OP
OP
Wo Fat
Purple Belt
Much gratitude for some very good responses.
And I've been thinking about what Grandmasters ought to be doing once they've arrived at that rank. I say this not to be disrespectful, but as someone who is at an instructor level, but who is seeing a vacuum in leadership -- leadership that should be coming from the grandmasters.
Rather than a heavy concentration of GMs in one location, acting like retired grandpa's, they should start with the following:
(1) Meet once a year at a disclosed location, with a published agenda (published to all other certified instructors within the art);
(2) Get acquainted with a map of the United States, and the countries throughout the world where the art is being taught;
(3) Assign themselves as "managers" or "governors" of certain regions of the country (since there are so many GMs, there should be plenty of management to go around);
(4) Take responsibility for expansion, promotion, and governing of all schools within their assigned regions. This includes all of the details involved with a new-school setup, like leasing, documentation, etc.;
(5) Implement continuing advancement and evolution of the art, and establish standardized requirements as agreed in the yearly grandmaster meetings.
And these are just a few things that come to mind.
And I've been thinking about what Grandmasters ought to be doing once they've arrived at that rank. I say this not to be disrespectful, but as someone who is at an instructor level, but who is seeing a vacuum in leadership -- leadership that should be coming from the grandmasters.
Rather than a heavy concentration of GMs in one location, acting like retired grandpa's, they should start with the following:
(1) Meet once a year at a disclosed location, with a published agenda (published to all other certified instructors within the art);
(2) Get acquainted with a map of the United States, and the countries throughout the world where the art is being taught;
(3) Assign themselves as "managers" or "governors" of certain regions of the country (since there are so many GMs, there should be plenty of management to go around);
(4) Take responsibility for expansion, promotion, and governing of all schools within their assigned regions. This includes all of the details involved with a new-school setup, like leasing, documentation, etc.;
(5) Implement continuing advancement and evolution of the art, and establish standardized requirements as agreed in the yearly grandmaster meetings.
And these are just a few things that come to mind.
