[zefff]

My current Sifu is really a sound guy,

we have a laugh and lots of banter all the time before and after sessions or in the small breaks but always put the work in. He loves the challenge of every 'why' question too. He doesnt sort the skirt though.

My 1st Sifu/Guro is a top class guy,

we rarely talked about anything else except fighting though. I only socialised a coule of times with him but I know that whenever I see him he will always be warm hearted and ready to make time for me like a brother. Ahh I do miss his library!

[Kyorgi]

I've been having some problems with my instructor. It seems whenever we do stretches I look around the class are there are plenty of other students with worse streches then me. Yet for some reason my instructor always seems to pick on my stretch. The same goes for forms. He seems to always pick on my stances and blocks when I constantly see others not sitting as deep or locked out. He even went so far as to move my middle block 1 inch to the left...At first I thought he was just preparing me because I am going to a tournament soon, but other students who will be competeting have worse forms than I do and he still does not pick on them...Anyone know what the deal is? Is he trying to prepare me? I try not to make a big deal of it, but its getting on my nerves more and more.

[zefff]

most likely you are getting extra attention because you show more potential than others.

If you want to be the best you can be you should try to be most critical of yourself anyway.

It might bug you now but Im sure the instructor has your best interests at heart.

[bamboo]

It seems whenever we do stretches I look around the class are there are plenty of other students with worse streches then me. Yet for some reason my instructor always seems to pick on my stretch. The same goes for forms. He seems to always pick on my stances and blocks when I constantly see others not sitting as deep or locked out. He even went so far as to move my middle block 1 inch to the left...At first I thought he was just preparing me because I am going to a tournament soon, but other students who will be competeting have worse forms than I do and he still does not pick on them...Anyone know what the deal is? Is he trying to prepare me? I try not to make a big deal of it, but its getting on my nerves more and more.

The parts I highlighted really stood out to me. You should be paying attenton to two people, your teacher and you. Stop worrying about about what everyone else is doing, stop watching other people. Just stop.

Not knowing the teacher or the other side of the story, sounds to me like hes pushing you. Why are you happy just being better than the others when you obviously are able to do more?

He forces more out of you and your getting frustrated, sounds like a good school.

I personaly pick on the good students, the ones that look out the window or are busy watching everyone else get picked on at first, then they just get ignored. Nothing is more annoying to someone that is teaching an art they love than to see people not paying attention and even worse, watching someone with a metric ton of potential not have the "hunger".

-bamboo

[Dirty_Irishman]

I think Bamboo is definently right about the MMA training basically becoming its own system all together. But I think that if you have a good teacher, one that understands training people for the cage, the streets, the battlefield, like at my school then the bond will be even closer. At my school we train as realistically as possible while maintaining safety. But we do get hurt, just not permenantly. We believe that its important to know what's uncomfortable and what will tap you, its important to know what it feels like to get so that you don't get caught off guard.

I think that to actually teach people how to stay alive as opposed to how to score a point, really increases the bond. Like I said in another post I've only been at this school for 7 months and already I feel like I'm surround by family when I walk in. Everyone cares about everyone else, we may hassle each other but its because if you train soft how will you deal with things when they get hard? I'd say I'm probably closer to my instructor than I am my father.

[setsu nin to]

I also agree that MMA become its own system today. There is kickboxing in it, but its not kickboxing any more, there is boxing, but its not boxing any more, there is BJJ / wrestling, but its not BJJ / wrestling any more?

[martialartsv1vu]

I am a troll, or a disgruntled imp with nothing better to do. Either way,I got edited

[Gazelle]

In my school in Cyprus, it was fairly small. I was friends with all of my teachers. Yes, they would drill us, some in their different ways, bringing parts of their own humour into it (funny how a lot of it was related to extreme (ish) physical exertion).

That suited me well. I find it awkward being around people i don't know, or am not on friendly terms with of some sort or other, especcially with teaching, your going to see a rather quiet and, possibly clumsy and shy me unless i know them.

[bamboo]

wow- looking back at this topic after a few years makes me laugh. I left my old dojo- theold sensei and I don't talk. I joined an mma gynm and called the instructors chris and steve and eventually got a jj coach called chuck.

All those years "forging a relationship" and we don't even speak now..LOL