[47MartialMan]

Originally Posted by Gambatte Karate

Ok, I took today off to go do a demonstration at the dojo today, and wow....Did this ever get out of hand. Anyway, to answer triangles question (at least I THINK it was triangle who asked it) No, I am the head instructor in my school. She assists me, and I occasionally give her 2-6 students to teach. I will on occasion have her warm up the class, but never run the whole class unless it is unavoidable. If I can not be there for whatever reason (It's only happened once in three years) I always give her a curriculum guideline to go by. She can follow it word for word, minute by minute, or she can adlib if she feels the need to. She has been training for 10 years now. I think she knows how to teach a class if she needs to. Sometimes, she is better at communicating what needs to be said than I am, so I will let her take over with that student. I will often allow her to take a new youth student and teach them for the first two weeks. This helps to show the kids that a blackbelt IS attainable, but it really is better for retention. I can be a hard one to get along with at times, and the last thig we need is for me to give some kid 30 pushups on his/her 2nd day there for not saying "Osu" when I tell them to do something or not knowing what a gedan berai uke is.

Yes, my daughter trains in the adult class. In fact, she and her brother have private classes on top of their regular classes. Any other questions? Ask away.

Well, if one can teach what that had studied, then they know their material well.