ChitownMantis,
Well thank you for the feedback apoweyn.
I understand what you are saying and if I was rude myself I am sorry but I dont like when peoples focus is just rude and not giving knowledge like I hoped I would get here.
Well, I apologize too. People are a bit cynical here. Regrettably, they have good cause.
Two years is obviously too little time to start teaching. Five months certainly is. But I understand that you’re not talking about teaching now. But in the future. And as long as that’s your focus, then I applaud you thinking in advance like this. If you’re serious, then dedicating yourself to martial arts training (obviously) and a solid business background is a really good plan.
People worry, though, that overenthusiastic beginners will skimp on their own education to start teaching other people. Regardless of the motivation (money, respect, or even just a love of martial arts), ready is ready.
You’ve got a long time before you’ll be prepared to teach. I’d been training for about 10 years before I was ready to teach (though I started teaching before that, which was a mistake). And about 15 before I was actually good at it. (And my skill as a teacher even now is up for debate.)
So for now, perhaps you should concentrate on getting into a legitimate school. Not one that’ll get you promoted the fastest. But one that will give you a good, solid skill base. Work your way through their ranks (and I don’t necessarily mean their belt ranks). And perhaps become an assistant instructor. A lot of being a good teacher is being a bad teacher first. Being an assistant will give you a chance to hammer out some of the rough edges under the eye of someone more experienced than you. That’ll be stressful, but invaluable.
And if I had 10 years or 10 months of train respect should be warrented. Thats one of the things that I love about the arts.
True. But that’s not particular to the arts. It’d be nice if respecting other people were our default in most situations. But realistically, respect has to be earned. As for KFO, stick around, make your points, defend your points intelligently and earnestly, and it won’t be long before you’ll have your respect. Dig?
My training in an actual school 5 months , outside of that 2years. But between school and other things didnt have the time to train in an gym.
I can understand that. Married, working full time, working on getting back into school. There are lots of reasons not to be training properly. But they’ll all need to be resolved if you plan on teaching for a living. As a teacher, you’ll be selling yourself. And you’ll need to have confidence in your product. That confidence can only rightfully come from experience.
But I have possible future plans to do this and the first thread explains that ,so that why i said people are not listening. Yes I am still an novice as far as the arts are concerned that way I raised the question of martial art in an business sence.
If you feel people aren’t listening, don’t lose your cool. Just restate your point. Build on it. Help them understand. It’ll be good practice for teaching.
I am not getting angry because of the answers, its because I have stated my position and people assume I am this snake that is not look for knowledge. If i am going about the wrong way just let me know. I dont need the negativity
State your position again. And again if needs be. Defend your position. You’re right that you shouldn’t be attacked right from the get go. But reality is what it is. And you’re going to need to learn how to deal with it. Convince us that you’re serious. Pretty much everyone here has, at one time or another, had to defend their own statements, actions, etc.
The people here can be harsh sometimes (myself included). But you can benefit from the hazing. People here will force you to think about what you’re saying. And generally, that’s a good thing.
Stuart B.
