Growth

[sensei8]

As an instructor of the Martial Arts, we're responsible for a myriad of things concerning our students across the board. We must provide quality instructions, and in that, it must be drenched with effectiveness in each and every technique within our curriculum.

Day by day! That's how often our student should grow in their knowledge/techniques. Our students shouldn't be stagnate instruments stuck in the mud.

If we do our job as instructors, our students should grow day by day, no matter the material. No, I don't think it's our students complete responsibility to ensure that they're growing in some way, shape, and/or form. We should be monitoring our students progress, and when we note that somethings amiss, we make our students accountable as to why, for example, they haven't been practicing.

If were creating a challenging lesson plan to enable them to grow on a steady up-curve, and our instructions are quality across the board, then our students better be making an effort to improve their quality of growth within knowledge/techniques.

Our Growth Responsibilities:

>Growth thru patience

>Growth thru quality instructions

>Growth thru understandings

>Growth thru mentoring

Instructors...What other ways should we, as instructors, help our students GROWTH??

Students...What other ways should YOUR instructor be helping your GROWTH??

[bushido_man96]

As an instructor, I think I can help growth by changing a class up from time to time, to explore different things. I think one way to do this is to step outside the comfort level I have for TKD, and allow students to experience something else, like ground fighting or some different striking style, by bringing in instructors of such styles to give explanations and examples of what else is out there.

As a student, its important to keep up with the knowledge already gained, and to bring a good work ethic to class, and be ready to give 100%.