Cobra_Kai Posted March 5, 2013 Posted March 5, 2013 So a bunch of instructors at the dojo where I practice, are going to a one day seminar to get certified to teach Krav Maga. My question is how someone can be qualified to teach a discipline after just a one day course? I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.~ Bruce Lee
Harkon72 Posted March 5, 2013 Posted March 5, 2013 Simple answer is - They Can't. You may pay for a piece of paper but it doesn't make the martial artist. Look to the far mountain and see all.
Tkdampbjj Posted March 5, 2013 Posted March 5, 2013 So a bunch of instructors at the dojo where I practice, are going to a one day seminar to get certified to teach Krav Maga. My question is how someone can be qualified to teach a discipline after just a one day course?If you are already a BB you should have a general understanding of MA basics. Krav is very simple it is more of a philosophy of using the most devastating techniques necessary to destroy an opponent ASAP. I'm sure they are getting a beginner level instructor cert. "Pain is the best instructor, but no one wants to go to his class."- Choi, Hong Hi, Founder of Taekwon-Do“If you are tired you’re not strong, if you are tired you’re not fast, if you’re tired you don’t have good technique, and if you’re tired you’re not even smart".-Dan Inosanto
andym Posted March 5, 2013 Posted March 5, 2013 How can you learn a curriculum in a day ? If you believe in an ideal. You don't own it ; it owns you.
Cobra_Kai Posted March 6, 2013 Author Posted March 6, 2013 How can you learn a curriculum in a day ?That's pretty much the point of my mini rant I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.~ Bruce Lee
lowereastside Posted March 7, 2013 Posted March 7, 2013 This is an ongoing problem - that's been going on for years. I've seen it all to often - someone takes a seminar - and the next thing you know their qualified to teach. Look in the 1970's - when the Kung fu craze hit - how many Karate schools all of a sudden became Kung Fu schools - and this is going on and on with the Ninja craze......... I'll give you one better - a Tae kwon Do school that switches organization's - the new organization lets the Instructor keep his old rank - 5th degree black belt and permission to teach under the new banner. However, the instructor is far below par in skill - compared to the other students in the organization - some don't even have the same rank.This happen at the school of a good friend of mine - some years back. The problem is it's never going to stop. It is what it is.
sensei8 Posted March 10, 2013 Posted March 10, 2013 One day certs usually give you the "Rights" to be affiliated with that particular headquarters. Then they usually provide you with some "stuff", whatever they think you need to get started. Then they usually provide you a phone number to call if you have questions and/or concerns. Usually!?! **Proof is on the floor!!!
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