This year, we have decided we will be giving students "homework" after each lesson.
Now that our classes have grown bigger over the last few months, this is a great way to have each student taught on a one-on-one basis.
Instructors will have a book where the students names will be written down, and their homework assigned beside their name after each time they come to training.
Once you have been given homework, you are expected to go home and train the technique or request we have given you. The next time you attend training, an instructor will check to see if you have improved that technique or if you still require some assistance.
We do not make a point to single you out or belittle you when we ask you to go home and try and improve something, this is merely something we think you might need a little more work on for your rank, or for future techniques that will require your basics to be at their best. So please do not find it offensive if we give you homework.
Homework Examples:
Arthur is a yellow sash. He attends training each week and is improving at a steady rate.
An instructor notices that Arthur's weight shift for his techniques need much improvement, so he asks Arthur to try and work on his weight shift when he gets home and will be checked the next time he is at training.
Option A) Arthur does his homework, and has made much improvement in his weight shift and his techniques look and feel much better. His instructor is very pleased and commends him on his effort and gives Arthur the confidence to try a new technique.
Option B) Arthur does not do his homework, and still does not understand the weight shift and has made little improvement. His instructor notices this and expresses concern. The instructor gives Arthur the same homework, but does not give Arthur any new techniques until he understands the basics of his rank.
We hope that this way of teaching will be as beneficial to you as it will be to us. If you have any issues that will prevent you from doing training outside of regulated times, please inform us and we will aid you where we can. We want you to see that we are here to help guide you to be the best martial artist you possibly can be.
