This is true insofar as what is being taught can facilitate 'improvement' in the desired or expected direction. It's up to the teacher to be clear about what to expect from their teaching vis a vis 'results'.
Oh, yeah. This is where I really find out about things like where my gamer's slouch starts to show up in my MA, or where I've developed a habit of dropping a hand to demonstrate it's not active at that point (but it really should be in guard position). Any time I see two students doing the same thing wrong, I have to check my own technique before I correct them.
I have a habit of pulling my leg in during certain movements where I am changing direction; the kata doesn't call for that, but when I'm doing the kata with the kids, my gait is sufficiently longer than theirs that I'll run them over if I don't. Then I saw them doing it. Hmmm. Had to recalibrate how I demo the kata so that they don't mistake my adjustment for part of the kata.
Obediance to rules is a responsibility. My point is more specfic towards the rules/laws part, but in gneral it is: If no doccuemnt is presented laying out what is expected from you and the teachers, its a shrug and just obediance to the laws of the land. (which stay constant no matter where you are in the jurisdiction.
