I am a 5th dan who has never taught a full class. I do not belong to any association and never have. My paper work is registered in Bejing China and is signed by someone with a PHD. I know an assortment of Kung Fu.
How can an unknown be marketable?
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I am a 5th dan who has never taught a full class. I do not belong to any association and never have. My paper work is registered in Bejing China and is signed by someone with a PHD. I know an assortment of Kung Fu.
How can an unknown be marketable?
Right Hand Man
market yourself for who you are and what you know, not who you know. So what if you don't belong to an organization? You've got papers that are as official as anyone else, and frankly the paper doesn't matter so much as what you can show you know and what you can pass down.
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I'd tell you to go to hell, but I work there and don't want to see you everyday.
Loud City
You got a Dan ranking from Beijing? In Kung Fu?
He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher. -- Walt Whitman
Originally Posted by David Jamieson
Xiong Chuan
Yeah, what he said.Originally posted by MasterKiller
You got a Dan ranking from Beijing? In Kung Fu?
Bloodninja: I stomp the ground, and snort, to alert you that you are in my breeding territory.
Right Hand Man
has this forum suddenly gone retarded? I mean more then normal? It's pretty common now a days to take traditions from other arts, as well as techniques and so on. Oh yeah, let's not forget the idea that the chinese aren't opposed entirely to learning non-chinese arts from time to time.
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I'd tell you to go to hell, but I work there and don't want to see you everyday.
Loud City
So says the capoeira boy.
He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher. -- Walt Whitman
Right Hand Man
thats right MK, I've gone beyond a narrow minded view of what should be and challeneged myself by looking at other cultures and ways of doing things. You should try it one day, you might like it.
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I'd tell you to go to hell, but I work there and don't want to see you everyday.
Loud City
Nevertheless, your personal trek has little to do with the oddity of receiving a high-level Japanese ranking in the heart of mainland China.
He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher. -- Walt Whitman
Right Hand Man
apparently it does since it's not an issue with me.Nevertheless, your personal trek has little to do with the oddity of receiving a high-level Japanese ranking in the heart of mainland China.
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I'd tell you to go to hell, but I work there and don't want to see you everyday.
Loud City
If doesn't bother you then STFU and let people who are concerned ask questions to clarify the situation.
He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher. -- Walt Whitman
The Smarmy Host
Do you have the capacity to teach a full class?
Have you tested your material and seen that it is effective?
Do you feel comfortable teaching a large class, or would you prefer a small group of semi-private instruction?
Theres a market for martial arts pretty much everywhere.... Not a big one, but its there. Just put the word out... Leave some fliers at a couple of martial arts supply stores, or even just sports supply stores. Leave business cards in the middle of martial arts books at the book store. Leave fliers at the local college campus's, and if you want kids classes leave some at the libraries. If anyone calls, tell them you havent started classes *quite* yet. Just see what kind of response you get, and go from there.
"i would show them 8 hours of animal porn and beheadings in a single sitting then make them write a paper about italy." -GDA
"he said there were tons of mantids fornicating everywhere. While he was there, he was sending me photos of mantis porn regularly." - Gene Ching
Right Hand Man
as I have said on multiple occasions MK, I like to cut off narrow mindedness and stupidity before it get's out of control.
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I'd tell you to go to hell, but I work there and don't want to see you everyday.
Loud City
Funny you never apply that principle to yourself...
He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher. -- Walt Whitman
Right Hand Man
ooohhh good one! Was that written in your high school year book or did you make that one up?
Funhy, you can't stop doing it so I wouldn't have to apply the principle at all
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I'd tell you to go to hell, but I work there and don't want to see you everyday.
Itinerant practitioner
perhaps he is refering to the new "duan" ranking system that is starting to spread across China in the last couple of years?
Just guessing.
But if you want to market yourself, then research some marketing in the martial arts. Take a look around do a bunch of reading then do your write up.
it's that or get a pimp. a pimp will sell you easy.
Kung Fu is good for you.
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