Duties & Responsibilities of the Senior Student

[Prostar]

I don't know if this is on track or not but here is a chore my senior student(s) occasionally took on.

Whenever some idiot walked in and wanted to challenge the instructor (me) to a fight, the seniors would just step between us and escort the "gentleman" to the door. This was one they took upon themselves.

Not a question of my getting hurt physically, but more one of liability. I'm not there to pound on itinerant fools.

[Chuck]

I don't know if this is on track or not but here is a chore my senior student(s) occasionally took on.

Whenever some idiot walked in and wanted to challenge the instructor (me) to a fight, the seniors would just step between us and escort the "gentleman" to the door. This was one they took upon themselves.

Not a question of my getting hurt physically, but more one of liability. I'm not there to pound on itinerant fools.

Sounds right to me.

[hdblue]

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Edited May 14, 2011 by hdblue

[sensei8]

I don't know if this is on track or not but here is a chore my senior student(s) occasionally took on.

Whenever some idiot walked in and wanted to challenge the instructor (me) to a fight, the seniors would just step between us and escort the "gentleman" to the door. This was one they took upon themselves.

Not a question of my getting hurt physically, but more one of liability. I'm not there to pound on itinerant fools.

Was that that much of a problem in the area your dojo is in? I thought that this was something from yesteryear's, and in that, it's rare, if at all.

[MasterPain]

I don't know if this is on track or not but here is a chore my senior student(s) occasionally took on.

Whenever some idiot walked in and wanted to challenge the instructor (me) to a fight, the seniors would just step between us and escort the "gentleman" to the door. This was one they took upon themselves.

Not a question of my getting hurt physically, but more one of liability. I'm not there to pound on itinerant fools.

Was that that much of a problem in the area your dojo is in? I thought that this was something from yesteryear's, and in that, it's rare, if at all.

We take people's signs all the time. Like Ninja Vikings.

[sensei8]

I don't know if this is on track or not but here is a chore my senior student(s) occasionally took on.

Whenever some idiot walked in and wanted to challenge the instructor (me) to a fight, the seniors would just step between us and escort the "gentleman" to the door. This was one they took upon themselves.

Not a question of my getting hurt physically, but more one of liability. I'm not there to pound on itinerant fools.

Was that that much of a problem in the area your dojo is in? I thought that this was something from yesteryear's, and in that, it's rare, if at all.

We take people's signs all the time. Like Ninja Vikings.

I'm scratching my head on this quite hard because I don't get it. Could you please extrapolate for me?

[bushido_man96]

In our school, the senior students, usually those who have just attained black belt rank, usually teach the orientations for new students. At times, they'll be asked to cover a class if need be.

[MasterPain]

I don't know if this is on track or not but here is a chore my senior student(s) occasionally took on.

Whenever some idiot walked in and wanted to challenge the instructor (me) to a fight, the seniors would just step between us and escort the "gentleman" to the door. This was one they took upon themselves.

Not a question of my getting hurt physically, but more one of liability. I'm not there to pound on itinerant fools.

Was that that much of a problem in the area your dojo is in? I thought that this was something from yesteryear's, and in that, it's rare, if at all.

We take people's signs all the time. Like Ninja Vikings.

I'm scratching my head on this quite hard because I don't get it. Could you please extrapolate for me?

Challenge a dojo, defeat their master and take their sign.

They do it on anime, anyway. Vikings raided and plundered for a living. Therefore by challenging dojos and taking their signs you become a ninja Viking. Or something.

[Rateh]

All students in the school I train at are required to begin attending one class per week, starting at purple belt, as an assistant/instructor. Whenever the schedule is modified, all students purple and above MUST schedule their teaching hour for the rest of the time the schedule is used (we make new school schedules 2-4 times a year). Sometimes they do little to no assisting in that class on that given day (instead participating in the activities with the rest of the students), sometimes they spend most of the class teaching a lower ranked student, or group of lower ranked students. Depending on the person (for red and black belts), their assigned class may be them as the instructor of the class. In the case of black belts, it is not entirely uncommon to find yourself teaching a class you did not intend to teach (the head instructor will notify you shortly before the class, or as it is starting, what they want you to go over).

Most students spend about 3 years between obtaining purple belt and testing for temporary black belt, then another year before testing for 1st. So if we assume they only came to their teaching hour 40 weeks of the year (they missed a few times and we were closed for holidays)..they have taught/assisted in about 160 classes by the time they reach 1st dan.

The school were I obtained my first 1st degree in had a minimum teaching requirement of 200 classes before testing.

I would wonder though if 150-200 is the norm, or if 20 as stated by a previous poster is more the norm.

I personally find what is asked of purple belts and blue belts to be too much. I would instead like for them to attend the lower ranked class, but take on a much lesser assisting position, instead teaching them HOW to be leaders and enforcing their command of their lower ranked material.

Younger red and black belts would continue this process, though taking on a larger role in the classroom. Older red and black belts would learn how to lead classes, though they would not be expected to do so on a regular basis. If they choose, they would learn all the details of class planning, class management, etc to train them into payed instructors. This is how I plan to run my studio (currently I have a small club at a fitness center).

[mindsedgeblade]

In our school, the senior students, usually those who have just attained black belt rank, usually teach the orientations for new students. At times, they'll be asked to cover a class if need be.

That's how my old school worked. If a newly tested black belt was able to stay on they would teach all the new students through their first test. I think it worked really well, though it could get tiresome for a new black belt to teach white belt techniques until someone else took over. Usually about 2-3 years.