I think we can all agree that the "might dollar" is one of the main enemies of todays martial arts instructor. Whether it be the need for students to pay rent or the need to not harm in anyway students so as not to get sued. We live in constant awareness that the parent coming to speek to us is pissed that we told there son to do pushups and no one elses. I could be wrong but modern parents seem to feel that a karate school is an excellent place to have a child babysat. I dont teach children (not because of previous statements, I dont have the patients to do it), but I have seen changes in the past ten years that scare me. I watched my own Instructor build a wall to seperate the studio from spectators so that children wouldnt be able to just run across the floor. I miss the old day of being hit and hitting and pushing people, mentally and physically, but today you have to choose carefully who and where you do these things. I remember hearing my Instructor called by his first name and lookign around wondering who in the hech these people where talking too, not because of disrespect but because as a young man I knew his first name, and still in the school I didnt realize who they meant. Has school doen this to children, have parents, or should we use the age old "its society" crap. I guess as martial arts instructors hired by parents to "babysit", like it or not we shoudl take this opportunity to try to remold the children and for that matter adults that coem into our schools. If were lucky well be able to make the average person realize that when the spill coffee on themsleves, not to sue dunkin donuts because the coffee was hot. Sounds dumb but I guess weve got a long way to go.
Tigerstorm
I say that because after I met him once, there hasn't been a day gone by I haven't thought of kenpo in some way. 
