Earl Weiss
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To a large extent we are al products of our training.
Had an instructor that used to say, "If you stop training, take your belt and uniform and put it in the bottom of a drawer and forget about it unless or untill you start training again."
His point was if you don't use it you lose it. So, forget about being a black belt forever if you stop training. (This goes hand in glove with the 1 year first dan probation which I get some flack for on these boards, but it's established on day one of the student's training, and has been in effect for 35 years now.)
I always figured that to certain extent people who show up to get a certificate and then quit have the wrong outlook. At the lowest levels I don't take an opportunity to "Educate them" since I fear that doing so will forever turn them off to ever train again. But I can't help but wonder what mom and dad are really thinking about having Bobby come just to get that yellow stripe certificate and then never to return.
Your thoughts.
Had an instructor that used to say, "If you stop training, take your belt and uniform and put it in the bottom of a drawer and forget about it unless or untill you start training again."
His point was if you don't use it you lose it. So, forget about being a black belt forever if you stop training. (This goes hand in glove with the 1 year first dan probation which I get some flack for on these boards, but it's established on day one of the student's training, and has been in effect for 35 years now.)
I always figured that to certain extent people who show up to get a certificate and then quit have the wrong outlook. At the lowest levels I don't take an opportunity to "Educate them" since I fear that doing so will forever turn them off to ever train again. But I can't help but wonder what mom and dad are really thinking about having Bobby come just to get that yellow stripe certificate and then never to return.
Your thoughts.