Chazmek
White Belt
For most schools I have been around, especially in my immediate area, the basics went out the window when the rent went up..........or the instructor needed a new car.
The students also play a large part.
When the people that are paying your salary always want to learn new and exciting stuff rather than drill the basics, it can be easy to slip into that sort of teaching. It may not be in the students' best interest to teach this way, and a good instructor should be able to keep his class interested in training without losing sight of the basics, but I can certainly understant how it could happen.