For those that have small schools, and those that have been teaching a short time , when do you find/make time to practice your advanced forms and techniques.
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Originally posted by Damian Mavis
For yourself or for your senior students? And what does it have to do with a small school or short teaching time?
Originally posted by tshadowchaser
For those that have small schools, and those that have been teaching a short time , when do you find/make time to practice your advanced forms and techniques.
Shadow
That's me alright. At one time was teaching at lease one class every night/day except Sunday. Now I take Monday and Wednesday off or so I can workout. Last week I got to work a couple of 10 hour days at the day job before going to the dojo. Boy was I dragging.Originally posted by tshadowchaser
My thoughts on a small school was/is, that most school don't start out with 30-50 students of various ranks, therefor the instructor must spend all of his time teaching and has no time to do any forms or practice advanced techniques because all of the students are beginners. If the instructor has a full time job and only teaches during his no work/job hours he is putting in 8 hours a day at work then 2+ hours a night teaching, and he has to find some time for family or him/her self, there is little time let to practice for oneself.
Shadow
I feel you have a point very well made. There was an article a while back on about.com referring to your same post. James Hon had some very good points on training when there seems to be no time for it. Waking up 45 minutes early and getting in a 30 minute workout before work was a good idea. I prefer burning the night oil though. 15 minutes of short form training at lunch for those with the 30 minute lunch and 30 minutes for those with an hour. 30 minutes before eating dinner is another way to add training time in the course of a day; and always 30 - 45 minutes before bedtime.Originally posted by tshadowchaser
My thoughts on a small school was/is, that most school don't start out with 30-50 students of various ranks, therefor the instructor must spend all of his time teaching and has no time to do any forms or practice advanced techniques because all of the students are beginners. If the instructor has a full time job and only teaches during his no work/job hours he is putting in 8 hours a day at work then 2+ hours a night teaching, and he has to find some time for family or him/her self, there is little time let to practice for oneself.
Shadow