hygeine

[glingglo]

OK... what do you do with the kid who smells so offensive that no one wants to work with him? Even worse, his sparring gear could be considered a chemical weapon - it would bring most people to their knees. He's already overweight, socially awkward and uncoordinated. I don't think another general class announcement about personal hygeine and washing your gear is going to help. But would you approach the parents? Or maybe send a letter out to all parents without singling this individual out? I hear a lot of comments about him from other students, and I plan to go to the head of the school about it soon. (Personally, I can barely stand to work with him, and I have a very high level of patience.) But I want to be able to suggest some solutions and not just have a complaint. Any suggestons? I'm sure this isn't an uncommon problem.

[TangSooGuy]

i would suggest a private conference be arranged with the parents. If they push you on what it is for, of ourse you need to explain some of the situation, but this is definitely something best handled privately. If that doesn't work, I would say you need to talk to the kid one-on-one and as tactfully as possible explain the problem.

 

A generic list of rules sent out to everyone explaining that uniforms and sparring gear must be cleaned regularly wouldn't hurt either, but if it is only one kid, I'd say handling the matter privately is best.

[Ironberg]

Hey! We had over two pages of posts on this thread. Did the moderators snip them all off - why?

[glingglo]

yeah, I thought I had remembered seeing something, but a search on the topic didn't turn anything up... wonder where it went...

[SaiFightsMS]

http://www.karateforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=10904&start=0

 

Still here; further down the page.