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Post by sifuwhite on Jul 4, 2007 21:36:23 GMT 8
What are the pro's and con's of students taking private lessons?
Tim
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Post by Guro Cory on Jul 4, 2007 23:32:44 GMT 8
Sifu White:
If i many reiterate here on this subject for you. There are many things that I feel coincide with the "private lessons" way of teaching. For me personally this is how i prefer to teach my students.
For one it alows you more one on one time to clean up small missed details in a class setting that you would normally overlook. Each student gets your personal attention which allows them to focus generally on one specific area that needs that attention, or whatever the lesson plan for that session would be.
Also if your like me and so busy that you have a hard time keeping to any sort of schedule, then this will allow you and your student to be more flexible with your training sessions. I've found 45 mins to an hour one on one is more successful then an hour time in a larger class setting.
Not to mention what you will eventually find is a common bond with your private student. It can develope a great friendship amongst teacher and student.
However, the CON side to that is maybe perhaps you want to keep it simply professional and not have that type of closeness with your student, which you will just have to set that guideline at the beginning. I've developed great relationships with my teachers over the years that i've studied under one on one.. And the respect thing is still a very important and great part of our training regimine. I've noticed the same with the guys that i've put my one on one time with under me. I find it to be the best way for what i teach. Still though nonetheless, some prefer the "CLASS" setting.
I hope this helps you out my friend.
Cory
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Post by Colin Wee on Jul 9, 2007 12:31:59 GMT 8
Private lessons, as in one on one? I like these lessons to teach and drill techniques. Like a technique workshop for one person. It's easier to focus. However, once done, it's tough to expand beyond sole practice. Each practitioner needs to try the technique on a partner - either willing or unwilling. Without the opponent, the student loses sight of the bigger picture - or may not learn the essence of the technique. Colin
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Post by supergroup7 on Jul 14, 2007 22:42:48 GMT 8
Private lessons allows you to focus on the individual needs of that one student. There is room to quickly go through things that your student is comfortable with, and to focus energy on aspects that your student truly needs dissected into littler parts. One cannot do this type of adaptation to the lesson when teaching a larger class. I have found that my ability to learn a new skill is quicker when I have been graced with the individual attention of the instructor.
However, private lessons are far more challenging as the teacher is both trying to teach, and at the same time needs to become the student's training partner. It is easier to catch errors, and work with a student when you can stand to the side, and watch.
I would suggest that a "bring a buddy" system would be a great compromise. First of all, two students training together offers that "partner". Second, they can motivate each other. There isn't a full class, so you can adapt your lessons to the individual. With more than one person in the room, you have some sort of safeguard against false claims of abuse. If it is just you, and a student alone.. and let's say that the student decides to make life difficult for you by claiming sexual abuse, or physical abuse, etc. It will be your word against theirs. We have a strange society wherein this sort of nonsense happens.
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Post by Colin Wee on Jul 16, 2007 21:21:25 GMT 8
However, private lessons are far more challenging as the teacher is both trying to teach, and at the same time needs to become the student's training partner. It is easier to catch errors, and work with a student when you can stand to the side, and watch. I've got a small class, and so it's almost as though I'm giving private lessons - but to 4-5 people at a time. In those settings, I try to work in with the participants: allowing them to strike me or allowing me to strike them (and then introduce other variables spontaneously). Colin
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