I’m curious about how often different schools work with students to defend against armed opponents (knives, guns, baseball bats, machetes, etc). What kinds of weapons do you train against or do you not train against weapons (just as interesting to me)? How often? What art do you train?
I have enjoyed going to Krav classes for the past couple of years. I feel better than I ever have, I walk with confidence, and I enjoy the community of other loons like me.
The owner of the studios I go to took me aside and asked if I’d ever considered teaching. I’m a couple years away from a shift in my career that will give me the time and I could build up my training and experience in the meantime to be ready to teach by then.
That said, my starry-eyed vision of class is as a paying student; being an employee is different. Could part-time and full time instructors share their experiences? What’s great? What sucks? What’s boring? What keeps you going?
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