TigerDude

Welcome aboard!

Competitive runners put in a lot of miles. Increasing your mileage base will help your one mile time. However, you have to ensure you are also doing speed work to avoid slowing down.

Far too few small businesses take action against stealing employees - fear of bad publicity being a key reason. The result is that the bad eggs then are free to do the same to the next employer. I would fire such an employee on the spot, and seek both civil and criminal redress. Surely there is another person ready to step up into an instructor role.

I assume you mean a stationary bike. Sure, they're effective. The problem is that they are incredibly boring for most people. As a result, they end up being high priced places to hand clothes. Get one used - there are a lot available.

What was up with Mr. Red Sweater? Hey, let me help you get beat up!

I would say that a national TV audience merits at least as much professionalism as a MA class. A dirty mouth is just another aspect of having/not having self control. Most people with mouths like that manage not to talk that way in front of their mother.

Are you saying that you can do 20-40 pushups outside but only 1-4 inside? If this is true, it has to be something in your mind.

Get a weapon yourself, or run.

Buy used or borrow.

Ask both senseis what they think. I personally would tell the new guy to stuff it if he/she had a problem with sticking with your old style as well.

The best & most painful finger locks are not pulling the fingers back, but pushing them forward beyond the joint's normal range of motion (making the circle of a closed finger smaller)

I strongly disagree also. This is a myth, thoroughly disproved by many many professional fighters.

Certainly doing XMA would not preclude someone from being a good martial artist, but the XMA art just looks more like gymnastics than a fighting art. That's not good or bad, it just is. If you want to train in this type of thing, go for it, but I wouldn't expect it to translate well back into improved fighting skills.

Who tries to get 6 yo's to pay attention for 90 minutes? That's crazy! I think it's up to you to decide if you like the instructor's methods or not. Mine tried to make a big life lesson out of my son's failed test & I thought he had gone too far. I don't need a karate instructor to raise my boy.

That sounds like an accident waiting to happen! You better have a strong string!