How many classes per week?

[Spartacus Maximus]

It matters little how many days or hours per week one attends dojo training sessions. A person who trains and practises outside and in addition to time st the school will always get better faster than someone who does nothing whatsoever outside of school training. School time with an instructor must be used efficiently.

The dojo/school is for learning and asking questions, practise and technical refinement is something that must be done on one’s own time.

[sensei8]

It matters little how many days or hours per week one attends dojo training sessions. A person who trains and practises outside and in addition to time st the school will always get better faster than someone who does nothing whatsoever outside of school training. School time with an instructor must be used efficiently.

The dojo/school is for learning and asking questions, practise and technical refinement is something that must be done on one’s own time.

Solid post!!

While I might support the 3 classes per week staple, it's surely not enforced whatsoever. What one puts in should reflect that that's what one will get out of it. Attending often or sparingly is up to the practitioner with the goal in mind of capturing quality of knowledge and experience.

[JazzKicker]

One of the training principles of sports science is Volume (which is made up of frequency, intensity, and time).

That is, how often, how hard, and how long you train. If you want to progress, these factors have to increase.

In martial arts skill development, the principle of Specificity applies. How you would train for your next belt test should be more well rounded than say, an upcoming tournament.

So the answer is, yes, more training is better, if you're working on the right stuff for your goal. Generally speaking most classes are not geared towards individual goals, so a baseline of classes with supplementary, carefully tailored individual training is needed.