Should the dojo have class requirements?
In a past post I mentioned "physical fitness" - and the response surprised me a little.
Should I require anything of my students? To make it to class twice a week? To make it at least six times a month? Anything else? Nothing?
If it were a business and I wanted to make money, then I would require nothing. In fact, I wouldn't even ask. By even asking the question I might be eliminating future students, or even current students? Is that a good/bad thing? Hmmm. Thoughts?
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A business adapts. If it wants more customers it adapts to what the customers want to attract more. If the business wants to change it's target customer it adapts to service that customer. If a business has too many customers it has to adapt by either growing to service more, or by weeding out less desireable customers. I think it depends on how you envision your dojo, what do you want to accmoplish with it?
ReplyDeleteRequirements I think can be a good thing, even if only for reinforcement of your objective. But, it can also have bad obvious effects.
ReplyDeleteI, for example, ask for payroll to be submitted monday by noon. I never get it from everyone on time. However, it does occasionally get the newer people working on getting it to me.
On the same hand though since the requirements are not enforced for fear of losing people, ther people who have been working for longer us dont even bother to get it to me in a timely fashion. I'm lucky to even get my payroll from some by thursday morning. This makes it impossible for me to do my job in an organized timely manner. And because of this I can no longer handle the accounting - i've just been reduced to a payroll clerk.
So to answer your post, I dont know which way to say. Yes they're good, and bad. Rules and requirements are great because they do set a certain precedant and minimal standard - however there is always a downside not only on not accomplishing what you originally intended but other factors as well.
Sorry for random ramblings.
Requirements are a good thing, especially since your dojo does not exist to make you a profit, but to make you serious training partners. Requiring things of your students can serve to sort the serious more dedicated students from those who are not so serious.
ReplyDeleteAs far as a physical fitness requirement goes, I wouldn't be against being held to some type of requirement, even if that requirement is to make a small improvement in one's fitness level from year to year.
If students have to work on thier own to achieve a level of fitness or achieve some improvment in thier level of fitness, then that demonstrates a dedication to one's training and one's body.
I think any requirement that you think are suitable are good requirement it is your dojo your time and most of all your house, and some of the requirement are just too obvious! no one should expect to accomplish anything in MARTIAL art without any requirement at least being physically and mentally fit up to your standards or higher
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