http://martialartsbusinessdaily.com/202/legacy-teaching-martial-arts/ Promoting Independent Thought in the Martial Arts Business Community Mon, 05 Dec 2011 02:36:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://martialartsbusinessdaily.com/202/legacy-teaching-martial-arts/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Brent Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:39:41 +0000 http://martialartsbusinessdaily.com/?p=202#comment-15 Great article. Gets the mind juices flowing. And nice comment by Kurt. Great article. Gets the mind juices flowing.
And nice comment by Kurt.

]]> http://martialartsbusinessdaily.com/202/legacy-teaching-martial-arts/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Kurt Schulenburg Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:20:15 +0000 http://martialartsbusinessdaily.com/?p=202#comment-14 Thinking about this really takes the whole idea of "curriculum" or technique out of the training picture. Do you really think that any one will remember you because of that awesome front kick? Suddenly, it's all about those "soft" parts of the training, the ones that we too often only pay lip-service to because we only have so much time to really teach that Awesome Front Kick. Soft parts like self-disciplne and respect. Self-esteem, honesty and integrity. Things that ultimately will make a much bigger difference in the lives we touch than the Front Kick ever will. We're really only using Martial Arts training as a way to build better people. At least, that's the way I try to approach it. And, yeah, my front kick could probably use some work... Thinking about this really takes the whole idea of “curriculum” or technique out of the training picture. Do you really think that any one will remember you because of that awesome front kick?
Suddenly, it’s all about those “soft” parts of the training, the ones that we too often only pay lip-service to because we only have so much time to really teach that Awesome Front Kick. Soft parts like self-disciplne and respect. Self-esteem, honesty and integrity.
Things that ultimately will make a much bigger difference in the lives we touch than the Front Kick ever will.
We’re really only using Martial Arts training as a way to build better people.
At least, that’s the way I try to approach it.
And, yeah, my front kick could probably use some work…

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