A friend of mine is an assistant instructor at a small school. She just ran in to a situation that may make for some good discussion.
A brown belt walks in to your school......and says that he's new in town, and wants to join up.
You do whatever it is that you that you do with prospective students that have a bit of experience....orientation, perhaps a few private lessons, a week or two of classes. He's seems like a decent enough guy. Everything about taking him on as a student seems good.
Until...you see him on the mat, and you notice that there is a big difference between him and your own brown belts. There are some techniques that he does differently than the way your brown belts do them. He can step through a form, but doesn't have the knowledge that your brown belts have. He doesn't move as cleanly and as confidently as your brown belts do. He doesn't have what it takes to be one of YOUR brown belts.
What would your approach be?
A brown belt walks in to your school......and says that he's new in town, and wants to join up.
You do whatever it is that you that you do with prospective students that have a bit of experience....orientation, perhaps a few private lessons, a week or two of classes. He's seems like a decent enough guy. Everything about taking him on as a student seems good.
Until...you see him on the mat, and you notice that there is a big difference between him and your own brown belts. There are some techniques that he does differently than the way your brown belts do them. He can step through a form, but doesn't have the knowledge that your brown belts have. He doesn't move as cleanly and as confidently as your brown belts do. He doesn't have what it takes to be one of YOUR brown belts.
What would your approach be?