I don't think those are necessarily mutually exclusive. If you know your potential student's goals, you can show them what you do, and also explain to them how it relates to their goals. At least theoretically - this is something I'm still working on myself.
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I don't think those are necessarily mutually exclusive. If you know your potential student's goals, you can show them what you do, and also explain to them how it relates to their goals. At least theoretically - this is something I'm still working on myself.
Agreed. I was reading the post as adjusting content the first day to better fit their needs. I'll only do that with a short-term student (as I did for a high school wrestler who was looking for some new methods of control). With a long-term student, I won't be able to adjust for them in the long run.
I don't teach for money. I teach so I can get training partners. If students just want to learn MA for health, I won't teach them.
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I'd teach them (they might learn something useful, and it helps fund equipment for the other students). I just don't think they'd stay long, because they'd still have to learn the regular curriculum, and that's boring. Bosu is more fun.
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To elaborate - I have a pretty much fixed intro lesson that I do with everyone. However, when they filled out the new student form, there is a list of attributes (health, self-defense, confidence, etc.) on it and I ask them to give me a 1st, 2nd and 3rd choice of what they want to get from martial arts. Knowing that, I can make sure that the presentation of the intro hits a minimum of one of those desired attributes.
