Click to Watch The Master Class *NOT included in 2-Day option Training Drills* This is a collection of assorted videos that teach concepts, principles, multiple techniques, and or skills. Some are martial art specific. Individual Techniques & Tips* This set of videos showcase methods to teach individual techniques and or skills as well as tips for teaching and training. Some are martial art specific. Talking is Not Teaching How to use the correct language to get your point across effectively and not waste time. Doing is Not Teaching Identifying when to do, as in demonstrate, when to step back to let you students train, and why it’s important. Sparring is Not Teaching It’s one of the best teaching tools but also the most misunderstood and misused technique. Training the Wrong Person and/or Bad Habits Way too often either the wrong thing is taught or a training partner is ignored. This video sheds some light on the subject. Order of Operations It’s important for solving equations and it’s just as important in running a full class. You want the whole process to be efficient and this video talks about how. Let Them Fail It’s said that failure is the greatest teaching but you want to use failure properly so that you don’t fail as an instructor and set your students up for success. Identifying Complexity* Keep it simple. Watch the video. Language, Feedback, and Correction* Words are important and phrasing sentences properly can make all the difference in your student’s success. If you have something that’s mostly mental, then you don’t want to put the wrong thing in there head. Know Your Students* If your goal is to make someone the best version of themselves, then you need to know where they are at so that you can guide them forward. Too Many Cooks!* This is about other instructors and how it relates to your students. You Need a Black Belt It’s difficult to guide someone to a destination that you’ve been to. Limited Teaching Only teaching what you can do or want to do while neglecting what your students can do or need to do. Why People Teach Most martial arts start as “what if” or “how” arts and over time, the questions are lost but the answers remain. The questions then become “why” and understanding why you are doing something is the key to moving forward. Measurements I’m going discuss the accuracy certain comparisons and measurements of time used to assess a person’s knowledge, experience, and skill. Also the common comparisons made in the industry. Testing Why you are doing it, why it’s important, and who you’re assessing. Forms, Katas, Sets, and Drills Different words used to describe the same thing but then the same thing used differently because of different words. It’s important to understand that most things are similar but different and then how to utilize that knowledge. (Or just watch the video to understand this description.) You Must Improve as Well* The moment you stop trying to get better is when you start getting worse. Responsibility* Knowledge is power and with power comes responsibility. (Yes, I read comics and no, I will not talk about spiders.) Your Curriculum* I talk about setting up your techniques based on what you teach and how you teach it and the various ways to go about that. Patience* Just wait for it. (That’s a joke.) Really this is probably the most important thing that you can have as an instructor and there is a secret to it. What’s great is that you don’t have to wait for it, just watch this video and I’ll tell you all about it.
