The only reason I care about being in the adult class now is for you and James, for moral support if nothing else. I mean I care about the other students too, but they are Wade’s. You and James are the only ones that are “Old School”.
Old School
There are two types of students in our dojo. The serious ones, and the not so serious ones.
You can tell which ones are which.
Students join a karate class for different reasons. Some join just for something to do. Some join to impress their peers. Some join to prove how tough they are. Some join to flirt and throw themselves at members of the opposite sex.
Some join for the exercise. Some join to learn self defense. Some join to become martial artists.
We have all types in our dojo.
You can tell which ones are which.
Old School.
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You always can tell. Value your companions, it can be very lonely without them.
Oddly enough the proportions always seem to be about the same, even in very different kinds of schools. My first school was hardcore - lots of fighting, tremendous amounts of exercise, injuries were common. My second school is more kid-oriented, very little fighting comparatively (though at least once every week), moderate exercise - but the proportions of serious martial artists are the same. It's just that in the first school joining to be tough, or for serious exercise was the rule, and in the current school, joining for activity, or to impress is more common.
You are right. There are always both types of students in every dojo. What gets frustrating, though, is when you are a serious student, and sensei brushes you aside because he is so busy catering to the not so serious students. He is so afraid they'll quit that he really kisses up to them.
I know he wants a large school, but I still think the quality of students should be more important that the quantity of students.
I'm not saying he should tell the not-serious students to leave, but he should require the same respect, energy, effort, and hard work of them as he does from the serious students.
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