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Originally Posted by King Kabuki
Holy shit you don't allow yawning either? You're the only other person I've ever seen who enforces that.
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No. I don't allow yawning. Mostly because it pisses me off. I never wanted to teach martial arts and especially to kids. I always loved working out. I was forced into it. So I consider it an insult when they yawn or are a lazy ass.
I won't lie and say that kids in my class are tougher than average or that we don't have some McDojo syndrome issues. We have all of that. You get kids in all shapes and sizes. Some have ADD issues. So you just do the best you can with what you got. And my teacher always taught us that 'when it doubt, sweat.' There was nothing he hated more than a martial arts class full of talking (teacher demonstrating a technique and everyone standing around watching). He wanted our lungs burning, sweat blinding our vision, and us barely able to stand by the end of the class.
And it seems to work fine for those who are athletically gifted and driven. I'm a pretty decent sized guy (six foot 200 pounds). Plus I get along with people. So I've never been in a fight. But I've had one student who, at 16, was assaulted by an adult male. She hit the guy with a spinning sidekick and dropped him. Like a smart girl she started running, but even when she turned around awhile later he was still laying there, clutching his ribs and writhing on the ground.
To be honest I don't know if every one of my students has the athletic ability to do something like that. Many of them might have gotten their asses kicked. That girl just happened to be the most athletically gifted student I'd ever seen. I'd always pushed her (since she was like ten), yelled at her, told her to stop being lazy, etc, etc. So that guy messed with the wrong girl...
Now I'm rambling and hijacking this guys thread. My main point is that I think that there is a place for negative reinforcement and the drill instructor mentality.
