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What does teaching MA mean to you?
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As an Instructor, I try to benefit many people.
I feel that I have a responsibility to the my students, and my community. I try to be a good role model and live by example, especially for younger students. That is apart of my job as a MAist and a MA Instructor.
Surely there will always be good MA teachers in the world, but I want to make sure that I am the BEST that I can be!!
This is NOT an easy path.. and becoming a MA Instructor is NOT for Everyone!!
Students come and go.. it is the nature of the times that we live in! Sadly, in the US people have become so use to us dressed in our Gi's screaming & kicking just as common as little league, to appreciate the strict discipline & benefits. And I've seen the bouncy child, fresh from karate class, at the convenience store, with her badly tied blue belt, who doesn't have any idea what it means to be a "real" MAist... but sadly, "I" only can do what "I" can do with the students "I have". Though I give it my all when teaching MA, somedays, I still wonder if anything I do is getting through to my own, "Playstationed minded" students. Some days, however, while shopping in town or running errands, people (who I never seem to recognize at first) always come up to me. They usually greet me with a warm "hello" and a hearty hug (or hand shake). (When the look on my face tells them that I don't recognize them) they explain they are the father/mother of an old/current student or an old student themselves. They go on and on about how being in my classes gave themselves/their child/family member such a great deal of focus & discipline, self-confidence, and/or helped them in a self-defense situation later in life. Those conversations always seem to make up for the many students who have taken MA over the years and disappeared into the great beyond.
You have to remember as an Instructor of MA, you impact many students/families lives.. Make sure it's in positive ways!!
All you can do is teach!! What students choose to do with it is up to them, but make sure you give them plenty of examples as to which they can use it.. JMO and My feelings!
So, what does teaching MA mean to you and/or how does it make you feel? (the good and the bad)
-sorry for the ramblings.. it's late and I am a bit tired  -
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