Klonor
17-06-2004, 04:24
Here I refer to an earlier thread I made, stating my discomfort over teaching a student in karate even though he is just really really bad. I mean really bad, and he has no idea.
Anyway, I learned tonight that it's not my fault! The guy doesn't want to learn!
I am checking him on Kusan-Ku Kata, and he does it truly awefully. I'm trying to improve him, so I make several corrections here and there (straighten your back, raise your punches, etc.). However, the biggest thing was a change to the kata. The opening move, a sweep that blocks a kick to the groin, was originally a different kind of block. We now teach it differently, and he has not yet learned the correction (this time it has nothing to do with any fault of his own). So, I teach him the correction, and you know what he says? That he didn't see the point. That he was taught the other way. Why should he do it this way? Then he brought up incorrect reasons why it shouldn't be done that way (It exposes me to a punch, which it doesn't, it leaves my groin open to another kick, which is true but which the second move then takes care of, etc.). He just didn't want to do anything that he didn't already do.
While I do realise that it's my job (as a teacher) to show him the right way, I think that the student refusing to learn does remove some of the blame from me.
Anyway, I learned tonight that it's not my fault! The guy doesn't want to learn!
I am checking him on Kusan-Ku Kata, and he does it truly awefully. I'm trying to improve him, so I make several corrections here and there (straighten your back, raise your punches, etc.). However, the biggest thing was a change to the kata. The opening move, a sweep that blocks a kick to the groin, was originally a different kind of block. We now teach it differently, and he has not yet learned the correction (this time it has nothing to do with any fault of his own). So, I teach him the correction, and you know what he says? That he didn't see the point. That he was taught the other way. Why should he do it this way? Then he brought up incorrect reasons why it shouldn't be done that way (It exposes me to a punch, which it doesn't, it leaves my groin open to another kick, which is true but which the second move then takes care of, etc.). He just didn't want to do anything that he didn't already do.
While I do realise that it's my job (as a teacher) to show him the right way, I think that the student refusing to learn does remove some of the blame from me.