Private Lessons Are Not The Best Way To Learn The Martial Arts
Are private lessons the best way to learn the martial arts?
If one is interested in
quickly leveling up their ability, why not get targeted one-on-one instruction?
Why wouldn’t this be a less
then optimal idea?
Martial arts, as with any
physical activity is about moving the body in certain way, in this case a
martial way as opposed to sports, dance, hatha yoga or even dancing. Yes, there
are spiritual and physical components to the ‘arts, but the primary method is
physical- copy the movements, refine the movements, and make the movements one’s
own.
Regardless of style, school,
or discipline there are fundamental movement laws to be found in the martial
arts: distance, timing, rhythm, balance, etc. and being able to control and use
these laws of movement is important.
What one sees in a correct
class structure is training with other students, interacting with other
students in class as a training partner so one can understand, see, and control
the different timings and movements. People are people, but we all move a bit
different and have different ranges of movements.
Training in a one-on-one
private lesson format means you as the student are missing out on learning
these real time adjustments in class which are vital to the martial arts.
Which is why we are always
switching training partners in class with each new technique, in order to
experience these adjustments real time.
Training as a private lesson
student only has the possibility of missing out on this vital part of the
martial arts.
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