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ShotokanKid
Black Belt
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Location: Southern California
Styles: Shotokan Karate, Inosanto Kali
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 Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 12:02 am Post subject: How do you define a good teacher? |
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I wanted to see the different ways in which people define a good teacher.
What is his/her teaching style, is (s)he strict, humorous, does (s)he connect with his/her students or just get through the material, how does (s)he teach the material? How do the students feel about him/her?
It's a tough question I'll admit, so if you prefer, tell me about a good MA teacher that you've had or seen.
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bushido_man96
KF Sensei
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Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo, Combat Hapkido, Aikido, and I research Medieval Combat
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| Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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The ability to impart the knowledge that they have on people of different abilities and skill levels, as well as levels of understanding, is important. Having good technique and demonstration skills is important as well, along with a good amount of experience.
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dete
Orange Belt
Joined: 07 Oct 2007
Posts: 138
Location: gotham city
Styles: full contact Karate and grappling
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| Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 12:10 pm Post subject: |
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no egomaniacs...
a rare commodity these days 
is compassionate
does not cling to their opinions
(many people think that if their opinon is logical it is set in stone)
not insecure
not money hungry
not overly demanding
does not do favortism
does not beat up their students
so far I didn't really mention anything about teaching ability or fighting ability... 
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ps1
Black Belt
Joined: 09 Nov 2004
Posts: 1709
Location: NE Ohio
Styles: Chuan Fa, Shotokan, JJJ, BJJ
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| Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 8:45 pm Post subject: |
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| dete wrote: |
no egomaniacs...
a rare commodity these days
is compassionate
does not cling to their opinions
(many people think that if their opinon is logical it is set in stone)
not insecure
not money hungry
not overly demanding
does not do favortism
does not beat up their students
so far I didn't really mention anything about teaching ability or fighting ability... |
I agree with all of these things. In addition, the good teacher must be able to find different methods of conveying the same information.
I've seen to many people get upset when someone doesn't understand their directions. A good instructor trys to relate or restate the directions in a manner that can be understood.
Skill in performing the techniques is not always a requirement. It's nice, but not necessary. I won several state titles using information and techniques my teacher could not perform. But he was able to teach it to me none the less...because he understood my body, how it moves, how different techniques cooresponded to my body, and how to make me understand and assimilate the information. Take any major sport for example...it's rare to see the best players of the sport go on to be head coaches...it often takes a different type of mind to play vs. coach. The only exceptions to this rule should be the ones dete already mentioned, but those are mental/ personal, not physical.
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bushido_man96
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Styles: Taekwondo, Combat Hapkido, Aikido, and I research Medieval Combat
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| Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 4:47 pm Post subject: |
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| ps1 wrote: |
| the good teacher must be able to find different methods of conveying the same information. |
I refer to this as the ability to think on your feet. Relating to different people in different ways is so important, like you said. You don't want to leave someone behind just becuase they pick things up in a different way than others do.
| dete wrote: |
| so far I didn't really mention anything about teaching ability or fighting ability... |
I agree with not mentioning fighting ability, but in order to teach, you should have some teaching ability.
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dete
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one of the best teachers I had was in Biology, a world famous scientist.
honestly he didn't teach good.
but he was a good human being. That made me study very very hard.
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bushido_man96
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| dete wrote: |
one of the best teachers I had was in Biology, a world famous scientist.
honestly he didn't teach good.
but he was a good human being. That made me study very very hard. |
That may be the case, but it would have been more of a result of your motivation than his teaching ability. You won't get that from everyone. I just think that it would hold that teaching ability is important in most cases to be a good teacher.
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kittyblue-eyes
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| Being able to realize that just b/c a student doesn't 'get it' doesn't mean they aren't trying. |
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Zorbasan
Green Belt
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
Posts: 423
Location: Adelaide
Styles: Shotokan and ICHF Hapkido plus any other style i can get into a seminar on
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i thnk knowledge is the key.
not just saying "this is how to do it" but "this is why we do it this way"
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bushido_man96
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| kittyblue-eyes wrote: |
| Being able to realize that just b/c a student doesn't 'get it' doesn't mean they aren't trying. |
This is very important to keep in mind. Not all students learn the same, so you have to be able to adjust your approach accordingly.
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i thnk knowledge is the key.
not just saying "this is how to do it" but "this is why we do it this way" |
This is a good attitude to have. I would also add that if a student asks you, as an instructor, a question that you don't readily have the answer to, it is important to be able to swallow any pride and admit to them that you don't know, but will do some looking and research to try to find out for them.
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on the post.
