Twin Fist
Grandmaster
i was gonna say, since there will never be a 10-12 year old I consider a legit black belt, I cant go any further into the "what if"
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Nor in any I have studied in and I have also been in the schools with all those starting before you being considered higher in the class order until you are a teacher
Folks forget about the legal issues of a kid opening a business and concentrate on the question "would you study under him/her" WHY? WHY NOT?
My point of this thread was and is:
If we promote these kids to black belt then why are you afraid to study under them. If they are not qualified to instruct an adult or other kids why the hell are they being promoted to black belt.
I still say the young person could open a club at his school or even in his garage. A club dose not come under the same rules and regulations as a school/business. So If your organization says this person is a qualified black belt of 1st, 2nd, 3rd degree then why would you not study under them?
Most have said NO they would not study under a child that young so to those that said NO and belong to a TKD organization or any other organization that allow black belts that young what are you saying about the beliefs you have in the ranking of your organizations and your beliefs that these belts should be awarded.
I can only say, Ditto.Would I learn from a child? I do so all the time - both from my TKD students and from my middle school students. Would I want a child as my primary instructor? No... not because of age, per se, so much as because I don't believe that any child that age - no matter how physically skilled - could have put in sufficient training time to truly understand what s/he is teaching, nor are they developmentally ready to understand abstractions and IMHO, cannot, therefore, teach from the depth of understanding that an older, more experienced person would have.
clfsean said:The kid may have more technical knowledge (maybe), but the kid has no life experience to temper & mold the necessary skills to teach the art.
well said Mimir
So far I have seen no one say they would study under one of these kids if that young person was the only instructor
This thread is defiantly open to more thoughts on the subject Pro or con
so I'll throw in another thought to chew on:
What if htis is the only person teaching for, let say for the argument, 100 miles. I know hard to belive in this day in age but lets consider it
If all I had was a 12 to teach me something because he was all I had, umm I would train with him and help him teach me with the use of DVD's and Video's. For me to say this I am only admitting it is better to train than not train at all.
well said Mimir
So far I have seen no one say they would study under one of these kids if that young person was the only instructor
This thread is defiantly open to more thoughts on the subject Pro or con
so I'll throw in another thought to chew on:
What if htis is the only person teaching for, let say for the argument, 100 miles. I know hard to belive in this day in age but lets consider it
I would a) travel the 100 mi. or b) not train at all.
well said Mimir
So far I have seen no one say they would study under one of these kids if that young person was the only instructor
This thread is defiantly open to more thoughts on the subject Pro or con
so I'll throw in another thought to chew on:
What if htis is the only person teaching for, let say for the argument, 100 miles. I know hard to belive in this day in age but lets consider it