I go to a school where the most people in our class is 8 people. Our Sifu’s, are trying to increase student size to pay for facility rental, by some peoples ideals, that makes them sell outs. Tell me how then are we to keep good schools around if they don’t promote themselves to try and get more students.
The reason I ask this is because for the last year and a half our sifu’s have been covering the remainder of the costs to keep the place running, and if places like these are not expected to promote themselves for fear of becoming sell outs, then we may actually lose these little gems.
Originally posted by straight blast
[B]To LaughingCow:
His students (usually anywhere between 10-40 per lesson) are a mix of Japanese and westerners, with a few Germans thrown in, from students to professionals. Here on the Coast very few people I’ve met actually work 9-5 jobs…and if the 1st class of the day starts around 10:00 and the last finishes at 8:30 it’s not too hard to find one or two to get to.
And some of us work night shifts so we can attend most of the day classes.
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Thanks, that makes sense. Over here the normal work hours are 9-8, so plenty of classes are on the weekend.
Did I? I don’t really remember, though I do feel obligated to mock sellouts. I mean, I have no respect for people who sell out (especially in MA) so why not? Besides, in my experience all but one instructor at a McKwoon or McDojo as well as most “business” oriented schools (and I’ve seen many) has been a total mook, so I hope that expressing my opinions will dissuade anyone looking for a new school from going to one of these “businesses”.
It seems to me that you’ve let your education slip in a number of areas before…why stop now?
What are you talking about?
Our Sifu’s, are trying to increase student size to pay for facility rental, by some peoples ideals, that makes them sell outs.
This isn’t selling out. As long as the quality of education doesn’t suffer, then it’s a good thing. If a sifu can take more students, there’s no reason he or she shouldn’t do some promotion to put their school out there. With 8 students it is difficult to maintain a facility. I posted in another thread (the soda machine thread) talking about one of my sifu’s budgets and how she had no problem running a school. Then again, she had no problem keeping her class size at a decent level (without sacrificing quality) to cover the bills.