I have a lady that wants me to teach her and her 4 boys privately… 1 hour or so 1 day a week, what do U think I should charge.
If you have to go to their house, factor in driving time and expenses.
I charge 100-150 per hour. If it takes you 20-25 minutes to get there each way, you’re almost working three hours. What is that time worth to you?
Also remember that when you are giving privates, you need to look at it as part of your regular work day. Try to do this on a weekday. If it’s on a Saturday or a Sunday, sometimes it gets in the way of plans, and you have a responsibility to your clients. If you have a full-time job, after awhile, this can be a severe drain on you.
Can I ask why you have a porn DVD link in your sig and why on earth you think that is appropriate?
150/hour sounds fair enough thats kinda what I was thinking thanks
again I ask you why someone who has been trained in Jook Lum Hong Long Pai would advertise porn dvds in his sig.
What the hell is wrong with you?
Your shifu should be proud
WOW! This is a first
Good eyes, Dale! I didn’t even see that.
ShadowSkill-I would definately remove that from your sig-especially if you are planning on teaching public. The world becomes very small and intimate when you are on the net. It can ruin your life.
I was under the impression that linking to adult content on this forum was grounds for banning? I mean, that’s why Sanjuro has become the acknowledged master of successfully skirting the shoals of disaster…
that said, to advertise publicly as a teacher and linking to pron? what an idiot…
[QUOTE=taai gihk yahn;960930]I was under the impression that linking to adult content on this forum was grounds for banning? I mean, that’s why Sanjuro has become the acknowledged master of successfully skirting the shoals of disaster…
that said, to advertise publicly as a teacher and linking to pron? what an idiot…[/QUOTE]
Maybe the lady that he is referring to wants a Different kind of lesson…:eek:
pron and secks
a/s/l?
I do not believe $150 per hour is fair, especially if all youre doing is teaching these kids some drills and forms and such. On what basis do you feel that you are worth $150/hour? Will they even get 1-1 time with you or will you be partnering them up with themselves? For $150/hr you had better be prepared to let each one of them experience your profound martial skill for the entire hour.
Most doctors (including many surgeons) dont make that much money in an hour, and Id imagine they are more qualified and certified in their field than you are in yours. And there are plenty of martial arts masters and grand masters out there that charge 1/2 to 1/3 that while also providing the most enriching experience a student could ask for at the same time…Can you do that? Can you do it 2-3 times better?
In my opinion, be a little more humble and ask for something a little more realistic.
$150 is ridiculous. That’s $600/month for 4 hours of training.
You have an overinflated sense of your worth. ESPECIALLY if you are just a student, yourself.
$25 to $30 hour is a working man’s union wage. You seriously don’t think you are more important than them do you?
AVG is 5 $ per hour per student.
so timed by 5 students
5x5= 25 $ total
if 5 to 10$ per hour per student
so 25 to 50 $ total
75 - 100 bucks an hour for a personal trainer is pretty standard.
you have to offer a lot more than making someone sit in a stance though. lol
if you have a method that is proven with results that can be measured and shown such as another personal trainer is expected to deliver, then charge what the market will bear.
10 bucks a lesson is pretty much a thing of the past.
[QUOTE=MasterKiller;960942]$150 is ridiculous. That’s $600/month for 4 hours of training.
You have an overinflated sense of your worth. ESPECIALLY if you are just a student, yourself.
$25 to $30 hour is a working man’s union wage. You seriously don’t think you are more important than them do you?[/QUOTE]
I believe that $30 an hour seems fair… train for about three hours and you got $90 in your pocket. IF you think you’re worth than that than MAYBE 45-50 an hour, but DONT CHARGE MORE THAN THAT! As far as transportation time is concerned, either make them come to you or deal with it.
I charge $60 and hour, and have not found that to be out of sight for most, and helps pay for the gas, my time, and the knowledge you are getting.
I also have special rates for more than a hour and offers deals where you buy 4 and you get one free or buy 8 and pay for 6.
Before jumping off into this, have you ever taught before? You need a program to start with. You have to start with 1 2 3 4 5 and so on. You can not do it 5 1 3 6 2. If you catch my drift. It is a very long and drawn out process if all you are going to do is an hour a week. I personally would never agree to anything like that. It will be something that could go on for a very long time. I have only taught a hand full of people in my entire life. Only a few paid me, the rest were family. I would do no less than 8 hours a week, with right at 32 hours a month. I made a great deal of progress in a 6 month period. I think I charged something like $350 a month. That is not a great deal really, but it was an honest charge. That was for 2 people. I always had to have 2 people so that they could work together in learning.
The problem some of the local teachers had was young people coming to them all fired up and full of themselves, then after a few sessions become disappointed because they couldn’t clean out a room full of bikers or something and stop coming. They would be late, miss days, and make every kind of dumb excuse. There is no excuse for wasting the time of another. Waste your own time, but not mine. I would ask for $1,000 cash up front. I would get all sorts of responses, but for certain they made every date for that first 3 months.
what ever you do, good luck.
[QUOTE=Lee Chiang Po;960977]You have to start with 1 2 3 4 5 and so on. You can not do it 5 1 3 6 2.[/QUOTE]or you could do it 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, and 97. you gotta screw things up in order to find an appropriate harmony within all the chaos of the simplicities… notice how there is no reduced 9’s in these numbers?? pretty interesting…
the best way to do private lessons is to use the barter-like system based on each individual involved… obviously if your client is driving around in a mercedes or jaguar, you can charge a “reasonable” price to accommodate their financial situation - yet to the common working man or single mom who may be in the dire straits of the times, “reasonable” tends to differentiate… usually teachers will have both ends of the financial spectrum, yet to deny someone because they are financially incapable of paying a hefty price is not very humble or honorable - compensating from wealthier individuals helps to balance out the difference in charge. trade of services is another brilliant concept, as perhaps one of your students is a carpenter or other tradesmith and you yourself are in need of services? like… you have a leaking roof and your student is a roofer or you need a new foundation wall and your student is a mason… each individual in question is case specific - to hold onto an absolute price is not in accordance with the nature of the way. 
$150 an hr? WTF? You’d better be teaching proven pro-fighting level skills for that; i.e. with a roster of fighters.
[QUOTE=Mr Punch;961008]$150 an hr? WTF? You’d better be teaching proven pro-fighting level skills for that; i.e. with a roster of fighters.[/QUOTE]
really; I’m a licensed PT and I don’t even charge that to people who are paying out of pocket (if it’s insurance, that’s a different story), and I guarantee noticeable results every single session;
when i read the $150 p/h i thought it was a little steep, but the more i think about it i’m not so sure that it is
the average MA instructor is the UK charges £40-50 p/h (around $80). thats for run of the mill instruction, swerving more towards McDojo than the higher echelons.
My instructor charges £45 per hour for each student privately, or £25 if your a member of his school.
TenTigers, i think, was saying that $150 is his standard charge for hours outside of class time. if you have a small group that is certainly not unreasonable.
Also he’s in NYC - thats gotta be one of the most expensive places on the planet to live right?
If someone has trained for 10 years+ to become something at a University then they will be charging a lot more than $150 p/h. in the UK a supply teacher can earn more than that for reiterating lessons already taught by a teacher, effectively just ‘qualified’ supervision.
people will pay what they deem something to be worth. if his students didnt think he was worth $150 per lesson they wouldnt pay it. It must be worth it… They could always go to another Hung Gar teacher and probably pay $30 p/h. they choose not to.
plus, for some people MA’s can increase their confidence and self belief tenfold. what price can you put on that?
I’m with tentigers on this - it is reasonable if your skill is at an advanced level