Hello, I’m new here, but not to the martial arts. I’m a 6th Dan with the Yom Chi Taekwon-do Association. We practice Chang-Hon Taekwon-do and we were fromerly with the ITF.
I am currious about how the search for knowledge within the martial arts community has changed since the advent of the internet and the greater availability and use of information in today’s society. On another Bulletin Board I possed a question about how the members there received their instruction and almost one-half (48%) of those who responded indicated that they did not have any one person that they called their Instructor. This statistic (although a very limited number) surprised me. I assumed this percentage would be much, much lower. My martial arts experience (over 20 years now) has taken more of the “Eastern” approach to receiving instruction. While I enjoy gaining knowledge from many sources, my Instructor (Sahbum) is the one who I look toward to shape my overall Martial Art base. He has agreed to take the responsibility to mold and train me, and I know that if something is a miss he will correct me. The traditional “student-instructor” relationship in the "Eastern" sense is sometimes described more as a “mentor–disciple” relationship that extends beyond kicking and punching inside the gym into one's personal development outside of the dojang as well.
My question is this: How many here are involved with traditional "student-instructor" training methods versus those who have chosen a more “freestyle” approach to learning, and which overall direction does the martial arts community seem to be heading currently?
Just currious...
I am currious about how the search for knowledge within the martial arts community has changed since the advent of the internet and the greater availability and use of information in today’s society. On another Bulletin Board I possed a question about how the members there received their instruction and almost one-half (48%) of those who responded indicated that they did not have any one person that they called their Instructor. This statistic (although a very limited number) surprised me. I assumed this percentage would be much, much lower. My martial arts experience (over 20 years now) has taken more of the “Eastern” approach to receiving instruction. While I enjoy gaining knowledge from many sources, my Instructor (Sahbum) is the one who I look toward to shape my overall Martial Art base. He has agreed to take the responsibility to mold and train me, and I know that if something is a miss he will correct me. The traditional “student-instructor” relationship in the "Eastern" sense is sometimes described more as a “mentor–disciple” relationship that extends beyond kicking and punching inside the gym into one's personal development outside of the dojang as well.
My question is this: How many here are involved with traditional "student-instructor" training methods versus those who have chosen a more “freestyle” approach to learning, and which overall direction does the martial arts community seem to be heading currently?
Just currious...
