Quite Fellow Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 Hello, Ever since I can remember I have been doing martial arts in one way or another. I have allways done it and have questioned why I have done it. About two months ago I started teaching and to be honest I'm losing my interest in the martial arts. It has become work, instead of me wanting to go to class every night I have to go to class because I teach it. I cant afford to pay the tuition that the school requires. I have been put in the position of quit or do somthing that I dont like to do. Should I just pick up and leave? or should I just bare it? Ps- Please dont give me the suck it up and Usu treatment. Thank You Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jussi Häkkinen Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 You don't like it? You can't afford it? You don't want to go to class? Hey, you just answered it by yourself. Take a break. If you feel like it, begin training later. Leave the martial arts if you don't feel like training. Relax. Enjoy your life! Do not force yourself. You don't need martial arts in your daily life. You don't need to fight. Only thing you need them is for personal refreshment and as a hobby. If you don't enjoy the training or things that are involved...well, you don't really feel refreshed. Leaving is OK. Having a break is OK. Quitting is OK. It's a hobby. It's your life. YOU decide what to do. Jussi HäkkinenOkinawan Shorin-Ryu Seibukan Karate-Do (Kyan Chotoku lineage)TurkuFinland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quite Fellow Posted November 7, 2003 Author Share Posted November 7, 2003 You don't like it? You can't afford it? You don't want to go to class? Hey, you just answered it by yourself. Take a break. If you feel like it, begin training later. Leave the martial arts if you don't feel like training. Relax. Enjoy your life! Do not force yourself. You don't need martial arts in your daily life. You don't need to fight. Only thing you need them is for personal refreshment and as a hobby. If you don't enjoy the training or things that are involved...well, you don't really feel refreshed. Leaving is OK. Having a break is OK. Quitting is OK. It's a hobby. It's your life. YOU decide what to do. If I wanted the 24fightingchickens responce I would have posted it there Jussi. Just kidding. Nice to see a another user I've seen before on other forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jussi Häkkinen Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 Hehehe. Well, I think that way, too. I think that it's better to have a break when things begin to feel forced than to stay in and grow a hatred towards training inside. Take a break as soon as possible - that way you may some day feel that you want to come back. Or if you don't feel that way, you still have nice memories that haven't been buried into the bitterness of the last days. When it comes to 24fightingchickens...hmm, Rob just says aloud a lot of stuff that many of us have thought about and still think. I have always liked the common sense approach to martial arts. I disagree with some of the ideas Rob has - but mostly because of my location on this planet. Some things are different here in Europe than they are in USA. Practicality and common sense still do apply - but they apply in a local way. Funny thing is that most teachers that I've met think this way, too - and I do study a traditional art and do have a bunch of traditional teachers. (I understood that you were kidding, but I thought that I'll clarify my stand a bit.) I wish all the best for you, whatever decision you may end up to. Jussi HäkkinenOkinawan Shorin-Ryu Seibukan Karate-Do (Kyan Chotoku lineage)TurkuFinland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stl_karateka Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 I realize you said you have done MA for a long time and don't know why --- but during that time did you enjoy it? Or have you started to dislike it when you started teaching? KarateForums.com Sempai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommarker Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 I assume from your message that you are teaching in someone else's school (you wouldn't pay yourself tuition afterall.) Did you recently get promoted to black belt? Now that you are teaching, are you still being taught as often? (And I don't mean that "teaching is learning in itself" stuff) How old are you? All of these could play into why you're feeling burnt out. If you take a break, you may come back refreshed, but these problems will still be there and eventually make you want to quit again. I'm no longer posting here. Adios. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shotochem Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 IS teaching a requirement? If you are paying to attend class why are you teaching. If you are teaching IMO, you should at least be compensated. Some people would rather just train than teach. I see nothing wrong with that. The question is if you are no longer getting any enjoyment out of it why stay? Its only karate, it is like any other activity in your life if it is no longer enjoyable find youself another activity that you will enjoy. (I know that's another Redmond-onian comment ) Hi Jussi, from a 24fc lurker. I find it a little less intimidating to post here, though I also lurk there daily. Pain is only temporary, the memory of that pain lasts a lifetime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommarker Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 Rob's site is great in that even if you disagree with his conclusions, he gets you to think about those questions such as "why do i train?" etc.. While I love his takes on the kata histories and other technical areas, the philosophical aspects of the site really have contributed more to my training (and my perspective) than anything else. Not to say I'm a Rod Redmond ditto-head, just that he really has made me pause and think about things on more than one occasion. I'm no longer posting here. Adios. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jussi Häkkinen Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 tommarker: Exactly. The whole idea of his site is to make people to think and to use a common sense. I don't have a feeling that he wants to give use the definite answers - that would be against his own ideas as well. I don't feel like I'd be a R. Redmond ditto-head either. However, his site has encouraged many to actually think about things. It also sheds light to a situation in USA and abroad. Shotochem: Heh, well...you should post there if you have something to say. They won't eat you alive. Jussi HäkkinenOkinawan Shorin-Ryu Seibukan Karate-Do (Kyan Chotoku lineage)TurkuFinland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stl_karateka Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 Who's Rob? what site? somebody clue me in! KarateForums.com Sempai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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