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How are they supposed to create better individuals, if they don't have a place to do it at? How can they afford a place if they are broke?
If the student is broke. I've heard the united way donates money to youngsters. They can train at the Y M C A. People can look into this.
If the Instructor is low on money. He can try to offer places.
Boy's club, YMCA's Salvation Army etc. A program to train, students of various abilities to pay.
Don't start with equipment problems please. In the old days,
they knew how to improvise. Also, there are ways to aquire
stuff. Bake sales Demos.
I may add. When my money was nowhere to be found.
Thomas LaPuppet was gracious enough to let me train, virtually
free. As a matter of fact. I started at the Cadet Corps in the
Bronx. It is an organization, built from donations from the well to do.
__________________ Blue BELT. I'm begining to like this Karate
At my school, it's $60/month for a one year commitment and $70/month for a six month commitment. The prices get better if two or more students start together. However, the head instructor is pretty lenient with the commitment part. If I had something going on and couldn't come for a month, say, he would stop the clock and I wouldn't pay anything until I started again. Even if I quit 3 months in to a 6 month commitment, i doubt he'd charge me for the balance. Colored belt tests cost $45.
Theses prices seem a little high after reading some of your posts, but they are very reasonable relative to other schools in my area. I'm really fortunate to have found this place - the instructors a top notch and really good with students of all ages. It is not a belt factory either.
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"Only by making our beliefs into a living faith which guides us from day-to-day can we maintain the moral strength to overcome the obstacles and hardships which lie ahead." --- E. Turner
If the student is broke. I've heard the united way donates money to youngsters. They can train at the Y M C A. People can look into this.
If the Instructor is low on money. He can try to offer places.
Boy's club, YMCA's Salvation Army etc. A program to train, students of various abilities to pay.
Don't start with equipment problems please. In the old days,
they knew how to improvise. Also, there are ways to aquire
stuff. Bake sales Demos.
I may add. When my money was nowhere to be found.
Thomas LaPuppet was gracious enough to let me train, virtually
free. As a matter of fact. I started at the Cadet Corps in the
Bronx. It is an organization, built from donations from the well to do.
But at the end of the day, an instructor still has to charge money. Your sensei was very generous in allowing you to train, bu t imagine if he did that for everyone? If he isn't loaded, then he would eventually end up in hot water. And it seems having your own dojo is a lot better than training in other places, in my club, we train in the local community hall, where we have to pull the mats out and put them away at every lesson, otherwise they'll get trashed, and in a dojo across London, inside of a sports complex, where the sensei owned his own dojo, it was much better facilities.
__________________ "People can take physical pain, people can take mental anguish, but cardio pain crushes eveeeerybody." - Frank Mir
My school charges 35 pound (about 75 cdn/us dollars) per 10 weeks of training, and that is 2 hrs a week. The uniforms for starters cost around 20gbp and when you have achieved black belt you get your black belt uniform free.
But at the end of the day, an instructor still has to charge money.
Your sensei was very generous in allowing you to train, bu t imagine if he did that for everyone?
If he isn't loaded, then he would eventually end up in hot water. And it seems having your own dojo is a lot better than training in other places, in my club, we train in the local community hall, where we have to pull the mats out and put them away at every lesson, otherwise they'll get trashed, and in a dojo across London, inside of a sports complex, where the sensei owned his own dojo, it was much better facilities.
Ous, Sensei LaPuppet was not a rich man. He was an N.Y.C. Firefighter. Had a reputation for teaching people who had little money. His "dojo" were low,(cadet corps, room in a health club etc) very low overhead. All the money he earned from teaching. Went back into promoting the A A U.And the U S N K F
His aim was to get Karate Competition into the Olympics. Also to
have a fair governing body. Too provide a venue of fair and good competition.
__________________ Blue BELT. I'm begining to like this Karate
Thomas LaPuppet was a great man. He was chief at several of my bouts - mostly with the AAU but once or twicw in open tournaments like up at Great Gorge, NY, Playboy Club. I asked him what kind of gloves we could use & he told me 'Anything except driving gloves' & we all laughed. He was a good honest judge.
I only charge $40 per month & no contracts. I am not in it for the money.
How much do you charge?
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