Signs of A Karate Quitter!
Submitted by Linden on Tue, 17/10/2006 - 11:20.
Before I start, I have absolutely nothing against people who stop training. Apart from the fact that they waste their time and more importantly, my time, which is more valuable to me than their money, as every instructor reading this will agree. I really don’t have a problem with them, if it’s early on in their training. Everyone should try lots of different things, life is short!
If however they quit when they’re brown belt, they need to go see a head doctor, why would you train between 2 and 5 times a week for 3 or 4 years then wake up one morning and say, ‘I don’t like karate training, I think I’ll quit’. If you haven’t found out if you like something after several years there really does seem to be something mentally wrong.
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Posted in General Submitted by Linden on Tue, 17/10/2006 - 11:20.
Posted in General Submitted by Linden on Tue, 17/10/2006 - 11:20.
Oss Linden,
Your philosphy on Karate quitters is so close to my own that I could have written it myself!! You have hit the nail on the head when you say there is a danger that too much time can be spent on the Quitters whilst forgetting the backbone of the club which is the dedicated student. I will always listen to any karatekas problems with injuries etc but you can always tell those that use that as an excuse for not training. The 'too tired from working' excuse and the ' I had a cold' cut no ice with me either. When you work full time who is'nt tired?!! When you have a cold train hard and sweat it out!! Many of my students continue to train when injured and as long as they make me aware of the problem we can work around it. One of my students is 7 years old and despite being poorly after being sick and looking white as a ghost he still insisted on coming training even if he had to sit down from time to time. This is the sort of dedication that should make all the quitters hang their heads in shame!!
You have my respect sir for telling it like it is!
Oss
Martin.