I agree that if you make exceptions for students in certain situations, they should be made public and available to all students who attend the dojo. Threre was a particular family where I used to...
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I agree that if you make exceptions for students in certain situations, they should be made public and available to all students who attend the dojo. Threre was a particular family where I used to...
This thread has been very useful. I work (in karate) with 14 year old that has ADHD and I get very frustrated as it seems we have to review everything all over again. She doesn't have much...
I have had a few people ask me this question...I just look at them very seriously and reply: "In my dojo there is a class strictly for blackbelts and one of the things we learn is how to read the...
Thank you most kindly.
I'm not sure if this is the correct forum for this question, but it was posed by a friend of mine and I, of course, did not know the answer. Here is her question:
Does anyone know what "Soho"...
This is a truly great site. Ed, mind if I ask where in MAss you are? I'm there every year - would love to stop by your dojo.
Back to the original question...(sorry to disrupt the flow)
I learn so much here (not being sarcastic in any way). The majority of my background is in Matsubayashi, though a little ground...
There was a female in a class I used to go to that liked to hit hard, but cried when you returned the favor, and even admitted that she didn't like to get hit. For a while those of us who sparred...
The local media where I live really has a burr across its back about the company I work for (a home builder) and has been accusing the in house mortgage broker of wrong lending and the leading cause...
I had a toxic situation at a dojo I recently left. I can see it is still manefesting itself at that dojo, and can see the pattern emerging again. According to several sources, the instructor lost a...
[QUOTE=Danjo]More to the point, it shows how inconsistent ranking is even within the same art and therefore how subjective it all is. QUOTE]
I agree. I've visited various karate web sites and...
No, not rude at all. Some of the questions you raised were some raised by a few of my fellow former students as well. The New Style wasn't much of pure anything - not really BJJ, not really...
The dojo I recently left had switched from traditional style karate to a new style created by the sensei. The style seemed to be a mixture of American boxing and BJJ - similar to what I've seen on...