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- From: westreic@skye.oc.nps.navy.mil (Eric Westreich)
- Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
- Subject: Re: Charging for training?
- Message-ID: <7000@taurus.cs.nps.navy.mil>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 22:37:46 GMT
- References: <721493681snx@paragon.folly.welly.gen.nz> <37740020@otter.hpl.hp.com> <urbin.90.722013046@interlan.interlan.com>
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- Organization: Naval Postgraduate School,Monterey CA
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- In article <urbin.90.722013046@interlan.interlan.com> urbin@interlan.interlan.com (Mark Urbin) writes:
- >In article <37740020@otter.hpl.hp.com> ber@otter.hpl.hp.com (Brenda Romans) writes:
- >>I too was surprised at the way martial arts are taught in the USA.
- > A lot of stuff that goes in the USA suprises me too. :->
- >[SNIP]
- >
- >>How exactly do the operations in the USA work?
- > There are no standards. When I've been charged money, it's been from $4
- >a month to $60 a month. I've also found people who require no payment other
- >than a good attitude (and sweeping the mats).
- > It's a big country and you find all types.
- >
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- My wife and I were selling items at a Bargain Fair. People were asking
- what the price of some of the shirts were (still in good condition...I just have
- a bigger neck now). When we said, 25 or 50 cents, people threw the shirts back
- in disgust. When we charged several dollars, they bought the shirts...after
- talking us down 25 to 50 cents.
-
- Similarly, I've found that when I don't charge for martial arts lessons, many
- people are unmotivated about attending class. For some reason, most people
- seem to take things for granted unless they pay for them. When my instructor
- raised his association membership fee, his membership drastically rose. Maybe
- this is a USA cultural thing, but I would guess that it's more widespread than
- that.
-
- I don't think that I will teach for free again! I don't need to charge a fortune
- but I find that if you charge at least something, that it weeds out some of the
- less motivated students. If you are teaching a McDojo, then you want to take
- everybody. On my scale, I'd rather have a few dedicated students.
- This year, I spent every cent that I made on training equipment for my classes,
- dojo rent and on lessons from my martial arts instuctor anyway.
-
-
- --
-
- -Eric Westreich Jeet Kune Do
- westreic@oc.nps.navy.mil KC6IMI
-