RSimmonsJr1
05-16-2003, 12:07 PM
Hello everyone,
I've been reading these forums off and on was looking for some ideas and advise from those that own schools or are students. My instructor and I had a long discussion about 6 months ago that he was no longer going to be able to continue to run his school full time anymore (do to family just had 2 daughters and is working a full time job other than the school) and that he was going to have to close the school unless someone were to take over,he wanted me to take over. I was very honored that he ask me such a thing especially since there are other students in the school with much more experience then I (he has been studying martial arts for over 25 years, kempo, karte, kung-fu, tai chi, and a few others) on the other hand I have just recieved my first level of black sash a little over 5 months ago (training a over 4 years now, closer to 5). I always wanted to open my own school one day in the future so I accepted his offer to take over and run the school (he would still be involved with the school and teach the black sashes and some other classes). Even though I knew I was rushing into something that I wanted to do later in my life, I didn't want to let the students that were currently training have no where to go (only a handfull of martial arts schools in my area and nothing that I would feel comfortable sending them to). I know that all the students I currently have fully support the idea of me taking over and are really looking forward to it (even the other black sashes of the school are being very supportive and trying to help in anyway they can) but I guess my main concern is that new students coming in are going to feel that I don't have enough or as much experience as some of the other school owners and instrutors out there have. I know that my instructor wouldn't have put me in this position if I couldn't handle it but I still am concerned because I really want to make my school (still feels weird calling my instructors school mine) very successfull, more so than my instructor.
Thanks for any input ,
Ronnie
Traditional Kung-Fu
I've been reading these forums off and on was looking for some ideas and advise from those that own schools or are students. My instructor and I had a long discussion about 6 months ago that he was no longer going to be able to continue to run his school full time anymore (do to family just had 2 daughters and is working a full time job other than the school) and that he was going to have to close the school unless someone were to take over,he wanted me to take over. I was very honored that he ask me such a thing especially since there are other students in the school with much more experience then I (he has been studying martial arts for over 25 years, kempo, karte, kung-fu, tai chi, and a few others) on the other hand I have just recieved my first level of black sash a little over 5 months ago (training a over 4 years now, closer to 5). I always wanted to open my own school one day in the future so I accepted his offer to take over and run the school (he would still be involved with the school and teach the black sashes and some other classes). Even though I knew I was rushing into something that I wanted to do later in my life, I didn't want to let the students that were currently training have no where to go (only a handfull of martial arts schools in my area and nothing that I would feel comfortable sending them to). I know that all the students I currently have fully support the idea of me taking over and are really looking forward to it (even the other black sashes of the school are being very supportive and trying to help in anyway they can) but I guess my main concern is that new students coming in are going to feel that I don't have enough or as much experience as some of the other school owners and instrutors out there have. I know that my instructor wouldn't have put me in this position if I couldn't handle it but I still am concerned because I really want to make my school (still feels weird calling my instructors school mine) very successfull, more so than my instructor.
Thanks for any input ,
Ronnie
Traditional Kung-Fu