he wants to “Come up with my own thing”. Usually misunderstands everything Bruce Lee ever said to be in support of his goal.
City, your toast will never go unbuttered again! -The Tic
What about your friends or whoever that say “ok what would you do if i did this” and then they try to hit you like 10 times but don’t, and they get all upset and say stuff like “hey, that’s cheating, your not supposed to block my atttacks!!”
The object is not to hurt someone else, but to stop them from hurting you
What about your friends or whoever that say “ok what would you do if i did this”
Man, I knew this guy in college that would do that all the time. One night, we were at a party and he started his all drunk as I was trying to get into the bathroom with this fine azz ho. He comes up and says “what would you do if I grabbed this girls butt?” and he grabs it and just looks at me. I hit him in the nose as hard as I could. He never bothered me after that LOL
How about the guy who just learned a technique yesterday, mastered it in a night, and then comes in the next day and screws everything up by “teaching” it to other students.
Having made stupid comments in the past myself, most commments like the ones mentioned here just slide off me or make me simply sigh and shake my head.
However, one thing that does bug the everlasting bejesus out of me is guys with two or three years of martial arts experience acting like all knowing masters because they rank higher than you in your current school.
Ofcourse, treating your senior rankers with respect is part of being in the martial arts, but when they take attitude or seem overly selfrighteous it sometimes really gets to me. As it is my goal to be a good teacher with a good set of communication skills, it frustrates me to train with people who haven’t taken the time to learn how to teach effectively.
Sometimes I deal with this by simply ignoring them, or feeling sorry for them. If I try to do a technique one way and they say “no that’s wrong” I demand (nicely..I hope) they show me why. Not that we have to start knuckling eachother’s teeth back…but the one rule of martial arts I abide by is if you say it, you better be able to do it.
It is important to learn how to teach each student as an individual.
Teaching can definitely be tricky. One friend practices with us who is very experienced in northern external styles, more experienced than I am in my southern internal stuff. I end up sometimes in the position of helping teach him, and it seems weird. However, I limit myself to teaching him only certain things, like power generation(which I’m better versed in), and specific stuff to our system. Occassionally he gets a little thrown off when he does a shuffle the way he’s used to(rear heal lifting off of the ground) and I say, “No, here you plant the heal!” but he’s good natured about it.
I also try not to teach anything I’m in doubt of myself, but I’ve made mistakes and been one of those Annoying MA Stories.
KC: Do it this way!
Student: Yes, sir!
Teacher(to student): Why are you doing it that way?
KC: My bad! Here’s a stick master. Beat me for my insolence!
City, your toast will never go unbuttered again! -The Tic
