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Post by AngelaG on Aug 22, 2005 23:57:29 GMT
Do you think it should be a requirement that all black belts, or indeed black belt candidates, should have had some teaching experience?
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Post by RigsVille on Aug 23, 2005 7:08:07 GMT
Yes I think some experience is very important.
I find that when teaching you have to think more about the techniques you are demonstrating and you also get asked questions that you may have never thought about before.
I find teaching a great way to learn.
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Post by Sionnagh on Aug 23, 2005 23:55:04 GMT
I really don't know. Some people simply can't relate what they know to another person so then requiring some teaching experience with a good outcome might become a negative on their grading "score", if that is how it is thought to be used. So I think teaching is not something that ought to be a grading requirement - some people can't teach and don't want to teach, some people simply don't want to teach even though others think they'd make a good teacher, and then there are some people who simply shouldn't be allowed anywhere near someone who is learning...  It is some ways perhaps similar to some clubs who require a certain number of "points" acquired by entering competitions for gradings, which I personally see no relevance apart from getting people to enter competitions if they want to grade.  Mick |
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Post by Andy on Aug 24, 2005 13:32:25 GMT
Do you think it should be a requirement that all black belts, or indeed black belt candidates, should have had some teaching experience? It depends on the.......oops sorry, wrong thread. ;D Selection has to come into it. Yes, teaching, or learning to teach can be beneficial in ones own practice, but not everyone should be offered that opportunity. It can be a hard call to make, but certain psychological makeups make certain people unsuitable to teach. Ever! Like Sionnagh was saying, some people can be to the detriment of your Dojo as a whole. I've seen people go off on outrageous unchecked power trips as soon as the Chief Instructors back is turned. In general, the less outward the ego, the better the teacher IMO. |
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Post by Aefibird on Aug 24, 2005 14:08:07 GMT
[ It can be a hard call to make, but certain psychological makeups make certain people unsuitable to teach. Ever! Like Sionnagh was saying, some people can be to the detriment of your Dojo as a whole. I've seen people go off on outrageous unchecked power trips as soon as the Chief Instructors back is turned. In general, the less outward the ego, the better the teacher IMO. I'd totally agree with that. Some people are great MAists but totally unsuitable teachers. When I first joined my dojo there was a guy & his son there like that. Both were into competition kumite and both were sucessful (a couple of the "big" title wins soon boosted their status). Whenever Sensei was absent (which was very rare) they'd teach the class together as they were both dan grades of equal training time. Both were complete ego-maniacs who relished in the power trip. They only took classes maybe 3 or 4 times, but the complaints from other students to Sensei was enough to ensure that they never taught a class again. This 'put their nose out of joint' and they came less and less. Last I heard Dad had set up his own dojo and Son had moved into Kickboxing. I feel sorry for their students. |
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Post by Andy on Aug 24, 2005 14:26:50 GMT
LOL, yeah that's the kind of thing I was thinking about.
We had an old guy, who was about 45 at the time.
He wasn't much cop at Kumite or syllabus, but the Sifu thought he'd be a good team coach (he also wanted to go home an hour earlier and not have to do the 9 till 10 tournament class), so mostly out of pity, left us in his hands.
He'd try and have us doing outdated exercises, things like Bunny Hops and just utter silly things, like slow motion sit ups etc.
I dropped the Sifu a note, saying I wasn't going to cripple myself, and quit the class.
Despite winning my weight class and being selected to represent the country at the next Nationals (94), I was dropped from the club team, so this old git could take my place.
It was a pleasure to see him get his ribs broken in the first team match, though unfortunately, my Sifu saw me rolling about on the floor, and chastised me for laughing at him. ;D
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Post by miffersy on Sept 10, 2005 21:28:13 GMT
Hi,
Yes I do think that BB candidates should have teaching experience. At my Dojo as 1st kyu they start teaching, firstly by taking the warm-up and then gettting progressively more involved. I think we owe it to the Public (what if someone grades shodan and immediately opens a club without having a clue of how to teach)
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