THANK YOU both for sharing your comments on this topic...I was hoping especially after the summerfst there would be more opinions and comments...I am hopi9ng in more time we will have others....THANKS AGAIN!

Dave

I don't think I had the opportunity to meet you....So thank you for your input... I wish I could agree, but as you put it....the RBSD schools do not do the meat and potatoes.....I would suggest maybe changing the restaurant you have been eating at..... The type of Reality Based Self Defense we are s...

I am teaching in Arizona this week during and each class we go through a series of definitions.....I am sure you have your own defintion which is WHY we want to hear them.... What is the definition of Reality Fight....sparked some deep conversation and bruised some egos....But then again it is just ...

This is a request from RACastanet to start this thread...all comment are welcome... Many times we are asked in our classes some of the same questions I am sure you are asked from your students..... "What is the best style or technique to learn or have"....For example I am teaching a Ground...

Sure I will give this a try...

Dave

Many times we are asked in our classes some of the same questions I am sure you are asked from your students..... "What is the best style or technique to learn or have"....For example I am teaching a Ground Defense course here in Phoenix, AZ this week. I will have officers from all over th...

[quote="Van Canna"]Dave, Thank you for the response. You are 100% correct. The problem we might see here, is a recurrent one. Having been away from the forums for several years, you may not have read the ridiculous backlash against the modern combative 'experts' on my forum, and the flood ...

[quote="gmattson"]are those that accomplish the instructor's purpose while retaining their students.... 1. Will instilling fear keep students coming back? As Van said fear is one of the reasons people take martial arts...but I think the instructor needs to be better versed as to what reall...

1. Will instilling fear keep students coming back? Good question, George. But it should be qualified. Most people are no strangers to fear _ in fact it is fear that brings most people to martial arts to begin with. A good teacher ‘instills’ awareness , especially when telling his students they are ...

At the end of August I will provide my responses to these questions. THANK YOU for taking the time to reply see my comments in bold. 1. Why do students leave a dojo after a 2-3 year window? [/quote] It wasn’t what they thought they wanted - Your so correct… I have found that people at times rather ...

Being bored has many different meanings; ie....the familar, nothing new, past or done routine, nothing exciting and the list can go on. And yes I would agree that being bored can answer some of the questions I asked but in a ways some are general, some are the responsiblity of the student and defini...

...Any comments are welcome; 1. Why do students leave a dojo after a 2-3 year window? 2. Why is it hard to keep the attention span of a student once they have earned their desired belt? 3. Does it take more then a contract to keep students returning and if so what? 4. Have I blended the traditional ...

Last week was one of the best times I have had professionally/personally in a long time. A special Thank you for all who came to my business man's breakfast, and hope you each will bring 2 new friends to our first Annual Warrior's Breaskafst next year. We will be serving, a variety of assortied food...