Actually, you were the one who started ascribing blame - without any real evidence to support even what you're blaming for, much less who is responsible.
5 reasons TaeKwonDo as a system (not individual techniques) breaks down in a Muay Thai ring
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Bollux, I don't care who said it. There is nothing wrong with asking for money for delivering a product or service. I don't know where this idea originally came from. Overcharging for it - or underdelivering against your promises - is a bad thing. Getting paid for what you do is not (and that's from someone who makes no money from teaching).
I still disagree with this - it somehow presupposes that mastery of an art is somehow linked to poverty. It is also at odds with the previous two statements, since it clearly suggests it's okay to ask for enough to survive.
You answered that it is asking for money for teaching (paraphrased). You failed to show how that started with Rhee. You failed to show how that was actually bad. If you mean something beyond that definition you posted, you've failed to show any evidence that such exists. (Actually, you failed to show evidence even of anything that supports that definition, but that wouldn't be necessary, since we all know folks who teach TKD and receive fees.)
That's a response to a quote you posted. What was the point of the quote?
If a business has no profit, there is no income for the owner.
Again, if they don't, they're not making an income. "Profit" is simply the revenue in excess of the business expenses. If a program makes no more income than the expenses it has (like mine), there is no income for the owner (like me). "Breaking even" is okay for a hobby. One cannot make a living on breaking even.
Actually, the money that goes to the school, boards, equipment, would be expenses, so not even profits.
I guess you don't know what profit is: a financial gain, especially the difference between the amount earned and the amount spent in buying, operating, or producing something..
That doesn't prove excessive profit, nor that there's anything wrong. Starting kids very early isn't going to (normally) be rigorous TKD training, any more than soccer/football was when I started at 7. It's something to keep kids active and occupied in a social setting. That's good for the kids, probably good for the parents.
So, starving instructors are better than those who eat? Instructors who are impoverished at retirement are better than those who have a comfortable life?
I've seen instruction that was for free that was absolute tripe. I've seen instruction for free that was quite good. I've seen costly instruction that was absolute tripe. I've seen costly instruction that was quite good. The instructor matters more than his salary. That is true in martial arts, corporate training, and everywhere in between.
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Well there's that reality thing again.
So does slagging off your instructor, art, and betters online.
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When you are successfully running a highly disciplined kid's class and post video of it here, your comment may have some credibility.
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When you are successfully running your not-for-profit dojang, and post evidence of it here, your comment may have some credibility.
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When you are successfully managing to live from a job that pays nothing, your comment may have some credibility.
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Then surely capitalism is something you should understand.
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When you are making a living from your successful business, and post evidence of it here, your comment may have some credibility.
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