Ediaan
Yellow Belt
This is so sad, my Sifu encourages us to also practice other martial arts, because we already have such a versatile art ( we have escrima and knife applications included in our training ). Organizations who insists on making prospective students sign contracts are doing it because, to them, it is only a business. I have met many trainers who teach purely for the love if it and encourages their students to be versatile in the arts. Why should we not have the right to choose if we want to study a third or fourth art as well?Unfortunately this is fairly common in certain organisations. There is a school not far from my own that has this approach. One of my students went there first (silly boy) and was allowed to watch a class and then told that to join he would have to pay £200 and sign a contract, I've had others come to me asking if they can train but asking me not to include them in photos etc because they are still under contract and this particular organisation has a reputation for threatening legal action. It seems to come with the larger organisations that operate on almost a franchise basis