bassaiguy Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Many people (myself included) dream of being full-time MA instructors. However, most teachers have other jobs and teach part-time. This is true in Okinawa and Japan, as well as the US. I wonder if there are some fields that attract MA teachers and students more than others? I'm not sure, though. It seems my teachers over the years have been a pretty eclectic bunch.My teachers have been:School bus driverConstruction workerBartenderGraduate studentMedical doctorUniversity professorPolice officer (retired) Full-Time MA teacher As for me, I'm a high school teacher (and former cop). I'm just a part-time MA teacher, too.So, is their a career path that attracts MA weirdos like us? "Honour, not honours." ~ Sir Richard Francis Burtonhttp://oronokarate.weebly.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCavin Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 My sensei is a cop. I was previously a detention officer and part of an immigration task force with homeland security. Now I'm the milk man -James Cavin- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sensei8 Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 I've been blessed in that I'm a full-time MA instructor; I've done nothing else. **Proof is on the floor!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kensei Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 my full time instructor is retired, but he was a welder and before that he owned a small store. My other instructors were govenerment employees, fire fighters and one was a coffee truck driver! Even monkeys fall from trees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJCKarate Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 In addition to doing about 19 hours a week of Karate teaching (excluding training), while being an instructor I have in my 'real life' been:- a student- a professional in the comms (advertising/marketing/PR) field- a member of the Army Reece CummingsKodokan Cummings Karate Dojo5th Dan, Matsubayashiryu (Shorinryu) Karatedo Kobujutsu1st Dan, Yamaneryu Kobudo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterPain Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 I install seamless gutter and also work for a small printing company. Those subscription cards in magazines- I print about a million a night.I've trained under and with a plumber, an owner of a construction company, a law student, a couple cops, a philosophy professor, a chiropractor, a hairdresser/computer repair guy/minister and who knows what else. My fists bleed death. -Akuma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lit-arate Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 I'm an British Literature Ph.D. student/in a few years (hopefully) Literature professor.I read poems to my students while I make them do pushups. (Not really. But I should.) You are bound to become a buddha if you practice.If water drips long enough, even rocks wear through.It is not true thick skulls cannot be pierced;people just imagine their minds are hard.~ Shih-wu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ps1 Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 I am a Nuclear Medicine Technologist who works as a validation engineer, testing and assisting in the design of PET, PET/CT, PET/MRI, and SPECT imaging equipment. "It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenius." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dobbersky Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Well, I'm ex forces, I was a bar manager, then an "office jockey" for a major Telecommunications company.I dream of being full time but I don't earn anything from from it so would have to change my ethics "Challenge is a Dragon with a Gift in its mouth....Tame the Dragon and the Gift is Yours....." Noela Evans (author) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yamesu Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 I am a government chemical scientist, with a majority of work done in water chemistry and transmission vectors for human and ecological health.I have trained under Pharmacologists, Construction workers, Structural Engineers and Dentists. Its amazing that, no matter what the profession or background one comes from, Martial Arts can bring us together on a common ground. "We did not inherit this earth from our parents. We are borrowing it from our children." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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