Long classes?

[bushido_man96]

That might work out well. A little break would allow some of that energy to return, too.

[Nidan Melbourne]

As much as long classes are good (as you put it 4+ hours) you have to take into account of how many people actually would be able to attend. As most parents wouldn't be happy about their kids staying there for a fair while nor would adult students be able to do it due to work or school committments

Then there is the fact that you have to pay rent for that time as well

[lowereastside]

4 Hour Long Classes? - For teaching Kids to LONG ( an Hour is Good). For Adults - especially the older adults - 4 hours would be to LONG. I teach at 2 locations - the Long Island group is at my student's Kung Fu School - so we have no time limit - the average class runs 2 1/2 hours sometimes 3 hours. HOWEVER, no one is being pushed to the point of passing out. My NYC location - since I rent studio space is about 1 hour long - if no one rents after us the manager lets us use it an extra 1/2 hour longer at no extra charge. Also at the NYC location I teach only 3 students compared to the 12 on Long Island location. And my NYC students are much Younger. ( Go figure ). Since time is a factor the NYC students are pushed - we get down to business. Funny thing is that a couple of weeks ago one of my Long Island Student's was in the City and called if he could come up to the NYC class to workout. The student in his 50's made it through the class - I keep on asking if he was OK several times during the class - he said he was - however, pride kicked in and he did not want to show the others that he could'nt make it. I finally told him to take 5 and he did. There are so many variables involved - the age of the person - physical conditioning - experience of the person - health issues......Sometimes it's not the hour's that one puts in - its the quality of what one does in that hour.