The Master Instructor has retired and a Master from a sister school is running it. It's difficult adjusting since I'm use to the previous instructor. Also, I don't see eye to eye with the new instructor on certain things . Has anyone else experienced this?
New Instructor at Academy
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Jaeimseu
3rd Black Belt
Probably everyone who got a new instructor at any point has experienced this. I've been through it as a student and as an instructor. It takes time to adapt to a new style of teaching. Keep an open mind and give it time. If you're still not seeing eye to eye with the new teacher after a few months, maybe you'll need to look elsewhere.
What don't you like about the instructor? Has the focus of the class trained drastically? Training with new instructors can be a good thing, so can new training partners. Give it a chance. Tell us what you don't like maybe we can give you better advice.
Manny
Senior Master
Count me! it's dificult to adapt to a new boss...
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He's authoritative. During belt testing (before the other Master left) a student was trying multiple times to break a board. I went to grab his wrists for support and he told me to let go. I been attempting 540 hook and roundhouse kicks, a kip up and back tuck.I injured my knee doing a back tuck; but still motivated. He said I'm too old for those techniques (25)
You are doing gymnastics in a martial arts class?
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The backtuck was outside class. However, students do learn it in class on crash matts for demo .
We've never done anything like that for demos or not, we stick to martial arts techniques. I'm not disapproving but just don't see there's any place for non martial arts techniques.
I would say though you are hardly too old, my daughter is a Cheer coach, they have ladies in their forties as wellas older learning and training gymnastics!
Sometimes people do that kind of thing as part of a board break routine or creative form. Yeah, it's flashy and just for fun/to look cool, but so is a 540 kick.
If it weren't for gymnastic tricking, the martial arts world wouldn't have the Ginger Ninja Trickster!
GingerNinjaTrickster - YouTube- Thread Starter
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If it weren't for gymnastic tricking, the martial arts world wouldn't have the Ginger Ninja Trickster!
Yes that man has beautiful spinning techniques.I use his video for information on the 540 hook and round kicks
