I wouldn't waste my time responding or attempting to explain. The discussion started with dancingalone, who lives in the United States, discussing issues that he may have if he takes over a commercial school. In the United States, the Taekwondo schools tend to be populated with children, which even dancingalone acknowledged early in the discussion. I'm trying to think if any of my friends have schools with primarily adults and the only ones that come to mind are college clubs, not commercial schools. I know some who are building up their adult population by encouraging parents to study along side their children as a family activity but for the most part, taekwondo dojang in the US have children as the primary student base. Perhaps it is different in Australia, I don't know. What I do know is constantly horning into the discussion by saying in Australia it is different doesn't help dancingalone with his potential commercial dojang in the US, which no doubt will be populated mostly with children. Put another way, if the discussion were about dojang in Australia, I probably would limit my participation to the asking of some questions. I certainly wouldn't barge in by insisting that it is different in the US. I may mention once for comparison purposes the differences, but I wouldn't try to steer the discussion towards the US, because no doubt Australia has a different culture and they probably do things and thinkI dont know how you can constantly say the differently about it.
