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Originally Posted by tina  In my self defence class there is no official dress code.
last week i was criticised by my instructor (not in public). She said i was improperly dressed and that i was being rude to the others.
She also said that there had been complaints since i started. Now i feel bad, and i am not sure if i want to come back. |
1) what is the (un)official dress code?
2) when doing any athletic activity, especially one based in grappling where there is obviously going to be physical contact, it is simply good decorum and manners to wear under garments and maintain good hygeine.
3) If your instructor brought it up...you should have taken the opportunity to clear up the issue with her.
4) If you're being rude and others are complaining about you...either their all crazy, your instructor is making it up...or you've been doing something wrong and rubbing people the wrong way. I'm apt to go with the former explaination.
5) Don't go back...take some time to work on your attitude...and realize that training in martial arts generally means that you have to get along with others and maintain and uphold the rules and social order of the classroom, dojo, ring, etc. If these things are too difficult for you...go do some volunteer work and put your problems in perspective...and if you still feel like being a stairwell obstruction, go out and hit trees alone in the mountains like Mas Oyama.