tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3697069502806403520.post4945075341631176519..comments2023-11-22T00:27:30.275-08:00Comments on Japanese Jiu Jitsu: A Journey: Good business or Good Martial Arts? The Passion vs. Profit DebateJourneymanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00146093025259375890noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3697069502806403520.post-60376088602478965332022-02-26T02:22:41.895-08:002022-02-26T02:22:41.895-08:00Raging Bull Casino | Slots, Poker, Roulette, Black...Raging Bull Casino | Slots, Poker, Roulette, Blackjack<br />Enjoy a range of live <a href="https://wooricasinos.info/%ea%b9%80%ed%95%b4-%ed%9c%b4%ea%b2%8c%ed%85%94.html" rel="nofollow">프로즌 먹튀</a> dealer <a href="https://www.casinoparatodos.org/%ea%b0%95%ec%9b%90-%eb%9e%9c%eb%93%9c-%ec%8a%ac%eb%a1%af-%eb%a8%b8%ec%8b%a0.html" rel="nofollow">통장 협박 대처법</a> games and jackpots and get your hands on some exciting casino table games! <a href="https://www.goyangfc.com/bet365korea.html" rel="nofollow">잭팟시티</a> Join our casino to play some <a href="https://www.casino-roll.com/%ec%84%9c%ec%82%b0-%ed%9c%b4%ea%b2%8c%ed%85%94.html" rel="nofollow">pcie 슬롯</a> of the most popular casino <a href="https://oncasinos.info/%ec%83%8c%ec%a6%88-%ec%b9%b4%ec%a7%80%eb%85%b8.html" rel="nofollow">max88</a> games andwalcottjacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13535515231541431503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3697069502806403520.post-5115373395236099312014-10-31T07:03:43.002-07:002014-10-31T07:03:43.002-07:00To develop a high level of proficiency in any mart...To develop a high level of proficiency in any martial art, you have to invest time, effort, and money. It's a skill set that is not easily transferred so it has value, and it should be possible to make sharing that art your career.<br /><br />The problem is that you require other skills in addition to martial knowledge to run a business. Personally, I'm trying to gain those skills now because I have a vision I want to make reality, and I would hate to have to water it down just to survive.DaeX20https://www.blogger.com/profile/02035043788108843534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3697069502806403520.post-29012050644779802772014-03-22T11:07:07.251-07:002014-03-22T11:07:07.251-07:00Noah,
Thanks for commenting. You make some very ...Noah,<br /><br />Thanks for commenting. You make some very good points. Perhaps it is possible to accommodate those other reasons and still provide quality self defines/fighting methods. The concern, of course, is that people would naturally assume they are learning how to defend themselves, regardless of their initial reasons for joining. As a teacher, you certainly don't want your students being overconfident. As a business person, though, you do need to provide your customers with a degree of what they want. I guess it's about managing expectations, yours and theirs. You've given me some stuff to think about. Thanks again.<br /><br />Khao4479,<br /><br />You hit on one of my majors concerns regarding the martial arts in general. This 'watering down' happens rapidly. One or two generations, and a great deal of the original art is lost. The deeper understanding of technique, intent, counters etc, are tough to get back once lost. I have seen my fair share of "a form of aerobic exercise disguised as martial arts" as you describe it.<br /><br />At the same time, to a certain degree, the customer is always right. If they don't get what they want from you, they'll go elsewhere. This doesn't really matter if you don't care about the money, you're more likely to have fewer students, but the ones you do have are more likely to preserve the art. And yes, actually being a martial artist is hard, on many levels. Thanks for commenting, I'll need to ponder all this some more.Journeymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00146093025259375890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3697069502806403520.post-57383767512936389222014-03-21T09:43:39.853-07:002014-03-21T09:43:39.853-07:00Poor training, and poor training methods have noth...Poor training, and poor training methods have nothing at all to do with how much money one is making. <br /><br />I have witnessed poor training in dojos that were making lots of money, and ones that were not.<br /><br />This is mostly because people want to say there martial artists without actually being one.<br /><br />Because actually being one, is hard. <br /><br />So people make time for those that have "other reasons" for learning martial arts as mentioned above.<br /><br />As such, the martial arts themselves suffer, and eventually become nothing more than a form of aerobic exercise disguised as martial arts.<br /><br />Money though, is not the factor in my opinion.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12765520279822925475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3697069502806403520.post-90462493833600040422014-03-21T06:45:51.185-07:002014-03-21T06:45:51.185-07:00In my experience, it is most certainly possible fo...In my experience, it is most certainly possible for someone to run a commercial school and still teach good martial arts. The key thing to keep in mind is that the majority of people (and children) who join martial arts classes are doing it for reasons other than to learn effective self defense/fighting methods. To run a commercial school, you will have to accommodate those other reasons and keep training fun. You can do that and still teach quality material, but you will have to customize your approach based on the students' goals. I do think that it's easy to go overboard with this accommodation, which leads to watering down the material, but just because it's possible doesn't mean it is inevitable.Noahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08944210654392156093noreply@blogger.com