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Does Size Matter? By Danjo - 11-11-2010 06:30 PM
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I just read an article by Charles C. Goodin where he discussed the pros and cons of having many students versus a few students.
He pointed out that the masters of old usually only had a few students at a time and had very few senior students to carry on the art.
Clearly the idea of having fewer students is that it allows more time per student, ie., a better opportunity to focus on details etc. The idea of having many students is that it pays more and is neccessary of one is to make a living teaching martial arts fulltime.
I wonder if there is any inherent advantage to having a large number of students? Are you more impressed with someone that has a great number of black belts under him (and black belts under them)? Or does it make any difference when you evaluate soneone?
Do you prefer to train in a large dojo/school, or a small one? Do you prefer a large number a training partners, or a few good ones? etc. etc.
Can large numbers of people be trained to a high level of quality, or does this depend on the simplicity or complexity of the art that one is training in?
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I just read an article by Charles C. Goodin where he discussed the pros and cons of having many students versus a few students.
He pointed out that the masters of old usually only had a few students at a time and had very few senior students to carry on the art.
Clearly the idea of having fewer students is that it allows more time per student, ie., a better opportunity to focus on details etc. The idea of having many students is that it pays more and is neccessary of one is to make a living teaching martial arts fulltime.
I wonder if there is any inherent advantage to having a large number of students? Are you more impressed with someone that has a great number of black belts under him (and black belts under them)? Or does it make any difference when you evaluate soneone?
Do you prefer to train in a large dojo/school, or a small one? Do you prefer a large number a training partners, or a few good ones? etc. etc.
Can large numbers of people be trained to a high level of quality, or does this depend on the simplicity or complexity of the art that one is training in?
Read More ... or click reply below.
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